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Public Health and Wellbeing

A collaboration between professionals in Microbiology and Infection Control serving West Wales

Archives for June 2010

Smile and the world smiles with you

June 15, 2010 by Dr Mike Simmons 9 Comments

I couldn’t help thinking of Eleanor at Give a Brick as well as her personal site at Youier when I got stuck into the book I mentioned I had ordered from Amazon following my day in London last week.  The second chapter is entitled, “When you smile, the world smiles with you.”

Happiness is good for you

The basis of this chapter is that happiness is good for you.  So by spreading happiness and love, you help prolong the lives of those with whom you interact.  Now, ever since the start of the year, Eleanor has been spreading her infectious … Read the rest

Filed Under: All, Educational, Social Networks

Understanding behavioural responses to infections

June 13, 2010 by Dr Mike Simmons 1 Comment

The Infectious Disease Research Network held a fascinating conference on Friday 11th June entitled “Understanding behavioural responses to infectious disease outbreaks”. The programme was still available last time I looked at: www.idrn.org/events/upcoming/behavioural.php. This seemed the ideal opportunity to see if others felt there were opportunities to explore the internet technologies in getting people engaged in discussions around public health issues – something that this whole site is aiming to do.

Communicating an issue is one thing; getting people to change their behaviour is the difficult bit.  But as this web site attests, if we are to get more into … Read the rest

Filed Under: All, Educational, General

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