As global health inequities continue to widen, policymakers are redoubling their efforts to address them. Yet the effectiveness and quality of these programs vary considerably, sometimes resulting in the reverse of expected outcomes. While local political issues or cultural conflicts may play a part in these situations, an important new book points to a universal factor: the prevailing deficit model of assessing health needs, which puts disadvantaged communities on the defensive while ignoring their potential strengths. The asset model proposed in Health Assets in a Global Context International Health and Development offers a necessary complement to the problem-focused framework by assessing multiple levels of health-promoting aspects in populations, and promoting joint solutions between communities and outside agencies. The book provides not only rationales and methodologies (e.g., measuring resilience and similar elusive qualities) but also concrete examples of asset-based initiatives in use across the world on the individual and community levels.
Even the most totally awesome story starts with a little bit of nothing. What happens next is up to you! A delightfully meta picture book that will set imaginations soaring. Features an audio read-along! It begins with an octopus who plays the ukulele. Since this is a story, the octopus has to want something—maybe to travel to faraway galaxies in a totally awesome purple spaceship. Then the octopus sets out to build a spaceship out of soda cans, glue, umbrellas, glitter, and waffles. OK, maybe the octopus needs some help, like from an adorable bunny friend, and maybe that bunny turns out to be . . . a rocket scientist? (Probably not.) But could something even more amazing come to pass? Debut author Maggie Tokuda-Hall, with the help of illustrator Benji Davies, sets up an endearingly funny story, then hands the baton to readers, who will be more than primed to take it away.
Traces the history and development of Channel 4, one of the UK's best loved and most controversial TV channels. Identifies key figures and signature programmes such as 'Brookside,' 'The Big Breakfast' and 'Wife Swap,' as well as successful American imports including 'Friends' and 'Sex and the City.
Social media is acknowledged as a wonderful opportunity to promote your business, your products, your expertise, and your brand to a huge audience. However, social media is not always as easy as it appears and has many potential traps and pitfalls. This is where the contents of this book can help you. Even if you don't have a business to promote, this book will help to improve your awareness of how social media works. It's definitely beneficial for those whose budget doesn't extend to covering the costs of hiring an agency or Expert.
This book has been written for the Small/Medium Enterprise together with Voluntary organisations. Equally you may just be someone who want to understand how Social Media and Networking actually works. Identify how Social Media can help your organisation Choose the right tools/sites and media for you Get up and running on your chosen sites Create great Social Media content Help your users/customers find you and enhance your reputation Understand the pitfalls Promote yourself and your organisation professionally Launch yourself successfully This book has been written in a "snappy" bullet point style allowing you to find the answers right away. You are likely to be one of four types of people (in no particular order); An owner/manager who has an established business but now wants to create a professional presence through Social Media and Networking A voluntary sector manager who wants to set up or improve the potential for raising funds through Social Media and Networking. You may have a great idea for a home based business but do not know how to set up and use Social Media You have been "dabbling" with Social Media and Networking but feel you need some guidance and support to make your efforts more effective
Maggie Davis and Charlotte Williamson, lifestyle journalists and enthusiastic shoppers, bring their insider know-how to this indispensable guide to shopping. Covering everything from cashmere to chandeliers, spice to scooters, teapots to tiles, and with a distinctly global flavour, this book is a collection of the ultimate in food, clothes, furniture and fun and is packed with tips from specialist buyers and those in-the-know. With side panels discussing topics as diverse as the things every gentleman should have in his bathroom closet, haggling and globetrotting gem shopping, this book is a must for discerning shoppers of all tastes and budgets.
This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter has an easy-to-use format, comprising an introductory overview, an explanation of key themes and techniques, a detailed account of the work of specific critics, and a summary which includes critiques of the approach. Each chapter is accompanied by a guide to the primary texts and further reading.
The story of the struggle for women's suffrage is not just that of the Pankhursts and Emily Davison. Thousands of others were involved in peaceful protest and sometimes more militant activity and they included women from all walks of life. This book presents the lives of forty-eight less well-known women who tirelessly campaigned for the vote, from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland and from all walks of life. They were the hidden heroines who paved the way for women to gain greater equality in Britain. Fully illustrated with 52 black and white photographs.
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann’s 2006-2007 CIM Coursebook series offers you the complete package for exam success. Comprising fully updated Coursebook texts that are revised annually, and free online access to the MarketingOnline learning interface, it offers everything you need to study for your CIM qualification. Carefully structured to link directly to the CIM syllabus, this Coursebook is user-friendly, interactive and relevant. Each Coursebook is accompanied by access to MARKETINGONLINE (www.marketingonline.co.uk), a unique online learning resource designed specifically for CIM students, where you can: *Annotate, customise and create personally tailored notes using the electronic version of the Coursebook *Search the Coursebook online for easy access to definitions and key concepts *Access the glossary for a comprehensive list of marketing terms and their meanings
A hot mess of a witch and the nerdy virgin who can’t stop thinking about her. If only she hadn’t killed him that one time. Noah Running away from my past was the only way I could have a future. But when I finally got away, I fell from the frying pan into the fire. I didn’t think being murdered out in the woods was my ending, but here I am anyway, my awareness fading to black while a sad and beautiful angel appears to lead me to my nerdy, virgin valhalla. I only wish I could have seen her look at me like this when I was alive. I have some major atoning to do, but I don’t think I’ll get the chance. Tahlia Accidentally killing a cute tourist in my backyard isn’t how I planned my evening, but now that we’re here, the only person to blame is myself, and my terrifying magic. All I want is a quiet life and to make some nice friends. Instead I have to hide the fact that I’m dangerous and a murderer. There isn’t enough chocolate in the world for this kind of stress. Reviving the beautiful stranger and dropping him off at the hospital settles my guilt a little, but finding out that he’s my boss's cousin and she wants us to work together turns my carefully laid plans on their head. I don’t think I can manage to keep myself from falling for him, but staying away from him is the only way to keep him safe. From me. Sparks & Balances is the fourth novel in the Eliza Falls series, magical small town romances full of humor, heat and happily ever afters. Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Gilmore Girls will enjoy this series. Book 1: Of Mates & Magic Book 2: Earth Wolf & Fire Book 3: A Wolf By Any Other Name Book 4: Sparks & Balances Book 5: Coming 2024
This book introduces action research as a method of developing e-learning modules and courses. It covers both the theory and practice of applying action research principles to develop online learning.
