This book provides an applied, interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of the key social determinants of health, essential at a time of increasing inequalities and reductions in existing NHS services and local authority budgets.A person's health and wellbeing is influenced by a spectrum of socioeconomic, cultural, living and working conditions, social and community networks and lifestyle choices. Based on the 'rainbow model' of the social determinants of health, chapters fro...

As teaching is socially, culturally, and politically constructed, it is important that teacher educators committed to social justice attempt to create secure environment where all voices are heard and teacher candidates can inquire into personally and socially challenging topics within a safe and caring classroom culture. Relationships of trust are fundamental to teaching about social justice and to being receptive as learners in such classes. Mindfulness on the part of teacher educators a...

Don’t miss a single romance this Christmas with this 26-title collection, perfect for every mood! Unwrap passionate tales filled with holiday cheer A Cowboy for ChristmasHold Me, Cowboy by Maisey YatesHot Winter Nights by Debbi RawlinsHot Holiday Rancher by Catherine MannThe Italian's Billion-Dollar ChristmasShameful Secret, Shotgun Wedding by Sharon Kend...

In 2003, Methodists celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of their founder, John Wesley. Today, there are more than 300 Methodist denominations in 140 nations. Covering the activities of this group that plays an important role in the ecumenical movement through its many social and charitable activities in world affairs, this book offers more than 400 entries that describe important events, doctrines, and the church founders, leaders, and other prominent figures who have made notabl...

On a cold, snowy January morning in 1900, Clara receives a very special birthday gift: a beautiful red woolen dress her mother has sewn for her second birthday. Papa takes her into the town of Crete, Nebraska, to have her photo taken in the red dress. When Claras daughter Jean turns two, out comes the little red dress. Twenty-one years later, her daughter Barby wears the little red dress, and the tradition continues with her daughter and granddaughters. Six little girls on their second bir...

As an ingredient, canned seafood often gets short shrift; it's often considered a mundane filler for salads, casseroles, and sandwiches by those in a hurry or on a budget. But while fresh is always best, there's no reason why canned seafood has to be boring.Discover how to transform everyday canned seafood into stylish, delicious dishes in this cookbook that features innovative recipes for not only tinned salmon and tuna but clams, oysters, shrimp, crabmeat, sardines, anchovies, ma...

Coel ap Math and Snorri Yaroslav serve on the Frontier with Debts of Commission they can never hope to pay. When an enemy no one believes exists wipes out their detachment, the two warriors find themselves disgraced, destitute, and dishonorably discharged. They are soldiers without a cause, and must pay off their commissions or face a lifetime of indentured servitude or a rope.When an Eastern sorcerer makes them an offer they cannot afford to refuse, they join a disparate band of a...