Hi, this refers to what you know about your children's health needs and the options available for when personal choices are being considered or made. It relies on your knowledge of what positive choices exist so that you're able to support the children or young people when they do make a decision that impacts on their life, health, well-being and on those around them.
To encourage, may involve how you actively promote the benefits or importance of something connected to health eg. Physical and Mental health: dental care, brushing teeth, routines and why you would encourage tooth brushing, 6 monthly checkups, dily routines - what the effect of not brushing/ arranging checkups/having a routine would mean.
Other occasions you might encounter during planned and spontaneous activities/interactions could be times where you make the contribution of recommending an individual keeps or attends other health screening appointments, ensures everyone knows they can visit a doctor/hostipal as necessary, resting and being active/taking exercise, sleep and routines, taking medications as recommend by health professionals, healthy foods - fruit and veg in comparrison to high fat, sugar and salty foods. Having a balanced nutitional diet. Hand washing and hygiene to prevent infection or contamination. Having positive relationships that are secure, consistant and supportive rather than damaging. Attending places where individuals are valued, diversity welcomed and disrimination challenged. It may also be how you enable the risk involved with a health related choice be known ... snowball weather's here again soon, maybe you have a 'below the shoulders only' rule that protects or safeguards everyone's physical and mental health? xx
Other physical, mental and sexual issues could be alcohol, drugs, smoking, pregnancy, STIs
Information in the unit pdf is:
1.1 Factors that influence well being e.g
• Attachment
• Relationships
• Emotional security
• Health
• Self esteem
• Diet
• Exercise
• Rest and sleep
• Prompt medical/dental attention when needed
• Preventive health programmes
2.1 Ways to encourage e.g
• Positive role models
• Cultural/ethnic networks
• Life story work
4.2. Heath needs e.g.
• Physical
• Mental
• Sexual
4.3. Concerns e.g
• Illness
• Injury
• Use of illegal substances
• Emotional distress
• Poor lifestyle choices
• Bullying (either as victim or perpetrator)
• Exploitative behaviour (either as victim or perpetrator)
• Harm or abuse
• Changes in behaviour
4.4. Relevant people e.g
• Carers
• Social worker
• Lead professional
• Residential workers
All these points are ways to see how your professional position offers the chance to guide how your children view positive and negative choices.
Hth xx
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