Section 1

1A Explain briefly what the Act is and why is it relevant to health and social care? (Ensure you list the nine protective characteristics)

i. Choose one of the nine protected characteristics and find a current issue on this characteristic based on either a health or social care perspective

1B

Explain the process involved in the formulation of the Equality Act 2010 and the influences of different ideologies before it became an Act of Parliament.

ii. Explain in more detail what this Act sets out to achieve and why it came about?

iii. Using the particular characteristic you have chosen, evaluate how this is affected by the Equality Act

Section 2

2A

i. How did it get from the original source to be widely available to everyone?

ii Where did the information originate from -who was the original source?

iii. How did it come to be presented in the media outlet that you found it?

iv. What was the route from original source to the source you used?

2B

Analyse different techniques for disseminating information relating the characteristic you have chosen under the Equality Act (CI M2)

i. In which different ways was the issue presented?

ii. How effective was each technique for ensuring that the information about the issue reached the public?

iii. What was the public reaction to this issue?

iv. How did organisations implement the Equality Act with regards to this issue?

v. What role do you think the media played in influencing public opinion?

vi. Do you agree or disagree with the techniques used and why?

2C

Evaluate how the public can assess the reliability and validity of media information about reactions to this issue (CI 2.2, D1) (SP M2)

i. Who owns the information?

ii. Who owns the media outlet?

iii. How accurate do you think the source was?

iv. Do you think there is a political agenda attached to the information?

v. How do you know?

vi. Is there a religious agenda?

vii. How do you know?