Health and social care. Book 1. Level 3. BTEC National.

Recurso preparado para ayudar al alumno en el curso BTEC National, nivel 3 en salud y asistencia social. El programa BTEC, es un programa de estudios que permite obtener una cualificación profesional o laboral. Su contenido se divide en diez unidades, que abarcan temas como: el desarrollo de una comunicación eficaz en salud y asistencia social; igualdad, diversidad y derechos; perspectivas sociológicas y perspectivas psicológicas en salud y asistencia social; anatomía, fisiología y nutrición, y salud, protección y seguridad. Incluye actividades de evaluación en cada unidad que cubren todos los criterios de ésta para ofrecer a los estudiantes la oportunidad de practicar sus tareas y profundizar en el conocimiento y la comprensión de la materia.

Health and social care. Book 2. Level 3. BTEC National.

Recurso preparado para ayudar al alumno en el curso BTEC National, nivel 3 en salud y asistencia social. El programa BTEC, es un programa de estudios que permite obtener una cualificación profesional o laboral. Incluye las siguientes unidades: los valores y la planificación de la atención social; el cuidado de los niños y jóvenes; la protección de los adultos y la promoción de la independencia; salud pública; fisiología del balance de fluidos; desórdenes fisiológicos; aplicación de perspectivas sociológicas a la salud y asistencia social, y promoción de la educación sanitaria. Incluye actividades de evaluación en cada unidad que cubren todos los criterios de ésta para ofrecer a los estudiantes la oportunidad de practicar sus tareas y profundizar en el conocimiento y la comprensión de la materia.

Health and social care. Student book. Entry 3-level1.

Recurso preparado para ayudar al alumno en el curso BTEC, nivel 1 en salud y asistencia social. El programa BTEC, es un programa de estudios que permite obtener una cualificación profesional o laboral. Su contenido incluye las unidades: investigando los derechos y responsabilidades en el trabajo; la gestión de su salud en el trabajo; salud y necesidades de atención social; cuidado personal en atención sanitaria y social; actividades creativas para niños; experiencias de aprendizaje para niños y jóvenes; actividades creativas y de ocio para adultos en la atención sanitaria y social; promoción de una alimentación saludable; información a los adultos y niños en salud y asistencia social; oportunidades de trabajo y proyecto de grupo sobre salud y asistencia social.

e-Health and Health literacy: a revision of research methods

E-health provides powerful tools to improve health, but users’ health literacy – their ability to obtain, process, and act appropriately on health information – plays a role in their ability to make the most of e-health applications. This project reviewed research focused on e-health and health literacy, coding 94 articles to provide an overview of the field including use of theory and research methods. Findings indicate a lack of theory and use of established health literacy measures.

Communicating information about medication side effects: effects on satisfaction, perceived risk to health, and intention to comply

Previous research has shown that people's evaluations of explanations about medication and their intention to comply with the prescription are detrimentally affected by the inclusion of information about adverse side effects of the medication. The present study (Experiment 1) examined which particular aspects of information about side effects (their number, likelihood of occurrence, or severity) are likely to have the greatest effect on people's satisfaction, perception of risk, and intention to comply, as well as how the information about side effects interacts with information about the severity of the illness for which the medication was prescribed. Across all measures, it was found that manipulations of side effect severity had the greatest impact on people's judgements, followed by manipulations of side effect likelihood and then number. Experiments 2 and 3 examined how the severity of the diagnosed illness and information about negative side effects interact with two other factors suggested by Social Cognition models of health behaviour to affect people's intention to comply: namely, perceived benefit of taking the prescribed drug, and the perceived level of control over preventing or alleviating the side effects. It was found that providing people with a statement about the positive benefit of taking the medication had relatively little effect on judgements, whereas informing them about how to reduce the chances of experiencing the side effects had an overall beneficial effect on ratings.

The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures: establishing standards in the physical sciences

In a vault on the outskirts of Paris, a cylinder of platinum-iridium sits in a safe under three layers of glass. It is the kilogram, kept by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), which is the international home of metrology. Metrology is the science of measurement, and it is of fundamental importance to us all. It is essential for trade, commerce, navigation, transport, communication, surveying, engineering, and construction. It is essential for medical diagnosis and treatment, health and safety, food and consumer protection, and for preserving the environment—e.g., measuring ozone in the atmosphere. Many of these applications are of particular relevance to chemistry and thus to IUPAC. In all these activities we need to make measurements reliably—to an appropriate and known level of uncertainty. The financial implications of metrology are enormous. In the United States, for example, some 15% of the gross domestic product is spent on healthcare, involving reliable quantitative measurements for both diagnosis and treatment.