Medicine L23 - Government Prevention Illness

This lesson contains:

• A starter to recap previous course knowledge.

• A discussion of who is responsible for public health, and what this means, and how this might be taking place, including through new laws, advertising campaigns and vaccines.

• A YouTube video about government attempts to improve health with follow-up discussion.

• Examples from YouTube (linked in the PPT) of lifestyle campaigns introduced by the government for eating healthily, against drink driving and about preventing smoking.

• A task to study the information provided and complete three sections on a worksheet about the actions taken by the government. This covers vaccination against measles and other diseases, the campaigns and the new laws brought in to protect people.

• A plenary exam question to practice and weigh up the increased government involvement in this era compared to previous ones.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation

• 2 x Powerpoint Files