The World Health Organization (2011) defines social determinant of health as conditions of everyday life in which people are born‚ grow‚ live‚ work and age. It includes the system and circumstances that are beyond the control of an individual. With reference to my study about Chelsea‚ lack of family support is a problem. She is home alone mostly. Occasionally children come to visit but stay for couple of days and leave. She has always loved the company of her family and felt depressed when the husband
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importance of both infection control and communication are vital skills when relating them to practice. Throughout this assignment there will be links to different experiences in acute care as well as past health care experiences which are suitable. During any health care placement‚ there are many important skills needed communication being one. This being significant as you need to learn to work within different boundaries as well as understanding different ways to communicate. Infection control is a key
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does not contain a nucleus. Bacteria can be beneficial‚ but it can also be pathogenic (cause disease in humans). Examples of diseases caused by bacteria: Sexually Transmitted Infections Pneumonia Gastritis Urinary Tract Infection Food Poisoning Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Sinusitis Skin Infections Staph Infection Fungi Fungus is a plant like organism that has its own kingdom‚ is normally found as a single cell and includes yeast and mould. Fungi has a variety of shapes and sizes and
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ic01 ICO1 1.1 it is the employees responsibility and role in relation to the prevention and control of infection by: • Ensure personal hygiene is kept to a maximum‚ hands are continuously washed and are done so before assisting an individual and after assisting an individual and are also sanitised after washing each time. • PPE is worn at all times when dealing with personal hygine matters and bodily fluids. • Soiled materials and any bodily fluids are disposed of in the correct methods
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Chapter 1 Psychology in health and social care Key topics ll Relevance of studying psychology ll Schools of thought in psychology ll Psychology in practice: people and practice ll How to make effective use of this book ll Introducing the ‘psychosoap’ family Introduction Our purpose throughout this book is to offer ideas from psychology that can be applied to your work in health or social care. Our objectives are to enable you to: ll apply evidence-based
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COMUNICATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OANA ALEXANDRA NITICA COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OANA ALEXANDRA NITICA AUGUST 12‚ 2013 LO1 BE ABLE TO EXPLORE HOW COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE USED IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE psychology * Is the study of human behavior‚ thought processes and emotions. * It can contribute to our understanding of ourselves and our relationship to other people. THERE ARE FOUR APPROACHES THAT PSYCHOLOGY USE MOST OFTEN * THE BEHAVIORAL approach
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INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH‚ SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SETTINGS 1.1 Identify different reasons people communicate “Communication is a process of passing information and understanding from one person to another”Keith Davis) We are social being and always depend on each others in everyday life. People communicate to build and maintain relationships - family‚ parenting‚ community. Communication is necessary for emotional intimacy. People communicate
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Unit 4 Principles for implementing Duty of care in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young Persons settings. 1.1 Duty of care means that I provide care and support to individuals‚ within the law and also within the policies‚ procedures and agreed rules of my workplace It is about keeping Young peoples independence‚ to support and enable them to live within an environment free from prejudice and safe from abuse. All young people are entitled to their own opinions‚ choices and we should
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built a foundation to help us understand health disparities and health equity‚ as well as why health equity is important for everyone. Considering that the United States spend more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation‚ yet continues to have subpar overall health scores throughout our populations (David Squires‚ Chloe Anderson‚ U.S. Healthcare from A Global Perspective)‚ describes a deep-seeded health inequality‚ which results in fewer health benefits throughout. It has been researched
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discrimination that could potentially occur within a health and social care maybe that a member of staff is constantly giving someone less attention and not meeting their needs or even purposely serving them last because they do not agree with their religious beliefs. However covert is a more closed and covered up type of discrimination where it is harder to prove that the person has discriminated against another at all‚ in a health and social care setting an example of this maybe if job applications for
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