Health and Social Care: FGM Awareness and Information Services Report

This report delves into the development of health and social care services, specifically focusing on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK. It explores how information regarding health and social care reaches the public domain, emphasizing the importance of gathering accurate data to address health problems like FGM, which is often performed by untrained individuals. The report highlights the need for strict legislation, quality medical services, and health promotion activities to combat FGM, while also considering political and environmental factors. It examines different techniques for disseminating information to influence attitudes and behaviors, including the concept of moral panic and its consequences, such as anxiety and stereotyping. The report emphasizes the importance of awareness campaigns, the use of various media channels to educate the public, and the need to address religious beliefs that contribute to the practice of FGM. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of government interventions and the role of education in reducing the threat of FGM. The report underscores the significance of providing support to prevent FGM and the necessity of adopting a comprehensive approach to eradicate this harmful practice.

DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Information to health and social care reaches public domain
The public domain refers to actual needs of common people relevant to heath care which can be reduced by collecting
desired information of present issue. It includes to gather real data about all those health problems which are faced by
citizens of country. Moreover, one of such critical problem is identified which is very dangerous for future and it may lead
to death of an individual immediately. However, female genital mutilation (FGM) is determined in some areas of United
Kingdom which is done by untrained people due to non-medical thoughts of few communities in which clitoridectomy is
carried out with girls under 14 years of age with help of blade or razor.
There are various ways through which information related to health and social care reaches with public domain such as TV,
mass media and newspaper. With the help of this, company are providing and deliver relevant information which are
associated with health to the patients in better manner. As per the case, government develop appropriate policies which
reduces these type of activities that is performed in the United Kingdom. With the use of different methods, they can create
awareness among people through TV, social media and so more.
The issues of FGM is very dangerous which may cause severe injuries to genital tract and it is really painful for a girl.
Meanwhile, this activity is also responsible for creating certain crucial complications during sexual intercourse and
childbirth. At the other hand, it has been analysed that this activity of FGM is done because of religious thought of people
but it is really dangerous and deadly from which only females get suffered fir their life time.
Additionally, the information gathering facilitate to know about this severe issues which provide support to make strategies
to remove this problem in an appropriate manner. It involves the criteria of making desired plan to save females from
critical issues of FGM which results into decreasing death of females and make sure to provide them secure future.
Legislation - Furthermore, it is required to make strict laws including Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985, Female
Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 against this activity which
not appropriate for humanity give instructions to legal departments for taking strong actions to those individuals who
motivate the same in society.
Quality of services – This involves to provide better quality of medical services to females suffering from FGM in equal
manner so that further complications can be reduced. Moreover, government agencies are required to prevent such
dangerous events effectively in every community with religion of FGM to save females.
The health promotion activities are required to be carried in local area where such communities are surviving who believes
in FGM. It involves to conduct campaigns, events or other related activities for convincing people to avoid FGM and reduce
its negative impacts on health of females as well as development of society (Jones, 2013). Moreover, it involves to make an
appropriate activity to motivate citizens of these communities so that they will avoid such events and encourage their next
generation for the same which facilitate remove this threat of FGM form society. Additionally, government authorities or
health organizations can utilize relevant posters, pamphlets, banners, advertisements on television, internet or newspapers to
reduce the problems of FGM.
Political factor – This involves about government rules and regulations which are mandatory for every citizen to follow
them appropriately. It is required to government to make strict legislation to prevent problem of FGM in females by
considering it a legal offense. However, people will follow legal rules and avoid to conduct FGM which facilitate to save
lives of girls properly.
Advantage – It is helpful to prevent severe issue of FGM from society along with saving lives of females.
Disadvantage – Strict government rules may create social violence by specific communities having religion of FGM due to
their strong beliefs for the same.
Environmental factor – This refers to establish an educational and broad minded environment of local or regional areas so
that severe problems like FGM can be reduced. It is necessary to provide desired information about complications and
harmful effects on lives of girls through educating them which results into removing threat of FGM from society.
Advantage – It will provide support to make people aware about severity of FGM which facilitate to reduce such events
from society.
Disadvantage – It may create objections from communities believe in FGM as religion which results into major problem of
desired authorities.

DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Different techniques for disseminating information:
There are different types of methods which can be used for disseminating information to people for preventing health issues
in proper way. It includes to make an appropriate strategy to convey desired information to common citizens so that they
will take precautions to avoid severe health issues for remaining healthy. According to issues of FGM, it is required make
people aware about its severe side effects on health of females which facilitate rise to lifelong medical problems and their
negative impacts on reproductive activities. Many times, it is observed that at the time of FGM bleeding from specific organ
do not stops due to which number of girls will dead immediately. It is essential to provide an appropriate information to
such people who believe in such activities and make strict legislation to prevent thin event to save girls along with their
health.
Moral panic – A moral panic is the feeling of fear among large number of people in the large society. This is the process of
arousing the social concern over various issues usually work of entrepreneur and the mass media. As per the case, they are
force the women for doing this dangerous process. There is various moral panic which make suffer an individual such as
exaggerating, sensationalising, isolating information, promoting fear. In this, exaggerating is representing something in an
excessive manner. Sensationalising is the drug and alcohol problem which is falling among public as major threat in current
time period.
Different ways of information to influence attitudes, thoughts and behavior:
There are different types of people are living in same country having their own differentiated views or opinions due to which
way of thinking is separated from each other. It is important to make more effective as well as efficient promotional
campaigns which are sufficient to change thinking and behavior of people of particular community. Moreover, similar
community having same religion to follow which make their thoughts matching to one another. It is required to make an
appropriate strategy related to FGM to reduce the same by applying sufficient promotional events among common people.
The promotion events should reflect overall positive facts which helps to reduce negative thinking or attitudes properly. It
involves to cover all the facts to be expressed, use of motivational words, clear doubts of audience with positive facts that
should be satisfactory, provide ways to overcome relevant issues and many more. It is essential to encourage them to stop
FGM but also suggest appropriate methods to do the same and remain always ready to support for avoiding this problem.
Consequences of a Moral panic: The criminology concept is known as moral panic which offer valuable insights into how
and why powerful social agents such as news media create people concern or fear of an individual. There are various
consequences which occurs in moral panic that includes anxiety, demonization, Scape Gloating. In UK, large number of
untrained people are doing such activity with blade or razor which can lead towards death.
Stereotyping – It is generalized belief about particular category of an individual. There are various people who
have different thoughts and opinions towards specific topic. As per the case study, UK people have different opinions and
views regarding such activities so they need to take corrective action. Public spent their money for protecting and preventing
individual from different dangerous diseases. But most of the people think that this type of action helps in reducing the
chances of spreading HIV diseases among girls. The government also give money to the people for protect them from HIV
and other diseases. But they encourage them in order to taking FMG services which create bad impact on women health.
Along with this, government required to search alternative options which help them in reducing such activities that create
bad impact on girls or women health. Also they required to send public health messages to the country which spread
awareness among rural or urban areas people regarding such things.