When talking about health it is not just about the overall condition of a person whether physical or non-physical such as psychological‚ spiritual and social well-being and not just the absence of illness or disability. Health can also be the ability to manage and adjust to different situations and achieve optimistic holistic understanding. Health inequalities is the dissimilarities of a well-being status among person or groups‚ as measured by factors such as lifespan‚ death or sickness. It also
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and process that affect the overall distribution of disease and health. Health care and public health systems are the social determinants of health and they are mostly responsible for health inequities. Health inequities link closely with social determinants of health. Public Health recognizes that individual-level interventions must occur along with approaches that address community and societal levels of social determinants of health. As part of the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
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redundancy and dismissal‚ health and safety‚ training‚ holiday entitlements‚ union rights and consultation‚ disciplinary procedures and many others. Health and safety laws cover the work condition‚ minimum wage and other laws set basic compensation levels. There is also the Disability Act‚ Manual Handling Operations and Regulations‚ Data Protection Act‚ The Medicine Act‚ General Social Care Council code 2001‚ RIDDOR 1995. 1.2 The main features of current employment legislation cover three areas. Employment
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March 2011 NGC1 Question 1 An engineer was involved in a near-miss incident when he dropped a component whilst working on an overhead crane. The component narrowly missed an employee who was passing below. (a) Give FOUR reasons why the near-miss incident should be investigated. (4) the incident should be investigated in the first instance to prevent a recurrence by identifying its causes and any weaknesses in the existing procedures and systems. It would also help to set priorities for any
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P3: explain patterns and trends of health and illness among different social groupings. Government findings According to the January 2007 report by the parliamentary office of science and technology why are some ethnic minority groups at more risk of ill health than others. Black and minority ethnic (BME) groups generally have worse health than the overall population‚ although some BME groups fare much worse than others do‚ and patterns vary from one health condition to the next. Evidence suggests
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carers role within a company is to be reliable and provide the amount of hours that have been stated on your availability form. You will be required to work over busy periods i.e. bank holidays‚ Christmas and Easter etc and also provide extra availability to cover for sickness and absence of other staff. You are to be flexible and understand that care is needed 7 days a week 375 days a year. You can also expect tp be provided with adequate training and you will also be expected to keep your key skills
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Health and Safety. Introduction The quality of health and safety of the environment is greatly affected by the environment itself‚ never more so than in the health care setting‚ where patients and clients may be more vulnerable than in there own homes. Florence Nightangale suggested that patients in health care settings may be harmed just by being there. Health and Safety commission (1992) places a general duty on employers to ensure the health and safety of employees. Infection Control
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Impact on occupational safety and health for higher labour productivity Occupational health and safety is about ensuring a safe workplace. For resource recovery facilities this includes staff employed at the factory as well as contractors and the public. Occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized fields. In its broadest sense‚ it should aim at: * The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical‚ mental and social well-being of workers
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look through the National Minimum Care Standards (your Manager should have a copy) and give below the Standard which you feel most closely relates to this unit‚ also give a brief description of what it says/involves. NMCS Numbered : Brief description : | What do you understand by the term restrictive intervention? | 115.1 - 2 & 3 | Explain when a restrictive intervention may be used. | Give an actual example from your work practices when you have used a restrictive
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PROMOTE COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH‚ SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SETTINGS 1.1 IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT REASONS PEOPLE COMMUNICATE Human beings talk‚ listen‚ touch and see in order to be socially engaged within society‚ to realise their status in society and to allow others to become aware of their needs. In a young peoples care settings‚ good communication is vital primarily to build trust and respect between the different parties who live and work there. Effective communication will
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