2,395 search results
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...
View course Social media and networks in health and social care
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:...
View course Engaging with children and young people
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...public health and safety (recall the contribution of Amartya Sen in Activity 3). Many economists and other social scientists have argued that income inequality affects these aspects of economic success. Complete Activity 13 to learn how. Activity 13 Inequality and society Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Watch a presentation by Professor Richard Wilkinson about the social...
View course Understanding economic inequality
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...health: Introduction - Week 3 considers communications and conversations about mental health. Public attitudes to mental health have recently become more positive resulting in social barriers being broken down and conversations about mental health becoming more normalised. This means that adult learners might be familiar with and expectant of discussions about mental...
View course Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...public health approach to knife crime in which the police worked with those in the health, education and social work sectors to address the problem. The results have been dramatic. In 2018, of the 35 children and teenagers who were killed in Britain, none were from Scotland. In the next activity you can see some of the ways this has been achieved, by adopting the...
View course Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...public health services. Older people make a significant contribution to society through working, volunteering, providing care and support and paying taxes. Ageism can lead to us all undervaluing the vital roles and contributions played by older people across society...Ageism and age discrimination: 2 Age discrimination and UK law - This section will look at how age...
View course Ageism and age discrimination
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...Public Health Wales – who was involved in the creation of the toolkit, explains how using it can help with long-term planning and thinking about the future. LOUISA PETCHEY I'm Dr. Louisa Petchey. I'm a senior policy specialist at Public Health Wales, and part of my role involves working in partnership with the Future Generations Commissioner's Office, where we work...
View course Hybrid working: organisational development
Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...Public Health Wales) discuss how the Three Horizons approach was used to develop an approach to futures thinking. As you watch the video, think about some of the earlier sections of the course and reflect on how comfortable you feel about futures planning now. LOUISA PETCHEY: Our very first step was to try and, as the office puts it, walk the walk rather than just talk...
View course Hybrid working: planning for the future
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs