Health, Wealth and Wellbeing - for iPod/iPhone: Recent Episodes
The Open University
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Emily Williams looks at the importance of being physically active to individual wellbeing.
Transcript -- Emily Williams looks at the importance of being physically active to individual wellbeing.
Instead of GDP should we start measuring levels of wellbeing using the Happy planet Index.
Transcript -- Instead of GDP should we start measuring levels of wellbeing using the Happy planet Index.