Encouraging Behavioural Change In Teenagers - Rob Horne by Transformation Partners in Health and Care

Welcome back to episode 2 of the Honest Conversations about Homeless Health podcast series.

In this episode Dr Binta Sultan from the UCLH Find&Treat team joins HLP’s Homeless Health Deputy Director, Liza Collins, and Communications Officer, Elisha Jadav, to share her insights on inclusion health and outreach work with clients who are experiencing homelessness.

We also talk about labelling and the effects of language such as ‘rough sleepers’ or ‘homeless people’, as well as the ways that people – whether they work in healthcare or not – can help to support people experiencing homelessness day to day.

Resources:

https://www.streetlink.org.uk/

https://www.healthylondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Find-and-Treat-Testing-final-Updated-09082021.pdf

In the latest Good Thinking Podcast we talk to Mhairi, Head of Student Voice and Diversity at The Student Room, describing the actual, lived-experiences of students over the pandemic, and unexpected issues that we need to respond to, to help them secure a better future.

Good Thinking talks to Co-Founder of the Apart of Me App, Louis Weinstock about why he developed an App that supports bereaved Young People. From his work in hospices, helping children who were losing a family member, Louis recognised that digital technology could reach and support many more young people than one counsellor alone could, and perhaps, surprisingly, guide them through their grief within a beautifully designed video game. This is a profound account of how digital transformation of clinical expertise can improve lives.

Join us as we talk to an experienced clinical psychologist Dr Nihara Krause, Founder and CEO of Stem4 a teenage mental health charity. We discuss Clear Fear, Calm Harm, Move Mood and Combined Minds; apps created by Stem4 to help young people manage their mental health and the difficulties they face.

COVID-19 has thrown into sharp focus how digital inequality was an additional burden for some during lockdown, increasing anxieties and loneliness But is the answer to get everyone online?

Professor Ellen Helsper, Professor of Digital Inequalities at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and author of “The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities” describes how we must better understand digital inequalities and consider what is needed for ethical digital inclusion programmes.

Listen is to the latest Good Thinking Podcast with Andrew describing powerfully the life of someone in the LGBTQ+ community, and how, if we can listen to how life is for them, we can develop better services to support them.

The Homeless Health podcast series returns to help debunk some myths about homelessness and homeless health through minimal jargon and honest conversations.

This series is open to all: for health and care workers who don’t always work with people experiencing homelessness, individuals and teams providing homelessness support, and for anyone else out there who wants to learn a bit more about homeless health.

In this episode, we speak to Liza Collins, Deputy Director of Homeless Health at Healthy London Partnership and Dr Al Story, Clinical Lead at UCL Find & Treat service, to reflect on London’s homeless health response to the pandemic over the past 15 months and think about where work is still needed to challenge assumptions about homelessness and the health complexities of people experiencing homelessness.

Resources:

Homeless health training material for GP reception staff: https://www.healthylondon.org/resource/homeless-health-elearning/

*Almost one in five LGBT people have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives

Source: Stonewall LGBT in Britain: Home & Communities report 2018

When sport is your life, losing a game or race is tough. The Feeling Good App is based on how Olympics Sports Coaches helps sports people get back in the game/race and it can help everyone boost their mood, resilience and confidence.

Can a focus on nature boost your mental health? There is research to show that accessing nature, in many different ways can improve your physical and mental health. Even by watching a wildlife webcam! Emma Tolley shares many insights on how a deeper connection with nature, like our connection with each other, is just what you need.