Promote Communication in Health, Social Care or Children's and Young People's Settings

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1.1 Communication is an intrinsic part of human life, and we consciously and subconsciously communicate with each person we come into contact with on a daily basis. As our relationship to the person or people differs, so does the mode, dialect and register of communication we employ. Speaking, telling our needs and wants verbally; non verbally or in a written way are a basic need of our daily life. We communicate with a variety of people in a variety of places and with a variety of functions. The communication between these people and us changes according to the person's function in our lives. There are different kinds of relationships between ourselves and our family, colleagues, public, friends...etc We employ different formats for each in our daily communication. The closeness and the context of these communications are very different from each other, and to communicate effectively we must moderate the tone, manner and content accordingly . Social roles are the most determinist functions in daily communication. Power distance effects the daily communication between people when it is connected with social roles. Although in our daily relationships we observe that the closeness and roles of the people we communicate with may change, the basic communication process always involves a sender, a receiver and the message, which is conveyed through a variety of verbal, non verbal or semiotic means. Communication is the basic element of human interactions that allows people to establish, maintain and improve contacts with others. Healthcare work is a communicative intervention and is founded on effective communication. The word communication originates from ‘communis’, a Greek word, meaning ‘to make common’. It is the transmission and receiving information, feelings and or attitudes with the overall purpose of having understood producing a response.
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