BTEC First Health & Social Care Unit 7 Equality & Diversity LAB

A complete resource package for the delivery of the BTEC First Unit 7 Equality and Diversity Learning Aim B. There are four engaging PowerPoints, activities and links to relevant Youtube clips and websites.

The content covered is, as below:-

Topic B.1 Factors that may affect the care needs of individuals
● gender – acknowledgement of personal preferences, e.g. same sex wards
● sexual orientation – respect for sexual orientation
● gender reassignment – have choice of gender respected, use of correct forms of address
● age – use of appropriate language, appropriate forms of address
● disability, e.g. equality of access to services
● marriage and civil partnership, e.g. respect for service user’s choice regarding involvement of partners or family in their care
● pregnancy and maternity, e.g. choice of birth plan, birthing partner, ante-natal care, breastfeeding
● race – equality of access to services regardless of ethnic or national origins
● religion and belief – different needs relating to beliefs and practices of individuals from a range of different religious and secular groups
o religious groups, e.g. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism – beliefs, festivals and holy days, food and diet, forms of worship, dress, symbols, health/medical beliefs o secular groups, e.g. humanism, atheism – respect for secular beliefs
● social class – equality of access to health and social care services regardless of social class
● family structure – impact of family structure on care needs, e.g. single parent, nuclear, extended, no family
● geographical location – equality of access to health and social care services, e.g. in rural areas, in urban areas.

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