Vulnerable populations are considered as any person that because of their condition, either acute or chronic, in which their capacity to make informed decisions for themselves is diminished; Any population that due to circumstances, might be defenseless to compulsion to participate. Certain human subjects are considered to be vulnerable populations and require special treatment with respect to protect their well-being. Examples of these vulnerable populations are pregnant women, human fetuses and neonates, children, cognitively impaired persons, prisoners, students and employees, and educationally disadvantaged
Human rights play a significant part within the health and social care sector. The health care professionals should have knowledge on human rights entitlements and how to deal with any issues that infringes the rights that an individual is entitled too. The professionals should be able to practise in an anti-discriminatory manner that does not contravene anybody’s human
The Victoria Government Department of Human Services (2012) stated “the freedom to make decisions which affect our lives is a fundamental right that each of us should enjoy”. The decisions we make in our lives represent who we are and how we want to be perceived by the world – whilst taking into consideration our own morals, beliefs and goals. Supported decision-making (SDM) is a process by which “a third-party assists or helps and individual with an intellectual or cognitive disability to make a legally enforceable decision for oneself” (Kohn & Blumenthal, 2013). May & Rea (2014) stated that “supported decision-making assumes that all people, regardless of their ability or disability, have some capacity to be involved in decision making”.
Oppression has been used for years by a controlling group or person as a tool to keep a certain population in line. There have been many examples of oppression being used throughout history, such as the United States’ use of slavery. In Octavia Butler’s Kindred Dana is forced to witness the tactics used by slave owners to keep slaves in line. The reader learns alongside Dana about the history of slavery, and the brutal ways that slaves were kept. Octavia Butler writes Kindred as a way to educate people on oppression and slavery, in a more modernized and obvious form.
There are many healthcare disparities involving parasitic infection. One disparity, for example, is that any one can get parasitic infection, it is so easy to be infected by a parasitic infection. Also, to really prevent one from getting a parasitic infection, they would have to be extremely cautious on the food they are eating and the water they are drinking. It is more common in regions of tropical or subtropical to avoid getting infected. We can also get infected through our pets and the disparity in this is that its hard to keep up with everything to avoid getting infected with parasitic
Poverty affects many people in Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson as shown through their lack of education, their poor access to legal support, and their vulnerability to being targeted. Poverty can lead to a lack of education which affects many people in Just Mercy. Lack of education is shown when Marsha Colbey, a mother of six children, was pregnant with her seventh child. She couldn’t afford prenatal care and the baby was stillborn. Marsha had no intention of killing the baby and due to her lack of prenatal care and education had no idea that there was a problem with the pregnancy.
1.1 Describe the causes and effects of complex disabilities and conditions. Mental health issues ranging from the doubts and uncertainties have become a part of daily routine, towards serious long term situation which can be very complex for managing and having a diversifying impact on the overall live of the people. The usual child health leads to contribute towards overall development (Watson & Le Couteur, 2011). Therefore it is important to take special care of people with complex disability as they turn out to be sensitive enough about the situation and environment they are living in.
Before we look at the different Social/Psychological Determinants of Health it is important firstly to define what a social determinant of health is. According to the World Health Organization (2017) “The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.” These conditions are as a result of a wide range of factors that are ultimately governed by the way in which money, power and specific resources are shared at different levels including those at global, national and local levels. We have all been a part of and will experience different social determinants of health throughout our lives but it is the standard at which we experience these determinants that will ultimately lead onto them affecting our health or ultimately leaving us unaffected. The Social Determinants of Health which I am going to examine include • Education • Unemployment • Stress • Living Conditions • Cultural Norms.
Working with special populations increases these risks. Prisoners, children, and mentally disabled individuals are at increased risk for harm in research. Exemptions are not granted for these populations, because it is very important they are protected and a review is performed. There is a focus on three major cornerstones of ethics in research and they are beneficence, respect, and justice. When working with special populations it is imperative to ensure these standards are met, and extra steps may need to be taken to see that this is the case (Royse et al,
According to Baldwin (2003) health care disparities are the differences in health and health care between population groups including race, socioeconomic status, age, location, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. Disparities limits the improvements of quality health care which could result in unnecessary health care expenses. Factors that are contributing to disparities within today’s society are lack of access to quality health care and the number of individuals who are uninsured. As the population continue to grow and become more diverse health care disparities will continue to increase.
Brave new world - Essay I look at this from a utilitarian perspective were the moral thing is to do the most good for the most amount of people. The individual, while important in any sense, is only relevant in terms of the community as a whole. It is very similar to the question of individual versus collective happiness. The happiness of the most amount of people is better than letting the individual decide for oneself.
Victims, Victimization and Victimology: A Socio-Legal Study Dr. (Mrs.) Ravidankaur R. Karnani Assist. Professor & I/c. Principal, Law College, Palanpur karnani_ravidan@yahoo.com, 7990980278 Abstract For many decades, the victim was the forgotten party in the criminal justice system as the main focus was that the perpetrator of a crime should be punished. But the victims of crimes stand poised equally in the scales of justice as the victim is not a passive object but an active component of the whole judicial process.
1984 Synthesis Essay Poverty negatively influences how the minds of people work in the world. The fact that poverty exists itself, obstructs people from changing their circumstances in what is known as “the cycle of poverty.” The lower class is incredibly disadvantaged in that it lacks the necessary social and economic resources needed to increase chances of social mobility. In return, the absence of these resources may increase poverty. Therefore, the lower class is unable to change its situation because the majority believes that any efforts to climb the social ladder is highly inefficient.
Vulnerable populations are those with a greater risk of developing health conditions. These groups may have difficulty accessing healthcare because of sociocultural status, limited economic resources, geographic, or characteristics such as age, gender (****). This separation puts members of these groups at risk for not obtaining necessary medical care and thus creates a possible threat to their health. Vulnerable populations include some group like chronically ill, people with HIV/AIDS, mentally ill and disabilities, substance abusers and homeless groups population. For example, disadvantaged and poor working individuals who are unable to obtain health care due to their immigrant status also ethnic minority groups, typically discriminated against even though they have successful careers, higher education and
Isolation as a Way of Protection Sometimes people would rather walk away from their problems instead of facing them. Isolation is a way of feeling protected for some people due to their fear of being hurt because of bad experiences. Walking away and isolation are effective ways of avoiding problems; however, isolation will not change the reality of life and the good or bad that comes with it. In the movie The Village directed by M. Night Shyamalan, "the Elders" isolate themselves and their families to be protected from the real world, but in the end, the movie demonstrates that people need each other in order to be happy and safe.
Disabled people are people who have mental or physical limitation so they depend on someone to support them in doing their daily life needs and jobs. Although disabled people are a minority and they are normally ignored, they are still a part of the society. The statistics show that the proportion of disabled people in the world rose from 10 percent in the seventies of the last century to 15 percent so far. The number of handicapped exceeds a billion people all over the world, occupied about 15 percent of the world's population, as a result of an aging population and the increase in chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, blood and psychological diseases that are related with disabilities and impairments. Every five seconds someone