The document provides updates on various global health issues including:
1) The Ebola response in West Africa was criticized for coming too late, long after the worst of the epidemic had passed. New treatment facilities remain empty as cases decline.
2) Next-generation antiretrovirals could prove game-changing for HIV treatment due to lower costs and side effects, but expanding access significantly will require more collaboration and advocacy.
3) Rickettsial diseases like spotted and typhus fevers are underrecognized causes of treatable central nervous system infections across Southeast Asia. More attention is needed for these neglected infections.
Health passports: low-tech intervention to improve chronic disease care on short-term global medicine projects.
Presented at AAFP's 8th Annual Global Health Workshop
Consumer Health: Best Practices for Public LibrariesAshley D'Andrea
Workshop designed to introduce MLIS students to public library best practices when it comes to providing consumer health information reference and programming services.
Health passports: low-tech intervention to improve chronic disease care on short-term global medicine projects.
Presented at AAFP's 8th Annual Global Health Workshop
Consumer Health: Best Practices for Public LibrariesAshley D'Andrea
Workshop designed to introduce MLIS students to public library best practices when it comes to providing consumer health information reference and programming services.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Meharry Medical College Historic Multimillion-Dollar Endowment to Establish National Health Policy Center;
Vanderbilt University, a partner in groundbreaking program
Factors Affecting Healthcare Access for Older Immigrants: A Qualitative Study...CrimsonPublishersGGS
Factors Affecting Healthcare Access for Older Immigrants: A Qualitative Study with Service Users and Healthcare Social Workers in a Central Canadian City by Hai Luo in Geriatrics Studies Journal
Communicating for Success: Improving Health Outcomes for Transgender Peoplejayembee
This presentation provides an overview of action steps that healthcare providers can take to develop a more gender-affirming service environment and improve health outcomes for transgender persons living with HIV.
Global Medical Cures™ | Community Strategies for Preventing CHRONIC DISEASESGlobal Medical Cures™
Global Medical Cures™ | Community Strategies for Preventing CHRONIC DISEASES
DISCLAIMER-
Global Medical Cures™ does not offer any medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or recommendations. Only your healthcare provider/physician can offer you information and recommendations for you to decide about your healthcare choices.
Social Entrepreneur Tackling Health Problems Lkw Wayne
Health Problems in third world countries are on the rise as social Entrepreneurs and organizations such as Health Leads step out to help them out of the situation.
Representations Summoned up Around The Therapeutic Routes for The Treatment o...inventionjournals
The existence of health centres in the rural part of Côte d’Ivoire has not totally changed people's behaviour with regard to their frequenting. As a matter of fact, traditional medicine, which is the oldest one stands as the one that is really suitable for the health problems people encounter, specifically those of Ouaraniéné in the Poro region for the treatment of certain chronic diseases. Despite the risks incurred by these populations as for their choice of health attitudes and especially sometimes the impacts of the products offered by traditional medicine on their health, these populations Ouaraniéné continue to be treated by the latter. This study aims to analyze the social logics which govern the populations from this locality’s choice in their quest for care. Among other logics are the preservation of the fodonon culture, the conflicting perceptions between the stakeholders of both medicine as well as the perception of the etiology of chronic diseases sometimes attributed to evil spirits
Check out my new free guide: My Favorite Productivity Tools
Discover the many tools that others (and myself) are using to increase their productivity and effectiveness.
The Guide itself will increase your productivity by saving you time searching as I’ve already done the legwork for you!
I hope you find these of use, and let me know what tools you recommend as well!
Cheers,
Chris
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
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Chris
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Meharry Medical College Historic Multimillion-Dollar Endowment to Establish National Health Policy Center;
Vanderbilt University, a partner in groundbreaking program
Factors Affecting Healthcare Access for Older Immigrants: A Qualitative Study...CrimsonPublishersGGS
Factors Affecting Healthcare Access for Older Immigrants: A Qualitative Study with Service Users and Healthcare Social Workers in a Central Canadian City by Hai Luo in Geriatrics Studies Journal
Communicating for Success: Improving Health Outcomes for Transgender Peoplejayembee
This presentation provides an overview of action steps that healthcare providers can take to develop a more gender-affirming service environment and improve health outcomes for transgender persons living with HIV.
Global Medical Cures™ | Community Strategies for Preventing CHRONIC DISEASESGlobal Medical Cures™
Global Medical Cures™ | Community Strategies for Preventing CHRONIC DISEASES
DISCLAIMER-
Global Medical Cures™ does not offer any medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or recommendations. Only your healthcare provider/physician can offer you information and recommendations for you to decide about your healthcare choices.
Social Entrepreneur Tackling Health Problems Lkw Wayne
Health Problems in third world countries are on the rise as social Entrepreneurs and organizations such as Health Leads step out to help them out of the situation.
