Sociological Perspectives for Health and Social Care

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit a learner should:

1 Understand sociological approaches to study

2 Be able to apply sociological approaches to health and social care.

P1 use sociological terminology to describe the principal sociological perspectives

P2 describe different concepts of health

P3 describe the biomedical and sociomedical models of health

P4 describe different concepts of ill health

P5 compare patterns and trends of health and illness in three different social groups.

M1 use two sociological perspectives to explain different concepts of health

M2 explain the biomedical and socio-medical models of health

M3 use sociological explanations for health inequalities to explain the patterns and trends of health and illness in three different social groups.

D1 evaluate the biomedical and socio- medical models of health

D2 evaluate the four sociological explanations for health inequalities in terms of explaining the patterns and trends of health and illness in three different social groups.