Smoking in Public Places should be banned
Smoking in Public Places should be banned I feel very strongly that smoking in public places should be banned. I will list my reasons for my thinking below and explain why I think this. I cannot stand walking down a street behind someone who is smoking. Every time they exhale I then have to walk into a cloud of their smoke. My clothes smell, because they have been saturated with the smoke, it gets into my hair too. It also affects my health. It was found that seven hundred people die a year from this; passive smoking. This is completely taking away those people's rights as a human. It is estimated that non-smokers who are exposed to second hand smoke are between twenty and thirty per cent more likely to develop cancer. Surely, just this should be enough for the government to ban smoking in public places, people are dying who should still be living. Doesn't that make a smoker a murderer? Furthermore, the people of the UK want smoking to be banned. The public have realised the health risks from smoking. For example in a poll of around 1,500 people, 52% of the people asked said that they would support a ban of smoking in public places. Surprisingly one third of these people were smokers. Evidently smoking in public should be banned because even the smokers would support this ban, showing that they know that smoking in public and having other people breath in their second hand
Explain and evaluate the four explanations for health inequalities that are used when explaining gender inequalities in health.
Explain and evaluate the four explanations for health inequalities that are used when explaining gender inequalities in health. "Gender refers to the way men and women think and behave as a result of learning in society" (Senior, M et al (1998) Pg 129) Gender is best explained as how a person fits into society and its expectations of that individual as either male or female, sex is the biological difference. The way we are raised has the potential to affect health due to the values and beliefs that are contained by that person. Whether an individual is born male or female there is the potential for their gender to affect their health status. Within society it is known that women live longer than men, men are more likely to have a heart attack than women are. Gender can be a result of health inequalities, and it cannot be separated from social class. Below four different explanations for health inequalities are explained and evaluated in relation to gender. Biological/genetic explanation This explanation focuses on the ways in which women suffer due to biological conditions related to "pregnancy and childbirth, contraception and abortion, menstruation and the menopause, cervical, ovarian and breast cancer" (Senior. M et al (1998) Pg 139). This therefore means that women are more likely to visit the doctor than a man as they suffer from a whole other varity of
Promoting Health and Well-being
Introduction The aim of this assignment is to carry out a health promotion campaign on an area that I feel is being publicised regularly in the media. The area that I have chosen is binge drinking as it is growing concern in today's society and by carrying out this campaign I hope to raise awareness within my chosen target group. I will look at the different aspects on binge drinking and the different campaigns undertaken by the government in order to control binge drinking. I will carry out both primary and secondary research in order to devise my health promotion campaign. What is binge drinking? There is no actual definition of the term 'binge drinking' although it is usually defined as drinking more than half the recommended weekly intake in one session. It is important to recognise that the majority of people do not consider themselves to be binge drinking as they may be oblivious to the recommended weekly allowance or they may be on a night out and do not realise that they are binge drinking/. People 'binge drink for many reasons but it often caused by: * Peer pressure from friends * To escape from the pressures of life in order to relax. * To increase self confidence and self esteem to deal with social situations * To have fun Binge drinking is also drinking with the intention of getting drunk, drinking as much as possible in a short pace of time and also
Psychological perspectives P1
School of Health, Social Care and Early Years Assignment Cover Sheet and Assignment Task(s) National Diploma in Health and Social Care 2009 / 2010 Student Name: Joanne Watson Class Group J Tutor Name: Ida Kee Information about Your Assignment Task(s) Unit No: 8 Assignment~ Task No: a Unit Title: Psychological Perspectives for Health and Social Care Assessment Evidence: Written assignment Assessment Criteria being addressed: P1 Hand out Date: Mon 5th Oct. Hand in Date: Mon 2nd Nov. Common Guidance for all your Assignment Tasks- In order to achieve merit and distinction criteria your work must have a Reference list. It is vital that work is submitted on the 'hand in date'. Late work will receive only limited feedback, the highest grade you will be able to achieve is a PASS. Declaration That All Work is Your Own- I declare that the work contained in this assessment is all my own work. . I have not copied work from another student. 2. I have not copied work directly from the notes given to me by my tutors. 3. I have not copied work directly from a textbook / magazine / internet without indicating this in my assessment. If I have quoted work directly it has been appropriately referenced and the author has been included in my reference list. If I have included a diagram / image / table from another source I have indicated the source from which it was
POSITIVE CARE ENVIRONMENT
Candidate Name: Imama Khatoon Candidate Number: 4342 Centre Number: 27240 Unit 3 Positive Care Environments Health and Social Care Contents Page Ao1.................................................................................................................Page 3 Ao2.................................................................................................................Page 7 Ao3...............................................................................................................Page 11 Ao4...............................................................................................................Page 20 A01 For this assignment I will be looking at how organisations create a positive care environment. I will be discussing the barriers which could prevent a service user from gaining access to a service. I will also be looking at the legal rights each and every service user has in health care settings and how legislation plays a part in this. I will examine the importance of the care value base in care settings and how it can help create a positive care environment. Creating and maintaining a positive care environment requires care practitioners to be open minded as the values and beliefs of service users will differ from their own, therefore they need to have an understanding of the diverse society we live in. Britain today is a
Identify key aspects of legislation and guidelines relevant to the prevention and control of infection in health and social care settings.
