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    Unit 4222-222 Suport individuals to eat and drink. 222-1 Be able to support individuals to make choices about food and drink. 1.1 Establish with an individual the food and drink thay wish to consume. 1.2 Encourage the individual to select suitable options for food and drnk. 1.3 Describe ways to resolve any difficulties or dulemmas about the choice of food and drink. 1.4 Describe how and when to seek additional guidance about an individual‚s choice of food and drink. It is important

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    Social determinants of health can be defined as the following‚ "the conditions in which people are born‚ grow‚ live‚ work‚ and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money‚ power and resources at global‚ national and local levels" (WHO.int‚ n.d.). An example of social determinants include living in poverty‚ crime‚ not having an proper education‚ lack of health insurance‚ and living in a community that doesn’t offer preventative health fairs. Social determinates of health can

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    Health and Society -Why is Health a Social Issue? Introduction You might well think and ask‚ illness are concerned only with the physical condition of your body‚ why could one’s illness have anything to do with the society? However‚ one’s health issue can affect the society in different ways‚ for example‚ alcohol abuse and obesity that decrease the morale. On the other hand‚ health of a person does heavily depend on the traits of the society including standard of living and inequalities. In other

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    Analyse different approaches to the study of metal health and illness. Mental health refers to our cognitive‚ and/or emotional well being and is all about how we think‚ feel and behave. Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK have a mental health problem at some point in their life. Mental health can affect daily life‚ relationships and can even affect physical health. For an individual to enjoy life‚ it is desirable to attain a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological

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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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    A reflective account (II) During my role as health care assistant in the care home setting where I work I spent a considerable amount of time on a one to one basis as a key worker with a particular resident. For the purpose of this reflective account the resident shall be referred to as Mrs S. Mrs S had vascular dementia as her dementia progressed her challenging behaviours increased. Mrs S spent a great deal of her day walking around the care home. On good days this was not an issue. However

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    American culture places priority in mind and body. Scores of motivated men and women populate gyms and dietary health clinics across the country seeking a better standard of living‚ a harder challenge‚ or simply recognizing the difficulties that the body faces daily and reaching up to meet them fully. We educate and socialize the mind through years of standardized education and the drive towards higher education. Mothers teach their babies from birth of the music of Haydn and Mozart‚ hoping desperately

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    on the health of Canadians is provided. Increasing poverty is seen to go handin-hand with increasing income inequality. Both poverty and income inequality result from governmental social and economic policy decisions. Poverty is also increased by weakening of social safety nets and other supports. Documentation is provided of the growing incidence of poverty and income inequality and how both of these impact upon the health of Canadians. Poverty directly harms the health of those

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    Diverse Narcissism In America‚ most of the population subconsciously acts upon racism including: stereotyping‚ discriminating‚ and racial profiling. We Oscar and Priscila have a perspective on behalf of Americans who are practicing racism unintentionally; yet‚ blaming others for the reality of it. Even more‚ Americans have labeled people based on their appearance. People have personally defined everyone by people alike‚ before them who gave their entire race qualities expected of them. Americans

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    Steven Cooper December 2‚ 2012 Gary Clark Research Paper #2 Failing to meet Culturally Diverse Students Needs: Ways to Improve Our country is becoming one of the most culturally diverse nations in the world. With its nicknames “The Melting Pot” and “The Salad Bowl”‚ the United States is a place where any culture can come‚ live‚ and be free. However‚ in the education system‚ culturally diverse students’ needs are not being met. Many teachers are not qualified to for the position of being

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