Representations Summoned up Around The Therapeutic Routes for The Treatment o...inventionjournals
The existence of health centres in the rural part of Côte d’Ivoire has not totally changed people's behaviour with regard to their frequenting. As a matter of fact, traditional medicine, which is the oldest one stands as the one that is really suitable for the health problems people encounter, specifically those of Ouaraniéné in the Poro region for the treatment of certain chronic diseases. Despite the risks incurred by these populations as for their choice of health attitudes and especially sometimes the impacts of the products offered by traditional medicine on their health, these populations Ouaraniéné continue to be treated by the latter. This study aims to analyze the social logics which govern the populations from this locality’s choice in their quest for care. Among other logics are the preservation of the fodonon culture, the conflicting perceptions between the stakeholders of both medicine as well as the perception of the etiology of chronic diseases sometimes attributed to evil spirits
Check out my new free guide: My Favorite Productivity Tools
Discover the many tools that others (and myself) are using to increase their productivity and effectiveness.
The Guide itself will increase your productivity by saving you time searching as I’ve already done the legwork for you!
I hope you find these of use, and let me know what tools you recommend as well!
Cheers,
Chris
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
The embedded links may not work in SlideShare, so please feel free to email me for a copy at DrChrisStout@gmail.com to be added to our email list.
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Any recommendations to improve this communique would be most appreciated!
And if you’d like to support the Center’s work with a tax deductible donation, that would be fantastic(!) and do a great deal: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/donateNow.cfm
Cheers, and thank you for your work,
Chris
This was an invited presentation in 2016 to the Residents in the International Psychology PhD Program. The embedded links may not work in SlideShare, so please feel free to email me for a copy at DrChrisStout@gmail.com and/or to be added to our email list.
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Cheers, and thank you for your work,
Chris
How to afford your private practice ways to fund starting up and how to keep ...Dr. Chris Stout
This piece will examine the costs and approaches to meeting the expenses that are involved in starting a private practice. Readers may be surprised in realizing what should be considered in calculating the cost of doing business when opening and running a private practice. Likewise, they may be surprised with the options available to them for paying off these expenses as well.
Learn more at http://DrChrisStout.com
PRESENTACIÓN DE NOVÁTICA 233 SOBRE INNOVACIÓN ABIERTA EN BARCELONA.
23 de noviembre de 2015
http://www.ati.es/spip.php?article2813
http://www.uoc.edu/portal/es/agenda/2015/agenda_488.html
Novel Communication Tools: Using Text4Baby & Just In Time Parenting to Meet the Needs of Parents WEBINAR
Location: https://learn.extension.org/events/1459
Presenters of this 2 hour webinar will highlight how parents today are less likely to attend traditional parenting programs, provide research showing that parents are increasingly seeking information online, through social media and mobile devices and promote the use of two FREE, effective and innovative resources that can meet the needs of parents with young children.
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Running head: CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND TREATMENT
CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND TREATMENT
Cultural Competency and Treatment of persons with mental illness
Alexis Lowe
Professor Patricia Coccoma
HUMN 6511- Treatment of Forensic Populations
June 16, 2019
Cultural Competency and Treatment of persons with mental illness
The culturally diverse forensic population that I chose to research is those who are mentally ill. This population is of particular interest to me because I have always wanted to work in agencies that do an intervention for members of this population and I have always felt that something should be done when I find helpless people on the streets who are mentally ill. Mentally ill persons can be described using characteristics which cut across the population but lean mostly to the side of those who have an extreme mental illness. Most of them experience financial distress, homelessness, lack of money to rent houses and dependence of social programs like social security. Others have violent behavior and remain dependent on mental services for a long time (Naylor et al., 2016). The mentally ill often commit small crimes and because of their health situation, they find themselves in difficult situations. According to Rickwood, 2006, mentally ill persons going through corrections procedures often suffer more psychological problems and this limits their chances of recovery.
The Unique Characteristics of Mentally Ill Patients
Rickwood explores the representation of the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. According to Rickwood, the mentally ill are over three times more represented in the criminal justice compared to the ordinary community and this is something of concern. In certain cultures, more persons who have a mental illness live in correction facilities compared to others. However, incarceration is seen to be a major cause of mental health problems due to some of the corrective measures that are employed. Depression among Hispanics is noted to be highest at slightly over 10%, followed by African Americans than Whites (Corin, 2017) Depression cuts across all age groups and genders in the recent past. According to Rickwood there is need to ensure that specialized and professional mental health services are provided in correctional facilities to ensure that the correction process does not negatively impact the victims. pre-release preparation and post-release follow-up are key areas that need a proper overhaul to ensure that the number of cases of relapse is reduced accordingly. Proper understanding of the cultural background of a patient is a major consideration in choosing treatment procedures and it ensures that the health service provider is cult rally aware of the implications of certain choices on certain groups of people. Cultural considerations affect beliefs about sickness, pain and where.
