This strategy once again prioritises a number of key influential factors which impact health in a significant way. 5.1 Housing One major impact on the health and well-being of people is where and how they live. Not only is the physical and social environment important, but the home is also the setting within which care is increasingly provided by both family and community based health and social care. Poor housing can affect people’s health. These links between housing and health in supporting the health and well-being of people in their homes are well documented and were highlighted recently in a Welsh Health Circular from the Welsh Assembly Government.
Understanding Healthcare Organizations: External Influences Week 4 Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Influences in Healthcare External Influences Socioeconomic Status and cultural factors are external influences in health care. Socioeconomic Status a complex characteristic, generally understood to encompass not only income and education level, the measures most commonly used, but also a wide range of associated factors that may affect the quality of health care patients receive, including insurance status, access to care, patients’ health beliefs, and many facets of the doctor-patient relationship, such as trust and communication (Bernheim SM, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH, 2008). The idea that people have better education, income and lifestyles, are less exposed to factors that contribute to stress-related diseases such as heart disease. Because the level of stress is less than those who experience significant differences in environment, health risks are greater in those who experience job loss, crime infested neighborhoods and poor education systems. Those who experience stress could turn to drug abuse, smoking and alcoholism.
For physicians, the local economy must be able to sustain the services these physicians will bring to the area (Elrich, Doeksen, & St. Clair, 2007). Employment opportunities are an important advantage for the economy that health care systems can provide to rural areas. But if newly graduated physicians or already established physicians looking for a change will not move to rural or low income urban areas, a health care system will have little impact on the economy (Elrich, Doeksen, & St. Clair, 2007). Physicians in rural and low income urban areas bring positive contributions to their communities. Not only do they provide medical services, they also promote healthy lifestyles through education programs (Elrich, Doeksen, & St. Clair, 2007).
This is also said to have a significant impact both on peoples’ health status and mortality rates. Primary health care services will focus on better health for a population, and actively work to reduce health inequalities between different groups. The Treaty of Waitangi is a key document of Maori health which states that the Crown has an obligation to ensure Maori have a health status which is at least equal to that of non-Maori (WAVE, 2001). Unfortunately this is not currently the case. The mortality rate caused by potentially preventable
Healthcare reform usually aims to broaden the population that receive healthcare coverage, expand the options of healthcare providers, improve accessibility, improve quality of care, and decrease the cost of healthcare. It is necessary to carry out health reform as a strong primary healthcare system has been shown to reduce cost, increase accessibility, improve patient’s health outcome, and increase patient’s satisfaction regarding their care (Macinko et al, 2003). In 2007-08, Australia spent 8.8% of gross domestic product on healthcare (AIHW, 2010). The Australian government funds public hospitals, residential aged care facilities as well as providing funding for major researches and support in training health professionals. These resulted in Australian
The impact of these identity processes on health and well-being is explored in the contributions to the special issue (Haslam, Jetten, Postmes, & Haslam, 2009). In their editorial, they discussed these contributions in light of five central themes that have emerged from research to date. These themes address the relationship between social identity and (a) symptom appraisal and response, (b) health-related norms and behavior, (c) social support, (d) coping, and (e) clinical outcomes. The special issue as whole points to the capacity for a social identity approach to enrich academic understanding in these areas and to play a key role in shaping health-related policy and
Edexcel BTEC Levels 4 and 5 Higher Nationals specification in Health and Social Care Contents Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3: Unit 4: Unit 5: Unit 6: Unit 7: Unit 8: Unit 9: Unit 10: Unit 11: Unit 12: Unit 13: Unit 14: Unit 15: Unit 16: Unit 17: Unit 18: Unit 19: Unit 20: Unit 21: Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations 1 Principles of Health and Social Care Practice Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care Research Project Social Policy The Sociological Context of Health and Social Care Empowering Users of Health and Social Care Services Safeguarding in Health and Social Care The Role of Public Health in Health and Social Care Physiological Principles for Health and Social Care Managing Human Resources in Health and Social Care 5 11 15 21 27 33 37 41 45 49 53 59 Managing Financial Resources in Health and Social Care 65 Psychology for Health and Social Care 71 Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care 75 Community Development Work Complementary Therapies Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Supporting Independent Living Supporting Significant Life Events 79 85 89 95 99 Unit 22: Unit 23: Unit 24: Unit 25: Unit 26: Unit 27: Unit 28: Unit 29: Developing Counselling Skills for Health and Social Care Employability Skills Understanding the Learning Process Influences on Health and Social Care Organisations Facilitating Change in Health and Social Care Managing Quality in Health and Social Care Work-based Experience Health Promotion 103 109 115 119 123 127 131 137 UNIT 1: COMMUNICATING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATIONS Unit 1: Unit code: QCF level: Credit value: Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations T/601/1560 4 15 • Aim The aim of this unit is to develop
The Influence of The Structural Factor of Socio-Economic class on Health “Social class or socioeconomic status is the strongest predictor of health, disease causation and longevity in medical sociology” (Giddens & Sutton 2009 pg 407). This essay aims to explore the influence of the structural factor of socio economic class on health. It will begin with the previously used model known as The Registrar Generals Classification System (Giddens 2009) and then today’s current model known as The Socioeconomic Classification System (Giddens 2009). It will discuss how social class shapes our lives as well as our, environment, educational needs, living and working conditions which all contribute to health (Graham 2007). It will touch on sociological theories and key reports such as The Black Report (1980), The Health Divide (1987), The Acheson Report (1998) and The Marmot Report (2010) these will explain the impact of what does influence health and why.
Health geography can offer a spatial understanding of a population’s health, the distribution of disease in an area, and the environment’s result on health and disease. Health geography also deals with accessibility to health care and health care providers. This is also considered a sub discipline of humane geography; nevertheless, it requires a perceptive of the other fields such as epidemiology, climatology. Although health care is a great public superior, it is not pure. However, it is not equally available to all individual.
Australia over period has been identified been with National Health Priority Areas. This was in response to the World Health Organisation’s global strategy, Health for All by the Year 2000, which later became Health for All in the 21st Century (www.who.int.archives/hfa/policy).Seeking changes and improvement in the population’s health trends, these areas were targeted. These areas include: cardiovascular health, cancer control, injury prevention and control and mental health. In recent years, diabetes mellitus, asthma, arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions have been added to the priority areas. Evidently each priority area has been linked to poor nutrition and physical activity practices.