P4, M2, D1 P4 - Identify key aspects of legislation and guidelines relevant to the prevention and control of infection in health and social care settings. M2 - Explain the role of organisational procedures in the prevention and control of infection in health and social care settings. D1 - Assess how the suggested measure to manage an outbreak of infection meet the legal requirements and guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in health and social care settings. The public health act 1984 The public health act (control of disease) was written in 1984, it has become a big part of infection control and is about reporting infectious or contagiousness diseases or illnesses, this has been made a legal requirement to report them, the local authority will need to know about this; this is so that the information can be passed on to the Health Protection agency and then there can be an investigation on where the infection came from and how to prevent other people getting the infection. If infections aren't report there could be a massive epidemic and the doctor or health practitioner could be disciplined. Health and safety at work act 1974 The health and safety at work at was brought in, in 1974 and it's the main pierce of legislations that employers must use, it focuses on how people can reduce the risk of harm and states that professionals need to carry out risk
Steve's Needs. Steve is a 20 year old male student; he lives away from home as he is in his final year at university. He doesnt exercise at all and he eats unhealthily. Steves housing is very dirty and messy therefore causing a lot of dust. This is
Health and Social Care Unit 3 Section A02-A Steve is a 20 year old male student; he lives away from home as he is in his final year at university. Steve lives in student accommodation with 6 other male students. The area he lives in is deprived of the city and the local housing is poor quality. There are busy roads and factories surrounding the area he lives in. He smokes up to 120 cigarettes per week and binge drinks a lot. He doesn't exercise at all and he eats unhealthily. Steve's housing is very dirty and messy therefore causing a lot of dust. This is affecting his asthma. Steve's Needs Steve has many needs to improve his PIES. Firstly for his physical health he should stop drinking so much as it will be affecting his liver. Also he should stop eating so unhealthy and get on a healthy diet and start to exercise regularly. He should also use the exercise as well as to get fit to loose weight so he is at a healthy BMI. For his emotional health he should make sure that he stays motivated to loose weight and drink less alcohol and smoke less and eventually quit. He should keep self-confidence in himself that he can loose weight and that he will look much better in the long run after all his hard work. Lastly for emotional health he should have support from people in order to help him loose weight and get healthier. People offering him support should be his friends, family
Health and Medical Careers.
Health and Medical Careers There are hundreds of different medically related careers. Some of the jobs involve close contact with patients whereas others are to do with organisation and management or with providing essential support services. There are opportunities for people with all levels of qualifications from none at all, to post graduates and degrees. So don't think that you have to be VERY brainy to work in medicine because there is a job for everyone, as you will see from this presentation. To work in Medicine Basically, to work in health and medicine, you need: * Good communication and team work skills. A lot of the work you do will be as part of a team so you need to know how to behave and cooperate with other people. * To be reliable and conscientious. Your patients need to feel they can rely on you and come to you for any help. * Sensitivity, tact and understanding. (For those in patient contact) * An interest in science and technology. So don't just choose medicine because of your family, or because of the amount of money you get paid, that's just ridiculous. You need to have a genuine interest in science and technology. People with 5 GCSEs at Grades A - C * Dental technicians make dental appliances such as dentures, crowns and braces as well as fittings for people with facial injuries. It is mainly a workshop job and most dental technicians work in
Describe the course of two physiological disorders as experienced by two different individuals.
Unit 14- Physiological Disorders P1-Describe the course of two physiological disorders as experienced by two different individuals. Within this assignment I am going to identify the signs and symptoms of two specific physiological disorders of Karishma and Pauline. TIP! In other words, what is the disorder and how do we define it. What did the patient experience and how did the health of the individual change so much that they would have visited their GP. Describe what the GP would do and where the patient would be referred to. Karishma is a 48-year-old woman and mother of three children who works as a care assistant at a hospital. One month ago while at work, Karishma noticed that she was becoming extremely tired each day. She believed that this was due to her workload and asked her manager to reduce her hours. The manager reduced her hours and advised her to rest. Two weeks later despite reducing her hours, Karishma continued to feel tired each day. At this point, she noticed that she was becoming increasingly thirsty throughout the day and was drinking lots of fluids to quench her thirst. Consequently, Karishma needed to use the toilet more regularly than usual to pass urine and this was becoming a problem at work. After discussing her change in health with her husband, she agrees to see her G.P. Looking back at Karishma's scenario the signs and symptoms detect
The ability to regenerate the tissues of the human central nervous system (CNS) is one of the greatest projects undertaken by biomedical engineers today. With this eventual technology
Regenerating Tissues The ability to regenerate the tissues of the human central nervous system (CNS) is one of the greatest projects undertaken by biomedical engineers today. With this eventual technology, permanent paralysis and blindness due to CNS injury will be a thing of the past. Central nervous system injuries will be repairable, an idea that was, until recently, just a fanciful dream, something out of a science fiction novel. In the last few years, however, giant strides have been made to make the idea of CNS regeneration a reality within the grasp of engineers and doctors alike. This technology has advanced to the point where successful tests are being performed on lower level adult mammals. If all continues to go well, human implementation may soon follow. The axons of the central nervous system in adult mammals do not regenerate spontaneously after injury, mainly because of the presence of oligodendrocytes that inhibit axonal growth. These glial cells block the growth of the axons in the central nervous system, preventing any kind of regeneration within the CNS. What was discovered, through experimentation, was that lower non-mammalian vertebrates could regenerate their central nervous system after injury. Regeneration of the optic nerve occurs spontaneously in fish. This phenomenon has been correlated to the presence of
