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COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...Public Health recently posted a graph which purported to show that new cases in the five most impacted counties have dropped considerably for the past two weeks. That does appear to be the case from the figure, but look closely at the dates on the X-axis below… [Graph of Top 5 counties with the greatest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases] The dates are actually not in...
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Article 10 mins
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...Public Health, 29(1), pp. 27-34. Browne, S. (2015) Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness. USA: Duke University Press. Bulman, M. (2018) ‘Police custody deaths hit highest level in decade after 64% increase in a year’, The Independent, 25 July. Available at:
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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...public health institutions that have taken over 40 years to develop; and increase supply costs to the NHS due to a weakening pound. It’s also plain that the Brexiteers cannot be trusted with the NHS. But perhaps the greatest threat to the NHS is economic. Leaving the EU will require that the UK borrow an extra £58 billion over the next five years. This is on top of...
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Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
History & The Arts

Sharpening Your Critical Thinking

...public health, eating meat, who should lead the country, etc. – and people use all sorts of arguments, and appeal to a wide variety of evidence, when giving their reasons. When you and I are involved in a disagreement, both of us would likely think ‘I am right’. This can lead to shouting matches, resentment, and a polarised society. Sharpening your critical thinking...
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Article 5 mins
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #4814 Figure 9: © The Open University based on SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 live updates (lubio.ch) Audio visual Video 1: Introduction to the Course: © The Open University (2023) Images: Getty Images Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...public health hazard who must be stopped to save society from her immorality and disease. However, for several decades sex workers have sought to emphasise that no matter what you think of their job, that it is work like any other form of selling labour, and that they therefore deserve the same rights as any other worker. However, not surprisingly there are a range of...
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Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...Health Promotion (WHO 1986), which include actions such as building healthy public policy; creating supportive environments, strengthening community actions, developing personal skills and reorienting health services. Health promotion models require individuals to learn how to promote their health by engaging with health education. ......
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...public health disaster, the cause of serious birth defects in as many as 12,000 children. A second crisis followed a decade later, when scientists realised that diethylstilbestrol, a drug widely prescribed to prevent miscarriages, increased the risk of cancer in girls who had been exposed to the drug while in the womb. These tragedies left a lasting legacy. Expectant...
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Article 15 mins