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Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital

...Social Care courses and qualifications. Walking the Walk is an experienced-based approach to quality improvement. It has previously been successfully utilised in acute hospitals, care homes, and GP surgeries. It draws on people’s lived experiences to provide settings with feedback and recommendations about the care environment. It involves three stages: scene setting,...
Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Health, Sports & Psychology

Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

...social acceptance around the inevitability of road death which feeds into driver attitudes about ‘acceptable law breaking’ while driving. Most drivers also underestimate their chances of being involved in a collision, due to their belief that they have increased skill. And each time a driver breaks the law without any apparent consequence, they confirm their view that...
The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Languages

The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love

...Social Analysis, I’ve made a start by searching the world’s languages for words relating to love that don’t exist in English. Most of us use the word love fairly liberally. I use it for the deep ardour, care and respect I have for my wife. But I will also call upon it to describe the unshakeable bonds of kinship and history I share with my family, and the...
What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?
Science, Maths & Technology

What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?

...social media channels. The initial campaign was so successful that the first set of data was classified in just two hours. The volunteers analyse a series of “before” and “after” satellite images of the islands damaged by the hurricanes, to identify a number of pre-selected features. These include damaged buildings, areas of flooding, blocked roads, rubbish heaps...
St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon

...social media with hashtags like #JagÄrLucia (‘I am Lucia’) and #JagÄrHär (‘I am here’), reinforcing that the spirit of Lucia – symbolising warmth, generosity and hope – can be embraced by anyone, regardless of gender, race or background. References Heffernan, C. (2019) ‘Truly muscular Gaels? W.N. Kerr, physical culture and Irish masculinity in the early...
Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK

...social and digital media might be personal it is not a substitute for a well-crafted journalist’s story. There are certainly more journalists covering women’s football, but there needs to be even more who can then uncover and cultivate the good stories that cut through the thicket of information and hook people into the game. Perhaps the WSL might even benefit from...
Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...social media abuse: ‘To ignore it is not the solution’ | Brentford FC) [Neal Maupay of Brentford celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match] Neal Maupay of Brentford celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Premier League match Women and men who do not conform to expectations about their respective genders are often targets...
Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...social support. Athletes with these characteristics were able to positively evaluate a stressor (and their own thoughts about it) and perceive that they were able to cope with the demands placed on them, enabling optimum performance. It could be argued, therefore, that Andy Murray was able to take confidence from his performance in the 2012 Wimbledon final, despite his...