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Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...Health and Social Care. In this free course, Introducing healthcare improvement, you will be exploring what is meant by the terms ‘quality’ and ‘quality improvement’ in the context of healthcare. You will consider what constitutes the key dimensions of healthcare quality that improvement initiatives typically target. You will be introduced to some key ideas from...
How can mobile technology help underpin reproductive rights?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can mobile technology help underpin reproductive rights?

...health every six months. Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020), which uses the mobile technology, provides information useful for reporting, planning, operational decisions and advocacy at the community, country and global levels. [Marketplace in Burkina Faso] A marketplace in Burkina Faso The project is currently implemented in eight countries in...
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...health and social issues, from organ donation to the death penalty. But little research has explored the impact of portrayals of transgender people. For this reason, we wanted to see how transgender TV characters might influence the attitudes of viewers. Specifically, we tested whether political ideology plays a role in how audiences respond to these potentially...
Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?
Education & Development

Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?

...health or mental health? So, from California to Texas, in elementary schools and colleges, administrators are considering the costs and benefits of redesigning bathrooms to accommodate transgender students. For example, students at University of Pittsburgh can now use bathrooms that conform to their own gender identity. Arizona State University, Ohio State and Wesleyan...
Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war
History & The Arts

Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war

...mental strength. 4. What is your research project about? I’m writing my second book at the moment, which pushes forward my interest in wartime endurance and resilience. This one is focused on smoking in wartime British society and culture during the period c. 1850 to c. 1950. I’m looking at smoking from as many angles as I can within this context, including the...
Opening the wardrobe
Money & Business

Opening the wardrobe

...wellbeing. This online event aimed to raise awareness of how research can be the basis for making clothing ownership and use more sustainable. Each year, UK households spend around £1,700* on clothing. High consumption levels are driven by ‘fast fashion’ trends and by readily available cheap clothing that is often seen as disposable, worn less, and thrown away...
Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals

...health and social care professionals...Transcript It is widely accepted by health and social care professionals that clear, explicit and open communication is always the best, including in contexts about life-threatening illness, injury or at the end of life. But is open and explicit information always what patients and families want from health and social care...
An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...Health England, 2019; National Audit Office, 2009). The issue of infection control is of such concern that policy development has been a focus of organisations at world, European and national levels. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that: Infection prevention and control measures aim to ensure the protection of those who might be vulnerable to acquiring an...