The need to belong is the need to give and receive affection from others.
Esteem
Once a person fells a sense of “belonging”, the need to feel important arises. Esteem may be classified an internal or external. Internal esteem needs are those related to self-esteem such as self respect and achievement. External needs are those such as social status and recognition.
These are the literal Esteem needs
- Self respect
- Achievement
- Attention
- Recognition
- Reputation
Maslow later refined his model to include a level between esteem needs and self actualization: the need of knowledge and aesthetics.
P2. Explain the factors which affect the everyday needs of individuals
The factors that affect individual needs of Humans
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Social economic factors
Education
Among social economic factors is Education. Ones level of education can shape how he or she views the world and can contribute to social growth. It can lead to increased earning capacity, which in turn can contribute to decision making process that alter the path people take in life.
Income and Employment
Ones income and corresponding occupation are factors that can contribute to socioeconomic status, an career in medicine, for example, places a person in a higher income bracket, while also making that same person of a social class of doctors, nurses and other medical profession peers. In society, we often are judged by what we do and what we earn, when getting to know someone.
Income comes from what you earn from an occupation or from benefits pension or investments; this has a big impact on the way we live.
Having a job allows us to experience new skills and gain knowledge of new things everyday which motivates and stimulates us, it also give us chance to socialise and a daily routine.
Social class
This is the recognition of social alliance based on how wealthy you are which will determine how much power you have. How well you are educated and where you live is also an importance of social class.
Four common social classes (in their descending order) Upper class, middle class, working class and the lower class.
Social class affects everything we do an who we are for example if we were born into a rich family we will no doubt have a different life than had we be born into a poor family.
- Physical factors
Genetic disorders
Genetic disorders are conditions that have some cause in an individual’s genetic make-up. Plenty of these disorders are inherited from our parents which have different effects e.g. dimples, red hair our height etc.
However some genetic disorders get broken down which leads to diseases and conditions e.g. Down syndrome is characterized by heart distortion and poor muscle this resulted from a gene change that takes place during the earliest life development
Age
We have different age groups; infants (0-3 years), children, (4-10 years) Adolescents (11-18 years), Adulthood (19-65 years) and Elders (65+ years)
As we grow older into our later adulthood years our bodies start to wear out we tend to get tired and have a lack of energy we tend to get a little death, loose a bit of our eyesight, weight gain and hair loss. These conditions can affect a how a person lives it affects them socially emotionally and physically.
Environment
Clean water and clean air is the top of all individual daily needs, without these two things our bodies cannot function to its standard. If we breathe in polluted which is like breathing in chemical air it will give us conditions and health problems, such as irritating eyes, nose and sore throats. If we live without clean water it can cause serious illness and lead to death.
C-Lifestyle factors
Smoking
Smoking is legal but has serious affects and conditions that come along side. Smoking can affect your health dangerously it leads to cancer and cancer leads to death. all the major organs are put under increased pressure by your habit and smokers are more likely than non-smokers to develop a wide range of short and long term health problems.
Drinking Alcohol/Taking Drugs
People use all sorts of substances, both legal and illegal. The obvious illegal drugs are things like cannabis, weed, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin. Many legal substances are harmful and addictive – cigarettes and alcohol. Drinking alcohol causes many illnesses and problems such as damage to the brain heart and liver. Taking those main drugs above has effects such as mischievous behaviour damaging organs and strokes will occur.
Exercise/ Balanced diet
Exercise develops our strength and stamina it enables us to learn faster, remember more, think clearer and prevents us from brain injuries such as stroke exercise is also prone to depression and age-related conditions. Lack of exercise can lead to obesity; lack of energy, heart diseases poor blood flow and plenty more conditions. Diet, exercise and sleep have the potential to access our brain health. What we put into our bodies affects us not only now but in the future and can have both short and long-term effects on our health. Diet may impact on your appearance, feelings, concentration, general health and well-being.
D-Health factors
Accidents/Injury
Accidents and injuries can harm our organs and body tissues which in some cases could lead to a permanent injury and disturb your health; for example a car accident your leg getting caught in the main point of the crash and in order to save your life you had to have your leg amputated which will no doubt affect your mobility.
Infections
Infections are illnesses caused by bacteria viruses or fungi. There are minor infection and major ones from chest infections to HIV/AIDS. Infection leads to taking time out on your occupation or education due to the amount you time and rest you need to recover.
Mental Health
Mental health affects the way a person acts talk and thinks. Mental covers a range of conditions from depression to bipolar. Most metal illnesses can be brought by stress, relationships and excluded out from a social group and being denied. Therapies and counselling could control these conditions.
P3 Carry out an assessment on the health and well-being of an individual.
Date : 10.11.2010
Name : Shanice Harris
D.O.B : 20.11.1992
NHS No. : 333 22 47689
Gender : Female
Reason for attending G.P: Asthma attack
Past Medical History
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Physical
- Do you have any breathing problems?
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- Do you have a healthy balanced diet?
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- How often do you exercise?
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- How many hours of sleep do you get a day?
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Safety
- Do you live in a safe and secure area that protects hunger and violence?
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Love/Belonging
- Are you currently in a relationship?
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Are you part of any group? (For example, a sports club)
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- Do you have any friends? If yes, how often do see them?
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- Do you show love to others?
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Esteem
- Do you consider yourself a confident person?
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- Name one thing you have achieved?
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- How do you feel about who you are?
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Self- actualisation
- What are you passionate about?
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- What things are interested in?
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- Do you consider you self as a positive person?
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P4 produce a plan for improving the health and wellbeing of an individual
Based on the assessment carried out these are the problems of health needs identified.
Shanice Harris suffers from asthma and has breathing problems, she does not exercise, she takes naps but is unable to sleep for a long period of time. She eats whatever she wants as she does not have time to control her diet due to her work routine/timetable. She does not eat breakfast; this leads to diabetes which she has had in her past medical history. She also gets breathless easily when she tries to do basic things like walking a short distance.
Due to what I have carried out I have made a plan for Shanice to improve her asthma.
To prevent shanice from getting breathless on simple things like climbing up the stairs I would consider her to have a daily carer assisting her with these things to prevent her from getting exhausted.
I would suggest for her that she drinks hot drinks before she sleeps and to also make sure her pillow positions are up right and that she sleeps in a good position to prevent back pains. I would also suggest her taking night sedations to help her sleep.
Shanice needs a daily exercise routine and a balanced diet to prevent her from getting breathless so easily as well as to get her back on the average weight for a female; she needs to be educated on healthy eating. Shanice needs to be taking her medication on time and on a regular basis plus she has to be taking it correctly so everything can go according to plan. She needs to be making sure that she has been prescribed for medication to improve her asthma.
