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Health, Wealth and Wellbeing - for iPod/iPhone

The Open Universitywww3.open.ac.uk
How do you measure happiness? What are the factors that make a person more content in life? Most individuals work towards creating a life for themselves that will increase their own level of wellbeing regardless of their background, upbringing or culture, but what are the different elements in life that contribute to a greater sense of happiness and what happens when some members of society are excluded from them? This six part audio series explores how everything from a person’s environment to social status can directly affect their wellbeing. It also looks at how our understanding of the subject is having a radical effect on social policy outlook. The material in this collection relates to K118 - Perspectives in Health & Social Care
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Episodes

Wellbeing in organisations

How does promoting the wellbeing of employees helps increase business profit? In this episode Emily Williams visits the New Economic Foundation to learn how wellbeing can be promoted in the workplace.

Jan 06, 20148 min

Transcript -- Wellbeing in organisations

Transcript -- How does promoting the wellbeing of employees helps increase business profit? In this episode Emily Williams visits the New Economic Foundation to learn how wellbeing can be promoted in the workplace.

Jan 06, 2014

Empowerment after adversity

Life can sometimes be hard, but what determines how we deal with adversity. This episode looks at resiliance and considers the effectivness of the New Economic Foundations 5 ways to wellbeing.

Jan 06, 201412 min

Transcript -- Empowerment after adversity

Transcript -- Life can sometimes be hard, but what determines how we deal with adversity. This episode looks at resiliance and considers the effectivness of the New Economic Foundations 5 ways to wellbeing.

Jan 06, 2014

The future of wellbeing

Instead of GDP should we start measuring levels of wellbeing using the Happy planet Index.

Jan 06, 201412 min
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