Healthy World Research Articles

Macromolecules for a Sustainable, Safe, and Healthy World

Macromolecules for a Sustainable, Safe, and Healthy World

Review: Abnormal Psychology, Applying Social Psychology, Behavior Genetics Principles: Perspectives in Development, Personality and Psychopathology, a Complete GCSE Course, Complete Psychology, Educational Psychology (9th Edition), Health Psychology: A Textbook (3rd Edition), Human Judgment: The Eye of the Beholder, Participatory Community Research: Theories and Methods in Action, the Principles of Writing in Psychology, Psychology Builds a Healthy World: Opportunities for Research

Review: Abnormal Psychology, Applying Social Psychology, Behavior Genetics Principles: Perspectives in Development, Personality and Psychopathology, a Complete GCSE Course, Complete Psychology, Educational Psychology (9th Edition), Health Psychology: A Textbook (3rd Edition), Human Judgment: The Eye of the Beholder, Participatory Community Research: Theories and Methods in Action, the Principles of Writing in Psychology, Psychology Builds a Healthy World: Opportunities for Research

Abjectionabjectivism

The article offers an account of the post-humanist uses of abjection in contemporary art and literature. The discussion ranges from Julia Kristeva and Brit Art to Don DeLillo, Bret Easton Ellis, Thomas Pynchon, Donald Barthelme and Jonathan Franzen. If the realm of the sign insists upon a cleaned-up, happy and healthy world of the real, in which all oppositions can be mediated or negotiated away, and in which the merely human is seen as powerless and determined from the outside by immense state and economic power as well as from the inside by the psychological imperatives of brand names, insistence on the designer body, and the manipulation of desire, the situation of the human is becoming increasingly that of abjection. This concept is partly thought about by way of Kristeva's psychoanalytical formulation, but more than that in terms of what might be called a pyscho-cultural appreciation of the way that patterns, usually seen in terms of individual acculturation based on Freudian and Lacanian understandings, seem also to operate in the wider field of society. Critical interest in this theory so far has been primarily located within the context of gothic and horror fiction, but arguably the question of abjection is only fully to be understood in this wider framework of resistance to the colonization of the sign, and of meaning itself. In short, the artistic fascination with abjection represents the oppositional production of an antithesis to colonized and cleaned-up meaning structures, an in-your-face riposte to what we might call, rather than a brave new world, a clean new world.

Book Review: Psychology Builds a Healthy World: Opportunities for Research and Practice

Book Review: Psychology Builds a Healthy World: Opportunities for Research and Practice

El Movimiento de Salud de los Pueblos: salud para todos ya

We are moving away from the year 2000, and the goal of "health for all" remains distant. Economic globalization, which many consider to be one of the most serious threats to health, moves ahead, along with globalization of international health policies. A small number of powerful actors are in charge of setting the agenda, and they relegate to an inferior position the World Health Organization, which has moved away from the goal of "health for all." All of this has helped to promote a neoliberal mentality in the field of health. The People's Health Movement was created with the objective of reestablishing the right to comprehensive health and to development with equity as principal priorities of health policies at the local, national, and international levels. The People's Health Movement uses as a strategy the People's Charter for Health, which was approved at the first People's Health Assembly, which was held in Bangladesh in 2000. The Charter expresses collective concerns and the belief in a better and healthier world as a meeting point in order to promote a world health movement and a call for radical action. In July 2005 the People's Health Movement will hold the People's Health Assembly 2, in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. The slogan of that meeting will be "The voices of the earth are calling!--let's build a healthy world." Among the topics that will be examined at the meeting are: health as a fundamental human right; militarization and occupation; environmental degradation; emerging and reemerging pandemics; equity, poverty, and health; the importance of cultural diversity; social and political violence; health in the hands of the people; health at work; traditional medicine and bioenergetic medicine; gender; and health sector reform. The objective of the People's Health Movement is to help to reach the Millennium Development Goals and to smooth the path toward attaining health for all, in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as in the rest of the world.

