Annotated Bibliography: Key Research Sources in Health and Social Care

This assignment is an annotated bibliography focusing on key research sources in the field of health and social care. It includes annotations for five different sources, detailing their importance and relevance to the field. The sources cover topics such as health literacy among students, effective leadership and administration in healthcare, research methodologies in health and social care, integrated healthcare for older people, and various forms of social care administration. Each annotation summarizes the source's content, highlights its key findings, and explains how the source contributes to the student's understanding of health and social care. The bibliography also includes a reference list of the cited sources.

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Contents
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Annotated Bibliography...............................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

MAIN BODY
Annotated Bibliography
Source 1
Annotation – This source form as an important part of the developed bibliography as it helps
understand the importance of health literacy for the concerned parties involved. This research
defines the importance of health literacy and the authors have conducted peer reviewed primary
research measuring the extent of health literacy and domain specific knowledge among students
of nursing in reputed institutions of both France and Spain. This description has taught me
various things related to my area of study which is Health and Social care by stating the
importance and current awareness level of positive health knowledge which I can apply further
in my own studies.
Source 2
Annotation – This source contains both primary and secondary forms of research which have
been peer reviewed and measure the scale and importance along with need of effective
administration and supervision in the field of healthcare. This research covers a wide variety of
health and social care related professions such as nurses along with specialist doctors. This
source has taught me the scope and need of proper leadership and administrative frameworks in
the field of health and social care. The knowledge gained from this source will be helpful for me
I the future as I can apply such knowledge to succeed in executive and managerial level job
positions related to social health.
Source 3
Annotation – This source is also very important part of the bibliography as the author goes into
great detail to highlight the principles, complexities and methodologies involved in research in
the domain of health and social care. This source has helped me immensely in my academic
proceedings as I learned key skills such as data analysis and literature review from this source
which will help me write and review optimum research papers of health and social care.
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Source 4
Annotation – This source contains peer reviewed statistical and secondary research in the field
of public administration. The author has investigated and mentioned ways to provide effective
integrated healthcare to old people which is a fundamental part of my academic syllabus and the
field of health and social care. This source will help me become more efficient in taking care of
my patients during the study of health and social care.
Source 5
Annotation – This source contains a detailed study in the respective career centric fields and the
author has gone into great detail regarding the various forms of social care which is administered
to people through social care frameworks. This source has helped develop my keen
understanding of social care during my academic studies and the knowledge gained will help me
become an ethical and efficient social care professional in the future.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Brown, K. and Field, R., 2019. Effective leadership, management and supervision in health and
social care. Effective Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and Social
Care, pp.1-232.
Coxon, K., Billings, J. and Alaszewski, A., 2019. Providing integrated health and social care for
older persons in the United Kingdom. In Providing Integrated Health and Social Care
for Older Persons (pp. 455-495). Routledge.
Harris, J. and White, V., 2018. A dictionary of social work and social care. Oxford University
Press.
Juvinyà-Cana, and et.al., 2020. Health literacy among health and social care university students.
International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(7), p.2273.
Moule, P., 2020. Making sense of research in nursing, health and social care. Sage.
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