Tma 02: Understanding Health

Understanding Health
TMA 02

Task 1
Part A

Summarise, in no more than 10 bullet points, what you understand from table 3 ‘Division of Household tasks by sex in Great Britain, 2002’ in chapter 4 of the module book.

Men don’t tend to do the laundry as only three per cent say they always do it and five per cent say they usually do it

Women seem to leave small repair jobs around the home to men with sixty five per cent saying their spouse or partner usually or always does them.

Woman are more likely to look after sick family members with sixty two per cent saying they always did this.

Shopping for groceries are done equally or both together with forty eight per cent of men forty four per cent of women responding to this
Discuss the extent to which you think these interventions can be effective.

This essay will explore three interventions made by schools that may promote better health for children; nutrition, health education and physical activity. Furthermore the essay will discuss how locality has an impact on the effectiveness of these interventions and to what extent by using two case studies from the Understanding Health course book(Finlay et al 2010).

Locality can be summarised as the surroundings or place in which people share common resources within their community, such as a local park, a work place or doctors surgery. Locality can be an influencing factor in the decisions an individual makes which can have an impact on their health. An example of this is in the Understanding Health course book in section 5.1 with regard to obesity. If an individual wanted to loose weight and reduce their chances of coronary heart disease by taking regular exercise but had no sports facilities locally, they might then decide against their decision to exercise due to the need to travel to another facility and the cost of
Kate’s school follows a National Curriculum by providing science and Personal, Social and Health Educations (PSHE) classes. Lakshmi is taught about nutrition, exercise and personal hygiene during her science classes. Health education is an effective intervention because it provides children with the knowledge they need about themselves, their bodies and their health needs. In Lakshmi’s case she’s provided with essential immunisations and has her growth monitored, she’s also taught the benefits of breastfeeding and the importance of clean drinking water. For Kate, the fact that she has the use of a drop in centre to receive advice and guidance on issues such as sexual health and drugs awareness will hopefully shape her decisions as a young adult towards better health choices in the future.

This essay has established three interventions made by schools, and has established that the effectiveness of these interventions is both positive and sometimes negative with locality having an important part in an individual’s health. Finlay et al states that “The influences on people’s health do not stop at the school gate or the neighbour boundary”. Whilst schools do intervene in children’s health the wider society also shapes the health of an individual in a more complex