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Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...publications/health-matters-getting-every-adult-active-every-day/health-matters-getting-every-adult-active-every-day (Accessed 08 April 2019). Slutsky, R., and DeShetler, L. M. (2017) How technology is transforming the ways in which children play. Early Child Development and Care, 187(7), pp. 1138-1146. Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related...
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Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...public health advice to wear a mask to limit the spread of Coronavirus becomes a matter for political debate, with politicians and public alike slow to accept the advice that face coverings are a necessary part of the prevention strategy (Ahmad, 2020; Mueller, 2020). Given the vilification of the niqab as symbolic of oppression and subjugation, not only in the UK but...
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Supporting parents through pregnancy and birth distress
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting parents through pregnancy and birth distress

...public health issue. Many parents remain unheard, misunderstood, or fearful of disclosing their experiences. This article brings together the voice of parents, clinicians and academics to explore how we can better support parents during the critical ‘1001 days’ – the period from conception to a child’s second birthday – for lifelong health and wellbeing (Leach,...
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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...public health situation? How do you think this can be controlled? Elisabeth: Yes, there are some people who claim that the COVID-19 pandemic is not too bad. Some are ignoring shelter-in-place orders, demanding that sports events, cinemas, and other large gatherings will reopen. They do not realise that the situation might have been far worse without these social...
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An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...Public 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...
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Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...public health bodies, government agencies and sports governing bodies to increase female physical activity. For example, the This Girl Can campaign, launched by Sport England in 2015, is aimed at encouraging more women to be physically active, as well as sport-specific governing body campaigns such as Back to Netball. To maintain general health and wellbeing, individuals...
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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...Public health crisis (action) Illiteracy eradication African knowledge program Psychological rehabilitation Technology transfer Debt cancellation The (brief) arguments For: Slavery created vast amounts of wealth for the colonisers, the planters and the white elite (see Williams, 1944) Continuing legacy of slavery (inequality of land distribution and wealth distribution)...
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Why is FGM practised?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is FGM practised?

...public health, and social scientist lenses. They discuss the complexities of social norms, social convention, pluralistic ignorance, human rights, universalist and cultural relativism and feminist approaches (Fisaha, 2016; Shell-Duncan et al., 2018; Gruenbaum et al., 2022; UNICEF, 2022; Van Bavel, 2023; Burrage, 2025). References Althaus, F. A. (1997) ‘Female...
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