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Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...health risk for consumers.” Read in full at The Grocer: Chlorinated chicken explained: why do the Americans treat their poultry with chlorine? What do the public think? A 2012 piece in the journal Food Control exploring how consumers in the UK reacted to various approaches to reducing the presnce of Campylobacter in food discovered a lack of support for chlorine...
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Article 10 mins
Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...Health Organisation recommends that the caesarean rate should be no more than 10 – 15 per cent, the average caesarean rate across the UK is 22 per cent. Indeed, many hospitals in the UK now have caesarean rates that exceed 25 per cent (BirthChoice UK, 2005). Justification for the medicalisation of birth Several explanations have been put forward to justify the...
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Article 10 mins
On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...Health Service is rather an odd one. I seem to remember Michael Gove wanted to privatise it, Boris wanted to charge people for using it, and Iain Duncan Smith wanted a social insurance system. The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python. The issue of the safety of the NHS, and the ‘leave’ campaigners’ claims that money sent to...
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Cyflwyniad i efelychu digidol ym maes gofal iechyd
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cyflwyniad i efelychu digidol ym maes gofal iechyd

...Health Education England (2018) ac mae'n cyflwyno egwyddorion arweiniol ar gyfer datblygu, darparu a chomisiynu addysg seiliedig ar efelychu. Mae'n canolbwyntio ar ganlyniadau ansawdd, arweinyddiaeth a llywodraethiant, dyrannu adnoddau strategol, datblygu cyfadrannau amlbroffesiwn, a sicrhau ansawdd. Pecyn cymorth cenedlaethol ar gyfer efelychu ym maes iechyd a gofal:...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...Health Service (NHS). Patients, carers and medical professionals, in particular, could benefit from the application of these technologies. Analyse the air quality in submarines, acting as an additional safety measure for submariners. Optimising perfumes, complementing the work of humans in producing scents, complementing and enhancing the work of companies and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...wellbeing of many as a connection with nature throughout Covid-19 to contributing to education and national policy-related actions e.g UK State of Nature Reports, national pollinator and pollination monitoring frameworks and other strategies. It’s role ‘reconnecting people and nature’ has been noted in a UK Government Environment White Paper and a parliamentary...
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Article 10 mins
The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...wellbeing events. These are all free for members. [Mother and her baby] What our member's say about us Read what members say about ASPN: https://aspnetwork.org.uk/reviews Our achievements We were featured in various BBC media during the COVID-19 pandemic including being interviewed by Loose Woman Kaye Adams, on BBC Radio Scotland. Following this we were covered in Asian...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...wellbeing scales (Impact Ed, 2022); additionally, daily reading is linked to better behavioural adjustment at the start of adolescence (Mak and Fancourt, 2019). Furthermore, OECD data consistently show that ‘engagement in reading is strongly correlated with reading performance and is a mediator of gender or socio-economic status’ (OECD, 2021). So, finding effective...
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