40010506 Level 3 BSc Midwifery Sciences The Role of the Health Professional in Public Health MID3086 Gail Anderson Analyse a healthcare initiative involving midwives that address the health needs of a vulnerable group. Teenage Pregnancy is defined as conceptions which include those that lead onto a live birth and terminations in the under 18 age group. Teenage pregnancy generally creates inequalities in health‚ and usually leads to poor long term outcomes
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will never acquire certain skills‚ people suffering from dementia will lose skills they have acquired. Dementia is more common in older people. Certain forms of dementia can be treated‚ to some extent. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer ’s disease. 1.2. Describe the key functions of the brain that are – affected by dementia The functions of brain that are affected by dementia are the following: * temporal lobe which is responsible for vision‚ memory‚ language‚ hearing and learning
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Our health care system has undergone several reforms in order to improve its functionality‚ cost‚ access‚ and effectiveness. Take the evolution of hospitals‚ for instance; originally they existed to “provide shelter and care for the destitute” (Almgren‚ 2013‚ p. 50). As time passed and infectious diseases prevailed‚ more protocols needed to be instilled to increase patient’s quality of life. Florence Nightingale and other professional’s emphasis hygiene‚ proved to be the type of reform needed to
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leading causes of death in America. Impact of Affordable Care Act of 2010 The Affordable Care Act is a health care reform law‚ which was made to make healthcare affordable and available to more people. “An estimated 30 million Americans were expected to gain health insurance through the Affordable Care Act” (HERITAGE) causing many people who suffer from chronic diseases to now have coverage for their medical needs. The Affordable Care Act helped with getting people properly diagnosed with their
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The globalization of health care 1 What are the facilitating developments that have allowed health care to start globalizing? There are some reasons that have allowed health care globalizing. Firstly‚ there is the high cost of medical care in the US. And US have the largest number of patients. Secondly‚ many Americans are uninsured and underinsured and it is much more expensive for them to treat in America than fly abroad to get treatment. Thirdly‚ there are more and more high-quality private hospital
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Marginalisation‚ means being pushed to the margins of society‚ this means that you are unable to participate in the health and care services that are available. In health and social care no one should be marginalised no matter what their background is circumstances‚ sexual orientation on health status. * Disempowerment means that a group of people are discriminated‚ by the health professions it could be the nurses in the hospital discriminating against the group of people; this also means that
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Maintaining the privacy of health patient records is extremely important in the health care industry. Every healthcare provider in different areas of the health care field obtain prerequisite training in maintaining patient privacy and have an obligation to ensure patient information is kept private. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensure health insurance is portable and protection for privacy of patient medical information (Henderson‚ 2009). A requirement of the healthcare
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into the workforce" will determine how well we learn and grow from it. Sowell provided many examples of how this is not new to mankind. We have been doing this for centuries and will continue to do so. How does religion affect employees ’ roles and performance in a multicultural workplace? My initial thought when I think of religion in the work place is that it should not be there. Then I think of the people of this country and how we have the right to choose whatever religion we wish.
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Unit 2: Health and Social Care Values Task 2B Confidentiality Confidentiality Is vital as it protects a individual from personal information being shared. Trust is really important between the service user and the service provider. It depends on whether the user is confident that the personal information will be kept confidential. An example of confidentiality in a health and social care setting is adhering to the data protection act which means that any data that is related
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Misdiagnosis has always been a significant medical issue‚ however‚ it gets very little attention. The United States Institute of Medicine reports that 5% of adults seeking medical care every year will be misdiagnosed (Neergaard‚ 2015). That is a very large amount‚ considering the sheer number of adults that seek patient care every year‚ that’s not even including pediatric cases. So why is this issue getting very little attention? The reason is a majority of misdiagnosis goes undetected and causes no
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