Improving Health of Children Through Decentralization of Healthcare in Edinburg

Decentralization of Healthcare Management in Edinburg

Decentralizing management of local healthcare cooperatives has enhanced integration of organizations providing both primary and community care services in Edinburg. The latter has been achieved through availability of specialists to take care of the children and youths having mental illness and physical disabilities. Establishment of the Primary Care Trust, which is also an integral part of the LHCC, has enhanced accountability in service provision amongst the population in local areas through creation of multidisciplinary governance team consisting of practitioners from nursing, medicine, and the entire public health.

Improvements in Developing and Coordinating Extended Healthcare Group

In addition, decentralization has shown levels of improvements in developing and coordinating extended healthcare group indicated by the availability of extra time primary care operations. According to Morris (2003), the latter has promoted emphasis on the control of locally available health risks and promotion of positive lifestyle among the youths through means of program implementation related to community need. Besides, the outcome of the projects enables parents to improve the health of their children using leant information delivered through media (Dixon 2008). Notably, the approach of decentralization of leadership in healthcare has encouraged inclusive decision making in implementing greater budgetary allocations to finance children’s healthcare activities and complementing to motivate health providers.

Proper Management of Clinical Networks

Essentially, major improvements involve proper management of various clinical networks with an objective of reviewing acute medical conditions that require emergency care. Boyden (2015) states that besides expansion and increase in the number of facilities, the need to make vital clinical changes such as rearrangement of new medical team was necessary to improve efficiency and quality standards required to improve the health of children, mostly in the rural areas. In addition, in order to maximize on the use of available scarce personnel, centralization of clinical services is conducted so as to enable improvement on the economy of scale. Notably, the approach enhance solving the problem of NHS (National Health Service) undermined coordination, clinical personnel, and resource planning (Coppock & McGovern 2014). For instance, good clinical networks has led to implementation and structuring of facilities to solve children health issues, such as heart conditions, diabetes, organ transplants, and cancer control therapy systems.

Material Factors and Health Outcomes

Physical hazards, food, shelter, exposure to pollutants, and resource availability as integral components of material factor, determine the health outcomes of children. For example, levels of income indicates how material depreciation has led to creation of wide health differences among families in relation to the exposure to the air quality, unequal distribution of health physical risks, and even uneven resource distribution across social groups; thus, contributing to social inequalities (Dixon 2008). In addition, the geographical locality of individuals plays an important aspect in determining the inequality on health and wellbeing through reviewing of the effects of space people occupy and their respective places of resident. For example, the rates of asthma infections relies on the extent of air pollution in the region occupied (physical location); thus, showing the effect of space in transmission of the condition. In making comparisons, the political control determines the health through implementation of policies related to food assistance programs thereby, depicting that the wellbeing of individuals are not only affected by the physical localities, but also through belonging to particular group. In addition, Weare (2010) depicts that highly populated regions with individuals in a definite space are likely to have great chances to spread airborne health conditions. The individuals experience hardship due to lack of power and control over available resources thereby, exposing the youths to lower standards of literacy, job enrichment, and tough economic policies making it difficult to meet childcare health needs.

Enhancing Living Standards and Income Distribution

In order to address the latter, establishment of improved living standards is essential through enabling individual citizen to maximize their efforts so as to exercise full authority over their own resources. Notably, in practicing this, the youths are able to gain control over their lifestyles. The program would ensure that the children are taken care of as everyone would have the opportunity for self development (Coppock & McGovern 2014). In addition, there is need to increase job opportunities for every qualified personnel so as to enable income generation thereby, enabling living in proper conditions free from health hazards. As such, everyone would have an opportunity to achieve equal and quality care that caters for the health needs of the people (Weare 2010). Therefore, a legal framework that allows for distribution of income should be achieved by eliminating discriminating in terms of race, age, and ethnic group.

Legislations for Health and Safety

Health and Safety Act (2007) is one of the legislations that ensure that all individuals present around work stations are protected against health risks. The youths in Edinburgh are; thus, entitled to enjoy safety measures within their ecosystem so as to enhance security in all physical environments. Since children are playful and move from one place to another, for instance, from school, their safety is guaranteed by the act. Notably, Food Act (2015) safeguards the public from health risks related to the consumption of food (Morris 2003). Therefore, to improve wellbeing of youths, it is essential to ensure provision of clean and safe consumption good to prevent illness. The legislations are beneficial in promotion of health standards of the young people if implemented effectively in Edinburg.

References

Boyden, J., 2015. Childhood and the policy makers: A comparative perspective on the globalization of childhood. In Constructing and reconstructing childhood (pp. 185-219). Routledge.

Coppock, V. and McGovern, M., 2014. ‘Dangerous Minds’? Deconstructing Counter‐Terrorism Discourse, Radicalisation and the ‘Psychological Vulnerability’of Muslim Children and Young People in Britain. Children & Society, 28(3), pp.242-256.

Dixon, J., 2008. Young people leaving care: health, well‐being and outcomes. Child & family social work, 13(2), pp.207-217.

Morris, N., 2003. Health, well-being and open space. Edinburgh: Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University.

Weare, K., 2010. Mental health and social and emotional learning: Evidence, principles, tensions, balances. Advances in school mental health promotion, 3(1), pp.5-17.