Is it acceptable to try to persuade individuals to change their lifestyles in order to improve their health? Public health is the science of preventing disease and promoting good health to communities and individuals. Its role is to empower individuals and encourage community participation through health promotion programs and initiatives. Public health can mean different things to a range of different people‚ namely providing public resources for the good of all‚ it ensures that deprived people
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Social inequalities in contemporary society Learning Outcomes: 1) Explore the nature of contemporary society 2) Analyse how social inequalities influence the life chances and health of individuals To completely understand our changing society‚ we must look at the history of change we have gone through. To do this we must identify the changing factors
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P2: Explaining different psychological approaches to healthcare practice. In this report‚ I will be explaining the different the six psychological perspectives and their approaches to healthcare practice. These psychological perspectives are the biological‚ behaviourists‚ behavioural‚ psychodynamic‚ social learning and humanistic. Behaviourist approach The behaviourist theory was brought up by Pavlov. It’s an act according to need and reward. Behaviour is reinforced; it could be either punishment
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Task 2 What does “Person Centred Values” mean? Person centred values means that everyone has the right to be treated as an individual regardless of their race‚ religion‚ gender or culture. Everyone is different and should be treated according to their individual needs. Why is it important for health and social care practitioners to work in a way that upholds Person Centred Values? It is important for health and social care practitioners to uphold person centred values so that the care they
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The Social Model of Health When discussing ‘models of health’‚ it is imperative that we understand the meaning of health‚ illness and disease as they vary between different groups within society : ‘Health’ is being able to function normally within usual everyday routine. ‘Disease’ is the subjective experience of loss of health‚ such as the reporting of symptoms. ‘Illness’ is an umbrella term used to refer to the experience of disease plus illness. The social model of health looks at how society
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The field of Social work is broad in terms of service delivery. Social workers can work in several institutions like Hospitals‚ Schools‚ Communities‚ Day care centers‚ with families‚ in government established re-habilitation centers etc. My focus in this write-up is to highlight the theoretical perspectives of social work practice in the hospital. A social worker who specializes in this aspect of social work can work in other health care settings. In the hospitals‚ social workers can work in several
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LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (ADULTS) Promote Communication In Health‚ Social Care Or Children’s and Young People’s Settings UNIT SHC31 (EDI UNIT - CU1530) LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (ADULTS) Some of the units/assessment criteria are competence based. This means that it is linked to your ability to competently perform a range of tasks connected with your work. These assessment criteria(s) will require your assessor to observe you in a real work
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affects relationships in and adult social care setting? A 1.2 When working in social care setting communication is a key factor‚ you need to be able to communicate with a wide range of people such as service users‚ families‚ members of staff‚ management and external professionals (i.e. GP’s‚ social services‚ nurses‚ consultants etc.) There are many different types of communication face to face‚ written‚ verbal‚ non-verbal‚ sign language‚ formal and informal. As a care worker you need to have a
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more specialist care. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability and affects how they see the world around them. People with Autism have said that the world around them can feel like a mass of people‚ places and events‚ which they struggle to make sense of. They also find it hard relating to people‚ understanding them and taking part in everyday family life and social events. People with Autism have difficulties with the following; social communication‚ social interaction and social imagination
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something. In health and social care settings it usually means that the individual gives consent to take part in an activity or to accept some kind of care or treatment - this could be agreeing to have a shower or a bath - agreeing to take medication‚ as well as agreeing to have their details shared with others. Why is it important that a social care worker works in a way which promotes person centred values? Person-centred approaches are about the individual being the centre of their care and support
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