Introduction : Pandemic is a disease that spreads over a country or the whole world. Many people’s lives were getting affected due to the pandemic. To spread this spreading awareness to public was important. In this blog we will see about the public health awareness during the pandemic.
Some of the activities for public health promotion, Disease prevention and wellness program include communication and raising awareness about healthy behaviours for the general public.
Communication strategies include public service announcement, health fairs, mass media campaigns and news letters.
Health awareness during the pandemic:
Wearing well fitting mask, personal hygiene, healthy eating habits, physical distancing and checking temperature, oxygen levels and so on should be made aware to the public.
Strategies to improve public health: Enabling all people by giving knowledge, information and skills. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health. Mediating different people in the society is another strategy.
Public health awareness should concentrate on the following: Promote healthy communities and healthy behaviours.
Prevent the spread of communicable disease, Prepare and respond to emergencies, Assure health services.
To promote health: public health awareness programmes must educate people to health eating habits and their implications. To educate on physical and mental health.
Conclusion: Public health promotion is a vital function that requires broad public concern and support in order to increase the society’s interest in assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy. Health is a basic human right and improvements in health care should be the goal of every country!
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R.SRINISHA
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