Health Promotion
Critically outline and discuss Irish health promotion policies.
Health is an important factor in all human beings lives; it is what determines the lifestyles we will be able to achieve, the standard of living we will achieve along with many more factors. Therefore it is vital that we understand our health system and the strategies used to benefit our well-being. That is why our health systems throughout the years have changed and adapted, to allow them to adequately deal with the public’s needs. For the purpose of this essay the writer will begin by briefly outlining the development of Ireland’s health systems from 1989 to date. The writer will then look at what health is and will finish by looking at health promotion and what it is and with the aid of an example to attempt to convey the importance of health promotion policies.
Ireland’s health system is predominantly a two tiered system, consisting of a difference in treatment for those on private and public health insurance in relation to both access and levels of care within hospitals. This system created an inequity of care for a citizen which is unacceptable, as all citizens should have equal health opportunities. The citizens no longer agreed with the system and began to speak up, looking for equality, resulting in the 1980’s that the services that are necessary on the criterion of comprehensiveness, access of patients to be determined on their health needs rather than their ability to pay or geographical position and for entitlements to be met in an equal manner. This was outlined in the Commission on Health Funding in 1989, however they still believed in the two tiered system. They altered the system by stating that there should be a waiting list established between private and public waiting lists, but that they would not be defined on the list through their ability to pay. Health is an important factor in all lifestyles across the globe it allows us to carry out gratifying lifestyle, it
Health is an important factor in all human beings lives; it is what determines the lifestyles we will be able to achieve, the standard of living we will achieve along with many more factors. Therefore it is vital that we understand our health system and the strategies used to benefit our well-being. That is why our health systems throughout the years have changed and adapted, to allow them to adequately deal with the public’s needs. For the purpose of this essay the writer will begin by briefly outlining the development of Ireland’s health systems from 1989 to date. The writer will then look at what health is and will finish by looking at health promotion and what it is and with the aid of an example to attempt to convey the importance of health promotion policies.
Ireland’s health system is predominantly a two tiered system, consisting of a difference in treatment for those on private and public health insurance in relation to both access and levels of care within hospitals. This system created an inequity of care for a citizen which is unacceptable, as all citizens should have equal health opportunities. The citizens no longer agreed with the system and began to speak up, looking for equality, resulting in the 1980’s that the services that are necessary on the criterion of comprehensiveness, access of patients to be determined on their health needs rather than their ability to pay or geographical position and for entitlements to be met in an equal manner. This was outlined in the Commission on Health Funding in 1989, however they still believed in the two tiered system. They altered the system by stating that there should be a waiting list established between private and public waiting lists, but that they would not be defined on the list through their ability to pay. Health is an important factor in all lifestyles across the globe it allows us to carry out gratifying lifestyle, it
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