Tma 02: Understanding Health
Understanding Health
TMA 02
Task 1
Part A
Summarise, in no more than 10 bullet points, what you understand from table 3 ‘Division of Household tasks by sex in Great Britain, 2002’ in chapter 4 of the module book.
Men don’t tend to do the laundry as only three per cent say they always do it and five per cent say they usually do it
Women seem to leave small repair jobs around the home to men with sixty five per cent saying their spouse or partner usually or always does them.
Woman are more likely to look after sick family members with sixty two per cent saying they always did this.
Shopping for groceries are done equally or both together with forty eight per cent of men forty four per cent of women responding to this …show more content…
question.
Only seven per cent of men say they do the house work always or usually,suggesting men generally do not do the house work.
Women prepare more of the meals, with sixty two per cent answering that it is always or usually them.
The table does not give us information on whether one partner has employment and the other does not,as it is then more likely that the unemployed one would do more house hold tasks.
There is no age range in the table which could influence the house hold habits of different generations. In the past there was a more powerful gender role. whereas today, the younger generation share house hold tasks.
What interventions by schools may promote better health in children?
Discuss the extent to which you think these interventions can be effective.
This essay will explore three interventions made by schools that may promote better health for children; nutrition, health education and physical activity. Furthermore the essay will discuss how locality has an impact on the effectiveness of these interventions and to what extent by using two case studies from the Understanding Health course book(Finlay et al 2010).
Locality can be summarised as the surroundings or place in which people share common resources within their community, such as a local park, a work place or doctors surgery. Locality can be an influencing factor in the decisions an individual makes which can have an impact on their health. An example of this is in the Understanding Health course book in section 5.1 with regard to obesity. If an individual wanted to loose weight and reduce their chances of coronary heart disease by taking regular exercise but had no sports facilities locally, they might then decide against their decision to exercise due to the need to travel to another facility and the cost of …show more content…
travel.
A report in community care 2004 looked at a school in Padiham, located in an area of high deprivation. A survey revealed that there was no physical activity program and that a staggering eighty two per cent of children were coming into school having not eaten any breakfast. The head teacher decided that the school needed to intervene by addressing these issues in the view of promoting and encouraging an healthier living routine. Julie Bradley quoted ’an unhealthy child can’t think to full capacity’. The school introduced a breakfast club, activity sessions and other initiatives in order to promote better health in children. A positive and powerful impact was evident when looking at the Standard Attainment Test results achieved.
Different schools in different area’s of the country or even the world may have different health concerns that effect them and therefor may promote different health intervention methods.
The case studies used in section 5.2 discuss two pupils attending two different schools, Kate attends a school in Scarborough, North England and Lakshmi attends a school in Chennai, South India. The intervention each school provides concerning nutrition is similar because they both offer a free school meal but the health concerns of each girl is different. Locality is especially evident in these case studies,in the way that each school promotes better health in children tailored to the circumstances and needs of that particular community.
Kate’s school meal is freshly prepared in an attractive dinning environment with fresh fruit and salad on offer, whereas Lakshmi is provided with a basic meal of mainly rice. Due to the locality of where the girls live and the social economic status of their families, the free school meal plays an important role in their health. Kate’s diet appears to consist mainly of processed and fatty foods, which are linked
to diseases such as type two diabetes disturbing the levels of sugar in the blood. Lakshimi’s diet is low on calories and lacks several nutrients linked to growth problems and anemia, anemia is a lack of iron due to an inadequate diet, iron is needed to form haemoglobin which carries oxygen around the body.
Kate’s school is trying to combat the national obesity problem by offering healthier foods thus preventing over nutrition whilst for Lakshmi the extra nutrients and calories that are sometimes offered in her meal may improve her health and prevent under nutrition. Nutritional intervention at schools is considered effective but there are instances where financially struggling schools have allowed vending machines to be placed in schools in exchange for money. These vending machines contain sugary and fatty snacks thus having a negative effect on pupils nutrition and health.
