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Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...Health & Social Care. If you find this course interesting, take a look at the Open University course K220 Death, Dying and Bereavement. Alternatively, you can explore the related OpenLearn course, An introduction to death, dying and grief...Death and medicine: Postponement and promise: Learning outcomes - After completing this course, you should be able to: evaluate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse

...public’s imagination yet. For many this signals that the strategy could be destined to fail even before it has been fully outlined or launched. The BBC explores this possibility in their article “Northern Powerhouse could end up like Big Society”. There are also growing concerns that this policy would overly prioritize the city of Manchester at the expense of the...
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Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...public event, Beyond Brexit, was organised by Ireland’s Future (IF) in the Waterfront Hall in January 2019. Fifteen hundred people attended. The event sent a signal across the island that a New Ireland was on the horizon and public conversations towards that goal were underway. In the years since then civic preparation for a referendum has gained momentum in the form of...
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Why getting active with children is good for parents too
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why getting active with children is good for parents too

...R. A., Morgan, K., Rapport, F., Lyons, R. A. & Brophy, S. (2020) ‘Parent recommendations to support physical activity for families with young children: Results of interviews in deprived and affluent communities in South Wales (United Kingdom)’, Health expectations: an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 23(2), pp. 284–295....
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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...health and nutrition clinics for maternal and child anaemia’ (Guntupalli and Mugwagwa, 2017), shows that the challenges resulted in severe nutritional and health insecurity affecting particularly children, women and older people. While health statistics show underperformance, it is surprising, but important to note, that Zimbabwe’s nutritional crisis is not that...
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Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago
Nature & Environment

Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago

...public transport is gradually coming to an end in the United Kingdom. A number of petrol-fuelled buses are on London’s streets. They are noisy and smelly – some of them catch fire. They are prone to breaking down. The electrobus – powered by batteries – is noiseless, emits no fumes and is more reliable. Its backers say it’s also cheaper to run than petrol...
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The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done

...public can suffer long-term effects from participation in these kinds of reality show, and broadcasts can have serious unintended consequences not only for them but also for family, friends and work colleagues too. Allegations from former participants of perfunctory screening question that have missed pre-existing mental health issues, alleged “wind up” methods in the...
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The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...health, reduce carers’ burden and use of care services. PA is also reported to reduce anxiety and depression, both of which carers are also often reported to suffer from. [This shows the feet and lower legs of a person about to go for a run.] Depression and anxiety are illnesses that have a substantial impact on how we feel and think, as well as on how we behave....
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