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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Unit 009 Health and Safety Activity Find out what your settings policy and procedure is on health and safety and where it is kept. Write down your understanding of this policy and procedure. At Highfield children’s centre copies of the health and safety policies and procedures are kept in the main office‚ in the head teacher’s office and in the family support office. Highfield children’s centre has a family support team linked to the nursery. The health and safety policy and procedure is set
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205 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Outcome 1 Understand the implications of duty of care 1.1) ‘Duty of care’ refers to the relationship between myself and a service user‚ within this professional relationship there is an obligation to take responsible care to avoid injury or harm to whom it can be reasonably foreseen. A duty of care exists to protect the individual from harm‚ to set guidelines‚ and promote safeguarding. Failure to
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Confidentiality Confidentiality is an important principle in health and social care because it functions to impose a boundary on the amount of personal information and data that can be disclosed without consent. Confidentiality arises where a person disclosing personal information reasonably expects his or her privacy to be protected‚ such as in a relationship of trust. The relationship between health and social care professionals and their patients/clients centres on trust‚ and trust is dependent
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Occupational Health and Safety Act | | | | | | Act changes health‚ safety responsibility Donato‚ Katherine. Northern Ontario Business18. 11 (Oct 01‚ 1998): 18. Employers will have to put their best efforts into getting injured workers back to work and off compensation as soon as possible because of a new law on the books. Bill 99‚ the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act is "putting responsibility into the hands of those who can effect change‚" namely the workplace parties
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Unit Title CYP Core 3.4: 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. There are a lot of factors to take into account when planning a healthy and safe indoor or outdoor environment and service. These will include the needs and requirements of the children/young person firstly. The service should meet the needs of the children and young people‚ such as changing the
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Communication between care workers and service users is essential for promoting and maximising the rights of users of health and social care services. All patients and users of our service should be kept informed about their treatment. They should be able to talk to you or the workers making decisions about their treatment. It is your responsibility to overcome any problems with communication that may arise‚ not just in giving users information in a format that they can understand‚ but also in giving
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Ethics Case Study Ethics Case Study "Jerry McCall is Dr. William ’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He says that Dr. Williams is a personal friend and always gives him
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Assessment Task- SHC31 Promote communication in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings. ‘Communication is a vital skill required to effectively work with children and young people’ There are many reasons why people communicate in settings of care. One main reason why people communicate is to build relationships. It is important that staff build trusting‚ respectful and open relationships with their key child and their parents and gets to know the child and their family
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microscope‚ and measure at 20-200 nanometres – 35x smaller than a human red blood cell and 1/100 the size of standard bacteria and do not contain the same protective layers that bacteria have – cell wall and energy production. Unlike bacteria‚ viruses need a living host and food to replicate; they do this by entering the cell of the host and taking over the genetic material responsible for reproduction‚ they can then produce more copies of the virus. They can infect all
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