Unit 8: Promoting Public Health

This unit is part of the BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:

1. A: Examine strategies for developing public health policy to improve the health of individuals and the population
   1. A1 The origins and aims of public health policy
   2. A2 Strategies for developing public health policy
   3. A3 Monitoring the health status of the population
   4. A4 Groups that influence public health policy
2. B: Examine the factors affecting health and the impact of addressing these factors to improve public health
   1. B1 Factors affecting health
   2. B2 The socio-economic impact of improving health of individuals and the population
3. C: Investigate how health is promoted to improve the health of the population#
   1. C1 The role of health promoters
   2. C2 Approaches to promoting public health and wellbeing
   3. C3 Approaches to protecting public health and wellbeing
   4. C4 Disease prevention and control methods
4. D: Investigate how health promotion encourages individuals to change their behaviour in relation to their own health
   1. D1 Features of health promotion campaigns
   2. D2 Barriers to participation and challenging indifference
   3. D3 Models and theories that justify health behaviour change
   4. D4 Approaches to increasing public awareness of health promotion