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    MU 2.4 CONTRIBUTE TO CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S HEALTH & SAFETY Check your knowledge 1. What does COSHH stand for? COSHH stands for control of substances hazardous to health 2. Name two other regulations that cover health and safety in children’s settings. Reporting of injuries‚ diseases and dangerous occurrences Regulation (RIDDOR) 1995 Food hygiene legislation 2006 – safe storage and preparation of food 3. List six routine daily checks you should make of the indoor and outdoor environments

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    1. Determinants of Health The central concept in the category ‘Determinants of Health’ is deprivation. Deprivation is a complex construct with many different facets. It is influenced by socioeconomic and demo-graphic variables and there are indices of social deprivation to measure it. The socioeconomic status (SES) has an impact on health care need‚ since research detect-ed greater need for health care among groups with low socioeconomic status. But they do not only have greater needs‚ but these

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    statistics The office of National Statistics providing a large range of health and care issues‚ Publications includes Social Trends and‚ for more detailed information on health issues‚ Health Statistical Quarterly. The publication provide a wide range of statistics on birth rates and death rates; infant mortality rate and suicide rates as well as appointments GP’s surgeries and hospital admissions‚ and these are looked into as social class‚ gender‚ age and geographical location. Government statistics

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    Religion contributes to social order. Do you agree? By referring to any ONE (1) Caribbean religious grouping‚ show how its beliefs contribute to this feature of society. Relevant theoretical perspectives must be employed in the response. It is in my opinion that religion does contribute to social order. Religious beliefs of one sort or another exist is every known society all over the world. To really define religion you have to look at from either a functional definition or a substantive definition

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    influences hygiene‚ assessing a patient‚ bed bathing‚ oral hygiene and eye care. Oxford dictionary describes hygiene as “the conditions or practices conductive to maintaining health and preventing disease especially through cleanliness”. Hygiene and cleanliness are a basic human right. According to the National Health Service (NHS) “if an individual becomes unwell‚ either physically or mentally and where unable to meet their hygiene needs they may require someone else to assist them in such needs”

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    Many factors go into determining health and illness. There are psychological factors‚ sociocultural factors‚ environmental factors and also the stressors in your life. It’s interesting how many health problems are affected by psychological factors like emotions and attitudes‚ not just behavior. In today’s time‚ it is vital to consider all contributing factors to health and illness since there is no single answer that simplifies why an individual becomes ill or remains healthy. Your psychological

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    ICON College of Technology and Management BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Assignment: Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care Submitted To: Dr Sumesh Dadwal Submitted by: Rukia Begum I.D NO: 12806 Session: September 2013 LO2: BE ABLE TO PRODUCE‚ MONITOR‚ REVISE AND EVALUATE PLANS FOR PERSONAL PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED OF A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTITIONER. 2.1 A KEY INFLUENCES ON LEARNING Course: The course which I

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    child is born can have profound lifelong effects” (UNICEF‚ 2016‚ p. 9). Development beginning in early life establishes the foundation for future health and development‚ which is why it is necessary that children be given the best possible start. Familial income is a key determinant of healthy childhood development (Gupta‚ Wit‚ & McKeown‚ 2007). Families with low incomes are likely to lack the resources necessary for children’s health‚ such as: nutritious food; adequate shelter and access to education

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    “The social determinants are conditions in which people born‚ grow‚ live‚ work and age‚ which are shaped by the distribution of money‚ power and resources at global‚ national and local levels” (Who‚ 2017). Within my agency the social determinants factor our client deals‚ resources‚ money and housing availability‚ since Broward county has a few housing available. In addition‚ for the housing that is available‚ most clients do not have the income to meet the requirement to get a housing. For example

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    10133166 Choose one ‘social problem’ and consider society’s response to that social problem. In this essay I am going to attempt to define the term ‘social problem’ and what it might mean in today’s western society. The essay will then provide an overview of what mental illness might be and mean to the sufferer. In an effort to further understand why mental illness might be considered a social problem‚ the use of ‘language’ will be discussed in the context of how in the past and the present

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