This webinar discussed how to educate Nurse Practitioners who have completed Community Health Center. Inc’s NP Residency or NPs who have significant experience as a Primary Care Provider on the integration of specialty care for key populations, including:
• HIV care
• Hepatitis C management
• Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use and other substance use disorders
• Sexually transmitted disease (STI) screening and management
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) health, including hormone replacement therapy and gender affirming care.
Panelists:
• Charise Corsino, MA, Program Director, Nurse Practitioner Residency Programs, Community Health Center, Inc.
• Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH, AAHIVS, Medical Director, Center for Key Populations, Community Health Center, Inc.
• Jeannie McIntosh, APRN, FNP-C, AAHIVS, Family Nurse Practitioner, Center for Key Populations, Community Health Center, Inc.
Review of the research, literature and expert advice on reducing discrimination and enhancing social inclusion in mental health / illness. Written by Neasa Martin, funded by Queensland Alliance, Australia 2009
Corinne H. Rieder, Executive Director & Treasurer, John A. Hartford Foundation
The National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NADD)
http://naddssw.org/
SOCW 6520 WK 5 responses Respond to the blog post of three.docxrronald3
SOCW 6520 WK 5 responses
Respond
to the blog post of three colleagues Has to be responded to separately and different responses in one or more of the following ways:
Name first and references after every person
Respond
to the blog post of three colleagues in one or more of the following ways:
Make a suggestion to your colleague’s post.
Expand on your colleague’s posting.
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Infinity Hospice follows the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). The NHPCO offers professionals in hospice care a ‘Guide to Organizational Ethics in Hospice Care as a resource to hospice programs and professionals” (NHPCO, 2016). The organization’s core policies are driven by their values and mission statement. Infinity Hospice priority is to enhance their patient’s quality of life and help them live in dignity and comfort. They offer ‘dependability’ to the patient and to their loved one during their time of need for 24/7 care. Infinity Hospice Care’s mission is to bring comfort and value to our community. Our core values guide our team in providing the best family hospice and palliative care possible. If you and your family find balance with our mission and core values, we encourage you to speak to us.
The organizations second core policy is having a trusting team of experts. They have an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, counselors, and volunteers who work together to support each patient and their family. To accomplish this, Infinity Hospice provides the following hospice home services:
Medical care
Pain management needs
Spiritual counseling
Bereavement and grief counseling
Medical supplies and durable equipment
Every two weeks, all professionals from each discipline meet to discuss cases to find solutions for the challenges to the patients care. The third policy is ‘a strong desire to make a difference in the lives of others.’ This organization understands that at times caring for an individual and providing a supportive system to their family will mean going above and beyond care standards to deliver excellence. Infinity Hospice policy is committed to making the patient’s life better through the following actions:
Assess each patient’s pain and comfort during each in house hospice visit
Attentively listen and take action on family needs
Continually search for creative ways to enhance your loved one’s quality of life
Nurture the desire to make a difference in our team’s lives by supporting a healthy work/life balance
Unavoidably in healthcare there are policy implication and barriers that arise in care. Infinity is driven to enrich the lives of those who are at the end-of-life. However, barriers to Medicaid, Medicare and in the state of Nevada, Culinary Health insurance all have their own policies in which patient eligibility often factors into their quality of life. Social workers could greatly improve the effectiveness of policy and service efforts designed.
Means and Methods of Humanitarian InterventionDr. Chris Stout
It has long been the ethos, if not the ethic, of psychology to work via its various iterations and specialties to the betterment of individuals, groups and areas. Professional service is an important aspect of a psychologist’s identity. It is one of the “big three” (teaching, research, service) that are integral to the activities of colleagues, and is emphasized as a core value in founding documents such as the American Psychological Association’s mission (“to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives”), vision (e.g., “…a global partner… to facilitate the resolution of personal, societal and global challenges in diverse, multicultural and international contexts”), and ethical standards (e.g., for “Justice,” “Respect for People’s Rights and Dignities,” and “giving psychology away/pro bono”).
This presentation will demonstrate how to translate service into concrete international action. Beginning with examples of specific international service needs and opportunities, at home and abroad, the presentation will highlight people, programs, and places where the vibrant potential for global service is very real and present. For current and future psychologists as well as colleagues in different areas interested in “making a difference in the world,” this talk offers a very pragmatic how-to in developing skills, identifying partners, and managing the logistics and practicalities of international service within a psychology career.
Methods of Humanitarian Intervention - APA 2019Dr. Chris Stout
Narrative version with reference links is available on LinkedIn at: “State of Philanthropy: Finding Hope Among the 'Disaster' of Humanitarian Aid” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/state-philanthropy-finding-hope-among-disaster-aid-dr-chris-stout/
Science, Technology and Ethics: Hacking Darwin with Jamie Metzl, PhDDr. Chris Stout
Could this be the most important book of our generation?
