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Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing

...health and lifespans, equal to that of smoking. Explore why friends are good for your wellbeing, then invite them round for a catch up - it's important!...[mental health quote on friendship with sunlight and plants in the background ] The topic of relationships and mental health deserves much more attention than it gets. Our social connections can have a huge impact on...
Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...health, but for their partners too. Some participants have not told their families and friends about their different statuses and worry about what people might think. These experiences show how HIV stigma continues to shape the participants’ relationships, even if day-to-day they felt the virus has no impact. [Screenshot from Time to look at HIV and relationships...
What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...public spaces. One such example is the case of Farah*, a trans woman who was walking near a public marketplace when she was stalked and harassed by a group of men in a car. She ignored them and they got angry, got out of the car and approached her. “They pulled my hair and shoved me around, trying to steal my purse,” she told Global Voices. “Eventually, one of them...
Introducing professional practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing professional practice

...health work including child protection services, hospitals and mental health providers with an aim to explaining everyday practices and ideas for the future. Material is taken from The Open University course K114 Introducing professional practice... Introducing professional practice A short introduction to this album. A day in the life of a hospital ward: Ward Sister A...
Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...health, in interacting and socialising, and in connecting and belonging in communities (Max-Neef, Elizalde & Hopenhayn, 1989, p. 33). A home is always embedded in a particular ecosystem and bioregion, as are we, and, while often not obvious, we live in a relationship with these systems. Our actions can improve their function and continuation – as regenerative action –...
The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces

...health...This content is associated with The Open University's Health and Wellbeing qualifications Evidence suggests that being in nature for more than 120 - 150 minutes a week is related to the best possible physical as well as mental health and wellbeing.For many people caregiving can be a beneficial and rewarding role. However, there are many aspects of caring for...
Where do we get the help that really counts?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Where do we get the help that really counts?

...health symptoms access formal channels of support due to funding problems or stigma, is informal support from family and friends just as good? ...Quite often talking is the best form of therapy and having someone who knows you, who you can confide in and can talk back to you on a personal level based on the fact they know you, can sometimes be very comforting. (Service...
Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share
Health, Sports & Psychology

Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share

...health, the advance care plan can be used to inform the discussion and decisions that will be made, as underpinned and embedded in best interest decision-making (UK Public General Acts, 2005). It is therefore recommended that we discuss these differences in advance care planning and what we want with our healthcare professional and the people important to us. An advance...