HLTH 7001 Professional Practice and Legislation

HLTH7001: Professional Practice and LegislationTable of Contents PART 1.............................................................................................................................................1 a) ...

HLTH7001: Professional Practice and LegislationTable of Contents PART 1.............................................................................................................................................1 a) An overview of the report...................................................................................................1 b) A brief overview of what each sub-section of the report will address...............................1 c) A very brief summary of the findings.................................................................................1 PART 2.............................................................................................................................................1 a) Scope of Public Health Care..............................................................................................1 b) Comparison and Contrast of Scope of Public Health Care................................................2 PART 3.............................................................................................................................................4 a) Three public health legislations in New Zealand...............................................................4 b)Three ethical healthcare practices in New Zealand.............................................................4 c)Application of legal and ethical health practices, addressing two contemporary or historical social problem........................................................................................................................5 PART 4.............................................................................................................................................5 a) Overview of the Principles found in the Treaty of Waitangi;.............................................5 b) Impact of The Treaty of Waitangi on roles and responsibilities of Public Health Care and integration ofprinciples...........................................................................................................6 PART 5.............................................................................................................................................7 Roles and responsibilities of Public Health Care in New Zealand.........................................7 PART 6.............................................................................................................................................8 Summary of the report and, briefly, any changes you would make for greater efficiency.....8 REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10PART 1 a) An overview of the report The following report gains an insight into the public health care sector of New Zealand by looking into the details of its different domains. The report is divided in 4 main sections that include scope of public health care, ethical practices and legislations associated with practice in public health care; Treaty of Waitangi; and roles & responsibilities of public health care. b) A brief overview of what each sub-section of the report will address The section discussion about the scope of public health care will address comparison and contrast of 3 scopes in three nations to highlight their similarities and differences. The next section will take into account public health legislations, ethical healthcare practices and significance of applying such practices for solving social problems. It is followed by discussion on 3 principles of Treaty of Waitangi and their impact on responsibilities & roles of public health care. The last section is concerned with roles and responsibilities of public health care in New Zealand. c) A very brief summary of the findings The report can be summarised to covey that the scope of public health care includes oral health, mental health, occupational health and safety, epidemiology, health policy, environmental health, sexual and reproductive health, and emergency department. Also, it has been inferred that the 3 principles of Treaty of Waitangi are applied onto roles and responsibilities of public health care to derive positive outcomes.