Explain Potential barriers to effective communication within a health and social care environment There are many reasons why interpersonal communication may fail in health and care setting. In many communications, the message may not be received exactly the way the writer intended. It is, therefore, important that the communicator finds feedback to check that their message is clearly understood. When it works well, communication helps establish trusting relationships, ensure information is passed and understood, and enriches people’s lives. But all too often good communication is hampered by barriers.
Health care professionals that focus on vulnerable populations are concern with whole social groups that are at risk because of social standing. Vulnerable populations include ethnic and racial minorities, persons with chronic or mental illness, the poor, and recent immigrants (Crow, Harrington, & McLaughlin, 2002). Attending to the needs of vulnerable populations can be hindered by the fact that these groups suffer from discrimination and become marginalized or disconnect from society. In addition, the disfranchisement of vulnerable populations from common social settings, such as school, or work hinders their ability to receive needed help. Often teachers or co-workers are the first contact who recognize risks and reach out to individuals.
This makes up the ‘PIES’ of health needs: Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Social needs. If there was a service user within a residential care home who was living with multiple sclerosis, who had then experienced direct prejudice about the fact that they have problems with mobility, it would affect how well these needs are met. Physical needs would be affected because if there was direct prejudice, it would change their attitudes about their needs because their self-esteem would have been lessened, meaning that they would change their attitudes about their needs and result in them becoming less physically active. This could then impact on the social needs of the service user because they’re not being mobile, and therefore are not going out and meeting, or communicating with different people. Intellectual needs would be affected due to the prejudice lowering self-esteem, and this changing opinion and attitudes, the service user may not wish to read or write for a number of reasons.
. Failure to Function Adequately is one definition of abnormality. In this definition , a person is considered abnormal if they are unable to cope with the demands of everyday life. Someone who may be unable to perform the behaviours necessary for day-to-day living such as washing, eating, holding down a job and interacting with peers is considered abnormal. Rosenhan & Seligman's study said that people who cannot function adequately will show certain traits.These traits are: Personal distress, such as being over anxious, and unhappy with yourself.
Stereotyping is assumptions made about an individual, which could affect their health care. Labelling is giving people labels, mostly negative ones. This is very unprofessional and could lead to different levels of health and social care being given to particular individuals. Bullying is using ones power to intimidate another person. There are different forms of bulling, such as physical, written and
Low income may mean an individual will have poor housing and diet. Psychosocial - social inequality can make people feel inferior and can have biological effects on a person’s health, e.g. stress levels. Life course is an accumulation of various disadvantageous circumstances over time. (Bartely 2004; Skalicka et al 2009 Joyce and Bambra 2010).
However, there are practices that do not take a persons culture into consideration when treating patients. These practices can be collectively termed the “colour blind, culture blind way.” This essay will examine both these points of view. Laungani’s point is backed up by the fact that not knowing a client’s culture can lead to misdiagnosis. A client living in a society that has another value system and culture than that of their own can lead to issues. Such issues include client’s exhibiting behaviours that are not recognised by such a society.
These matters tend to be when the issue is a life-threatening, life-limiting conditions, where the service user is experiencing pain and mental stress. When it comes to situations like these, a service user is less likely to want to talk about the issues at hand, forming a barrier to communication. This barrier is unhealthy for the service user as it can cause health problems and affect their wellbeing. | Strategies to overcome this barrier mean that the care practitioner should use the correct verbal and non-verbal communication skills, enabling a supportive and reassuring connection with the service user. Knowing and using the service users preferred communication methods could make them feel comfortable with talking to the care practitioner.
Various obstacles can keep some from meeting their needs on their own. These obstacles can include lack of education, lack of support, and mental illness to name a few. Some of these obstacles are self-inflicted, though often the reasons people have trouble meeting their basic needs are because of circumstances beyond their control (Martin, 2011). Human service/social service agencies are accessed by these individuals when they bump into these challenges and do not know how to fix them. It is the Human Service worker/advocate who listens, gives information and guides the individuals who need the help to the services they may
Also having good personal hygiene can make you feel valued. 1.2- Describe the effects of poor personal hygiene on health and well being: If personal hygiene is not maintained an individual’s skin can break down this can lead to getting sores, infections and pain for the individual. Also if personal hygiene isn’t maintained it can also affect the individual’s mental health, this can lead to a lack in confidence and insecurities. Emotional and physical well-being can also be affected as well if personal hygiene isn’t maintained. Emotional is affected as the person doesn’t feel good in themselves, and physical is affected if their health starts to decrease.