Health And Wellbeing

The purpose of this essay is to describe contemporary social determinants of health and well-being in relation to stroke. It will reflect on information about and demonstrate an understanding of the provision of health care at local, regional and national level. It will also analyse and describe the evidence base underpinning approaches to health and wellbeing and the relevance it has to stroke. For the purpose of discussion, this essay will indicate an understanding of local, national and global trends in illness and disease amongst stroke.

A stroke is a mental condition which can effectively be life threatening (“NHS choices”, 2016). There are two main types of stroke. The most frequent stroke in an ischaemic stroke which is caused by lack
Stroke is a condition which has a high number of risk factors which can either be medical or lifestyle. A healthy diet will help lower the risks of chronic diseases. Excess weight puts pressure on the circulatory system, making people have an increased possibility of high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes magnifying the risk of stroke. This is supported by Lim and Choue (2013) who discovered stroke patients are less likely to consume beneficial foods, have poorer eating habits and an unhealthy diet. Risk groups have arisen due to not be able to put a stop to strokes. There are many uncontrollable risks of the condition which cannot be changed (“National stroke association”,
This group of ethnic minority is increasingly high compared to that of Fylde where the usual number of residents is 75,757 with 73,844 being all white leaving only 1,913 ethnic minority (“Gov.uk”, 2016). Therefore, people who live in Burnley are at higher possibility of being at a risk as groups such as Asian, African or Caribbean are at high risk of stroke due to diabetes rates being higher amongst these groups (“NHS choices”,