Posted: September 24th, 2015

Consequences of inequality in the society

You will need to answer the below questions in a typed format. Each question has the mark beside it and a word count. Please use APA referencing and conform to the style guide.
1. Pick one political or economic theory and briefly describe it? Min 200 words.
2. Choose four major Australian institutions. Consider the impact of each system and their policies on communities, families and individuals. Min 200 words.
3. Describe concepts of inequality and some of the possible effects and consequences in society, including stratifications and stereotyping? Min 200 words.
4. Find policy decisions that have impacted on community work in your specialised area, and describe their effects. Your research may include government and agency reports, the media and other resources. What influences & frameworks do you think underpin this policy? Min 200 words.
5. Discuss how your own values and attitudes may impact on clients. Think of this in terms of your culture, family and gender for example. Min 200 words.
6. What are some of the effects and consequences of unemployment in our society? Min 200 words.
7. What are some of the factors associated with age in our society? Think in terms of culture, societal perceptions of different age groups and stereotypes. Min 200 words.
8. Thinking about the social determinants of health, what are some of the factors the impact most greatly on a person’s health and wellbeing? Min 200 words.
9. You need to write a paragraph outlining the social and cultural factors that impact on the below clients accessing community services. Think in terms of the institutions that impact, their race, gender, age and class. A minimum of 150 words per answer.

A homeless refugee family
An Aboriginal man with mental health issues
A pregnant 15 year old girl who uses drugs

Second assessment

Medicare from different frames discussion.
Medicare is Australia’s universal health insurance scheme. Introduced in 1984, its objectives are:
• to make health care affordable for all Australians
• to give all Australians access to health care services with priority according to clinical need, and
• to provide a high quality of care.
Medicare provides access to:
• free treatment as a public (Medicare) patient in a public hospital
• free or subsidised treatment by practitioners such as doctors, including specialists, participating optometrists or dentists (specified services only).

After reading the chapter from your set text, Sociology Australia (3rdEd) by Bessant and Watts – Chapter 1

1. In no more than 200 words describe Medicare through the Conservative Frame and through the Progressive frame.

Inequity and Social determinants

2. In Australia, the difference in health status of populations continues to get wider. In no more than 200 words, discuss how inequity and the social determinants of health influence this gap.

Private Health Discussion
“The public health and community sectors are crumbling. They should be outsourced to the private sector as they are more efficient.”

3. Make a comment to the above statement

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