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Flashcards by David Millward, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by David Millward
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What combination of factors does discrimination arise from | Stereotyping, Prejudices + power to act = discrimination (Barn et al. organisational and development consultant) |
| What makes it unlawful for one person to discriminate on racial grounds against another | The Race Relations Act 1976 |
| Labelling and making assumptions about people is known as | Stereotyping |
| Stereotyping leads to | assuming that all members of a group (ethnic, racial etc.) act the same or have same traits, ignores important individual differences |
| What is discrimination | When prejudiced beliefs are acted upon - negative attitudes / actions |
| Who is Isolated & Excluded | Those who fall outside recognised groups of support / Those who are hard to reach |
| What does OUTREACH provide | Actively seeks out those needing their service / provide practical support / be a 1st point of contact / be flexible to the persons needs |
| what does ADVOCACY do | tries to help people speak for themselves, secure their rights, represents their interests. Is independant from Service Providers |
| DIVERSITY = | VARIETY & DIFFERENCE communities of identity based on shared identity, wide mix of people, different backgrounds |
| effects of categorising differences | treating everyone the same will not meet everyone's needs, emphasising differences can draw away from things that are common, categorising can exagerate differences |
| Communities of Identity | "Shared Characteristics" - ethnic origin, religion, politics, sex orientation, long term conditions. Shared Identity generates source of support for care service users |
| Barriers to involvement of volunteers in NDC's | Professionals define agenda, education not 2 way, Involvement a way of keeping volunteers quiet, tokenism, exploitation, incorporation |
| What is a community? | A place & locality , provides a sense of belonging. Different Communites require different support. |
| Community Identity based on | Locality / Social Networks / Identity & Common beliefs |
| How to address Social Exclusion | UNIVERSAL services - available to everyone / TARGETED services - specific for those referred by a professional |
| Examples of Targeted Services for the socially excluded | Age Concern / Thornhill Family Support / Tower Hamlets Family Support |
| What is Social Exclusion? | "A lack of opportunities & experiences of others" 3 x contexts that don't fit the norm - financial / jobs / social |
| 5 targets of New Deal for Communities (NDC) | Improve health / Increase education & skills / Improve housing & environment / more people in work / reduce crime |
| NDC leads to Neighbourhood projects such as? | Community Health Groups - resident led / Family support teams - helping families with activities |
| Neighbourhood Projects support? | Primary Care Trusts - cornerstone of NHS, Improve community health, develop services, commision services |
| Health influenced by? | Where we Live (Archeson Report) "SOCIOECONOMIC" - economic /personal /social - modify these to improve health |
| Kings Fund - what makes a healthy neighbourhood? | Feel safe / Clean / People Inclusive / Ideas encouraged / opportunities |
| How to measure deprivation? | Jarman Score / Townsend Score / Index of multiple deprivation |
| Two types of Poverty | ABSOLUTE - minimal essentials to survive (food, water etc.) / RELATIVE - standard of living compared to others |
| Impact of Poverty (Archeson Report) | CHILDREN - Low birth weight / development, ADULTS - Heart & Lungs / Mental HEalth |
| Labonte 3 dimensions of Health | Physical / Mental / Social |
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