Principles of Health and Social Care Practice: Theories Explored

This presentation provides an overview of several key theories and concepts relevant to health and social care practice. It begins by explaining Social Learning Theory, emphasizing learning through observation and modeling, and its impact on UK social and health care. It then discusses Anti-Oppressive Theory, focusing on identifying and eliminating oppression within societies and communities. The presentation also addresses the impact of poverty and housing on service users, highlighting the detrimental effects of poverty on both parents and children, and the importance of adequate housing. Furthermore, it examines social exclusion, defining its political, economic, cultural, and social dimensions. Finally, the presentation covers inter-professional working, emphasizing its importance in providing high-quality, patient-centered care and reducing errors. References to relevant academic sources are also included.

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Social Learning Theory
 Social learning theory was first presented by
Albert Bandura.
 Regarded as a bridge between cognitive
learning theory and behaviourist theory.
 Social Learning Theory has a huge impact on
the United Kingdom’s social and health care
practice.
 The main highlight of this theory is to
emphasise on the importance of learning
through the modelling and observation.

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Anti- Oppressive Theory
 Anti- Oppressive theory plays a huge role in
the United Kingdom’s social and health care
sector.
 The first objective of this theory in relation to
social and health care practice is to find and
detect oppression in societies, cultures, and
communities.
 The next objective is to remove the presence
of oppression by eliminating the pressure.

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Impact of Poverty and Housing
on Service Users
 Home or housing is very much intertwined with
the concept of poverty.
 A warm and clean housing can prevent many
diseases like diarrhoea, malaria, and
tuberculosis
 Poverty can have detrimental effect to the both
parents and children.
 Children are particularly vulnerable as poverty
can affect their current physical and mental
development as well as their future.

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Impact of Social Exclusion on
Service Users
 Social exclusion is a much broader concept than
just poverty related finance or consumption.
 Social exclusion can be broadly defined in to
four major dimensions and name of these
dimensions are:
 political,
 economic,
 cultural and
 social.

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Inter-professional working and
its importance
 Can be defined as “the collaboration of
different health workers from various
professional background working together
with carers, care givers, families, and patients
to provide the highest possible care quality”
 ability to provide high quality patient centred
care.
 Low chances of error with regards to patient
care

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References:
 Akers, R., 2017. Social learning and social structure: A general
theory of crime and deviance. Routledge.
 Baines, S. and Edwards, J., 2015. Considering the ways in which
anti-oppressive practice principles can inform health
research. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 42, pp.28-34.
 Ellen, I.G. and Glied, S., 2015. Housing, Neighborhoods, and
Children's Health. The Future of Children, pp.135-153.
 Mackett, R.L. and Thoreau, R., 2015. Transport, social exclusion
and health. Journal of Transport & Health, 2(4), pp.610-617.
 O’Carroll, V., McSwiggan, L. and Campbell, M., 2016. Health and
social care professionals’ attitudes to interprofessional working
and interprofessional education: A literature review. Journal of
interprofessional care, 30(1), pp.42-49.