Communication Strategies and Advocacy in Health Care

Assignment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
Discuss what is meant and how the communication strategies used in your chosen either
support or present a barrier to the concept of advocacy being utilised..................................1
Discuss the importance of being aware the potential need for advocacy within relationship in
health care...............................................................................................................................3
PART 2............................................................................................................................................4
Discuss the definitions of health and health promotion.........................................................4
Identify and discuss the key issues that could impact on an individual’s health and consider
what health promotion activities would be most effective.....................................................5
Identify examples from your own experience to support discussions....................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Advocacy refers to a kind of public support regarding suggestion related specific cause or policy
for public welfare. It includes the help of common people to promote specific policy which is in
favour of public for improving their quality of lives. Meanwhile, it involves the
recommendations of specific strategy like supporting children with their health. In context of this
project, it is based on the advocacy which is an essential skill that might be required when
dealing with vulnerable people. It includes the criterion of improving the lives of vulnerable
people for promoting their health condition (Garner and Sandow, 2018). However, it is based on
the case that a pregnant women visit hospital with her partner for regular check-up and practices
carried out by doctor were not appropriate. This assignment will focus on strategies of enhancing
lives of vulnerable people by supporting them in order to improve their quality of life. It will also
include the practices for improving condition of neglect, abuse and harm for increasing comfort
level of people for improving their health condition via enhancing practices in health and social
care.
PART 1
Discuss what is meant and how the communication strategies used in your chosen either support
or present a barrier to the concept of advocacy being utilised.
According the select case scenario of pregnant women, it has been analysed that respective
physician was not carried out effective communication with patient and their way of treating was
not appropriate. Meanwhile, it is observed that given women was afraid and not comfortable but
physicians was not handling her properly. It is required for the doctor to make patient
comfortable while they reach to the hospital and make healthy communication with them for
dealing with people. It consist the criterion of making healthy conversation with women because
she was pregnant and effective communication is significant to improve their health condition.
However, the given scenario reflects about uneasy condition of patient due to which nursing staff
should remain supportive and develop mutual understanding with an individual so that they can
share all their problems easily (Davies, 2016). It is favourable to know about every minor and
major health issues of patient which facilitate to increase the accuracy of care facilities. It is
necessary for nurse or midwives to communicate effectively for gaining cooperative behaviour
that is helpful to increase the efficiency of treatment services in health care. Moreover, the active
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