HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE HEALTH PROMOTION
- Created by: HananAL
- Created on: 18-03-16 12:04
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- Health Promotion
- Aims
- To raise awareness on health issues
- To improve fitness levels generally
- To prevent ill heath
- Bio-medical
- Focuses on the prevention of disease or illness
- Immunisation, Vaccinations
- Childhood immunisation programme – to prevent childhood infections
- Mammography – type of X-ray to detect breast abnormalities
- Cervical smear tests – microscopy to detect cell abnormalities
- Societal
- Focuses on whole of society
- ban on smoking in enclosed public places •
- Wearing car seat belts
- Aimed at society and affects all individuals
- Educational
- explains problem and changes behaviour
- People may not listen/find it boring
- Gives people choices to make informed decisions
- Aims to supply information to raise awareness
- Aims
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