Jamie Metzl, PhD, JD, and polymath extraordinaire, writes “From this point onward, our species will take active control of our evolutionary process by genetically altering our future offspring into something different from what we are today. We are, in other words, beginning a process of hacking Darwin.” This is a quote from his latest book, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity.
Technologies, Organizations and Tools for Global Psychologists in Humanitaria...Dr. Chris Stout
Dr. Chris Stout will provide tools and discuss models that psychologists and other disciplines have used in global humanitarian work. The use of psychological principles in policy development and sustainability along with interventionism will also be discussed. He will share real-world stories from innovative non-profits that will open new perspectives, ideas and approaches for attendees to learn from and adapt to their interests and work.
Dr. Chris Stout is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Founding Director of the Center for Global Initiatives, a Top Ranked Healthcare Nonprofit. He is a former faculty member at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine and is currently an Advisory Board Member at the Center for Global Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Medicine. He served as a NGO Special Representative to the United Nations via Division 9 of the APA, was a Federal Advocacy Coordinator for APA for 12 years, was co-chair of CIRP, is past-President of the Illinois Psychological Association, Fellow in three Divisions of APA and is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. He was a World Economic Forum Global Leader of Tomorrow and invited faculty at their Annual Meeting in Davos. He published the award–winning three volume set, The New Humanitarians, in addition to over 35 other books, having been translated into 8 languages. He has been interviewed on CNBC, Oprah, and by the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and others. He’s received numerous humanitarian awards, including APA’s International Humanitarian Award and four honorary doctorates.
Technologies, Organizations and Tools for Global Psychologists in Humanitaria...Dr. Chris Stout
You’re Invited:
I am proud to announce that I have been invited by APA’s Division 52 – International Psychology to do a Continuing Education Webinar entitled: “Technologies, Organizations and Tools for Global Psychologists in Humanitarian Intervention,” moderated by Falu Rami, Ph.D. and hosted by Karen Brown, Ph.D. on May 21, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT, 11:00 PM CDT, 9:00 AM PDT.
I hope you can join! - Chris
Invited Midwestern Psychological Association Presentation - 2019Dr. Chris Stout
The mission of the Center for Global Initiatives is to help in the creation of self-sustaining programs that improve access to healthcare in underserved communities throughout the world.
Learn more at: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/ and http://www.drchrisstout.com/
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
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Chris
Founding Director, http://CenterForGlobalInitiatives.org
Becoming a New Humanitarian: Examples and Tools Dr. Chris Stout
The mission of the Center for Global Initiatives is to help in the creation of self-sustaining programs that improve access to healthcare in underserved communities throughout the world.
Learn more at: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/ and http://www.drchrisstout.com/
Presented at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit, Chicago 2017 #PAChicago
https://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/predictive-analytics-innovation-summit-chicago-2017/speakers
This presentation centers on currently published findings focused on the use of predictive analytics in healthcare venues of sports medicine and orthopedic rehabilitative settings. Aspects of data access via national patient registries as well as nascent applications of machine learning will also be covered. An example of one approach of incorporating a model of assessment, evidence-based practice, treatment augmentation, and resultant outcome evaluation will be provided as well.
Please be in touch
http://DrChrisStout.com
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
The embedded links may not work in SlideShare, so please feel free to email me for a copy at DrChrisStout@gmail.com to be added to our email list.
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Cheers, and thank you for your work,
Chris
Founding Director, http://CenterForGlobalInitiatives.org
Setting Goals by Sarah Buerger & Dr Chris StoutDr. Chris Stout
There are lots of planners, systems, seminars, and books to help achieve goals, get organized, and plan. But Meaningful Productivity is the first comprehensive approach for one’s LIFE – not just work or home. It is based on an integrative philosophy of living that has evolved and been acid-tested in the real world by its originator. It is designed to be specifically tailored to your needs, goals, and ambitions.
Meaningful Productivity is designed to be simple and unencumbered. It is basically a hybrid of a scheduling system/planner with a to-do list. Its simplicity is its power. It is my goal to get Meaningful Productivity out to the masses, via amazon so it is as affordable as it is easy to use. I am not too concerned with my copyright, other than you recognize my authorship and perhaps may wish to use my consultative services or purchase other materials, via DrChrisStout.com.
My focus is on life significance. This significance is defined via achievement with satisfaction. Significance wins out over success. Meaning and individualized importance are drivers. Sure, sometimes these result in outward reward of status, celebrity, or wealth, but these are side-effects, not ends. This philosophy is best stated in one of my mottos: “Do important things.”
I feel the accomplished life is ongoing, not an endpoint. Accomplishment should occur across the life span. Life thus needs a design. Certainly randomness has its place, and entropy can make for an enjoyable calamity, but a life left to be “designed” by chance is too much at risk of being wasted.
Some choose to simplify their lives. And this has become quite popular as of late. I support this philosophy with clarification: to simplify is to be unencumbered from the unnecessary, not to sacrifice needs and self-defined reasonable wants.
