W22 Public Health and Social Prescribing Flashcards
What is the definition of public health?
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organised efforts of society
What is the Marmot Review?
What are the examples of inequalities?
Health outcomes are poorer in societies in which inequalities exist
* Socioeconomic inequalities
* Inequality of opportunity,
* Inequality of provision of education
* Housing
* Green spaces
What are some Health hazards?
Environmental health hazards
Lack of education
Inadequate food and nutrition
Unemployment
Poor housing
Poverty
Pharmacy role in public health?
- Pharmacies are in some of the most deprived and challenging communities
- They can provide daily contact for individuals seeking advice
- Particularly when presenting for OTC or prescriptions
- Pharmacies have over a million visits for health-related reasons daily
- Huge opportunity to support behaviour change
- Make every contacts count.
Delivering public health:
- Blood pressure
- Atrial fibrillation
- Sexual and reproductive health and HIV
- Diet and obesity
- Smoking
- Physical activity
- Dementia
- Falls and musculoskeletal health
- Health and work
- Maternity and early years
- Oral health
What are the main public health issues? (3)
Substance misuse
Alcohol
Mental health
Pharmacy Contract
Examples of Localised services? (8)
- Weight management service
- Substance misuse service
- Alcohol interventions and brief advice service
- Chlamydia screening and treatment
- Emergency hormonal contraception
- Falls prevention service
- NHS Health Checks
- Stop smoking service
What is Social prescribing?
- Non-medical options
- Often socioeconomic or psychosocial
“A means of enabling primary care professionals to refer patients with social, emotional or practical needs to a range of local, non-clinical services”
Features of social prescribing:
- Social prescribing is holistic
- Allows control of personal health.
- activities typically provided by voluntary and
community sector organisations - May involve a link worker or navigator who works with people to access local sources of support
The Need for Social Prescribing
- People want to improve their situation
- Negative consequences include:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Social isolation
- Need support and motivation
- Around 20% of patients consult their GP for what is primarily a social problem
Physical & emotional health &
wellbeing
What are the aims?
- Improves resilience
- Self-confidence
- Self-esteem
- Improve modifiable lifestyle factors
- Improve mental health
- Improve quality of life
Cost effectiveness & sustainability
what are the 4 aims?
- Prevention
- Reduction in frequent primary care use
- Savings across the care pathway
- Reduced prescribing of medicines
Builds up local community
- Increases awareness of what is available
- Stronger links between VCS & HCP/bodies
- Community resilience
- Nurture community assets
Behaviour Change
- Lifestyle
- Sustained change
- Ability to self-care
- Autonomy
- Activation
- Motivation
- Learning new skills
Capacity to build up the Voluntary
and Community Sector
- More volunteering
- Volunteer graduates running schemes
- Addressing unmet needs of patients
- Enhance social infrastructure
