Equality & Diversity

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Equality & Diversity

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Social Factors1
Political Factors2
Biological3
Family Structure4 Equality5 Equality: e.g Avoiding stereo typing and labelling
Since stereotyping has been around for a long time, it’s unfortunately inevitable. Tough we may not be able to completely prevent stereotypes; we can, with effort try to avoid creating them ourselves Faith
“Everyone’’ has a right to choose which religion they believe in, faith which is ultimately the acceptance of the divine authority, or based on the works and teaches of your faith.
Diet
Try to eat as healthy as possible your nutrition is the sum of food that each individual consumes. All though we as humans are omnivores, each culture and persons hold food preferences or some food taboos.
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Family Structure
Can be socially active through involvement with community organizations, church, and neighbors, but confronted with fewer and less intimate connections, older people may disengage from the social world. Social connections come from a variety of sources—family and friends, shared living spaces, interaction with neighbors, and participation in community or religious organizations.
Sexuality
A person's sexual orientation is not the same as a person's sexual actions because not everyone expresses the way they are feeling in their actions. It is therefore the feelings one has towards another.
We should be respectful and positive about people’s sexuality or sexual relationships, and support their right to explore their sexuality in a safe, consensual and responsible way Social Factors
We live in either a multicultural or self-society there many factors that can affect or direct lifestyles. These are generally known as social factors these are.
•Religion
•Ethnicity
•Family
•Physical attributes
•Economic status
•Education
•Life partner & children
•Political system s the sum of food that each individual consumes.. All though we as humans are omnivores, each culture and persons hold food preferences or some food taboos.
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Political Factors
These are driven by the government but respond to and utilise all the other forces to create change. Can have effect on something’s could be on business factors or maybe a new legislation or on how their company operates.
Policy and legislation e.g. Disability discrimination act
We as individuals have the responsibility to guide and protect those with disabilities. For them not to be discriminated against and to respect them, it made it unlawful to discriminate against people in respect of their disabilities.
And in relation to employment, the provision of goods and services, education and transport. Biological; Physical factors
"Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being of people not merely absence of disease and infirmity.” As an individual is not healthy if he/she is not physically fit. As we know the biology of an individual is different from another with age and sex, psychological, and social factors are also varies with person to person therefore health choices and delivery of care is also varies.
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