Equality And Diversity : An Essential Aspect Of The Health Care Sector

Whilst currently on work placement at the community centre I have been asked to write a report as part as my portfolio. The care centre in which I am currently at provides a variety of services. The centre provides a variety of services and promotes equality, diversity whilst also promoting anti-discriminatory behaviour.

Cultural diversity in the health care setting is increasing each year. Knowing how to care for patients of different religious and spiritual faiths is essential to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. The author of this paper will research three lesser-known religions; Taoism, Sikhism and Shamanism. Through this paper, she will provide a brief background on each of the three religions and present information regarding spiritual perspectives on healing, critical components of healing and health care considerations associated with each religion.

Unit 4222-303 Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

Education has been one of the most developed over recent years with diverse cultures being explored and valued within the curriculum. ‘Schools and colleges now include studies in a wide range of cultures and languages. The education system has also benefited from people from different backgrounds reaching management positions and making positive changes in relation to diversity. The inclusion of equality, diversity and rights training in the health and social care profession has increased and has become an important part of the professional training programme. All organisations are required by law to train their staff in equality, diversity and rights, usually under the equal opportunities framework. Education is

I will be explaining what equality, diversity and right mean in health social care I will start with the definition and then give an example for each different term.

Have you ever been to the doctor and don't quite understand what the provider is telling you, or are you a healthcare worker and you don't understand your patients? Should the healthcare provider get diversity training or should they maybe learn new languages? More than ever before, healthcare professionals are subjected to dealing with a number of immense and different cultural diversities. While diversity is often a term used to refer specifically to cultural differences, diversity applies to all the qualities that make people different. Diversity requires more than knowing about individual differences and it key for overcoming cross-cultural barriers in healthcare.

The way we interact with our colleagues and others in society is regulated by law. The Equality Act 2010 brings together all previous acts relating to equality and discrimination. The Act applies to all services provided to the public. The Act protects all individuals and groups from discrimination. Early years settings must be aware of these laws and have a policy in place regarding equality of opportunities and for supporting

Historically, Muslim interaction with our healthcare is tangled between religion and their history in our country. Specific believes have always played a role in the ability for women to attend a health care establishment or undergoing daily assessments from a health provider.

Equality is how every individual has an equal chance to do whatever they want in life to make most of their talents and believing that no one should have a lesser equal life because of their race, disability and gender (Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2016). The Human Rights Act 1998 gives all human beings the right to live, have freedom and opinions. In a health and social care environment, practitioners are obliged by law to treat all patients with kindness and respect.

The provision of equality, diversity and inclusive practice can be ensured in relation to change and transition in many ways. During the process of a transition, if the child has additional needs, such as behavioural problems, then the practitioner is going to need to create an individual plan for the child and their family. This plan could ensure that the parents stay longer on the child first visit. Home visits can be helpful too. This individual plan will benefit the child, their parents and also the practitioners. If the family didn’t speak English then this might cause concerns for the child and also the setting. The setting could overcome this by supporting the child by bringing an interpreter into the school. The parents can have support from the setting by the school providing leaflets about the school with lots of pictures, some videos, or a translated letter. The birth order of the individual child needs to be considered because that can have an effect on them. I have noticed in my setting that the younger child of the family is the most excited to start school because they want to be like their big brothers or sisters. Other studies show that birth order can also have an effect on the child’s grades and personalities. “Birth order within families has long sparked sibling rivalry, but it might also impact the child 's personality and intelligence, a new study suggests. First-borns are typically smarter, while younger siblings get better grades and are more

In this assignment I am going to be explaining the factors that may influence communication and interpersonal in health and social care environments and also I am going to be explaining the strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal interactions. I will be including sensory deprivation, foreign language, jargon, slang, dialect, acronyms, cultural differences, distress, emotional difficulties, health issues and environmental problems, misinterpretation of message, aggression, assertion and how they can be overcome.

This is a reflective essay which will give an account of the concept of valuing diversity and one aspect of anti-discriminatory practice. Its aim is to demonstrate these concepts by explaining their relationship with regards to a ‘diverse’ client whom I have cared for during my placement. Valuing diversity is recognising differences and turning them into positive characteristics. Howard (2004) supports this theory by defining valuing diversity as being aware of, sensitive to, and appreciating differences. The Department of Health (2004) explain valuing diversity within the NHS and determines

Intersectionality is putting individuals within a population into certain categories based on assumed, or even true, similarities of those individuals and treating the individual differently, and most of the time unfairly, based on the category they are placed in. For instance, putting all people of color into one category and then treating them different just based on the fact that they are colored.

In today’s society, it is very important for the healthcare professional to be educated about the culture of their patients. It can be seen that the number of patients who are Muslim are increasing throughout the healthcare system. It is challenging for healthcare workers to care for the needs of Muslim patients when they don’t understand their cultural beliefs. Muslims don’t necessarily have the same health beliefs, outcomes, or priorities that their providers have, therefore making it more difficult to come to a final healthcare decision (Al-Oraibi, 2009.) “This intercultural gap in understanding between clients and providers may result in poor care services and low levels of satisfaction” (Al-Oraibi, 2009.) Muslims are

The population in this country is the most diverse in the world, thus places of care need to be prepared for whoever walks in their doors to receive care. Having slight knowledge of who the patients are, their beliefs and cultural norms, would not only improve the communication between the nurse and patient but also make their stay more comfortable and stress free which helps with the improvement of health. By improving the diversity in the nursing profession, the delivery of culturally competent nursing will also