Welcome to Unit 12PUBLIC HEALTH!
Use all of the following words, create a definition of public health:•
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Life
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Health
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Preventing
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Prolonging
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Public health and you!!
We all have a lot of contact with the different areas of public health. Try to think of at least 10 ways that the public health system has impacted on your life.

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The key aspects of public health in the UK
In groups create an A3 poster presentation for the class about 1 of the 7 aspects of public health in the UK.
Your poster must include:• A clear explanation of what the aspect is. • A relevant example of each aspect in use (not from the book!).
• A graph or diagram to illustrate your explanation and/or example.

The key aspects of public health in the UK
1) monitoring the health status of the population
2) Identifying the health needs of the population
3) Developing programmes to reduce risk and screen disease early on
4) Controlling communicable disease
5) Promoting the health of the population
6) planning and evaluating the national provision of health and social care
7) Target setting

Unit 12-P1

• To get a pass you must:
(P1) Describe key aspects of public health strategies. • Task
Create a colourful and informative webpage which describes the key aspects of public health strategies-using a relevant example and image.
(The key aspects of public health in the UK monitoring the health status of the population, identifying the health needs of the population, developing programmes to reduce risk and screen disease early on, controlling communicable disease, promoting the health of the population, planning and evaluating the national provision of health and social care

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Unit 12-P1
Ms Fletcher
Your name

The key aspects of public health in the UK
1.) Monitoring the health status of the population.
Government
departments such as the department of health carry out annual research to track changes in the health of the population, which may alert them