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...has rapidly developed since 1969. In this series of articles, we look back at the advances made in technology and sports medicine, successes of British sportswomen, world records and changes in various sports and fitness activites...Discover how sport has changed in the past 50 years Now take a free related course Study with the OU Read more on sports and risk taking...

...studies using questionnaires, we seem more bothered by the prospect of losing our loved ones than we do about dying ourselves. Such studies also show that we worry more about the dying process – the pain and loneliness involved, for example – than about the end of life itself. In general, when we are asked if we are afraid to die, most of us deny it, and report only...

...studies it explores how coaches can recognise and prevent burnout in athletes, and investigates the prevention and treatment of burnout in coaches. This course is for you if you are interested in developing an holistic understanding of burnout in sport...Do you have experience of dedicated sport or fitness training – either as a participant, a coach or as a parent...

...skills. If you enjoy this course you can also study other OpenLearn courses on public health: Level 1: Public health approaches to infectious disease Level 2: Public health and mental health promotion This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice...Introducing public health:...