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London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...health crisis gripping London - and how public health solutions offered a way out of the mess...[The London Fever Hospital] The London Fever Hospital in Islington, the successor to The House Of Recovery REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONTAGIOUS FEVER IN LONDON The Select Committee appointed to examine into the state of CONTAGIOUS FEVER in the metropolis and and into...
A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

A linguistic toolkit for health and social care

Apply the findings of our linguistic research to situations you, or someone you know, might find themselves in. Explore different advising strategies in three real-life scenarios in this interactive...[The family are dining together at a table] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... INSTRUCTIONS: For best results, use a modern web browser....
The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University

...mental wellbeing in their on- and offline lives. Building on our research we also advocate for how the world can best support children and young people to thrive. The Centre puts children and young people’s insights at the core of our research as their expertise is vital to understand their health and wellbeing. To do so, we collaborate closely with our sister Open...
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...wellbeing, may help organisations navigate post-pandemic challenges. Andrea Pearce investigates...The COVID-19 pandemic has been cataclysmic, with managers and employees challenged as never before. Workplaces are already undergoing continuous change, including economic uncertainty, continuously evolving marketplace, rapid and disruptive pace of technology, and a...
Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness

...mental is ten, just as important as the physical. Ashley: I think it’s half-half really because if you don’t have like the mental side to it then you’re not really going to go far, you’ve got to have both, half-half basically. Alex: Mentally, for an athlete is how to deal with pressure, how to deal with the most intense situation so, you know, the final of the...
Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care

...mental health. Digital innovation in social care and social work explores how digital technology has made a difference, both to the social care sector and people living in their own communities. It also looks at how incorporating technology in the home and in community settings has a range of benefits to people's wellbeing and ability to maintain independence in their...
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...health and wellbeing, there is a long history of human endeavour to innovate to improve lives. This is the focus of the next section which explores the evolution of innovation in health and social care in relation to prosthetics to improve the lives of amputees. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social...
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...health and wellbeing. It also examines how non-lifestyle related factors – in particular social, economic, cultural and political dimensions – influence a person's health...This free course, Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?, explores the extent to which a person's 'lifestyle' impacts on their health and wellbeing. It also ......