Moving onto physical activity, Kate’s school boasts many sports facilities that are also open for community use. Kate has two hours of physical activity a week and is encouraged to do more. For Lakshmi there are no sports facilities but daily exercise sessions in a dusty playground. Both schools intervention in offering physical activity means both girls are getting the health benefits from being physically active.
The final intervention this essay will look at is health education.
Kate’s school follows a National Curriculum by providing science and Personal, Social and Health Educations (PSHE) classes. Lakshmi is taught about nutrition, exercise and personal hygiene during her science classes. Health education is an effective intervention because it provides children with the knowledge they need about themselves, their bodies and their health needs. In Lakshmi’s case she’s provided with essential immunisations and has her growth monitored, she’s also taught the benefits of breastfeeding and the importance of clean drinking water. For Kate, the fact that she has the use of a drop in centre to receive advice and guidance on issues such as sexual health and drugs awareness will hopefully shape her decisions as a young adult towards better health choices in the future.
This essay has established three interventions made by schools, and has established that the effectiveness of these interventions is both positive and sometimes negative with locality having an important part in an individual’s health. Finlay et al states that “The influences on people’s health do not stop at the school gate or the neighbour boundary”. Whilst schools do intervene in children’s health the wider society also shapes the health of an individual in a more complex
way.
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References, Finlay. L.,Pearson.C and Ram.S (2010) Understanding Health, Milton Keynes
Task 2
Briefly write down two or three pieces of feedback from your tutor on TMA 01. How have you used that feedback in preparing for TMA 02.
You have presented this as groups of one or two sentences at a time which as interrupted the coherence and clarity of the answer.
The phraseology is quite informal and personalised at the moment-so next time you need to try and develop a more formal choice of words and phrases.
I tried to use paragraphing better,rather than groups of sentences so the coherence and clarity flowed. I used my paragraphs as building blocks in what I was trying to explain. I didn't use any personal phraseology but instead tried to find a different way of wording things. I shortened my introduction to the essay and tried and stay within the 10% over or under limit. I am unfortunately still 15 words over the word limit,if my word count is correct. I focused more on the big ideas and kept going back to the question. I found the feed back very useful along with the hand outs.
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TMA 02
Task 1
Part A
Summarise, in no more than 10 bullet points, what you understand from table 3 ‘Division of Household tasks by sex in Great Britain, 2002’ in chapter 4 of the module book.
Men don’t tend to do the laundry as only three per cent say they always do it and five per cent say they usually do it
Women seem to leave small repair jobs around the home to men with sixty five per cent saying their spouse or partner usually or always does them.
Woman are more likely to look after sick family members with sixty two per cent saying they always did this.
Shopping for groceries are done equally or both together with forty eight per cent of men forty four per cent of women responding to this …show more content…
question.
Only seven per cent of men say they do the house work always or usually,suggesting men generally do not do the house work.
Women prepare more of the meals, with sixty two per cent answering that it is always or usually them.
The table does not give us information on whether one partner has employment and the other does not,as it is then more likely that the unemployed one would do more house hold tasks.
There is no age range in the table which could influence the house hold habits of different generations. In the past there was a more powerful gender role. whereas today, the younger generation share house hold tasks.
What interventions by schools may promote better health in children?
Discuss the extent to which you think these interventions can be effective.
This essay will explore three interventions made by schools that may promote better health for children; nutrition, health education and physical activity. Furthermore the essay will discuss how locality has an impact on the effectiveness of these interventions and to what extent by using two case studies from the Understanding Health course book(Finlay et al 2010).
Locality can be summarised as the surroundings or place in which people share common resources within their community, such as a local park, a work place or doctors surgery. Locality can be an influencing factor in the decisions an individual makes which can have an impact on their health. An example of this is in the Understanding Health course book in section 5.1 with regard to obesity. If an individual wanted to loose weight and reduce their chances of coronary heart disease by taking regular exercise but had no sports facilities locally, they might then decide against their decision to exercise due to the need to travel to another facility and the cost of …show more content…
travel.
