Promoting Indigenous Family Health Word Count: 1920 It is a known fact that Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander populations don’t live as long as their western counterparts as shown by AMA Health Report Card (2011). ‘Closing the Gap’ (Calma 2008) is a campaign aimed at a national attempt to support and bring equity in health to our Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander communities. In order to be successful in this we must identify the key issues causing this inequity and through public
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- Evaluate the effectiveness of promoting and protecting public health . Lung Cancer [pic] One of the campaigns is lung cancer campaign ‘got a cough‚ get a check!’ it shows the symptoms of lung cancer‚ saying that if you are coughing a lot or if you cough up blood‚ neck pain and shortness of breath to see your doctor. This will mean that people can be checked earlier than leaving it for it to just get worse. Lung cancer is the most common cause of death ‘’it is known that smokers and ex-smokers
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5th edition London‚ Saunders Elsevier Department of Health (2004) Appendix 2: Core Dimension 2 Personal and People Development NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework. http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4107980.pdf [20/01/2011] Freshwater D (2003) Counselling Skills for Nurses‚ Midwives and Health Visitors. Philadelphia‚ Open University Press Hargie O‚ Dickson D and Tourish D (2004) Communication
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Principles of Health Care Practice Code of Conduct Contents Introduction 1.1 Nursing Education & Registration 1.2 Social Work Education & Registration 1.3 The Nursing & Midwifery Council 2.1 General Social Care Council 2.2 Clinical Governance 3.1 Continuing Professional Development 3.2 1.1 Introduction I am writing this report as a requirement for my HNC Health Care course which will be submitted to Christine Hughes. In this report
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the role of educational inclusion‚ individual and general perspectives on inclusion and how the medical and social models have played a great part in the conception and in its application in regards to inclusion in the past and in recent times. Inclusion has different conception and used in certain terminology that relates to inclusion. It is used in different settings such as in social care and in the educational setting in the society today. In this report I will be focusing on the educational part
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Moving and handling in health and social care These pages are for employers and employees in the health and social care sectors involved in moving and handling‚ particularly those who assess moving and handling needs and carry out handling activities. Moving and handling is a key part of the working day for most employees; from moving equipment‚ laundry‚ catering‚ supplies or waste to assisting residents in moving. Poor moving and handling practice can lead to: back pain and musculoskeletal
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The field of Child and Youth Care consists of many different sectors one is able to work in. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner‚ one will discover that there are many professional issues that are attached to these sectors. The following paper will go into detail regarding the issues in a Residential and Care Treatment facility. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner‚ it is important to have knowledge on why these children and youth are placed in this setting. According to (Butler‚ Little
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Contents Page 2 – Introduction Care Practice and Provision Page 3 - Overview and AO1 Page 5 – AO2 Page 6 – AO3 Page 8 – AO4 Page 9 – Case Studies Anatomy and Physiology in Practice Page 12 – Overview Page 13 – Revision Schedule Child Development Page 16 – Overview and AO1 Page 17 – AO2 Page 19 – AO3 Page 20 – AO4 Page 23 – Case study General Page 32 – References Page 33 – Coursework Mark Schemes Page 41 - Glossary Page 45 – Keeping track – record your marks here! Page 46 -
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In this essay I will analyse the concepts of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour in relation to users of health and social care services. I will take a look into how perceptions of specific needs have changed of time. I will also include the impact of legislation‚ social policy society and culture on the ways that services are made available to individuals with specific needs. This will include me analysing the needs of individuals with specific needs‚ explain the current system for supporting
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.............................3 Summaries of Journal Articles......................................................................3 Key Aspects: Medication Errors and their Causes.............................................. 4 Impact on Client Care.................................................................................5 Strategies to prevent Medication Errors ..........................................................6 Conclusion.....................................................
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