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Using a major public health challenge of your choice, identify and elaborate on the steps that need to be followed to implement a Health Promotion Intervention in order to overcome this challenge.
Some of major public health challenges-
Tobacco use
Food safety
Heart disease and stroke
Epilepsy
Teen pregnancy
HIV
Interventions for HIV-
Biomedical interventions-Medical and Surgical services that are effective for HIV prevention.
-Prevention and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
- ARV based prevention strategies( Pre and post exposure prophylaxis).
- Needle.exchange program for people who inject drugs.
- Antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV.
Behavioural interventions-Individual or group session aimed at changing client knowledge, skill and practice regarding HIV prevention.
- Condoms promotion and distribution.
- Evidence informed behavioural interventions.
- Healthy choices for better future.
- My health, My choice.
- Shuga
- Families matter! Program
- RESPECT-K
- EBAN-K.
Structural interventions-Interventions that change the social and environmental drivers of HIV.
- Social protection; cash transfer program.
- Education subsidies.
- Community norms change.
- Interventions that addresses structural factor-
Social;stigma, gender equality.
Legal political; laws and regulations.
Cultural;religious beliefs.
Economic; lack of livelihood opportunities.