Asthma could affect Kate emotionally because asthma could really lower Kate’s self-esteem and cause her to have anxiety or make her depressed if she is overweight. Asthma could affect Kate socially because if she is overweight she won’t want to go out with friends and so
Those who lack education will be ignorant to the ramifcations related to prenatal care. Majority of the time minority women have less formal education as compared to their white counterparts. The lack in education results in a domino like effect in relation to prenatal care. They will be inexperienced about pregnany as a whole including prenatal care and will lack good parenting techniques. The lack in education and experice results in lower levels of trust in medical care.
Material depravation is the lack of money and resources in the home. Sociologists who are ‘material depravation sociologists’ believe that the main cause of underachievement is lack of money and resources due to poverty. Overcrowding can lead to children not being able to study/ do homework, there may also be disturbed sleep, also, in a crowded household, children have a higher risk of accident. Families living in temporary housing will also be worse off as it means the child may have disrupted education. Howard (2001) noted that young people from poorer homes have lower intakes of energy, vitamins, and minerals.
According to the statistics presented there are different groups who have different needs. The area that an individual lives in can also impact an individual’s health such as a person from a minority ethnic group who lives in a deprived and polluted inner-city with poor housing, is more likely going to experience poorer health. There is a higher rate of rickets in children who are from the Asian sub-continent caused by having lack of vitamin D. Most minority ethnic groups have a shorter life expectancy and they have higher infant mortality rates. Ethnic minorities tend to come from lower social class positions, therefore, can be difficult to know for sure whether it is their ethnicity that is causing poorer health or whether it is to with their social class position. To continue, ill health can also be affected by there not being enough health care services for individuals to access.
The exposure to unhealthy environment and food increase the chance of children coming in to contact with infectious diseases. This in result may affect the development of the child. Family environment and background In some homes education is not given prominence. Since the parents
Therefore, it is a barrier because many do not have health insurance and if they do, mental health is limited. Psychologists who are not culturally competent may not be able to get through to the African American clients. Therefore, the likelihood of a client returning is slim to none. The following pages can serve as a guide to aid counselors in treating African American women with eating disorders. SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS People develop and experience eating disorders differently.
If people are separated from the society they will feel isolated and could lead to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, financial problems and/or health problems. For example of a social class marginalisation is when the high class get the majority of the medication than people who really need it, especially from the low class society. They would feel that it is normal just because they don’t have the money to pay the medication, that’s why most of them just die from untreated sickness. Disempowerment is when an individual or group of people feel less powerful or less confident from others. It might because of their age or gender, age because if you are working in a hospital and you are the youngest among the group the elderly will dominate which make you feel disempowerment.
Explain the importance & impact of poverty on outcome and life chances for children and young people: • Low income: this can mean that children may not have the same advantages as their wealthier peers. • Poor housing: this could lead to ill health due to unacceptable standards within the home. • Ill health: not having access to the correct food and warm clothing could affect health. • Low academic achievement: this could come due to the lack of importance on education. • Low self-esteem: children could have low self-esteem due to the factors mentioned above.
Furthermore, Individuals with learning disabilities are less able and therefore less likely to use primary health care services but have greater needs due to being vulnerable and prone to illnesses, (Allen, 1999 and Cassidy et al 2002). Also there is some confusion by health care providers that some illnesses are just underlying problem related to their learning disability and so they would not be offered screening, furthermore there might be barriers to attending health services, such as poor physical access, expense of travelling to appointments, or the need for someone to accompany the person, (RCN, 2007). Some strongly believe that one of the roles of a learning disability nurse is to maintain and promote health through educating and raising awareness and by influencing health through environmental and social factors it shows care in a holistic way, (Redworthy et al, 1997 and Northway, 2006). Greiger (2005) said that it is important to change attitudes and behaviours of society to break barriers created over decades of segregation and thinks it has been a long journey but is firmly heading the right
Culturally – how people bring up their children can differ vastly, some cultures/religions expect their children to devote huge amounts of time to prayer, giving them less time to read/study. In other cultures, girls are valued less than boys so aren’t given the same opportunities to learn and develop. Social reasons – children which are born in to poverty and families whose parents are separated can have negative effects on the child’s development. A family may give less time to activities, which aid children’s development, such as a lack of play. Learning difficulties – children may have these due to genetic diseases, birth difficulties or cognitive difficulties.