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Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...mental health. Slide 42 (26:34) There is an increasing focus in many low and middle-income countries on the rising rates of chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease. Ethiopia is ahead of the curve in planning to train all its rural Health Extension Workers in these new areas of health concern, which The Open University has helped to develop....
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Public health communication during a pandemic
Languages

Public health communication during a pandemic

...health messaging...Public health communication has a vital role in any national government’s response to a pandemic and that is to get the ‘right’ message to the ‘right’ people, at the ‘right’ time. But what are the ingredients of the ‘right message’ in an emergency crisis communication like the one we are currently experiencing? And what are the...
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Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...health and social care practice, focuses on how digital technology and innovation changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You will learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology...This free course, Innovation...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...health-care organisations rarely discuss the possible downside. But we need awkward outsiders...[Raising hands illustration] A few years ago, while observing a meeting of a Public Partnership Forum in the Scottish National Health Service, I was privy to an exchange which surprised me at the time. It has fuelled my continued fascination with the field of public...
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Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...Health Train brings basic health care to poor communities in rural South Africa, where locals live without access to treatments for common problems like cataract surgery. This material forms part of The Open University course SDK125 Introducing health sciences: a case study approach... Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment A short introduction to this album...
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Audio 54 mins
Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening

...health sciences: a case study approach... Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening A short introduction to this album Having a mammogram Find out exactly what happens when women have a mammogram. Follow up clinic Follow one woman's experience when a mammogram does not give clear results. Analysing Mammograms Step inside the pathology lab, where breast cells are being...
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Integrated health, safety and environmental management
Science, Maths & Technology

Integrated health, safety and environmental management

...health, safety and environmental management... Integrated health, safety and environmental management A brief introduction to this album. Risk and biscuit manufacture Fox's biscuit factory might not seem a terribly dangerous place, but in fact there are many risks involved with biscuit manufacture, and Fox's have evolved a stringent and complex health and safety policy....
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My career goal: Health and science
Health, Sports & Psychology

My career goal: Health and science

...health and science: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/ icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice. Transcript Transcript...
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