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Physical and mental health for young children
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This free course was written by Jackie Musgrave.

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Introduction and guidance

Images

Course image: Courtesy: Phoebe via parent/Guardian

Audio/Video

Video 1 Introduction to the course © The Open University

Session 1

Figures

Figure 1: Robert Collins/Unsplash

Figure 3 Adapted from Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) Bio-ecological systems

Figure 4: PJ photography/Shutterstock

Figure 5: courtesy: Jackie Musgrave

Figure 6: NigelSpiers/Shutterstock

Figure 7: Courtesy; Jackie Musgrave

Figure 8: courtesy: Oscar via Jackie Musgrave

Figure 9: MeSamong/Shutterstock

Audio/Video

Audio 1: A child’s view of health: courtesy: Jackie Musgrave

Session 2

Figures

Figure 1: The Problem of the Distressed Areas: 1937 https://www.historyworld.co.uk/

Figure 2: A health visitor with a mother and new-born baby, c 1920s. Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Museums. ©CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Libraries Collections

Figure 3: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191908 Imperial War Museums https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc/ 4.0/

Figure 4: Infant Mortality Rate 2014-16 by ward map (figure 5). Source: ONS Births. in p7 Birningham Health Profile 2019 Produced by Birmingham Public Health (c) Crown Copyright and database rights 2019

Figure 5: from Open University video: PATTERNS OF CHILD HEALTH IN THE PAST 50 YEARS. Used with permission

Figure 6: A3pfamily/Shutterstock

Audio/Video

Video 1: Patterns of child health in the past 50 years with Jane Payler ©The Open University

Session 3

Figures

Figure 1: Zerbor/Shutterstock

Figure 3: sawasdee/Shutterstock

Figure 4: Aleksey Kurguzov/Shutterstock

Figure 5: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 7: Len44ik/Shutterstock

Audio/Video

Video 1: The Influence of the child’s development on children’s health: with Dr Helen Lyndon and Jackie Musgrave. Images by Getty Images ©The Open University

Video 2: Child health and rural poverty: with Clare Collins and Jane Payler, Image by Getty Images; intro clip by Pexels. ©The Open University

Session 4

Figures

Figure 2: DDurrich/Getty Images Plus

Figure 3: Sergey Zaykov/Shutterstock

Figure 4: Ground Picture/Shutterstock

Figure 5: Riccardo Mayer/Shutterstock

Figure 6: hyotographics/Shutterstock

Figure 7: RusN/Getty Images plus

Figure 8: fiorigianluigi/Getty Images

Figure 9: vYuliya Shevtsova/ EyeEm/Getty Images

Figure 10: courtesy: Jackie Musgrave

Audio/Video

Video 1: How to wash your hands NHS song | NHS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9VjeIWLnEg&ab_channel=NHS

Video 2: Battling Malnutrition in Rwanda Courtesy World Vision International https://www.wvi.org/

Session 5

Figures

Figure 2: extract Good Health and Wellbeing: Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages https://www.un.org/ sustainabledevelopment/ health/ U © United Nations

Figure 3: Angela Cini/Shutterstock

Figure 4: UNICEF/UN0708461/Noorani https://www.unicef.org/ supply/ stories/ handwashing-around-world

Figure 5: Courtesy: Jackie Musgrave

Figure 6: Cover image https://ccea.org.uk/ pre-school/ curricular-guidance-pre-school-education#section-4929 https://ccea.orgCEA Rewarding Learning

Figure 7: davidf/Getty Images

Figure 8: Education Scotland Foghlam Alba https://www.playscotland.org/ resources/ realising-the-ambition-being-me/

Figure 9: Curriculum for Wales 2022. Mudiad Meithrin

Figure 10: Cover page: Early years foundation stage statutory framework For childminders. Published 8 December 2023 https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/ n

Figure 11: yaruta/Getty Images

Videos

Video 1: Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs: United Nations Development Programme: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5_hLuEui6ww

Video 2: Children and food ©The Open University and its licensors

Session 6

Text

Early Childhood Health Promotion: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Education and Care Practitioners. A resource to support your practice in improving the health of children in pre-school settings by Jackie Musgrave Jane Payler. Early Childhood at The Open University © The Open University 2023

Figures

Figure 2: adapted from: Bryk, A. S., Gomez, L. M. and Gomez, A. (2010) Getting ideas into action: building networked improvement communities in education. Reorganising Educational Research and Development. Carnegie Perspectives. Stanford: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Available from https://files.eric.ed.gov/  fulltext/  ED517575. (adapted from Bryk et al 2010)

Audio/Video

Video 3: Practitioner’s perspective on using the Toolkit With Karen Neal and Jackie Musgrave. ©The Open University

Session 7

Figures

Figure 1: mrdoomits/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Figure 2:it:Pofuduk Images/Getty Images

Figure 3: courtesy: Jackie Musgrave

Figure 4: pinstock/Getty Images

Figure 5: courtesy: Jackie Musgrave

Figure 6: courtesy: Jackie Musgrave

Figure 9: lostinbids/Getty Images

Audio/Video

Video 1: Promoting health and working with parents and staff – Jackie Musgrave  with Karen Neal ©The Open University

Video 2: promoting children’s health, working together to make a difference  -Jackie Musgrave with Karen Neal ©The Open University

Session 8

Figures

Figure 1: LaylaBird/Getty Images

Figure 2: Choreograph/Getty Images

Figure 3: AHMET YARALI/Getty Images

Figure 4: Credit:SDI Productions/Getty Images

Figure 5:  Rawpixel/Getty Images Plus

Figure 6: Image: ©The Open University

Audio/Video

Video 1: Challenges and benefits to promoting health – Managers’ perspective Jackie Musgrave with Karen Nash and Nicola Farmer © The Open University

Video 2: The responsibilities of adults in promoting children’s health Jackie Musgrave with Helen Lyndon ©The Open University. Image (mothers and babies): MachineHeadz/Getty Images

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