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.
You will have to examine the effects of three different discriminatory practices in care settings. You may like to follow on from the examples you have given in P3 and see what effects discrimination has had on the victims, the person or the organisation causing the discrimination. You should consider the effects of discriminatory practice in detail, identifying those that are most important. natory practice on those who use the service In your report for health and social care workers, explain the different types of communication and interpersonal interaction. Give examples of when these types of communication and interpersonal interaction may be used within the Health & Social Care sector.
Those within a community usually share some type of common interest. There may be different types of communities; some examples of these communities are, face –to-face community, neighborhood community, community of identifiable need, and community of special interest. Community Health “Community Health is the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society”. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, pg. 401).
Principles of health and social care practice In this essay I will be describing the principles and outlining the procedures that are needed to safeguard colleagues and service users from harm I will also state the relevance of legislation, regulations, code of practice and policies and procedures, while defining the importance of them. The theories are also relevant to health and social care; I will state what theory is and how we benefit from inter-professional working also the impact it has on individuals and services what our roles and responsibilities are in an outside work settings. The principles of care provides the foundation upon which the principles of practices are applied, values are subjective and varies from people and culture. Service users should feel valued and recognised as an individual, promoting their rights in a way that enables the service user’s choices, involving them in making decisions to meet their needs taking in perspective their rights to be treated with dignity, and have their privacy and confidentiality respected Data Protection Act (1998) states organisations are legally required to do this, information must be shared only on a need to know basis example if a service user is a danger to themselves or others even if there is a risk to the health and welfare of the care worker etc, then information must be disclosed otherwise personal records must be kept confidential, service users have the right to access information that is stored about them Access to information Act (1985) and freedom of information act (2000) suggest that. Independence must be promoted so that with support they will feel empowered to take control of their own lives, Care workers must engage constantly with diverse ethnic groups to broaden their learning to implement better skills in practice.
This means that different psychological approaches support health practice in relation to health behaviour, observation on individuals. In addition, also social care practices provide support to people with special needs and people at risk. Hospitals, care homes, GPs use different psychological approaches to help provide best care and support for their patients and service users. The behaviourists approach is used in many health and social care practices such as hospitals, nursing and residential homes and mental health settings. In addition, they provide support for people with challenging behaviour and people with depression.
Disparities among Low Income and Minority Populations That Affect Access to Healthcare Introduction Race and income affect the health care system in America in a number of ways. The purpose of this study is to find out how race and income affect the healthcare system in America. This paper will show the relation between race and income and how they affect the health care system in America. This paper will also discuss the problems of poverty and how they can affect access to healthcare services. McMillan (2005) defines health care and health reform; it also gives statistics on the comparisons between those with low incomes and those with high incomes and their access to certain health care needs.
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
March 10, 2014 INTRODUCTION AND THESIS STATEMENT The effects of public policy on the social determinants of health are profound, numerous and far-reaching. Social determinants of health refer to the living conditions of individuals and communities, and are a major reflection, of the health outcomes of the population as a whole (Bryant, Raphael, and Rioux, 2010). Social determinants of health also indicate the degree to which a person can have access to the physical, social and personal resources required to satisfy needs and cope with the environment. Some of these resources are income, quality and access to education, food, housing, employment and working conditions, access to health care and social services (Raphael, 2007). Public policy on the other hand dictates what these living conditions will be, that is, favourable or unfavourable for the population.
Word count 1439 Discuss how social health and behavioural sciences impact on the physical and mental health of an individual. The mental state of a person is significantly influenced by social activities in the environment the person lives in (Black et al. 1980). The above statement supports researches which indicates that there is empirical evidence to demonstrate inequalities between health and the social classes of societies especially in Britain where the research was done. This essay attempts to provide an overview on human sociological activities, behaviour and experience and how it affects the physical and mental health of an individual.
Abstract Human beings possess values, beliefs, cultures and perceptions about health, roles, gender, how to nurture, love and bonding. “The environment influences the person’s health and the person in turn, influences the environment” (Kubsch, 2007). Health is the degree of well-being that a person experiences (Blais et al., 2008, pg. 96). The nursing profession is based on a variety of nursing theories.