Public Health Model And The Social Ecological Model

Abuse usually occurs due to poverty, lack of education, marital problems, changing of environments, family violence, and lack of support from family members, loneliness, social isolation, unemployment and many other factors which also relates to non-accidental incidents by caregivers, parents, older adolescents or other adults that is not within the norms of conduct and whom necessitates a considerable risk of inflicting physical or emotional harm to a child. Incidents like this can be un-intentional but other people also intentionally abuse their child which includes commission and omission. Instead of coming home to a safe environment, 40,844 children are abused. Evidentially child abuse is a very serious contemporary issue which has acquired many legal and non-legal

This paper discusses how IOM’s ecological model can be used to stop the AIDs pandemic which is a health issue globally. This is because the number of people infected with the disease has increased over the years, since the first case was reported. Statistics show that over 34 million people are infected globally. The disease has been declared a pandemic due to the effects it has caused globally. Therefore, urgency is needed to stop its spread by reducing the rate of infection.

The authors help to inform reader as to why child abuse is such an important issue that needs to be taken care of. Funk and Wagnall list the forms of child abuse and the impacts they have a children’s lives. The article is organized in a straightforward style with little to no opinion involved. Although the article is solely based on facts, the authors stray away from making the article monotonous.

The Public Health Model and the Medical Model are two different perspectives of what health is, as well as the means of achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The Public Health Model or Ecological Health Model, as it's more appropriately called, takes into account the various external forces that can afflict or benefit a person's health. On the other hand, the Medical Model focuses on the internal forces that affect a person's health.

Along with public humiliation, there are also many accounts of sexual and physical assault. The emotional shock that all of this abuse caused many children to be unable to learn, and eventually led to self-destructive behaviour (95). Students in many different schools eventually ended up started gangs, which led to violence between students of different ages. There were also some cases of student-student sexual abuse (97). Because of all of this violence, many of the students who eventually became parents who used these behaviours to cope, also did this to their children, as they were never shown love or support as children, creating an endless cycle of

For the purpose of this assignment, the intention is to describe the four theoretical models of child abuse. The 4 models that I will be looking at are; the medical model of abuse, sociological model of abuse, psychological model of abuse and the feminist model of abuse. I will also be looking at the aspects of the theories that are similar or different. To conclude I also intend to evaluate the four theoretical models of abuse by identifying the advantages and disadvantages.

The aim of this assignment is to enable learners to understand the theoretical models of child abuse and consider the implications of each model. There are many theories about why people abuse children and who are more likely to abuse. These models aren’t rules or laws and they may have flaws. I will be comparing and writing about these flaws and also where the models have a point and backing these up with cases of child abuse which have been in the media. The models that I will be describing, comparing and evaluating are the Feminist Model, the Social learning theory,

According to Counseling Children “James and Burch (1999) suggest some activities that can be conducted in schools: 1. Prepare school personnel by teaching about normal sexual development, 2. Deliver an abuse prevention program at school that educated children to danger signs, prevention skills, and the importance of telling adults about abuse, 3. Develop a network of professionals to build skills in assessment and include child protection workers, other counselors, therapists, and agencies that diagnose and treat victims.” These are three activities listed that James and Burch suggested should be conducted in schools.

Often times the discussion, surrounding the prevention of child abuse is how to recognize signs and symptoms of abuse and how to report abuse. While these elements are important to discuss research shows that focusing on five key protective factors is what contributes to a family’s strength, which in turn can help to prevent child abuse. The five key protective factors are as follows: 1. Parental Resilience 2. Social Connections 3. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development 4. Concrete Support in Times of Need 5. Social and Emotional Competence of Children. The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) developed the framework of the five protective factors.

Social determinants of health such as schooling, housing, access to food and health care, exercise, and safety are all conditions that are embedded in the environment in which we grow and live. I was born and raised in a healthy and safe neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha has been ranked among one of the top cities in the nation to raise a family, according to multiple sources such as MSN Real Estate, Today Money, and Forbes. Omaha is one of fifteen cities with the greatest amount of Catholic schools per capita with great public school system to choose from as well. I have attended Catholic schools my entire life and was given multiple options for quality schooling in close proximity to my home. In addition to schooling, the low cost of

Introduction 
 Through research, scientist's have found that child abuse has caused detrimental affects to a child’s growth and development. Verbal abuse, physical abuse as a child all lead to many complications when older. For the purpose of this social science report, the following research question was investigated, “ How does abuse affect a child's development?” The secondary resources used in this paper were experimental, descriptive, and finally co-relational. 

Descriptive research 

 This report entitled “ Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect” written by Child welfare in July 2013 was published on the child welfare website, it conducted comprehensive research on long-term consequences of Child Abuse

“Sexual abuse can be visible in many different ways, sometimes beyond what appears on the surface or the skin. Normal findings of sexual abuse are not excluded form child abuse.” Like emotional abuse, there are signs for sexual abuse. (Hilton, L., 2015) The way a child acts can depict whether or not they are in an abusive situation. “If being sexually abused, a child may display inappropriate sexual behavior, sexual play,” and things that a child at a young age should not know about. A sexually abused child may also have aggressive sexual behavior. “Some researchers tend to agree that sexual abuse is a distinct occurrence, but most studies of other forms of abuse ignore their potential differences.” (J. F., & Lee, C. S., 2004)

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a topic that, in recent years, has received much attention and concern. What is sexual abuse? Sexual abuse is one form of child abuse that includes a wide range of actions between a child and an adult or older child (Child Sexual Abuse). There are several types of sexual abuse including molestation, rape, voyeurism, exhibitionism, pornography, and forced prostitution (Heavy Hands 2010). If childhood sexual abuse is not treated, long term symptoms can continue on

The Ecological Model of Health, sometimes also called The Social-Ecological Model, is one of the main models and theories that underpin the practice of health promotion. Defined by the Institute of Medicine as "a model of health that emphasizes the linkages and relationships among multiple factors (or determinants) affecting health”, that ecological framework is based on the premise that no single factor can fully explain the variations, the prevalence and the complexity patterns of diseases, as they are the result of a dynamic interaction of several varied determinants.

This essay will focus on the biomedical and social model of health. It will be critically discussing both models using supporting theories and highlighting the limitations of each. This essay will also discuss and analyse how both models relate to lay perspectives on health and illness.