A report in community care 2004 looked at a school in Padiham, located in an area of high deprivation. A survey revealed that there was no physical activity program and that a staggering eighty two per cent of children were coming into school having not eaten any breakfast. The head teacher decided that the school needed to intervene by addressing these issues in the view of promoting and encouraging an healthier living routine. Julie Bradley quoted ’an unhealthy child can’t think to full capacity’. The school introduced a breakfast club, activity sessions and other initiatives in order to promote better health in children. A positive and powerful impact was evident when looking at the Standard Attainment Test results achieved.
Different schools in different area’s of the country or even the world may have different health concerns that effect them and therefor may promote different health intervention methods.
The case studies used in section 5.2 discuss two pupils attending two different schools, Kate attends a school in Scarborough, North England and Lakshmi attends a school in Chennai, South India. The intervention each school provides concerning nutrition is similar because they both offer a free school meal but the health concerns of each girl is different. Locality is especially evident in these case studies,in the way that each school promotes better health in children tailored to the circumstances and needs of that particular community.
Kate’s school meal is freshly prepared in an attractive dinning environment with fresh fruit and salad on offer, whereas Lakshmi is provided with a basic meal of mainly rice. Due to the locality of where the girls live and the social economic status of their families, the free school meal plays an important role in their health. Kate’s diet appears to consist mainly of processed and fatty foods, which are linked
to diseases such as type two diabetes disturbing the levels of sugar in the blood. Lakshimi’s diet is low on calories and lacks several nutrients linked to growth problems and anemia, anemia is a lack of iron due to an inadequate diet, iron is needed to form haemoglobin which carries oxygen around the body.
Kate’s school is trying to combat the national obesity problem by offering healthier foods thus preventing over nutrition whilst for Lakshmi the extra nutrients and calories that are sometimes offered in her meal may improve her health and prevent under nutrition. Nutritional intervention at schools is considered effective but there are instances where financially struggling schools have allowed vending machines to be placed in schools in exchange for money. These vending machines contain sugary and fatty snacks thus having a negative effect on pupils nutrition and health.
Moving onto physical activity, Kate’s school boasts many sports facilities that are also open for community use. Kate has two hours of physical activity a week and is encouraged to do more. For Lakshmi there are no sports facilities but daily exercise sessions in a dusty playground. Both schools intervention in offering physical activity means both girls are getting the health benefits from being physically active.
The final intervention this essay will look at is health education.
Kate’s school follows a National Curriculum by providing science and Personal, Social and Health Educations (PSHE) classes. Lakshmi is taught about nutrition, exercise and personal hygiene during her science classes. Health education is an effective intervention because it provides children with the knowledge they need about themselves, their bodies and their health needs. In Lakshmi’s case she’s provided with essential immunisations and has her growth monitored, she’s also taught the benefits of breastfeeding and the importance of clean drinking water. For Kate, the fact that she has the use of a drop in centre to receive advice and guidance on issues such as sexual health and drugs awareness will hopefully shape her decisions as a young adult towards better health choices in the future.
This essay has established three interventions made by schools, and has established that the effectiveness of these interventions is both positive and sometimes negative with locality having an important part in an individual’s health. Finlay et al states that “The influences on people’s health do not stop at the school gate or the neighbour boundary”. Whilst schools do intervene in children’s health the wider society also shapes the health of an individual in a more complex
way.
Words
References, Finlay. L.,Pearson.C and Ram.S (2010) Understanding Health, Milton Keynes
Task 2
Briefly write down two or three pieces of feedback from your tutor on TMA 01. How have you used that feedback in preparing for TMA 02.
You have presented this as groups of one or two sentences at a time which as interrupted the coherence and clarity of the answer.
The phraseology is quite informal and personalised at the moment-so next time you need to try and develop a more formal choice of words and phrases.
I tried to use paragraphing better,rather than groups of sentences so the coherence and clarity flowed. I used my paragraphs as building blocks in what I was trying to explain. I didn't use any personal phraseology but instead tried to find a different way of wording things. I shortened my introduction to the essay and tried and stay within the 10% over or under limit. I am unfortunately still 15 words over the word limit,if my word count is correct. I focused more on the big ideas and kept going back to the question. I found the feed back very useful along with the hand outs.
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