Psychology builds a healthy world: opportunities for research and practice

Psychology builds a healthy world: opportunities for research and practice

Inside View

Change, a constant everywhere, seems particularly prevalent in the World Health Organization (WHO), and is coming again. On 21 July 2003, 57 year-old Dr Jong-Wook Lee of the Republic of Korea, took his place as the sixth WHO Director-General. He inherits a swollen organization that has put health on the political agenda and made many commitments for the next 12 years. He faces an or-ganization often described as underfunded, overcommitted, burdened with bureaucracy, and decades behind in its approach to management and governance. And he faces an organization that has seen many faces and much corporate history disappear in the past few years; one in which many of us now know few others. Tremendous challenges lie ahead, but Dr Lee is well qualified to address them. To begin with, he has spent 19 years inside WHO, in a variety of positions at country, national and headquarters levels. He has held tough portfolios in leprosy, polio, TB, and vaccine preventable diseases of children, as well as working in chronic care. And he is known as a patient listener, a sound administrator and a strong alliance builder. Dr Lee understands that to sustain an organization or a program requires stable resources, be they finances, staff, buildings, or technology. Among his priorities he cites his plans to: better use resources to serve countries more effectively, to run WHO more efficiently, to ensure that WHO becomes more accountable, and to strengthen human resources both inside WHO and within its member states. Committed to achieving tangible and measurable health outcomes, he plans to move more resources closer to the people needing them. He also promises to enhance transparency and communications so that people can work effectively together. What is most exciting is that these intentions imply strong support for the concepts of Primary Health Care, and a renewed commitment to Health For All. These are ideals close to the heart of nurses – ones for which we work and advocate daily. Today more than 12 million nurses stand ready to help advance a WHO agenda that addresses the ideals of primary health care, values the contributions all health professionals can make, and encourages nurses, midwives and others to work to their full potential in achieving the vision of healthy nations in a healthy world. But the real challenge for Dr Lee is internal. The challenge is not change itself, but managing the transitions that accompany successful change – the ‘psychological orientation’1 people must go through before the change can work. Managing the organizational and personal transitions – helping shift the internal culture as fluidly as possible – takes time and energy, and real belief in the importance of a positive work environment. Transitions should never be underrated. Today we have much evidence that managing them is worth the effort and much more to show that, without transitions, change simply doesn’t work. Dr Lee, we wish you highly successful transitions.

Moving beyond healthcare: the role of healthcare organizations in creating healthy people in healthy communities in a healthy world.

Moving beyond healthcare: the role of healthcare organizations in creating healthy people in healthy communities in a healthy world.

The Third Millennium and the Unity of Humankind

AbstractAt the beginning of the third millennium, with so many people in the world suffering from the negative effects of globalization and neoliberal capitalism, it is time for the world's religions to risk the "impossible possibility" of global interreligious community. God as such is a community of love, and God calls women and men to live lovingly. Actions of love are more important than doctrinal orthodoxy. The Hindu proverb, "let the world be healthy" is exactly right. The author proposes that there be established a "United Religious Organization" which will promote such a "healthy world."

Goals for the future: mapping out the route to a 'clean and healthy world'

Vision 21 was presented at the Second World Water Forum held in The Hague, from March 17-22, 2000. The goals of Vision 21 include the achievement of the Basic Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Requirement (BWSHR). Here are set out the issues and core points of a vision which holds the promise of a cleaner and healthier world.

Medical anthropology and the world system: a critical perspective

Part 1 What is Medical Anthropology About?: Central Concepts in and the Development of Medical Anthropology Theoretical Perspectives in Medical Anthropology. Part 2 The Social Origins of Disease and Suffering: Health and the Environment - the Global System of Destruction Hunger, Malnutrition, and Homelessness Legal Addictions - Demon in a Bottle Legal Addictions - Up in Smoke Illicit Drugs - Self-Medicating the Hidden Injuries of Oppression AIDS - a Disease of the Global System. Part 3 Medical Systems in Social Context: Medical Systems in Indigenous and Pre-Capitalist State Societies Biomedical Hegemony in the Context of Medical Pluralism. Part 4 Towards and Equitable and Healthy Global System: The Pursuit of Health as a Human Right - Health Praxis and the Struggle for a Healthy World.

Learning to care: a focus for values in health and environmental education

Health and environmental education seek to address the living conditions and lifestyle choices that lead to health and environmental problems by motivating and teaching students how to participate in the reconstruction of themselves and society in accordance with ecological values and the democratic values of social and economic justice. While an ethic of care unites health and environmental education in this endeavour, liberal and conservative educational practices in the area of values education are dominated by discourses of values relativity and neutrality. This paper seeks to provide a case for teachers adopting a committed stance in teaching young people an ethic of care so that they may participate in the personal and social changes needed to advance the transition towards a healthy and sustainable world. In particular, it draws upon insights from the literature of environmental values education, which is characterized by intense debates between those of liberal and committed persuasions, to explore the ethical and pedagogical issues involved in teaching for an ethic of care in both health and environmental education.