It is my philosophy to support high-achievement over over-achievement. Over-achievers tend to be more driven by obtaining external trappings resultant from achievement rather than inherent drive by the work itself. These are the individuals who risk burn out they are those who feel heavy work involvement is expected by a superior (not the result of an “internal” motivation); or feel a need to perform for others; or feel pride in external/material attainment over intrinsic satisfaction in the work itself; and then they reach a point in mid- to late-career that results in the “is this all there is?” phenomenon.
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
The embedded links may not work in SlideShare, so please feel free to email me for a copy at DrChrisStout@gmail.com to be added to our email list.
You can join our Facebook Group and interact with over 5200 likeminded individuals at:
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Any recommendations to improve this communique would be most appreciated!
And if you’d like to support the Center’s work with a tax deductible donation, that would be fantastic(!) and do a great deal: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/donateNow.cfm
Cheers, and thank you for your work,
Chris
Founding Director, http://CenterForGlobalInitiatives.org
Books inspire and create. They can provide pleasure or provocation—either can make you better. Every few months (or so, I’m a slow reader) you can see what I’m recommending for you in order to live A Life in Full.
To learn more and subscribe to our Quarterly eMagazine, please visit http://ALifeInFull.org
Cheers, and always happy to help…
Chris
http://ALifeInFulll.org
Global Health Film Club
The Film Club provides unique venue to view a film as a group and then follow with conversation and methods to address the issues. The film serves as vehicle to learn about a specific humanitarian issue.
Some of you may be familiar with the concept behind “The 100 Ton Club.” It’s basically lifting 100 tons, yes, 200,000 pounds, in a day’s time.
If you know some of my background, you may know that I like to take on various (odd) physical challenges—running marathons and ultras, racing cycling criteriums, summer biathlons, cross-country ski races, Warrior Dashes and other obstacle races, diving the Blue Hole, the Great Barrier Reef, and with sharks, climbing 3 of the World’s Seven Summits, etc. You may not know that I grew up poor, obese (particularly a bummer when you consider my last name), had orthopedic issues, etcetera—woe was me.
You also likely know that I run a non-profit Center for Global Initiatives and often pair some physical challenge as a fundraiser for our work in Tanzania.
So, by my 58th birthday (8 May) I hope to join-the-Club and lift 100 tons, but as somewhat of making this an endurance challenge as well, I hope to do it in 3 hours.
Gulp…
If you’d like to support this crazy challenge for our friends in Tanzania, please do: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/donateNow.cfm
Or, if you’re so inclined, you may want to take on your own challenge (maybe this one too?) and support the Center’s work.
Thanks for any help you can lend…!
Chris
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
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Any recommendations to improve this communique would be most appreciated!
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Cheers, and thank you for your work,
Chris
Founding Director, http://CenterForGlobalInitiatives.org
The emerging healthcare environment requires expanded patient access while delivering optimal outcomes and cost. As healthcare moves form a fee for service model to alternative delivery and payment models, there are opportunities for physical therapy to revolutionize the delivery of musculoskeletal medicine. Physical therapists are uniquely qualified to spearhead musculoskeletal care through direct access with the potential to improve patient satisfaction and outcomes while limiting unneeded medical care. While this model has been described in the military, there are few descriptions of this PT First approach in the private payer arena. This session will provide the attendee with a multifaceted perspective on the impact of physical therapy in emerging, collaborative healthcare models. Approaches to payers and employers with the business implications will be presented that influence these new models. Key strategies to implement a scalable, best practice model will be discussed including the logistical challenges and corollary solutions in the private arena. We will discus our experience implementing novel delivery models for management of neck, back, shoulder and knee pain. The session will deliver practical solutions to the challenges of implementing, assessing, and adapting a theoretical construct to a working viable program. Finally, the session will discuss how the use of a a large Patient Outcomes Registry and analysis of “big data” can drive best practice and inform development of the program.
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
Pulmonary Thromboembolism - etilogy, types, medical- Surgical and nursing man...VarunMahajani
Disruption of blood supply to lung alveoli due to blockage of one or more pulmonary blood vessels is called as Pulmonary thromboembolism. In this presentation we will discuss its causes, types and its management in depth.
Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility...Sujoy Dasgupta
Dr Sujoy Dasgupta presented the study on "Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility? – The unexplored stories of non-consummation" in the 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2024) at Manila on 24 May, 2024.
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
micro teaching on communication m.sc nursing.pdfAnurag Sharma
Microteaching is a unique model of practice teaching. It is a viable instrument for the. desired change in the teaching behavior or the behavior potential which, in specified types of real. classroom situations, tends to facilitate the achievement of specified types of objectives.
