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Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...public health campaigns on safe sex might include the distribution of free contraceptives, or anti-smoking campaigns might offer free nicotine replacement products. One of the most common strategies in marketing communications is to combine sales promotion with advertising to stimulate interest and desire. Public relations (PR) PR involves communications released by the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...public health and living standards. However, the annual toll of mortality and morbidity was significantly greater than it is today and sharp declines in the incidence occurred when an effective vaccination programme was introduced, as Figure 3 and the Polio Case Study illustrate. Table 1 Year of first use anywhere of a vaccine against some major infectious diseases....
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...public health emergency. Available at: https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/about-us/policy/health-economics-report/ (Accessed: 10 June 2025). Kim, G., Lee, K. and Shim, J.O. (2023) ‘Gut Bacterial Dysbiosis in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: a Case-Control Study and a Cross-Cohort Analysis Using Publicly Available Data Sets’, Microbiology Spectrum, 11, e02125-22. Available at:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...public health tips on writing effective reflective notes’, Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom [Online]. Available at: http://www.fph.org.uk/ uploads/ FPH%20Tips%20on%20Writing%20Effective%20Reflective%20Notes.pdf (Accessed 11 April 2017)...Session 2: Reflective thinking, reflective learning and academic writing:...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...public service agencies – such as health, fire and rescue and social services – to tackle complex social and community problems. In the following video, Professor Jean Hartley outlines some aspects of these complexities, using the example of developing and implementing policy to tackle drug abuse. Meanwhile, a number of our police leaders explain some of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...public health issues: smoking, eating, alcohol, sexual health, sleeping and exercise) and Self-manage (allows people to self-manage a specified condition. May include behavioural change techniques). The section titled Evidence tier 3b contains Treat (provides or guides treatment) and Active monitoring (tracking patient location, using wearables to measure, record and / or...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...health information seeking behaviour in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study’, BMC Public Health, 19(225). Moreland, J., French, T.L. and Cumming, G.P. (2015) ‘The prevalence of online health information seeking among patients in Scotland: a cross sectional exploratory study’, JMIR Research Protocols, 4(3). National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...public health, 16(1), p. 222. Lepkowska, D. (2017) ‘Talking to vulnerable children on their terms helps to build trust’, The Guardian, 13 October. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/ social-care-network/ 2017/ oct/ 13/ children-social-care-talking-case-approach-trust (Accessed: 14 April 2020). Mason, P. and Prior, D. (2008) Engaging Young People Who Offend:...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs