AS Health and Social Care Unit 3 - Organisations responsible for health promotion and disease prevention

• Statutory

• Private/commercial

• Voluntary

• The 'WHO' (doesn't fit in to any of the above categories)

• NHS - National Health Service

• PHA - Public Health Agency

• DHSSPSNI - Department of Health and Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland

• Health and Social Care Trusts

• Introduces policy and strategy relevant to health and social well being

E.G. "Investing for Health"

• Advises on medical, dental, nursing, pharmaceutical and social work matters

• Monitors the health of the population by looking at trends in disease

E.G. number of people diagnosed with HIV or aids

• Conducts research and publishes reports

E.G. on breast feeding attitudes in Northern Ireland

• Runs health promotion campaigns aimed at improving health and social well being

E.G. the physical activity camp

• Provides a website that informs the public about a range of health and well being issues

E.G. how to provide children with healthy packed lunches

• Diagnoses illnesses

• Prevents ill health - screening

• Provides vaccinations such as the MMIZ

• Provide children homes

• Provide adult training centres

• Provide health centres and clinics

• Chest, Heart and Stroke

• Help the Aged

• Action Cancer

• Marie Curie Cancer Care

• Praxis

• Provide nursing care in clients own home

E.G. Marie Curie care for cancer patients

• Advocate for clients to ensure that they are recieving appropriate state benifits

E.G. Citizens Advice Bureau

• Provide a range of health and care services

E.G. screening by Action Cancer

• Volunteers may not be trained and may do more harm than good as a result

• Critics argue that voluntary organisations are providing services that the state should be providing

• Voluntary organisations' funds vary annually therefore they may be able to provide a service one year but not the next

• Retailers

E.G. supermarkets and pharmacies

• Drug companies

E.G. Glaxo Smith Kline

• Residential care providers

• Private health care company

E.G. BUPA

• Health related businesses

E.G. private health club or spa

• Alternative and private practocioners

E.G. homeopath

• Dispence medicine

• Provide treatments, vitamin supplements, etc

• Measure health indicators

E.G. BP, blood sugar, eyesight, etc

• Conduct research on health conditions

• Produce new effective drug treatments

• Provide information about how drugs work

• Provide screening

• Give advice on health problems

• Provide a variety of treaatments

E.G. phiseotherapy, massage, optician, podiatry, homeopathy

• Provide medication and other health related products, such as vitamins and aromatherapy, in a health realated food store such as Holland and Barrett

• Encourage healthy living through initiatives

E.G. food labelling, special offers, vouchers in supermarkets such as Tesco

• Monitors the health status of developing countries

• Facilitates emergency aid at the request of the UN

• Provides information on health risks globally

E.G. on risks of SAR's and how to avoid it

(1) LIFESTYLE CHOICES

• Eating a healthy diet (5 a day)
• Exercising
• Limiting alcohol intake to the governments recommended units per week to avoid binge drinking
• Avoid illegal drugs such as marajuanna
• Avoid smoking tobacco and passive smoking

(2) ACCESSING SERVICES

• Responding to invitations for screening (breast cancer in women over 50)
• Vaccinations can help prevent disease (MME)
• Early detection of disease means treatment will be more effective

(3) SELF ADVOCACY

• Asking a GP for a referral to a specialist (gynecologist or neurologist)
• Requesting the GP to give you information about treatment choices