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May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Learn how to get involved at www.stroke.org/NSAM2016. There you’ll find tools, resources, and free downloads to get started. There are nearly 130,000 stroke deaths each year—that’s one in 20 deaths. A stroke can happen to anyone at any age. Read More …
Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 16-22 May, 2016 Every year, thousands of supporters across the UK take part in Mental Health Awareness Week. This year the week will take place from May 16-22 on the theme of relationships. Healthy and supportive relationships are key to Read More …
Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 16-22 May, 2016 Every year, thousands of supporters across the UK take part in Mental Health Awareness Week. This year the week will take place from May 16-22 on the theme of relationships. Healthy and supportive relationships are key to Read More …
World Health Day 2016: WHO calls for global action to halt rise in and improve care for people with diabetes First WHO Global report on diabetes: 422 million adults live with diabetes, mainly in developing countries. 6 APRIL, 2016 | GENEVA – The number of Read More …
International Day of Happiness 20th March, Every Year! Striving for a Happy Planet International Day of Happiness is a day to be happy. Launched in 2013, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness in order to recognise the importance of happiness in Read More …
OCD Week of Action, 15-19 February 2016 From the 15th to 19th of February 2016 will be OCD Action’s Week of Action. During this week, they will be encouraging people to take action and fight against Obsessive Compulsive Disorder known as ‘OCD.’ Visit our webpage Read More …
EuroHealthNet is organizing a roundtable on Mental health promotion at work on 19th May 2015. Participants from several EU member states will discuss the latest developments in mental health promotion at work and present EU initiatives in which EuroHealthNet is involved, such as the JA Read More …
Now in its 15th year, Mental Health Awareness Week aims to encourage the conversation around mental health to fight discrimination and stigma and promote good mental wellbeing. For one week in May, Mental Health Foundation campaigns around a specific topic. This year the week will fall from 11-17 May Read More …
News update: The importance of managing occupational safety and health (OSH) and in particular psychosocial risks and stress in the workplace was demonstrated in the sharing of good practices. A two-day benchmarking event for Official Campaign Partners of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign was organised by Read More …
The Institute of Health Promotion and Education (IHPE) was established 50 years ago to bring together professional workers on the basis of their common interest in Health Education and Health Promotion with a view to their sharing experience, ideas and information. The Institute is a Read More …
The Healing Power of Your Own Medical Records Steven Keating, a doctoral student at M.I.T.’s Media Lab, collected and researched his own patient data, which led to the discovery of a brain tumour. He is shown in front of an image of radiation backscatter from Read More …
How wellbeing policy is moving centre stage: NEF response Recently the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics, to which NEF provides the secretariat, held a hustings event at Westminster, where candidates were invited to set out their party’s position on wellbeing. Visit the NEF blog Read More …
The Workplace Wellbeing Charter is an opportunity for employers to demonstrate their commitment to the health and well-being of their workforce. The positive impact that employment can have on health and wellbeing is now well documented. There is also strong evidence to show how having Read More …
Parents rarely spot child obesity Parents hardly ever spot obesity in their children, resulting in damaging consequences for health, doctors warn. In a study of 2,976 families in the UK, only four parents thought their child was very overweight. Medical assessments put the figure at Read More …
Why ‘Wellbeing’ & Not ‘Well-being’? Why ‘wellbeing‘ and not ‘well-being‘? The National Wellbeing Service is in agreement with the following statement made by the scholarly International Journal of Wellbeing: The decision to close the hyphenated gap between ‘well’ and ‘being’ is intentionally forward looking. We know that Read More …
The International Stress Management Association (UK) is a registered charity with a multi-disciplinary professional membership that includes the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It exists to promote sound knowledge and best practice in the prevention and reduction of human stress. It sets professional standards Read More …
The International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) was founded in 2007 with a tri-part mission: To promote the science of positive psychology and its research-based applications. To facilitate collaboration among researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners of positive psychology around the world and across academic disciplines. To share the findings of Read More …
The European Network for Positive Psychology (ENPP) is a collective of European researchers and practitioners with shared interests in the science and practice of positive psychology. Researchers and practitioners from other disciplines like economics, sociology, philosophy or biology are also invited to participate.