K101 Tma04
PART A
Write an essay of no more than 1500 words.
Block 3 covers key issues about involving local people in planning and/or running community- based health and social care projects. Using examples from Block 3, discuss how local involvement helps to make care services more responsive to local needs, and explain some challenges in achieving it.
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of health as contained in its constitution is ‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (WHO, 1946).
In this essay, I will explore the detrimental effects of poverty on health and well-being, and how, with government funding, community pride and access to greater knowledge and experience through the input of professional partnerships, the communities of Great Britain are taking control of their own neighbourhoods, improving their environments and consequently their health, sense of well-being and ultimately their quality of life.
In April 2001, Thornhill in Southhampton was one of 39 deprived English neighbourhoods to successfully secured £48.7 million of £50bn of available Government funding. Thornhill Plus You (‘Thornhill’) was established. (cited in the Open University 2010) I will use examples from Thornhill and explore/discuss that social problems have social solutions.
Both health improvement and community development are associated with a better quality of life, which has been defined by the World Health Organisation as ‘individuals ' perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value system where they live, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. It is a broad ranging concept, incorporating in a complex way a person 's physical health, psychological state, level of independence, social relationships, personal beliefs and relationship to salient features of the environment. (WHOQOL, 1994)
Labonte’s model of
Write an essay of no more than 1500 words.
Block 3 covers key issues about involving local people in planning and/or running community- based health and social care projects. Using examples from Block 3, discuss how local involvement helps to make care services more responsive to local needs, and explain some challenges in achieving it.
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of health as contained in its constitution is ‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (WHO, 1946).
In this essay, I will explore the detrimental effects of poverty on health and well-being, and how, with government funding, community pride and access to greater knowledge and experience through the input of professional partnerships, the communities of Great Britain are taking control of their own neighbourhoods, improving their environments and consequently their health, sense of well-being and ultimately their quality of life.
In April 2001, Thornhill in Southhampton was one of 39 deprived English neighbourhoods to successfully secured £48.7 million of £50bn of available Government funding. Thornhill Plus You (‘Thornhill’) was established. (cited in the Open University 2010) I will use examples from Thornhill and explore/discuss that social problems have social solutions.
Both health improvement and community development are associated with a better quality of life, which has been defined by the World Health Organisation as ‘individuals ' perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value system where they live, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. It is a broad ranging concept, incorporating in a complex way a person 's physical health, psychological state, level of independence, social relationships, personal beliefs and relationship to salient features of the environment. (WHOQOL, 1994)
Labonte’s model of
References: The Open University (2010), K101, An Introduction to Health and Social Care, Ronald Labonte ‘A Broad View of Health’, Milton Keynes: The Open University (P12). The Poverty Site http://www.poverty.org.uk/summary/key%20facts.shtml (Accessed 1 February 2013) UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/sowc96/define.html (Accessed 1 February 2013) Department for Education http://www.education.gov.uk (Accessed 2 February 2013) The Open University (2010), K101, An Introduction to Health and Social Care, ‘Thornhill Plus You’, Milton Keynes: The Open University. http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/youngpeople/participation/neet (accessed 1 February 2013) Understanding Health and Social Care (Johnson et al) (Yeandle, S., Escott, K., Glant, L The Open University (2010), K101, An Introduction to Health and Social Care, DVD, Block 3, Unit 9, Activity 11 film) The Open University (2010), K101, An Introduction to Health and Social Care, P32 Thornhill Plus You) University and College Union http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6516 (Accessed 9 February 2013) BBC Radio 5: Shelagh Fogerty: Sally Hunt on Qualifications Report: Broadcast 8 February 2013 12 noon The Open University (2010), K101, An Introduction to Health and Social Care, DVD, Block 3, Unit 9, Activity 3 audio Plus You Limited (www.plusyoulimited.co.uk ) Accessed February 2013. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/1999/11/3328630f-78ac-4e7e-824e-0e27038bb031 The Open University (2010), K101, An Introduction to Health and Social Care, P53, Taylor P (2003) ‘The Lay contribution to public health’ in Orme Volunteering England, The Recruitment Guide, London: Volunteering England: http://www.volunteering.org.uk/managingvolunteers/publications/The+Recruitment+Guide.htm (Accessed 4 February 2013)