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
New Drug Discovery and Development .....NEHA GUPTA
The "New Drug Discovery and Development" process involves the identification, design, testing, and manufacturing of novel pharmaceutical compounds with the aim of introducing new and improved treatments for various medical conditions. This comprehensive endeavor encompasses various stages, including target identification, preclinical studies, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and post-market surveillance. It involves multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists, researchers, clinicians, regulatory experts, and pharmaceutical companies to bring innovative therapies to market and address unmet medical needs.
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
NVBDCP.pptx Nation vector borne disease control programSapna Thakur
NVBDCP was launched in 2003-2004 . Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, and malaria.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE.pdfAnujkumaranit
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
Knee anatomy and clinical tests 2024.pdfvimalpl1234
This includes all relevant anatomy and clinical tests compiled from standard textbooks, Campbell,netter etc..It is comprehensive and best suited for orthopaedicians and orthopaedic residents.
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Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of our growing newsletter!
Volume 2, Number 2
_____News, Tools, Reports and Shout-Outs______
Tanzania concerns and help needed
I received a message of concern from our longtime
partner in Tanzania (see:
http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/projects_Tanzania
.cfm) noting that they have had an unexpected influx
of 70 additional children to our school there due to
other regional schools having closed.
Making things worse is that their health and nutrition
is degraded and our team is additionally working to
feed them during their time at school, otherwise many
receive no additional nutrition (you may recall the two
hospitals we work with their constantly treat marasmus and other nutritional/starvation related
illnesses).
We’ve not budgeted for this additional surge of need and we’re scrambling to get additional funds for
food. If you can help, please do at: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/donateNow.cfm Thanks!
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In case you haven’t
yet heard about (or
even better,
watched) Dr. Greg
Martin’s Global
Health channel, you
have to check him
out. He posts
fantastic videos
about epidemiology,
global health ethics, getting a job in global health and much more...
Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/user/drgregmartin/featured
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Banana Land: blood, bullets & poison
FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION:
http://www.bananalandmovie.org
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015
SPHPI Auditorium, 1603 W. Taylor Street, Chicago
Film excerpt: 4:00-4:45pm
Panel and Q&A: 4:45–5:45pm
“For consumers, bananas are a delicious and nutritious start to to
the day, a healthy snack and a fixture in our fruit bowls. For
millions of residents in the banana lands, the production of
bananas means social upheaval, violence and pesticide poisoning.
Banana Land explores the origins of these disparate realities, and
opens the conversation on how workers, producers and consumers
can address this disconnect.”
Panelists:
Christopher Boyer, PhD - Professor of Latin American and
Latino Studies and Professor and Chair of Department of
History, UIC
Jason Glaser - Producer, Banana Land
Co-Founder and CEO, La Isla Foundation
Diego Lopez - Director, Banana Land
Sponsored by:
Global Health Program, School of Public Health
Department of Criminology, Law and Justice
Department of Anthropology
Center for Global Health, College of Medicine
Food Chain Workers Alliance
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On January 4, 1965, in his
State of the Union address,
President Johnson announced,
“I will seek new ways to use
our knowledge to help deal
with the explosion in world
population and the growing
scarcity in world resources.”
Under this mandate, the U.S.
Agency for International
Development (USAID) began
its population and family
planning program. In the 50
years of assistance, USAID’s
program has focused on
enabling women and couples to make informed, voluntary decisions about whether to have children
and, for those who would like children, when and how many to have.
Expanding access to voluntary family planning information and services has created a positive ripple
effect with profound health, economic and social benefits for families and communities. When an
individual or a couple can choose the timing and spacing of their children, they are better equipped to
provide for their family's well-being and invest more of their scarce resources in the health and
education of their children. Enabling women and girls to avoid early pregnancy allows many to attend
school longer, and women with fewer children are more able to seek employment, increasing
household income and assets. We also know that through healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies,
family planning could reduce maternal deaths by 30 percent and child deaths by 28 percent globally.
As the largest bilateral donor for family planning assistance, USAID has played a crucial role in
increasing access to modern contraception for women and families across the globe. Use of modern
contraception by married women of reproductive age in the developing world (excluding China) rose
from less than 10 percent in 1965 to 46 percent today. Over the next year, USAID will highlight
various aspects of our 50 years working to enable women and men to choose the number, timing, and
spacing of their children.
Learn more:
Read President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 State of the Union address.
Read the USAID report “50 years in Global Health” to learn more about the history of their
work in family planning.
View the USAID family planning timeline.
Learn more about their current family planning programs.
Stay connected to @USAIDGH on Twitter for updates on USAID’s celebration of 50 years of
work in family planning.
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Call for Applications, Global
Good Fund Fellowship, 5th class
of social entrepreneurs
Fellowship Program Fellowship
Program The Global Good Fund
Fellowship is a 15-month program
supporting the leadership
development...
