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One-third of men 'fail loo hygiene test'
(World health - EU Monitor 15/10/2009)
Three out of 10 men you shake hands with won't have washed after going to the toilet. For women, it's fewer than one in 10, according to a study by Australia's Food Safety Information Council (FSIC). The observational study of 200 people, who used the public loos at a food hall in an Australian shopping centre, also showed no improvement since 2002. "We need to take the time to wash our hands with soap and running water and to dry thoroughly," FSIC chair Dr Michael Eyles said.
Shame 'boosts hand-washing rate'
(BBC 15/10/2009)
250,000 people were counted using the toilets and their use of soap was monitored by on-line sensors. Only 32% of men washed their hands with soap. For women, the figure was 64%. A variety of messages, ranging from "water doesn't kill germs, soap does" to "don't be a dirty soap dodger", were flashed onto LED screens at the entrance of the toilets. The message "Is the person next to you washing with soap?" boosted rates of hand-washing with soap by 11% in women and 12% in men.
(BBC 20/09/2009)
Growing increasingly frustrated by what she perceived as a worrying lack of child-focused information, Dr Kate Hersov and fellow medic Dr Kim Chilman-Blair teamed up to produce a series of superhero comics, designed to educate. "Often when we made a diagnosis of a young child we felt helpless that we had nothing to give the child themselves to understand what we had just told them," she said. [See also the range of medically reveiwed stories and poems available free on Patient UK].
(BBC 07/09/2009)
Tall or short, large or small - the human body comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and that is perhaps why it has been interpreted in so many different ways. Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is looking at how bodies have been imagined and transformed both culturally and medically. Take a tour with Senior Curator for Anthropology, Anita Herle.
(BBC 27/04/2009)
Primary pupils must be taught about sex education and healthy living, as well-being lessons become compulsory in both primary and secondary schools. A report from Sir Alasdair Macdonald has examined how personal, social and health education (PSHE) should become part of the curriculum in England. Schools will still decide the context of such lessons, allowing faith schools to maintain their own ethos. The subject is set to become part of the compulsory curriculum from 2011.
(BBC 03/04/2009)
At this time of year, there's a little bit less depression, fewer nasty winter viruses, and of course lighter evenings and the promise of warmer weather. People do seem more able to eat a bit more healthily and are encouraged to take more exercise. Dr Jones gives her top tips for a health spring clean.
Watchdog warns of pitfalls of healthcare by e-mail
(The Scotsman 22/02/2009)
SCOTLAND'S emergency medical hotline, NHS24, has launched a service providing patients with health advice by e-mail.
(eHealthInsider 09/01/2009)
Computers provided to children in developing countries as part of the One Laptop One Child initiative could also be used to deliver health education and healthcare, according to a new report.
Hi-tech tutors
(BBC 15/12/2008)
The University of Derby has given 35 devices - costing £99 each - to radiography students, to provide them with "different ways to learn". They contain pre-loaded video lessons about how to position patients for X-rays. It is hoped the portable video demonstrations will be more useful than traditional text books.
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