Hicks 01/26/2010 Module 1 Health Policymaking in the U.S. by Longest Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 1. Define health. What are the determinants of health in humans? Health is defined as the “state of complete mental‚ physical‚ and social well-being that is necessary to live a meaniful and productive life. Health determinants are the physical‚ behavior along with biological‚ social factors that affects a person’s health. 2. Define public policies and health policies. Public policies is
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Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting 1) Fire Precautions Act 1971 2) Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) 3) Health And Safety of Work Act 1974 4) Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992 5)Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health regulation 2002 (COSHH) 1.2 Explain how health and safety policies and procedures protect those in social care
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Empowering users of Health and Social Care Services The report that follows is a review of the final report from the LA‚ that I will present in the next team meeting. In the discussion I will refer mostly at the National Standards regarding the administration of medication (current UK standards and current legislation‚ national enquiries). To produce a good report‚ I need to include the risks of medication to service users‚ staff and organisation using examples from our context. In order to achieve
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EverGreen Academy QCF Diploma Health & Social Care level 2 Unit: CU2470 Handle Information in Health and Social Care Settings Knowledge Questions Competent practice is a combination of the application and skills and knowledge informed by values and ethics. These questions detail the knowledge and understanding required in carrying out competent practice in the performance described in the unit Learner Name: Laeticia Belle Assessor: Date: 1. Identify the legislation that
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Understanding Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. Almost every aspect of employment is covered by one or more laws‚ including: the handling and storage of information‚ equal opportunities‚ grievance procedures‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements‚ maternity/paternity pay‚ minimum
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UNIT 209: HANDLE INFORMAION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS OUTCOME 1: Understand the need for secure handling of information in health and social care settings 1.1.Identify the legislation that relates to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in health and social care A medical record in paper or electronic format provides a written account of a patient’s medical history‚ containing information about diagnosis‚ treatment‚ chronological progress notes and discharge recommendations
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Health Care America has a highly developed health care system‚ which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times‚ it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously‚ most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics. Today the level of health care
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Support children and young people’s Health and Safety 1.1) Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. When planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor activities there are many factors that we need to take into account. For example one of these could be the individual needs of the child. Children need different activities and environments set out differently depending on their age group. We need to make sure
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how important and how effective communication can be in terms of a health care setting. In extreme cases it could be a matter of life and death. For example if a senior carer is giving tablets to a service user and they don’t watch them taking them this will affect the service user in terms of health and medical reasons. All these service users need is some company. Environmental factors effecting communication – Factors like setting‚ which room the service user and the carer is in if it’s a noisy
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SHC 21: Introduction to communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1. Understand why communication is important in the work setting 1.1 People communicate by many ways including non-verbal highlighting facial expression‚ eye contact‚ body language‚ physical gestures such as touch‚ dress and behavior‚ along with verbal including tone and pitch of voice. The age and knowledge of a person one is communicating with‚ also dictates somewhat the amount of vocabulary
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