This book covers a dramatic decade in the fortunes of Britain's quirkiest broadcaster. It opens in 2009, with the realisation that Channel 4's biggest money spinner, Big Brother, had become a toxic asset and would have to be discarded, at the same time as advertising revenues were shrinking in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Maggie Brown's compelling narrative, which draws on interviews with key players in Channel 4's story and unique access to the broadcaster's archives, takes us inside the boardroom battles, changes in senior management and commissioning teams, interventions by the media regulator Ofcom, and the channel's response to a rapidly-changing media and political landscape. Brown describes how the channel, under its new chief executive David Abraham, successfully fought off the threat of privatisation, which became a reality after the Conservatives' general election victory in 2015. The price for remaining publicly funded was a substantial relocation of Channel 4's operations, with Leeds announced in 2018 as a new 'regional hub'. The Channel 4 story is also one of ambitious and innovative programming, with a new director of content, Jay Hunt, instigating radical changes in commissioning and scheduling. Brown traces programming hits and losses during this period, with the departure to competitors of celebrity chefs, Black Mirror and Charlie Brooker, horse racing and Formula 1, and a reappraisal of the remit of institutions such as Channel 4 News and Film 4. But there were successes too, with the 2012 Paralympics helping to restore a public service sheen, and new programmes such as Gogglebox in 2013 connecting with younger audiences, and, in 2016, the coup of taking The Great British Bake Off from its home at the BBC.
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann's 2006-2007 CIM Coursebook series offers you the complete package for exam success. Comprising fully updated Coursebook texts that are revised annually, and free online access to the MarketingOnline learning interface, it offers everything you need to study for your CIM qualification. Carefully structured to link directly to the CIM syllabus, this Coursebook is user-friendly, interactive and relevant. Each Coursebook is accompanied by access to MARKETINGONLINE (www.marketingonline.co.uk), a unique online learning resource designed specifically for CIM students, where you can: *Annotate, customise and create personally tailored notes using the electronic version of the Coursebook *Search the Coursebook online for easy access to definitions and key concepts *Access the glossary for a comprehensive list of marketing terms and their meanings Written by the CIM Level verifier for the Cim Certificate and fully endorsed by the institute to guide you through the 2006-2007 syllabus Each text is crammed with a range of learning objectives, cases, questions, activities, definitions, study tips and summaries to support and test your understanding of the theory Contains past examination papers and examiners' reports to enable you to practise what has been learned and help prepare for the exam
Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system.
BH CIM Coursebooks are crammed with a range of learning objective questions, activities, definitions and summaries to support and test your understanding of the theory. The 07/08 editions contains new case studies which help keep the student up to date with changes in Customer Communication strategies. Carefully structured to link directly to the CIM syllabus, this Coursebook is user-friendly, interactive and relevant. Each Coursebook is accompanied by access to MARKETINGONLINE (www.marketingonline.co.uk), a unique online learning resource designed specifically for CIM students which can be accessed at any time.
It is 1950 and Kitty Longthorne is now a Sister at Manchester's Park Hospital, and as busy as ever. With dizzying numbers of children with polio being admitted to the children's ward, a sharp uptick of major trauma from road accidents and growing political and racial conflict affecting her patients and staff, there's no shortage of drama at the hospital. But Kitty is determined that everyone is treated with respect. Outside of the hospital, Kitty is finally ready to marry her fiancé, Dr James Williams. But with the growing Cold War tensions, Kitty and James come under scrutiny because of two people close to their hearts. With any suspicious activity grounds for treason, their happily ever after is suddenly on shaky ground... will they ever be able to set a date for the wedding? Inspired by the brave nurses and doctors from the first NHS hospital, the Trafford General, which opened after the end of World War II. Perfect for fans of Call the Midwife and The Nightingale Girls.
It’s Never Too Late to Look Great! does something the fashion industry is frightened to do. It shows how women over 50 - and beyond - don’t have to be invisible when their faces and figures are less than perfect. This style guide shows how to dress with panache, and open the door to a world of new opportunities, confidence and happiness. If you’ve ever seen some grey hairs in the mirror and said, ‘I don’t know what to wear any more’, this is the book for you. Maggie identifies the four qualities that make style: Surprise, True to yourself, Artistry and Reinvention. Follow these and you will become a style S.T.A.R. Older women are now fitter and more active than ever. Many of them want to keep looking stylish, but find themselves ignored by a fashion industry whose public image is often a pouting, skinny 20-year old. Maggie Cox’s book is for them. It shows that fun begins at 50 and can last as long as you want it to.
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