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Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?

...health information - for those that have them. But some practitioners are worrying about those left behind, reports Aisling Irwin...[A 2011 poster from a campaign to encourage immunisation against polio] This successful 2011 campaign used posters as part of a drive to encourage immunisation against polio. Would future mobile-facing campaigns be as effective? Widespread...
Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...health and social care work and can evoke a variety of emotions, from excitement and eager anticipation, to fear and outright hostility. In this free course, How to manage change in health and social care, you will explore the role of managers in the change process and the skills required for managing and leading change in health and social care work...Change is...
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...health and social care, will help you to understand the ways computers and technology work with health data to produce information, and how exactly this impacts patient care...Have you ever wondered about how information and technology have impacted healthcare? What influence does all this have on how a day-to-day clinical role is carried out? This free course, An...
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...health and environmental management: An introduction, 'risk' describes the probability and consequences of harm or, at worst, disaster. Risk management involves many stakeholders and integrated management systems help to ensure that safety, quality, environmental and business risks are all managed correctly. The course also looks at emergency preparedness, that is, the...
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...health, private fears, we'll examine why this controversy took on such a life of its own and why parents still agonise about the vaccine...A decade ago, the possibility of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism hit the media. Fear of the vaccine spread rapidly and, despite an almost unanimous consensus that the claim was unfounded, still persists today. This free...
The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy
History & The Arts

The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy

...health care, and Katherine Park shows that autopsies were often performed...[Picture of Benivieni] There was a vast array of health care options because the practice of medicine was not seen as an exclusively professional business - anyone could do it. Physicians with university degrees treated internal illnesses. Surgeons, who learnt by apprenticeship, treated wounds,...
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...health, wellbeing and rights. [image of Elliot Page] Elliot Page: ‘I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer.’ Tavistock v Bell: a blow for trans young people's rights On one side were the Tavistock Clinic and the NHS Portland Trust, which operate the NHS Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) – the only specialist NHS clinic in the UK to provide...
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...mental health, public health and social work. Each have a different policy and practice focus. Will your eventual investigation have a policy or practice focus?...Why use literature reviews in health and social care?: 3 How literature reviews can shape policy and practice - Case study: Jean Gordon (Effective social work with older people) I qualified as a social worker in...