I grew up knowing that homosexuality is evil, and people should never engage in this practice. Instead, people should only participate in heterosexual behaviors, which involves parties from the opposite gender. I came from the Caribbean community, which does not support homosexual behaviors.
My gender values and beliefs were mainly shaped by my family, as well as by the society where I grew up. My family had strict beliefs on sexual orientation, and my parents could not tolerate homosexual behaviors. My parents were Christians, and that implied that our gender values should be based on …
Meals on Wheels: Organizational Clinical Site
PART A: Clinical Site
Name, Location, Hours of Operation
Meals on Wheels is a non-profit organization that operates in San Diego County. The site, located on San Diego Avenue, is opened every day. The organization is part of the Meals on Wheels America organization that has offices distributed across the country.
Who it Serves
The agency works mostly with the elderly who are unable to prepare their meals and have no one living with them. The organization’s focus on the elderly is based on the trends of increasing population aging and the increasing geographical mobility of family members, which has resulted in nearly 1 in every five elderly individuals living alone. The elderly have …
Theoretical Framework
Globally, health promotion researchers and practitioners are grappling with how to address growing health inequalities for key population groups. Critiques of common health promotion approaches focus on exacerbating health inequalities through interventions designed to serve dominant groups, using deficit models, and paying limited attention to the social, political, economic, and cultural determinants of health behaviors. This implies that much health promotion is continuously informed by traditional public health discourses with the focus on bio-medicalization and individualization, and largely neglecting the broader determinants of health including social and political factors.
Inequalities
Within health promotion, there is a need for formulation and implementation of a theoretical framework that addresses various determinants that lie at the heart of health inequalities. Thompson …
The development of social work practice dates back to the Civil War era. During the era, women participated in providing nursing care to the wounded soldiers and charitable organizations rose to address social problems like poverty, crime and health issues.
The American Civil War drastically evolved the role of women in society. The women managed households when men were away on war. The women also acted as nurses as they provided medical support and care to the wounded soldiers (Goodman, 2009). Indeed, the active involvement and public exposure of women during the Civil War accelerated the development of social work profession. The medical conditions of wounded and sick soldiers witnessed by the women prompted them to provide essential care services.…
Introduction
The application of the Sociological theory concepts to social media impacts on individuals and the society helps to understand the implications of social media on the users. In particular, various theories, including the Functionalist theory and the Conflict theory, have different implications considering the effects of social media on users. While evidence shows that social media has both a positive and negative effect on the interpersonal interactions and public opinion, it is also arguable that social media has potentially negative effects on conflict resolution. The objective of each individual in using social media is for the realization of self-interest and for contribution to the society, it is clear that social media users adopt an approach bordering on behaviourism, which …
Describe and explain the people who led these reform movements, and why. Whom or what were they trying to reform?
Numerous movements were coined during the era of reform. First, Scott (2010) reveals that the abolitionist movement led by Theodore Weld, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Elijah Lovejoy, and William Lloyd Garrison attempted to eradicate slavery. Second, the women’s rights movement led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott held the first women’s rights conference that subsequently wrote a Declaration of Women’s Rights document. Third, the temperance movement sought to have alcohol declare illegal to eliminate problems occasioned by alcohol misuse. Per Scott (2010), the temperance movement was spearheaded by some women who participated in the women’s rights convention as well …
Over the years, there has been an increase in the complaints of the effects of violence related to hate crimes in the U.S. These crimes have been associated with the continued diversification of the population. Hate crimes cause both physical and psychological trauma that can affect people’s views towards themselves and others. The social and online environment can be viewed as common factors that contribute to hate crimes. Hate crimes can increase victims’ feelings of vulnerability, anxiety, anger, and shame. While it is important to seek justice for hate crimes, identifying the affected populations, the factors that place them at risk, and the effects of these crimes on their well-being is also essential. The selected group of interest will be …
Social isolation is increasingly receiving attention from many sectors including health and social care sector, community-based organizations, the voluntary sector, as well as local authorities. While social isolation is experienced at all stage of life, adverse impacts are felt mostly by older adults. A majority of older adults are isolated and suffer from loneliness in most countries. Such states are often associated with adverse impacts such as poor health and high mortality rates. Regarding health, social isolation paves the way for health risks including high blood pressure and obesity. Social isolation also triggers unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors such as smoking, uncontrolled consumption of alcohol, and drug abuse. That there is escalation in the risk of social isolation for many older …
War is a common phenomenon around the world. Conflict is usually devastating in terms of the destruction it causes and the number of civilian and military lives that are typically lost. Currently, there are wars among nations in the Middle East, and the one pitting Israel against Arab countries is a good example. The warfare has led to the loss of many lives and destruction and points to the need for solutions or measures that can help to create durable peace among nations after a war. Fortna’s article delves into the topic of seeking lasting peace and discredits the argument that agreements are just “scraps of paper” that are not binding and are ineffective in creating durable peace. Indeed, when …
For a long time, the concepts of black oppression and privilege have been debated by many scholars. The oppression has been built in every level of the society while privilege has seen many black people take pride in their color without any fear.
The black people are opposed at every level of the society. They control less of the wealth because they are subjected to lower incomes. For every 100 dollars that a white individual earns in income, the black people about 57.30 dollars (Rugh & Massey, 2014). The skewed-income translates to a wealth ownership of only about 2.6 percent compared to 90 percent among the whites (Rugh & Massey, 2014). The majority of the black people are unemployed. The …
