‘We are healthier today than previous generations because of public health’. Discuss.
Communicable Diseases (800 words)
We are healthier now – vaccine programs 1950s – now. Mass vaccination has increased life expectancy, we have vaccines now for diseases we didn’t have 70 years ago
Childhood immunization program
Challenges to vaccination programs – delivery/uptake
Anti-vaxxers threaten this
Antimicrobial resistance, Healthcare associated infections
Public health efforts to control communicable diseases – online campaigns such as symptom awareness and encouraging sanitary behaviors. more recently Covid-19 issues. Widening social inequalities
HIV/TB – public health challenges. Rising rates of infection in migrant communities, stigma in these communities results in people not seeking help/cases go unreported
Rising rates of STIs
Non-communicable Diseases (800 words)
People living longer not healthier. Why is this the case? Marmot review – social inequalities of health
Global burden of disease study – critical analysis of this
Other studies to show we are living longer but not healthier than previous generations
PH strategies focused on prevention/health promotion – e.g. heart disease, smoking cessation, alcohol misuse – have these been a success? Critical analysis of the effectiveness of these strategies, and show evidence
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