Teching Children in and About a Healthy World 69th ASHA National School Healt Conference

Journal of School HealthVolume 65, Issue 7 p. 274-274 Teching Children in and About a Healthy World 69th ASHA National School Healt Conference First published: September 1995 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1995.tb07903.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume65, Issue7September 1995Pages 274-274 RelatedInformation

Call for Late Breaking Oral Research Papers and Student Research Teaching Children In and About A Healthy World 69th Annual ASHA National Conference

Journal of School HealthVolume 65, Issue 5 p. 199-199 Call for Late Breaking Oral Research Papers and Student Research Teaching Children In and About A Healthy World 69th Annual ASHA National Conference First published: May 1995 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1995.tb06231.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume65, Issue5May 1995Pages 199-199 RelatedInformation

Call for Late Breaking Oral Research Papers and Student Research: Teaching Children In and About A Healthy World 69th Annual ASHA National Conference

Call for Late Breaking Oral Research Papers and Student Research: Teaching Children In and About A Healthy World 69th Annual ASHA National Conference

Translating Science Into Practice in Child Day-Care Settings

We trust our children, indeed our world's future, to care givers in day-care settings for as much as 8 to 10 hours each day. Through hard work and good science, the US and other countries have established rigorous health standards for day care, but we must do more. We must give others—the institutions and the individuals who care for our children—the tools to foster a healthful environment and promote healthy behaviors. The vision of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is "healthy people in a healthy world to achieve a quality life." We must work together to make that vision a reality for our children in day care. Our paper addresses translating scientific knowledge into practice and making prevention a practical reality. We outline the concepts underlying the assessment of the effectiveness of prevention activities and illustrate its use in three case studies from child day care. We close with a description of the prevention effectiveness program recently initiated at CDC. PREVENTION EFFECTIVENESS It is important to assess the effectiveness of prevention practices to ensure that public health programs are built on scientifically sound strategies for improving the quality of life and reducing unnecessary morbidity and premature mortality.1 There are three basic approaches to prevention: clinical, behavioral, and environmental. Clinical prevention strategies rely on the one-on-one, provider-to-patient interaction, which underlie immunization and screening programs. These interactions usually occur within our regular health-care delivery system. Behavioral techniques use a broad array of strategies to encourage lifestyle changes, such as exercise and healthful diets.

1988 SAF Convention: Healthy Forests, Healthy World

1988 SAF Convention: Healthy Forests, Healthy World

Canada, the Developing Countries and the International Economy: What Next?

Canadian policy on economic relations with developing countries has not lived up to the rhetoric of its leaders or the self-image of many of its citizens. The Canadian aid programme falls short of comparable other programmes in terms of alleviating poverty and promoting development. In international trade and finance Canadian positions towards the developing countries are undistinguished. Current international circumstances require fresh initiatives towards the restoration of a healthy global economy. In the absence of leadership from traditional sources, middle powers in the North and the South may be the best hope. Canada could join with others also dependent upon a healthy world economy in developing new negotiating initiatives in trade, finance, and North-South relations.

Government industrial policy for a healthy world economy

The Japanese concept of “industrial policy” is the subject of this presentation. The central role of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in the formulation of industrial policy for Japan over the past 35 years is reviewed. Several strategic phases are identified: 1945–1952, reconstruction of the economy; 1952–1960, comparative advantage strategy in capital-intensive industries; 1960–1973, transition to an open economy; 1973 to present, positive support policy for promising industries, e.g., subsidies for high-tech sectors and adjustive policy for declining industries (e.g., disposing of excess capacity in the textile sector). The advantages of National industrial policies for the world economy are indicated.

Nationalism and Respectability: Normal and Abnormal Sexuality in the Nineteenth Century

The relationship between nationalism and respectability in Europe requires investigation to give us a better understanding of how nationalism has functioned in the historical process. Both modern nationalism and the ideal of respectability were responses to a new century in motion, to the age of the masses and industrialization; both had their origins in the eighteenth century, and matured together in the nineteenth. Yet while the history of nationalism has been well studied, the history of respectability has only recently begun to receive attention. Our purpose is to initiate an examination of this relationship - to stimulate thought and discussion. We seem to take for granted, however dimly, that nationalism and respectability have supported each other, while both have condemned the unconventional as threatening to the state and to society: normal and abnormal behaviour must be clearly defined and distinguished from one another in order to guarantee a happy and healthy world. And in the context of respectability, the normal and the abnormal have been viewed differently for men and for women. In our analysis of the links between nationalism and respectability, we will focus on the role of male sexuality. Moreover, we will draw our examples mainly from Germany, and to a lesser extent from England.