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Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...public health concerns of many countries in the early twentieth century. There was an urgent need to prevent disease and therefore mothers were encouraged to let their babies sleep outside. This was because the outdoors was associated with fresh air, sunlight and good health. One important proponent of this was Frederic Truby King (1858–1938). Truby King was a doctor...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...Public Health England (2014) Making reasonable adjustments to end-of-life care for people with learning disabilities Public Health England (2017) How social care staff can support palliative and end of life care for people with learning disabilities...Session 6: Bringing the learning together: Where next? - If you’ve enjoyed this course you can find more free resources...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...public health study (Hagopian et al., 2013). This report documented almost half a million direct and indirect deaths between 2003 and 2011, including deaths caused by failures of heath, sanitation, transportation and other basic systems and wider infrastructure as a result of the ‘War on Terror’. This evidence suggests that taking an approach which focuses only on...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...public health. To underscore the key point, in Harvey’s causal narrative, cities are not just the locations in which these crises and challenges are felt; they are the incubators in which the conditions of these crises and challenges are bred and disseminated. In this view, global problems are not externally produced, and then ‘impact’ on places. They are internally...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...public health, 16(2), p. 281. Witzel, C., Flack, Z., Sanchez-Walker, E. and Franklin, A. (2021) ‘Colour category constancy and the development of colour naming’, Vision Research, 187, pp. 41–54...Psychology around the world: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Lydia Devenney, Stacey Heath, Sarah Laurence, Laura McGrath and Jim Turner. Except for third...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...public health. They rely on various strategies to minimise waste, to make best use of any waste that has a value, and to minimise any risk of pollution from waste management practices. The waste hierarchy lists the different ways of dealing with wastes according to what is best for the environment, starting with the most beneficial and working down to ‘disposal’,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...public health nurse (SCPHN) Have undertaken role preparation or can evidence prior learning to undertake the role Current knowledge and experience for the programme they are assessing Understanding of student proficiencies, programme outcomes and assessment documentation Skills relevant to student learning and assessment, to include coaching models and effective...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...Public Health, Bangkok. They show the numbers of health care personnel at approximately five-year intervals. Table 3.1 Health personnel in Thailand, 1966–1984 CATEGORY 1966 1971 1976 1981 1984 Physicians 3609 4092 5210 6931 8058 Dentists 253 532 600 1057 1326 Pharmacists 940 1586 1757 2680 3312 Nurses 6876 9760 13700 19599 31827 Midwives 2834 4989 7304 8577 8573 Total...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs