health among different social groupings. Explain patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings. Explain the measurement of health and the difficulties in measuring health. Eg. Morbidity rates‚ mortality rates‚ health events‚ disease incidence‚ disease prevalence‚ health surveillance‚ difficulties in measuring health (explain 3) Understanding patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings: patterns and trends according to‚ eg social class
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The nursing structure that exists within a nursing home facility and a general acute care hospital is different due to the skills and professional staff that are required to treat patients. These differences are necessary because of the type of illness or injuries that a patient comes in with. Acute care hospitals deal with more illnesses and injuries that a nursing home facility is not equipped to handle. The type of nursing staff at each organization is different as well. Nursing home facility
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Tens and thousands of people are diagnosed with mental illness annually. In the play Macbeth‚ the protagonist‚ Macbeth‚ and Lady Macbeth suffers through mental agony‚ influenced by their ambition and guilt‚ as well as self-fulfilled prophecies sparked by the three witches. Shakespeare’s tragedy suggests that the opportunity to attain power and the influence by the supernatural causes one’s mental deterioration‚ which eventually leads to an individual’s inevitable‚ fatal demise. In the beginning
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individual`s medical illness/disorder. The biomedical model of health looks upon treatment in expression of changing the body by medical intervention forms. Also this model seeks to look at what is wrong and fix that part of individual as it focuses on illness rather than health as well as diagnosing an individual`s illness. Strengths of Biomedical model of health One of biomedical model of health`s strengths is that‚ it give attention at an individual`s health and illness- but with more concentration
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is because they could lack the education and awareness in regards to certain illnesses. Nevertheless‚ the label a disorder applies to a person will affect their chances of a successful career. It is important to consider‚ a diagnosis of a mental illness is not the only issue‚ merely seeing a mental health care profession could raise alarms for an employer‚ or at least dissuade the individual from seeking help at
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People not only have beliefs about their behaviour but also about illness (Ogden‚ 2017). Illness beliefs are patients own understanding about the illness and it can be studies with the help of various models. Self-Regulatory Model (SRM) of health behaviour deals with the problem solving in the case of illness. Health seeking behaviour is the process of deciding to go to the doctor. Let us discuss the help seeking behaviour of Magda based on this case study. ‘Magda has been feeling depressed lately
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Sociological Approach to Health and ill health The functionalist approach in regard to health and ill health came from Talcott Parsons. Talcott Parsons urged that people must be health for the society to function well. He continued to verify that illness is a form of unaccepted behaviour and people who are ill play the sick role. Moreover‚ his approach towards these members is that the state comes with responsibilities. The rights that are related with the sick role include; People expect to be
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disparities related to access to mental health care services continues to be a growing concern for the field of nursing and other healthcare professions. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) (2016b)‚ 20% of people living in the United States (U.S.) currently struggle with mental illness. Despite the goals of Healthy People 2020 (2016) to improve mental health through prevention and access to care‚ significant disparities still exist. Substantial cuts have occurred in national and
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problems. The nurse while guiding the patient in the right direction; opens new areas for healing. Three components of the nurse to patient’s relationship are to understand the patient’s attitude toward suffering and their manner of dealing with the illness. The nurse helps to facilitate communication and socialization‚ along with other important goals‚ a total of nine goals; that have been previously established and are a guide to a successful relationship. Both the nurse and the patient have to learn
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will now attempt to define and explain the concept of recovery briefly. "Recovery is a way of living a satisfying‚ hopeful and contributing life even with limitations caused by illness. Recovery involves the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as one goes beyond the catastrophic effects of mental illness” ( Barker‚ 2009‚ p.682). Whitley and Drake (2010) in their article Recovery: a dimensional approach opine that recovery has five dimensions which are; clinical recovery (experiencing
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