Public Health - Unit 12 - Petra P1 Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society‚ organizations‚ public and private‚ communities and individuals" (1920‚ C.E.A. Winslow). This therefore infers public health is the preventing and controlling of disease within communities‚ to prolong life and promote health through organised society. The keys aspects of public health … -Monitoring the
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P1 Identifying health needs of the population – The health needs of the population are determined by the incidence of disease and trends identified. Nationally collated can identify health trends in the entire country. Statistics can be used to determine how health can be improved or how areas of concern can be highlighted and effects of ill health reduced or prevented. A responsibility of health professionals is to report incidences of specific diseases and illnesses so
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P1- Explain the principles of sociological perspectives on health I am going to be explaining the 6 prime sociological perspectives and their views on health. Marxism- The Marxist theory looks at the bourgeoisie and the proletariat role in society through employment. Proletariat is the word used to determine the ‘wage-earners’ in society‚ and are generally the working class who have average jobs and work for somebody else. Bourgeoisie on the other hand is used to describe the people who own and run
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P1: Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context. P2: Discuss theories of communication. M1: Assess the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care with reference to theories of communication When you work in a residential home‚ you need good communication skills. This is essential to gain the residents trust‚ learn about their needs and to make them feel at ease. Our aim is to take care
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A plan that would help in the over population of the prisons is to have the non-violent drug offenders sent to treatment instead of prison‚ to have them spend time in halfway homes‚ and be monitored by probation officers. A plan called Proposition 36. This plan was passed by 61% of California voters in November 2000. This initiative allows people convicted of 1st and 2nd time nonviolent‚ simple drug possession to receive drug treatment instead of incarceration. (California Campaign for New Drug
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Exam Questions by Learning Outcomes P1 - Performance operations May-10 Sep-10 Nov-10 Mar-11 May-11 Sep-11 Nov-11 Mar-12 May-12 Sep-12 Nov-12 Mar-13 Q1.2 2 marks Q3a(i) 4 marks May-13 Q3a(i) 4 marks A - Cost accounting systems (30%) Q3b(i) 4 marks Q3b(ii) 4 marks 1. Discuss costing methods and their results (a) compare and contrast marginal (or variable)‚ throughput and absorption accounting methods in respect of profit reporting
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In this assignment‚ I will be describing the different types of customers you may meet at a superstore and writing about their needs and expectations. Dear Alan‚ In a superstore‚ there are many different types of customers that you may meet‚ in this email; I will be describing the needs and expectations of an Internal Customer‚ a Disabled customer and a young couple with children. For a quick example‚ a standard customer would expect a clean store and friendly staff‚ where-as a disabled customer
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Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Foetal development- human life begins with conception. If sexual intercourse takes place while the egg is in the fallopian tube‚ there is a possibility of conception. Just one sperm may fertilise the egg. Fertilisation means that the genetic material in the egg to start a new life. Pregnancy then begins when a sperm penetrates an egg. One to one and a half days later
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Identify needs of the population For the needs of the population to be identified patterns and trends need to be established. For example when patterns and trends can be identified in Chlamydia the government can then see what services are needed for the population‚ such as walk in centres and clinics. With the development of programmes to reduce risk and can screen for disease identifies individuals who are more at risk of developing Chlamydia and looks for ways to reduce the risk with the introduction
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Unequal Society The phrase ‘unequal society’ is the overall concept in which an individual or a group makes preconceived judgements of an individual or a group before they have communicated effectively. There are many factors that affect an unequal society such as social exclusion meaning an individual or a group of people may not communicate to another individual as they do not share the same opinions. An example of this maybe a group of friends may believe that Muslims are terrorists however
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