United Kingdom Health Promotion Initiatives for Healthy Aging
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Dawkes, S., & Cheung, S. T. (2017)
United Kingdom Health Promotion Initiatives for Healthy Aging. In B. Fong, P. Yuen, & A. Ng (Eds.), Sustainable Health and Long-Term Care Solutions for an Aging Population, 91-102. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-2633-9.ch005
People are living longer but not, unfortunately, living longer healthy lives as there is an increasing number of years spent in ill-health from the age of 65 years onwards. Ra...
Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being
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E. E. Sutherland, & L. B. MacFarlane (Eds.), (2016)
Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is acknowledged as a landmark in the development of children's rights. Article 3 makes the child's best interests a primary consid...
Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain
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Sharapov, K. (2016)
Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain. In P. Rigby, & M. Malloch (Eds.), Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation, 17-40. Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474401128.003.0002
Focusing on three national case studies this chapter explores the comparative empirical data on public knowledge and understanding of human trafficking, examining the link bet...
Feederism
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Charles, K., & Palkowski, M. (2015)
Feederism. Springer Nature. doi:10.1057/9781137470461
Sexualised weight gain, also known as feederism, has become the subject of documentaries, films, and media coverage over the last 15 years. A growing internet community and on...
Long-term recovery from addiction: criminal justice involvement and positive criminology?
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Best, D., & Aston, E. V. (2014)
Long-term recovery from addiction: criminal justice involvement and positive criminology?. In N. Ronel, & D. Segev (Eds.), Positive Criminology: the good can overcome the bad, 177-193. Routledge
The positive criminology perspective looks at positive life influences that distance individuals from offending, and enable the growth of personal and social strengths. Within...
When someone has died: advice for those who are left behind.
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Willis, D. (2013)
When someone has died: advice for those who are left behind. FAIR; Glasgow University; Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief;
This is a step-by-step guide to what you need to do after they are dead.
Preparing for your death
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Willis, D. (2013)
Preparing for your death. FAIR, Glasgow University, Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
A helpful guide for people with learning disabilities and their carers.
Young people exiting homelessness: The role of family support.
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Mayock, P., Corr, M., & O'Sullivan, E. (2011)
Young people exiting homelessness: The role of family support. In K. Burns, & D. Lynch (Eds.), Children's rights and child protection: critical times, critical issues in Ireland, 184-201. Manchester University Press
The meaning of drug use among homeless young people: A longitudinal pathways analysis.
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Mayock, P., & Corr, M. (2011)
The meaning of drug use among homeless young people: A longitudinal pathways analysis. In M. Wouters, J. Fountain, & D. Korf (Eds.), The Meanings of High: Variations according to drug, set, setting and time, 134-150. Pabst Science Publishers
Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings.
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Frost, H., Haw, S., & Frank, J. (2011)
Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings. Edinburgh: Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy
In developed countries the population of older people is expected to rise as life expectancy increases. Consequently, it will become increasingly difficult to maintain indepen...