Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care: A Study of Stroke

Contemporary Issues in Health and
Social Care

Table of content
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1: Individual PowerPoint presentation of media portfolio.....................................................4
Learning Outcomes covered: L01 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and LO2 (2.1,2.2 )..............................................4
1. How does information relating to health and social care reach the public domain?...................4
2. What sources of media have been used to disseminate information relating to your chosen
health and social care area/issue (Stroke)?......................................................................................4
3. What impact or influence, if any, has the different media coverage on your Health and Social
care area or issue had on the attitudes, thoughts and behaviour of people?....................................4
Task 2: Research report.................................................................................................................13
Learning Outcomes covered: L03 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4) and LO4 (4.1, 4.2, and 4.3)................13
1. The different perspectives relating to issue chosen in Task 1 (STROKE) from reliable sources.
.......................................................................................................................................................13
2. An analysis of how different perspectives on the specific health and social care area/issue
(STROKE) have changed over time and how that has impacted practice and provisions locally.14
3. An evaluation of the impact and possible outcomes of contemporary thinking on health and
social care provisions and services................................................................................................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................17
Reference list.................................................................................................................................18

Introduction
Health and social care can be defined as the services that are related to the health of the people
by the social care providers. This term used to refer the whole infrastructure of the healthcare
sector. This study will be focusing on how the information of health and social care will be
spread to the people of the world and get them educated about the different issues like stroke.
Moreover, this study will also focus on how the different issues of public related to the health
and social care can be presented by different media platforms. The study will also help to
understand how to carry out the research into different perspectives in relating to the public
health and social care. Lastly, this study will shed light on the influence of contemporary
perspective on the health and social care issues and on the development of the services.

Task 1: Individual PowerPoint presentation of media portfolio
Learning Outcomes covered: L01 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and LO2 (2.1,2.2 )
1. How does information relating to health and social care reach the public domain?
2. What sources of media have been used to disseminate information relating to your
chosen health and social care area/issue (Stroke)?
3. What impact or influence, if any, has the different media coverage on your Health and
Social care area or issue had on the attitudes, thoughts and behaviour of people?