1. Unit 7: Sociological Perspectives BTEC Health & Social Care
Concepts of Health
Unit 7: Sociological Perspectives
BTEC Health & Social Care

2. Starter
Write down 1 word into each of the boxes to describe each concept?
Positive Concept
Negative Concept
Holistic Concept
WHO Definition

3. The World Health Organisation
Defines Health as:
“A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
Hands up to tell me how WHO describes Health?

4. P2 Assignment brief and task
Explain different sociological approaches to health and ill health.
Individually design and create a poster which could be used in local health centres which explains different sociological concepts of health (negative, positive, holistic, World Health Organisation definition) and ill health (illness, disability, disease); the sick role; the clinical iceberg.
Deadline: 6th May Poster
Draft: 29th April, bring to lesson.....Where are they??

5. Learning Outcomes To recall concepts of health and ill health.
To describe the concepts of health and ill health.
To peer assess posters presentations.
Analyse the impact of these concepts on a person’s future health

6. Match up the Keywords Concepts of ill health
Extension:
Give examples!
Match up the Keywords Concepts of ill health
…refers to the number of illnesses or diseases that normally go unreported.
Disability
Impairment
Disabling environment
Clinical ice-berg
Sick role
...a term used in regarding sickness and the rights and requirement of the affected individual.
…where adaptations and other facilities are not in place to ensure that people with impairments can take a full part in social life.
Movement…get to come to the front!
Disability: is seen as a problem that arises when a society does not take into account the needs of people
Impairment: restrictions on the day-to-day restrictions that may arise because of a long-term physical or mental condition
Disabling environment: where adaptations and other facilities are not in place to ensure that people with impairments can take a full part in social life.
Clinical ice-berg: refers to the number of illnesses or diseases that normally go unreported.
Sick role: a term used in regarding sickness and the rights and requirement of the affected individual.
Able learners to be stretched by asking to give examples…others verbal prompts!
…restrictions on the day-to-day that may arise because of a long-term physical or mental condition.
…is seen as a problem that arises when a society does not take into account the needs of people.

7. Scenario Task
Sarah is 45 years old and has Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She needs considerable help with daily living activities. She is in a wheelchair and is unable to leave the house without a carer. Sarah lives alone, speaks very little English and she feels socially very isolated.
Sarah has recently been assessed by the local Social Services department for a range of community care services. She is going to receive a direct payment so that she can choose her own care provider and she will be able to pay them directly. She is quite confused by this arrangement and does not know where to go for help.
Explain what is meant by the term ‘impairment’ and ‘disability’ in this context?
What type of environment does Sarah live in?
Now in groups of 3 or 4 create your own scenario on issues relating to concepts of Ill Health.
Oral Questioning...targeted...using names!

8. Draft Posters Title Image Main Text Minor Information Colour
Take out your posters?...
What is your task?
What does a Poster look like?
What does it include?
Target individuals of lower ability with simple questions
Minor Information
Colour

9. Peer Assessment
Remember this time you are explaining all the key terms above!
Criteria
Self-Assessment
Peer-assessment
Point of Development
P2 Different Sociological approaches to health and ill health
Explain the different approaches in relation to health and ill-health (same as you did for Unit 7 applying it to Health & Social Examples.
Remember also to try and include terminology from P1:
These approaches:
Functionalism,
Marxism,
Feminism,
Interactionalism,
New Right
Post-Modernism
Collectivism
Related to this: Concepts of health/ ill-health
Negative
Positive,
Holistic
World Health Organization definition
Illness,
Disability
Disease
The sick role
The clinical iceberg
Understanding patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings
Related to this M1: Models of health
Biomedical Model
Socio-medical Model
Do try to include Sociological Perspectives & Models of Health

10. Deadline: Tuesday 6th May

11. Plenary
Write down 1 thing you have to include in your poster to achieve P2?