Shona Thomas
P3 – Describe the potential effects of discriminatory practice on those who use
Health or Social care services
Discriminatory practice is putting prejudice into actions so it is when a person treats
an individual or a group of people in a different way to everyone else in a negative
way. Prejudice and discrimination is usually based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual
orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs or political
beliefs. Discrimination can be shown in many different ways and each way has a huge
impact on the individual who is being targeted. Some of these ways could be that
they experience varied emotions such as feeling very low which could lead to anxiety
or depression, this could then lead on to them feeling humiliated which would lower
their self-esteem. This could also result in physical changes such as weight loss or
weight gain which is likely to make their confidence even lower.
Marginalisation is “the process whereby something or someone is pushed to the
edge of a group and accorded lesser importance. This is predominantly a social
phenomenon by which a minority or sub-group is excluded, and their needs or
desires ignored.”1 Marginalisation can affect many people no matter who they are, it
is due to the actions of other people so it can be based on any characteristic or just
because other people feel like it. Marginalisation is likely to make people feel
different which would lower peoples self-confidence, this would mean that they are
likely to isolate themselves from everyone in their group so they would be left out
even further due to feeling that they have no other choice than to choose to be
alone. An example of marginalisation could be when a counselling session is held in a
building which has poor access for a person with a disability. This would prevent the
individual who is meant to be attending the session from going as they would be
unable to get to the room where it was held due to the doors and corridors not being
wide enough to fit a wheelchair through. The individual is therefore likely to feel
alone as the service provider is not accepting that the individual has a disability
which limits their physical ability. The service provider should have moved the
counselling session to another room or building which had access for all people, this
would make the individual feel wanted which would boost their self-esteem.
1 https://www.reference.com/government-politics/marginalization-435f71b6a1488845
P3 – Describe the potential effects of discriminatory practice on those who use
Health or Social care services
Discriminatory practice is putting prejudice into actions so it is when a person treats
an individual or a group of people in a different way to everyone else in a negative
way. Prejudice and discrimination is usually based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual
orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs or political
beliefs. Discrimination can be shown in many different ways and each way has a huge
impact on the individual who is being targeted. Some of these ways could be that
they experience varied emotions such as feeling very low which could lead to anxiety
or depression, this could then lead on to them feeling humiliated which would lower
their self-esteem. This could also result in physical changes such as weight loss or
weight gain which is likely to make their confidence even lower.
Marginalisation is “the process whereby something or someone is pushed to the
edge of a group and accorded lesser importance. This is predominantly a social
phenomenon by which a minority or sub-group is excluded, and their needs or
desires ignored.”1 Marginalisation can affect many people no matter who they are, it
is due to the actions of other people so it can be based on any characteristic or just
because other people feel like it. Marginalisation is likely to make people feel
different which would lower peoples self-confidence, this would mean that they are
likely to isolate themselves from everyone in their group so they would be left out
even further due to feeling that they have no other choice than to choose to be
alone. An example of marginalisation could be when a counselling session is held in a
building which has poor access for a person with a disability. This would prevent the
individual who is meant to be attending the session from going as they would be
unable to get to the room where it was held due to the doors and corridors not being
wide enough to fit a wheelchair through. The individual is therefore likely to feel
alone as the service provider is not accepting that the individual has a disability
which limits their physical ability. The service provider should have moved the
counselling session to another room or building which had access for all people, this
would make the individual feel wanted which would boost their self-esteem.
1 https://www.reference.com/government-politics/marginalization-435f71b6a1488845