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Call for Applications/Nominations, Skoll Scholarship for incoming MBA students at the University
of Oxford's Said Business School
Download the Skoll Scholarship
Introductory Brochure:
http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/ideas-
impact/skoll/skoll-scholarship
Call for Applications, Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to empower the
next generation of African
Entrepreneurs'
Learn more:
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2016 DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND STUDENT AWARDS
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Deadline: June 1, 2015
APA’s Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) seeks nominations for its Distinguished Professional
Contributions awards. All nominees must have excellent overall personal and professional reputations.
Nominees should not have received disciplinary action from a state board of examiners in psychology
and must have no history of ethical violations at the state or national level.
Winners receive an honorarium of $1,000; the opportunity to present an invited address at APA’s
2016 Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado August 4-7, 2016; a waiver of 2016 convention
registration fees; and
reimbursement of up to
$1,500 in expenses related to
attendance at the 2016
convention.
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For each award, nominators should provide a detailed narrative statement of no more than 300 words
on the nature of the contributions and focus of the nomination and an up-to-date resume and
bibliography. Endorsements from other individuals or groups are encouraged. Also, nominators of
award winners will be responsible for preparing a 100-word award citation.
Note: Additional requirements for APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in
Professional Psychology
Please send nomination materials for all categories to Sheila Kerr at the APA address. You may also
reach her by phone at (202) 336-5878 or email at skerr@apa.org.
The APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research is given to a
psychologist whose research has led to important discoveries or developments in the field of applied
psychology. To be eligible, this research should have led to innovative applications in an area of
psychological practice, including but not limited to assessment, consultation, instruction, or
intervention (either direct or indirect). Research involving the original development of procedures,
methodologies, or technical skills that significantly improve the application of psychological
knowledge and provide direct and immediate solutions to practical problem areas will be considered,
as will research that has informed psychologists on how better to observe, define, predict, or control
behavior. Original integration of existing theories or knowledge is also eligible for consideration.
For additional information please visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/applied-research.aspx
The APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice. The award
is intended to recognize outstanding independent practitioners in psychology. Nominations will be
considered for psychologists working in any area of clinical specialization, health services provision, or
consulting, and services provided to any patient population or professional clientele in an
independent setting. Services provided to diverse client groups or patient populations, including but
not limited to children/adolescents/adults/older adults; urban/rural/frontier populations; minority
populations; and persons with serious mental illness will be considered. Contributions may be judged
distinguished by virtue of peer recognition, advancement of the public’s recognition of psychology as a
profession, relevant professional association honors, or other meritorious accomplishments denoting
excellence as a practitioner including advancement of the profession.
For additional information please visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/private-sector.aspx
The APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice. The award
is intended to recognize outstanding practitioners in psychology. Nominations will be considered for
psychologists working in a wide variety of institutional practice settings (e.g. schools, military, state
hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs, etc.). Services provided to diverse client groups or patient
populations, including but not limited to children/adolescents/adults/older adults;
urban/rural/frontier populations; minority populations; and, persons with serious mental illness will
be considered. Contributions may be judged distinguished by virtue of peer recognition, advancement
of the public’s recognition of psychology as a profession, relevant professional association honors, or
other meritorious accomplishments denoting excellence as a practitioner including improvement of
institutional service delivery systems or development of psychologically informed public policy.
For additional information please visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/institutional-practice.aspx
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APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology is awarded on
an annual basis by BPA and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)
to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding practice and application of psychology. A
qualified candidate must demonstrate exemplary performance in working with an underserved
population in an applied setting or have developed an innovative method for delivering health services
to an underserved population. Nominees may have received their doctoral degree at the time of
nomination provided that accomplishments for the award were achieved while a graduate student.
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply from all psychology sub-specialties (e.g., clinical,
counseling, organization, school, health) and can be self-nominated or nominated by an APA member.
However, all self-nominations must be endorsed by an APA member who serves the function of a
nominator.
Each applicant must submit a summary of no more than 1,000 words regarding their work with an
underserved population that must include a description of the student’s work with this population,
the status of the underserved population and number served, nature of psychological services/work
done and its impact on addressing the needs of the identified population. In addition, nominees are
expected to identify why the group they have worked with is considered underserved. Applicants must
also submit a curriculum vitae, a letter of support from a member of APA and, in the instance of a self-
nomination, verification that the endorser will serve the role and complete the functions of a
nominator.
For additional information, including details regarding nomination material please
visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/grad-profpsyc.aspx
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UNHCR - PSFR Regional Digital Officer – Thailand Opening
The Regional Digital Officer will be responsible for supporting the growth....
Learn more at: https://www.unhcr.or.th/jobs/PSFR_Regional_Digital_Officer
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SAVE THE DATE
APRIL 8, 2015
Global Health Symposium 2015:
Advancing Health in an Interconnected
World
Keynote: Dr. Keith Martin, executive
director of the Consortium of
Universities for Global Health
The Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosts the 11th
annual Global Health Symposium. UW-Madison faculty, staff and students will present
information about recent global health activities that impact Wisconsin and the world in
a series of oral presentations and a poster session. A networking reception will follow.
