different in all sorts of ways. Differences include visible and non-visible factors‚ for example‚ personal characteristics such as background‚ culture‚ personality‚ and work-style‚ size‚ accent‚ language and so on. A number of personal characteristics are covered by discrimination law to give people protection against being treated unfairly. The ‘protected characteristics’ are race‚ disability‚
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of Care in Health and Social Care in Children and Young People Settings Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Duty of care is defined simply as a legal obligation to : Always act in the best interest of individuals in care and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within own competence and not take on anything not believe we can safely do As a care worker‚ we owe a duty of care to the
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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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Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Under the Health and Social Care Act (2008)‚ abuse is defined as: “Single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress including physical‚ emotional‚ verbal‚ financial‚ sexual‚ racial abuse‚ neglect and abuse through misapplication of drugs.” Abuse can happen to anyone‚ anywhere‚ at any time. However‚ it is so alarming that more and more elderly
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Promoting Mental Health. The aim of this assignment will be to demonstrate my interventions designed to promote mental health and well being using current national and local policies and campaigns in relation to the patient’s identified needs as well as evidence based therapeutic interventions. Finally I will evaluate my package reflecting on its success or failure. In order to gain a better understanding of mental health promotion‚ it is important to gain a definition of promoting mental health
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different approaches relating to health education. Explaining two models of behaviour change that have been used in recent national health education campaigns and also‚ I would be assessing how the social context may influence the ability of health education campaigns to change behaviour in relation to health. P1 - Explain three different approaches to health education. In this part of the assignment‚ I would be discussing about three types of approaches relating to health education and also give an
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Evaluate the Success of a Recent Initiative to Promote Anti-Discriminatory Practice The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) made it unlawful to discriminate against those with disabilities in terms of employment and provisions of goods‚ services and facilities. It is obvious that the most successful area that this act has worked in has been employment as the percentage of disabled people in work rose to 47.8% in 2012‚ which may not seem great when compared to 75.9% of non-disabled people but since
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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 are given support to improve their lives. Lifestyle is a way of life and a way and manner
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Empowering users of Health and Social Care Services The report that follows is a review of the final report from the LA‚ that I will present in the next team meeting. In the discussion I will refer mostly at the National Standards regarding the administration of medication (current UK standards and current legislation‚ national enquiries). To produce a good report‚ I need to include the risks of medication to service users‚ staff and organisation using examples from our context. In order to achieve
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L.O.1. Explore how communication skills are used in health and social care settings 1.1 Apply relevant theories of communication to health and social care contextsAccording to George Gerbner‚he describes the three main branches of communication studies as; 1.”semiotics” The study of signs and symbols and how they combine to convey meaning in different social contexts‚This branch is mainly concerned with how verbal‚non verbal and aural signs and symbols combine to create messages. 2.Media effects
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