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...care for some of the millions of Syrians living in hard-to-reach parts of the country and the 800,000 living in besieged areas, cut off from medical aid and supplies, electricity, telephone lines and food aid. Ingenuity and resourcefulness are core to these clinics, says Zaher Sahloul, SAMS senior advisor, in this interview. For example, with many power plants bombed out,...

...Care courses and qualifications. Research suggests that children of prisoners are at risk of mental health problems, challenges within formal educational environments and future offending. Research statistics indicate that 65% of boys with a parent in prison are more likely to go on to offend, although this data somewhat oversimplifies the complex relationship between...

...adults being overweight or obese (predominantly focusing on obesity), including a person’s lifestyle. When Level/Year 2 Open University students from the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care were asked to consider this question, more than two-thirds selected ‘Yes – a little (being overweight is somewhat to do with a person’s lifestyle)’. The results were...

...care of our mental health is especially important as we get older and Green and Blue spaces are well recognised for making a substantial difference. But it’s not always easy for older people, carers, care home residents and people living with dementia to go outdoors for a walk and it’s not always easy for those with caring responsibilities to take loved ones or...