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Working for health - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
What does your health mean to you? What features in society affect it? The tracks on this album explore influences such as stress, housing and employment on everyday health, and examines debates about the relative importance of individual lifestyles and looks at wider public-health concerns and the impact of changes in NHS policy and practice on the delivery of health care. Health is increasingly ‘everybody’s business’. This album will provide you with insight into the debates that surround human health, and will enable you to appreciate and review your own and alternative standpoints and values in this important area of study.This material forms part of The Open University course K203 Working for health.
Episodes
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Working for health
A short introduction to this album.
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Radical midwives
London midwives talk about their rebellion against new practices within the NHS, and why they set up the Association of Radical Midwives.
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Gene activists
Activists challenge the safety claims and the science behind the commercial exploitation of GM technology.
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Surviving mental healthcare
A member of the All Wales User/Survivor Network challenges the medical model used by many health professionals to treat people with mental health issues.
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The Findhorn Community
Members of the Findhorn community in Scotland talk about their holistic approach to health and healthcare.
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Quality of health
Homeless people share personal views on what the quality of health means to them.
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Doctors' views
Four doctors share views on health and their own interpretation of what it means for their patients
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Health and policy
Two community workers link views on health to policies in practice.
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Childbirth: mothers' experiences
Mothers give differing views of their personal experience of childbirth and healthcare.
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'Changing Childbirth'
Differing views from health professionals about the 'Changing Childbirth' policy introduced in the early 1990's
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Health, culture and language
Understanding ethnic diversity within the 'Changing childbirth' policy. Views from mothers in the ethnic community.
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Exercise and Health
Personal interpretations on the importance of health from an Olympic athlete and an elderly stroke sufferer.
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Young at Heart
A group formed for the elderly highlights the importance of remaining active through exercise.
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Professional Athlete
One of Britain's most successful runners shares his views on exercise and health
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Unemployed health gym
Members of a gym created to benefit the health of long term unemployed and disadvantaged people share their views.
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Creative Arts and Health
Projects established to improve the quality of health through the use of creative arts.
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Art and health
Researchers evaluate the benefits of combining art with health.
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Opera and health
Homeless people using performing art to help maintain a degree of health and spread the meaning of homelessness and it's implications to the wider community.
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Theatre and mental health
The Giggle Factory: utilising the power of theatre to help people who suffer from mental health problems.
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Evaluating the projects
Individuals involved in the running of art for health projects evaluate the link between creativity and health
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Homelessness
From Big issue sellers to people working with the homeless - people from Brighton talk about being homeless.
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Responding to homelessness
Problems facing local authorities in responding to homelessness
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Helping the homeless
The roles performed by the Brighton Housing trust in helping the homeless with shelter and health matters.
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Healthcare for the homeless
The problems involved with providing healthcare to the homeless
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
What does your health mean to you? What features in society affect it? The tracks on this album explore influences such as stress, housing and employment on everyday health, and examines debates about the relative importance of individual lifestyles and looks at wider public-health concerns and the impact of changes in NHS policy and practice on the delivery of health care. Health is increasingly ‘everybody’s business’. This album will provide you with insight into the debates that surround human health, and will enable you to appreciate and review your own and alternative standpoints and values in this important area of study.This material forms part of The Open University course K203 Working for health.
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