Communication Opinion Paper Daronza Harris HSC 320 January 12, 2015 Tricia Tran Communication Opinion Paper There is a gap in communication between health care professional and consumers, there are cultural diversities that surely affect health care because there is a breakdown in health care communication and there have been studies done supporting and proving there is a communication breakdown. The conversion of the idea into words is known as encoding (Cheesebro, 2010). Communication is a process of passing information and understanding from one person to another. Communication aids in bridging the gap between societies who have a misinterpretation, or knowledge deficit. The basic elements of communication involves the transfer and processing of messages that are sent and received.
1. Introduction * Outline what the essay is going to discuss * Identify your inequality in health * Give rationale for the choice of subject * Outline the structure of the essay Before discussing the issue in any depth it is important to develop an understanding of what a health inequality is. 2. Health Inequality * Brief overview of health inequalities in general. 3.
Unit IV Epidemiology - “epi” – on,upon, befall - “demo” – people, population, man -“ology” – study of -The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states in specified populations and the application of this study to control health problems. What is it? *Quantitative discipline based on the principles of research methodology and statistics. *Have made a significant contribution to the identification of risk factor *Distribution – how are cases of the condition of interest spread across a population differently by gender,age,geographic location, socio economic status, other features? *Determinants – what risk factors or antecedent events are associated with the appearance of a disease or condition?
Sociological Approaches to Health and ill–Health P2 – Explain different sociological approaches to health and ill-health In this criteria I will be explaining the health and ill-health in different sociological perspectives. Health is the condition of our body working effectively. Therefore, health is the physical, mental and social well-being of the absence of being ill or having a disease. Ill-health is when your body is not functioning well, you may have a disease, an illness and be sick. This is the opposite of health.
4.13 Health Behaviour The data set presented information on the health behavior of respondents in the urban poor communities. From Table 4.4 below, the highest proportion (41.3 percent) of respondents had Bad health behavior, followed by fair health behavior (32.6 percent), very bad health behavior (20.3 percent) and Good health behavior with the lowest proportion of 5.8 percent. It can be seen that the majority of the respondents had very bad behavior while the lowest proportion reported Good health behavior. This means that 4 out of 10 respondents had Bad health behavior while 6 out of 10 had bad and very bad health behaviour. 5.0 Introduction This chapter looks at the association between the independent variables (background characteristics) and dependent variable (health behavior).
Introduction In this essay I will define the concepts of inequality, accessibility and community participation in health care. I will also discuss these concepts and explain their origins in relation to the Ottawa Charter and the Declaration of Alma Ata. Furthermore I will provide examples of how these concepts are being addressed in New Zealand health policy. Inequality in Health Discussion and Definition of the Concept Within New Zealand significant inequalities in health exist. The reasons for these inequalities are linked with socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender and the geographical area in which people live.
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.
By focusing on the social determinants of health within a population, i.e. the living conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age and shortfalls in the country’s health system, we can target social inequalities and achieve health equity within countries (WHO, 2008). Whereas biomedicine focuses on the medical causes of disease, the social determinants of health approach looks beyond these boundaries and instead focuses on the social origins influencing people’s health status (Germov, 2009, p.15). In a recent report, the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission ([NHHRCC], 2009) determined food and nutrition to be a crucial aspect in the
Do health inequalities still exist? This essay will show how patterns of health and disease have changed in the last three centuries, cover the major findings of inequality reports, provide two theoretical explanations for the existence of health inequalities and finally the essay will show the relationship between theoretical perspectives and the development of health policies and initiatives that have been brought forward to combat inequalities. In the 19th century the population of the United Kingdom (UK) mainly died from acute diseases, these were largely waterborne disease, parasitic infection and infection, caused by poor living and sanitary conditions and poverty. To abolish these diseases the government implemented various legislations and acts, the most significant are the 1848-1875 public health acts this act implemented sanitary systems and defined overcrowding making it illegal in places of public residency, and this dealt mainly with waterborne illness and parasitic infection. The education acts 1906 provided free school meals for children to combat malnutrition disorders, the 1911 national health insurance act was a precursor for the National Health Service (NHS) providing health care services for nearly half of the population, aiding them to regain health and to reduce the risk of slipping into poverty.
The effect of social integration on health is conclusively documented in the theory of ‘social support’ [Cassel, 1976]1. The effect of social and economic inequality on health is profound too. Poverty, which is a result of social and economic inequality in a society, is detrimental to the health of population. The outcome indicators of health (mortality, morbidity and life expectancy) are all directly influenced by the standards of living of a given population. More so, it is not the absolute deprivation of income that matters, but the relative distribution of income [Wilkinson, 1992]2.