Tuberculosis in England:has the health promotion programmes and policies help address the issue

Tuberculosis in England : Have the Health Promotion Programmes and Policies Helped Address the Issue

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The aim of this paper is to examine Tuberculosis (TB ) as a public health concern in England . Issues revolving around health promotion , for example the National Health Services ' TB screening and vaccination programmes and the epidemiology of TB in England , will be examined . That is not all this paper will also seek to identify and address policies regarding TB , at the international , national as well as the local

level concluding notes made , and recommendations made according to the gaps that will be identified

Health is a state in which a person is completely free of illness . The World Health Organisation (WHO ) defines it more conclusively as a state of complete physical , mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease (WHO , 1946 . Public health then can be described as the process whose aim is the prevention of diseases and illnesses , the protection of life and the promotion of health in a given population (Orme et al , 2003

To be able to focus on and intervene in a particular area and employ preventive measures , public health also gauges and monitors the trends and prevalence levels of diseases (Naidoo Wills , 2005 . However public health 's concern is not only to prevent health risks and promote health in a population , but also empowering persons in order to improve and positively steer their own health (Ottawa charter , 1986

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is...