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    Health and safety in health and social care 1.1 ‘The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations

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    Unit 13: Manage Health and Social Care Practice to Ensure Positive Outcomes for Individuals Unit code: M3 Unit reference number: M/602/2850 QCF level: 5 1 Understand the theory and principles that underpin outcome-based practice Q1.1 -Explain ‘outcome-based practice’ Q1.2- Critically review approaches to outcome based practice Q1.3- Analyse the effect of legislation and policy on outcome based practice Q1.4 Explain how outcome-based

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    Functionalism has given a useful understanding of society‚ despite its limitations. Functionalists describe society using an organic analogy; they say society is like a biological organism. Parsons found three similarities between society and an organism. System organisms such as the human body and society are both self-regulating and inter-related‚ independent parts fit together in fixed ways. In the body these are organs; in society they are institutions‚ such as family and education. Both organisms

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    at the theories of social change. There is no one way of looking at the effects of sociological change so I will be looking and explaining at two theories‚ namely the conflict theory by Karl Marx and Darendhoff and the second theory called the socio-psychological theory by theorists McClelland‚ Hagen and Weber. “Social change is the significant alteration of social structure and cultural patterns through time (Harper‚ 1993:04)”. Harper (1993:05) goes on to explain that Conflict theory The conflict

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    Social and Cultural Factors in Health Social scientists have made significant strides in shedding light on the basic social and cultural structures and processes that influence health. Social and cultural factors influence health by affecting exposure and vulnerability to disease‚ risk-taking behaviors‚ the effectiveness of health promotion efforts‚ and access to‚ availability of‚ and quality of health care. Social and cultural factors also play a role in shaping perceptions of and responses to

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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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    The world is full of people who needs health care‚ unfortunately the health care has become an area of human life with a lot of inequality between people and social classes‚ many people around the world have fought for the equality in this ambit here we´re going to develop this topic. Health care is a necessity of human life‚ the term public and social health was created around the 16th century; there has always been a preference because of the cost of this service. Anyway in the last two centuries

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    Social determinants of health are factors in the social environment that contribute to or detract from the health of individuals and communities. Social determinants of health have been found to directly increase the burden of heart disease and stroke‚ as well as their risk factors (CDC‚ 2017). In African-Americans the burden of disease is greatly increased‚ as studies have shown. This has led to the increased observed within this population. African-Americans and Cardiovascular Disease and Its

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    trends of health and ill health among different social groupings. I will talk about each pattern and trend in its own paragraph‚ Social class‚ Gender‚ Ethnicity‚ Age and Geographical location. I will talk about the links between these to health issues. I will back these up through the use of evidence such as statistics. I will then conclude what I have found out. Firstly I will talk about each pattern and trend. Social Class Social class helps to deter the reasons for individual’s health and ill

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    this. Professional practice requires you to be clear about the ideas that are guiding you thinking and influencing your practice. In the light of the above statement my essay begins by illustrating the plight of disabled people‚ and the role of social services. What is also demonstrated is the legislation which developed as a result of the Seebohm Report. This is followed by signifying the value of assessment‚ and thus begins the starting point of my work with client X who had an inability to cope

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