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PUBLIC HEALTH: Camden and Islington public health- working to improve…
PUBLIC HEALTH: Camden and Islington public health- working to improve health and reduce health ineqaulities
Public health aims to : 1. prevent disease (vaccines etc), promote health and wellbeing (smoking ban 2007), focus on health inequalities, prolong life of population
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using determinants of health model (Dahlgren and whitehead 1992) to give direction for areas to tackle in public health / considerations
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operating environment
health and care systems and local authoritities (NHS , local counsils) regulated by arms length bodies which report to central government departments informing parliament
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Joint strategic needs assessment- council, NHS and other public sector partners work to assess needs of a local population to decide intervention (required by health and wellbeing boards)
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Types of interventions
social prescribing, green spaces for exercise
nutrition related interventions e.g. healthier catering commitment, healthy start vouchers, healthy schools programme, parks for health projects, breakfast clubs and improving uptake