4:30-9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
First Floor, Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin
To learn more, visit the GHI website or contact Teaona Hasbrouck
atthasbrouck@wisc.edu or 608-265-9299.
UW-Madison faculty, staff and students who are interested in showcasing their work in
an oral presentation or poster session also are invited to submit an abstract for
consideration. For more information, contact Betsy Teigland at teigland@wisc.edu or
608-262-3862.
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_____Ebola, Infectious Disease, and More…_____
Aggregated News Reports from:
EBOLA
Too Little, Too Late
Last September—eight months into the Ebola epidemic—Barack Obama launched a $750 million
initiative to coordinate and strengthen international aid efforts, which had come under intense
criticism from disaster response and global health experts.
In a photo essay that includes images of newly built and empty Ebola treatment facilities, Politico
reports that Operation United Assistance came too late, long after the worst of the epidemic had
passed. Politico
Related: An Empty, Underused Medical Outpost Could Be the Future of the Ebola Fight – Foreign
Policy
Related: Weekly Ebola cases below 100, WHO says endgame begins – Reuters
Related: Do Ebola educators make a difference? – The Guardian
HIV/AIDS
Game-Changing ARVs
To meet the staggering need for better treatment for the 35 million people living with HIV, next-
generation antiretrovirals (ARVs)—particularly dolutegravir—could prove critical, argue Matthew
Barnhart and James D. Shelton in a Global Health Science and Practice editorial.
Why? They cost far less to manufacture, bring fewer side effects, and have a lower risk of resistance.
Still, introducing new ARVs in specific combinations optimized for the needs of low- and middle-
income countries will take greater private-public collaboration and strong advocacy from the global
health community. Currently, 13.6 million receive ARVs; achieving expanded 2013 WHO treatment
guidelines would require expanding that to twice the current number—at a time when support seems
to have plateaued. Global Health Science and Practice (Editorial)
Related: Some Obamacare insurers discriminate against AIDS patients: study – Reuters
Related: Asia needs more cash, campaigns, law changes to end HIV epidemic: U.N. – Reuters
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Related: Prevention of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission in Burkina Faso: evaluation of vertical
transmission by PCR, molecular characterization of subtypes and determination of antiretroviral drugs
resistance – Global Health Action
BACTERIAL DISEASES
Spotlight on Spotted Fever
Rickettsioses—such as spotted and typhus fevers—are important causes of central nervous system (CNS)
infections in Southeast Asia, according to new research in Lancet Global Health.
This commentary discusses the 8-year study involving 1,112 patients with CNS infections admitted to
a hospital in Laos, describing it as a “great contribution.”
Treatable but severe bacterial diseases transmitted by fleas, lice, mites, and ticks remain
underestimated, according to the authors: “These severely neglected infections represent a potentially
large proportion of treatable CNS disease burden across vast endemic areas and need more attention.”
The Lancet Global Health
SOCIOECONOMICS
The Disease of Poverty
The recent discovery of a new class of antibiotics raises questions about economic and social issues as
much it raises hopes of a potential breakthrough in the fight against dangerously antibiotic-resistant
organisms.
Two medical students at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine assert in a PLOS Blogs
opinion piece that "infectious diseases are diseases of poverty" that disproportionally affect poor and
marginalized groups. They argue that development of a new antibiotic is less important in preventing
infectious diseases than committing resources to alleviate poverty.
"It is easier to rally behind a “miracle” technology," the authors write, "than it is to rally behind a
restructuring of society that prevents multi-drug resistant diseases in the first place." PLOS Blogs
PERTUSSIS
History’s Lesson for Anti-Vaxxers
The recent resurgence of whooping cough in Michigan compelled reporter Sue Thoms to step back
into the 1930s, when 2 women rallied support from the local community and first lady Eleanor
Roosevelt to create a live-changing vaccine.
The disease was killing almost 6,000 American children a year when scientists Pearl Kendrick and
Grace Eldering began their research, working on their own time with a tiny budget.
When their vaccine was distributed across the US, the incidence of whooping cough plummeted. In
1934, there were 209 cases per 100,000 people. The rate dropped to 51 in 1948 and fewer than 10 per
100,000 after 1960—figures for today’s anti-vaccine movement to consider. MLive
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MEASLES
The Return of Measles
The reappearance of a disease long under control through vaccination is bad news. When that disease
is measles, it's worse news, suggests an informative piece in The Atlantic on measles’ US comeback.
Thanks to the success of the vaccine, a large segment of the population has never thought of measles
as a serious health threat. The reality is far different for an illness that kills 400 people each day.
Its hardy virus makes measles one of the most infectious of all diseases.
"It's not a mild illness like mumps or even chickenpox…this is a much more severe sort of illness,"
explains Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine.
The Atlantic
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