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Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...public health crisis, but a psychological one, provoking death anxiety, stress and sadness. At present, we are collectively grieving the multiple losses many of us have experienced, these include lost jobs, lost connections with our wider community, and lost opportunities to spend time with family and friends. Many within society have also been affected by loss of their...
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...public transport, urban infrastructure, education and public health throughout the US now lag far behind other developed countries. Visible extremes of inequality are omnipresent. The US has ceased to be a political and moral world leader and is sliding down the First World league of nations. As is customary with mainstream US media, what masquerades as post-debate...
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...public health, refers to situations where the media are encouraged to cover particular issues and consequently communicate these to the public and/or specific target markets. 4. Personal selling In the previous section, we looked at the wide range of stakeholders who are involved in social marketing programmes. These include a number of individuals and organisations who...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...public health often defines community empower­ment in terms of “wellness” and the ability of local residents to increase health-promoting behaviours. From this definition, a campaign aimed at reducing alcohol or tobacco use would constitute one method for empowering the community through education, leading to a collective change in behaviour. (Ersing, 2003, p. 262)...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...public health decisions to avoid overwhelming health care provision. Mathematical modelling is beyond the scope of this article, but the interested reader are referred to an informal video that explains a ‘SIR model’ (Susceptible, Infected, Recovered/Removed) of disease transmission that may apply to COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6nLfCbAzgo. What is...
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...public health experts say. For one thing, the actual number of rabies deaths in the country may be far higher than we know because of unreported or untreated cases. What’s needed is an effort no less committed than it took for India to eliminate polio in 2014. But with rabies, the country doesn’t even know the extent of the disease. There is no requirement for doctors...
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...public health – especially the health of Black women who are disproportionately put at risk by these (straightening) products as a result of systemic racism and anti-Black hair sentiment’. As the CROWN Act is not a Federal Act, a DOVE 2023 workplace research study still found that, despite some progress over the past few years, race-based hair discrimination still...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...Public Health England produce a book called The Composition of Foods, which collects this data (Figure 4). It is currently in its seventh summary edition, published in 2014. It is more commonly known as McCance and Widdowson because of the names of its original authors. Be aware that McCance and Widdowson is aimed at food professionals, not members of the general public....