12 episodios

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

Health, Wealth and Wellbeing - for iPod/iPhone The Open University

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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

    Introduction to health and well-being

    Introduction to health and well-being

    What is happiness and how does it relate to health and wellbeing?

    • 8 min
    Transcript -- Introduction to health and well-being

    Transcript -- Introduction to health and well-being

    What is happiness and how does it relate to health and wellbeing?

    Geographies of wellbeing

    Geographies of wellbeing

    How does where you live impact on your health and wellbeing?

    • 8 min
    Transcript -- Geographies of wellbeing

    Transcript -- Geographies of wellbeing

    How does where you live impact on your health and wellbeing?

    Wellbeing in organisations

    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.

    • 7 min
    Transcript -- Wellbeing in organisations

    Transcript -- 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.

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