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Excellent resource to support public health topics - understanding the factors that affect health and the strategies being put in place to help reduce the affect of the factors on health. Excellent activities and case studies throughout. Really valuable learning resource.
Students will be recommended to purchase this text as there is a high level of information relevant to a specific unit within our course. The book is structured well with subheadings making it easy to find any required information. There is a good use of case studies to support points from varying different health and social care setting to allow students to visualize theory to practice. There are extra activities provided throughout to allow students to think deeper about topic. Each identified vulnerable group is looked at in detail with lots of valuable information provided.
Written with empathy and understanding. A great book for all students of health and social care related studies.
A useful book that provides some good commentary on some of the most vulnerable groups in society.
Provides a suitable introduction with obvious detail and depth, and good examples and useful activities linked to learning outcomes accompanying each chapter. The first edition provides a very good introductory overview.
However given the considerable changes that have occurred in this area since 2009, a second edition would be relevant and timely: for example, the first edition was published prior to the Francis Report.
This is an essential book for HNC Helath and Social Care students to refer to when undertaking unit 10 safeguarding in Health and Social care. it provides detailed information on why the following groups of people are vulnerable:- 1) one parents 2) people with disabilities 3) older people 4) children 5) ethnic groups 6) the mentally ill 7) the homeless 8) asylum seekers and refugees
This is a recommended read for health and social care students learning about working with vulnerable groups. An excellent resource to compliment their classroom learning.
A good resource to introduce to student nurses on recognising vulnerability and promoting safeguarding.
This book covers too many topics and therefore does not provide enough detail to be an asset to our Public Health Course.
A wide ranging and informative text.
clear information within the book, easy to follow.
The chapters on asylum seekers and refugees, and ethnic minority groups were excellent. This text is a good general text on vulnerable social groups within society.
A good book to give the students some insight into different vulnerable groups and the concept of being 'vulnerable'. Will be really helpful for several modules.
This text offers guidance on a range of service users who can be viewed as vulnerable. It could offer further information with case law, or practice examples for social work students so that it could be more applicable to the third level of study, ie at BA level. Will use this with year one students as a supplementary text.
An excellent resource that will be an essential refernce for students on many of our courses. Covers a wide range of topics
Provides a comprehensive background & supporting information to enhance the principles & understanding of the complexities of vulnerable groups within the health sector, including exploring the impact upon health and community. Appropriate for use by all sectors of health professionals as the various chapters allow the reader to explore specific groups / subjects.
Good background reading book for students without a background in this area
Essential reading for students studying on Foundation Degree or Access to Higher Education
Particularly when studying inequalities.
This book gives students a basic introduction the the different clients they may work with in the social care setting. The activities were particularly useful in preparing students for work placement.
This book is good but not exactly what we need in this course.
