SSC114 Literature Search One Assignment 2022

SSC114 LITERATURE SEARCH ASSIGNMENT ONE
SSC114 LITERATURE SEARCH ASSIGNMENT ONE
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
A. Finding print and ebooks.................................................................................................2
B. Module Resources...........................................................................................................3
C. Finding Journal Articles..................................................................................................4
D. Finding reliable Web sources..........................................................................................5

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A. Finding print and ebooks
1. What is the library shelf-mark for the following book?
Glasby, Jon. (2017) Understanding health and social care. Bristol: Policy
 The shelf life of this book is two years now (not considering the previous
edition of the book which was published in 2012)
2. What is the publication date of the following book?
Coles, L. and Porter, E. Policy and strategy for improving health and well-being.
Exeter: Learning Matters
 July 2011 is the publication date of the book entitled Policy and strategy for
improving health and well-being.
3. Access the following ebook and answer the question below:
Clarke, A. (2010) The sociology of healthcare. Harlow: Longman: What are three
contemporary issues in healthcare that the author discusses in the book?
 The three contemporary issues in healthcare discussed in the book are:
i. Professional dominance
ii. Health promotion
iii. Health economics

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B. Module Resources
1. Print out the details of one book from the resources list which will help you to
understand how to research health and social care. (either print screen or print the
whole page)
https://catalogue.sunderland.ac.uk/items/dda-10/EBC547205?
query=interprofessional+teamwork+for+health&resultsUri=items%3Fquery
%3Dinterprofessional%2Bteamwork%2Bfor%2Bhealth%26target
%3Dcatalogue&target=catalogue
2. Who is the author of ‘Writing at university: a guide for students’?
 The authors of ‘Writing at university: a guide for students’ are is Phyllis
Crème and Mary R Lea.
3. How many ebooks are on the list? Hint – use the filters
 47 ebook results for Writing at university: a guide for students AND Writing
at university: a guide for students

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4. What are the eight intelligences cited in ‘The ultimate study skills handbook’ by
Sarah Moore
 The eight intelligences cited by Sarah Moore are Verbal/Linguistic,
Logical/Mathematical, Visual/Spatial, Bodily/Kinesthetic, Musical,
Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Naturalist.
C. Finding Journal Articles
1. Find the following journal article and print off the abstract:
Ridge, T. (2013) 'We are All in This Together'? The Hidden Costs of Poverty,
Recession and Austerity Policies on Britain's Poorest Children. Children & Society,
Vol. 27 Issue 5, pp406-417
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/chso.12055
2. In which journal does the following article appear?

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Carrier, J. and Newbury, G. (2016) Managing long-term conditions in primary and
community care.
 British Journal of Community Nursing is the journal which had published the
article ‘Managing long-term conditions in primary and community care’
(Carrier and Newbury, 2016).
3. Find any journal article published between 2014 and 2017 which reports on the issues
of the link between poverty and health inequality. Print out
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953614008399
D. Finding reliable Web sources
1. Access the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Website
Find a recent online report on the impact of the UK government’s austerity measures
and print out the front-page details of the report.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/we-can-solve-poverty-uk

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2. Access the Office for National Statistics and find out how many alcohol related deaths
were recorded in the UK in 2016?
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/
causesofdeath/bulletins/alcoholrelateddeathsintheunitedkingdom/registeredin2016

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3. Find and listen to two recent BBC Radio 4 programmes which discuss current health
concerns in the UK and write short summaries of their content.
Hint: Try the Inside Health Podcast
a. “Obesity and Cancer campaign; Intelligent liver function tests” talks about the
new Cancer Research UK campaign that compares obesity to smoking as a risk
factor for cancer. This issue has come under criticism and Margaret McCartney
debates the topic with Professor Linda Bauld. The podcast talks about the health
of the liver and the hepato function tests related to diagnosing risk factors. It
discusses Liver Function blood tests that are particularly difficult to interpret and
early disease is often missed. It promotes a new initiative known as the Intelligent
liver function tests devised by a team from the University of Dundee and the easy
analysis factors involved with it which makes evaluating the liver function lucid
for the patients and doctors. It also gives an insight into a new mini-series,
reliable websites that one can trust and ways to judge the authenticity of the health
information found on the internet along with guidelines on navigating the internet.
b. Dr. Mark Porter talks about “Singing for breathlessness, Aneurysms, Sunscreens
and Myasthenia gravis” and discusses about 'singing for lung health', a new
evidence based therapy and care management plan for helping people with
breathlessness. He adds that breathlessness arises from conditions like Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. On hearing a choir based at Charing Cross
Hospital in London, he spoke to respiratory physiologist, Adam Lound, to find out
how breathing along with singing techniques are being taught there, as well as the
camaraderie. He then implemented that to his new therapeutic technique to
improve people's breathlessness issues so as to help his patients improve their

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quality of life and confidence. The podcast also hosts Dr. Rachel Bell, a
consultanting vascular surgeon, who talks about the benefits of cardio vascular
exercises for people with aneurysms. The podcast then introduces Dr Margaret
McCartney who reviews sunscreens along with its numerous benefits and
prevention of skin cancer. Also in the programme, Dr. Saiju Jacob converses
about an auto-immune condition called myasthenia gravis which causes muscle
weakening and discusses its treatment options.
4. Access the Kings Fund website and find a recent publication on a health topic which
interests you and print out the summary of the publication.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/tackling-multiple-unhealthy-risk-factors
5. Find any recent report or article from SCIE Social Care Online (Browse and Search)
on Health and Health Care topic which interests you and print out the abstract of the
report.

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https://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/space-place-and-mental-health/r/
a11G00000017twuIAA