You need to write an essay of approximately 1000 words covering entire. (Opportunity to achieve M1 & D1). The essay needs to be based on baseline information that you have gathered about your local community in order to identify needs, socio-economic factors influencing health, inequalities, and barriers to accessing health as discussed above
1. Explain the effects of socioeconomic influences on health.
2. Assess the relevance of government sources in reporting on inequalities in health.
3. Discuss reasons for barriers to accessing Healthcare
Having been recently employed by a G.P practice in the role of a smoking cessation officer. Your task is to reduce the number of patients registered at the practice who smoke. Using knowledge from the lectures and your reading say why this is an important target for the practice and which model would you use to help smokers quit. Explain what your role would be in this intervention relating to theory and discuss how you could help the patients to become long term non-smokers. Your essay should not be more than 1,200 words long.
4. Analyze the links between government strategies and models of health promotion.
5. Explain the role of professionals in meeting government targets for health promotion.