The document proposes the creation of a Consortium for Humanitarian Intervention to bring together multidisciplinary professionals and students to collaboratively address global health inequities and humanitarian crises. The Consortium would link various academic institutions, NGOs, and international partners to provide education, training, research programs, and clinical services. It would take an integrated approach and focus on small, outcomes-oriented projects. Initial partners discussed include universities, NGOs, and professional organizations from around the world. The document outlines the proposed mission, goals, governance structure, activities, and deliverables of the Consortium.
This presentation, given as part of a plenary symposium at the 8th World Congress on Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders gives an overview of how one area is trying to develop an approach to public mental health, finding frameworks and tools of use
A briefing for Public Health teams on a public mental health approach resilience, trauma and coping beyond the pandemic, and addressing the needs of communities and workplaces
This presentation, given as part of a plenary symposium at the 8th World Congress on Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders gives an overview of how one area is trying to develop an approach to public mental health, finding frameworks and tools of use
A briefing for Public Health teams on a public mental health approach resilience, trauma and coping beyond the pandemic, and addressing the needs of communities and workplaces
Foundational Learning in Social Determinants of Health for Health Professionals by Dr. Haydee Encarnacion Garcia. Presented at the Emerging Trends in Nursing Conference at Indiana Wesleyan University on June 1, 2017.
This is the February 2021 guidance produced by Directors of Public Health in England on how to exit the pandemic phase of SARS-CoV-2 and live with the virus circulating for some time. This document seeks to including epidemiological and behavioural and psychological insights into practical strategies for local Public Health Teams
An invited presentation to the The Compassion and Social Justice Lecture Series on Courageous Leadership in a Crisis
"This event explores the courage required when leading in a crisis and making important decisions without precedence. Given the global impact of COVID, leaders are being tested daily. Hear perspectives from two global leaders and learn from their courageous leadership during the historical HIV/AIDS crisis and the more current COVID pandemic."
Speakers:https://beholdvancouver.org/events/courageous-leadership-in-a-crisis
2016 association for community health improvement conference: summary of proc...Innovations2Solutions
The Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) held its annual national conference from March 1-3, 2016. The ACHI
is the premier national association for community health, community bene t and healthy communities’ professionals. This year’s conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland, and centered on discussion around the “From Health Care to Healthy Communities” idea.
The event brought together hundreds of community thought leaders, population health experts and community organizations, in sessions of collaborative engagement and learning. Presentations and interactive meetings introduced and critically discussed the latest tools and approaches to population and community health. This summary provides an overview of some of the key themes and takeaways that emerged from the conference.
An original community psychology model for creating community-wide change capacity through school-based psychological services. With a case study from an Ultra-Orthodox/Hassidic community
This is an invited presentation to the Local Government Association/Association of Directors of Public Health 2021 Conference as part of a session on Health Inequalities. It considers lenses and approaches to addressing health inequalities in future and suggests some priorities. It also raises questions about how useful the category of "enduring transmission" may be
Building Capacity to Improve Population Health using a Social Determinants of...Practical Playbook
The Practical Playbook
National Meeting 2016
www.practicalplaybook.org
Bringing Public Health and Primary Care Together: The Practical Playbook National Meeting was at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD, May 22 - 24, 2016. The meeting was a milestone event towards advancing robust collaborations that improve population health. Key stakeholders from across sectors – representing professional associations, community organizations, government agencies and academic institutions – and across the country came together at the National Meeting to help catalyze a national movement, accelerate collaborations by fostering skill development, and connect with like-minded individuals and organizations to facilitate the exchange of ideas to drive population health improvement.
The National Meeting was also a significant source of tools and resources to advance collaboration. These tools and resources are available below and include:
Session presentations and materials
Poster session content
Photos from the National Meeting
The conversation started at the National Meeting is continuing in a LinkedIn Group "Working Together for Population Health" and Twitter. Use #PPBMeeting to provide feedback on the National Meeting.
The Practical Playbook was developed by the de Beaumont Foundation, the Duke University School of Medicine Department of Community and Family Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA).
Health teaching strategies in nursing are methods that nurses use to educate patients and promote health literacy
Some common health teaching strategies in nursing include:
1. Lecture: giving a presentation and reciting information to patients.
2. Mid-lecture quizzing: asking questions throughout or at the end of the lecture to assess learning.
3. Simulations: using realistic scenarios and equipment to practice skills and procedures.
Delegation: assigning more responsibilities to support staff and focusing more on patient education.
4. Assessment: finding out what the patient already knows and correcting any misinformation.
Foundational Learning in Social Determinants of Health for Health Professionals by Dr. Haydee Encarnacion Garcia. Presented at the Emerging Trends in Nursing Conference at Indiana Wesleyan University on June 1, 2017.
This is the February 2021 guidance produced by Directors of Public Health in England on how to exit the pandemic phase of SARS-CoV-2 and live with the virus circulating for some time. This document seeks to including epidemiological and behavioural and psychological insights into practical strategies for local Public Health Teams
An invited presentation to the The Compassion and Social Justice Lecture Series on Courageous Leadership in a Crisis
"This event explores the courage required when leading in a crisis and making important decisions without precedence. Given the global impact of COVID, leaders are being tested daily. Hear perspectives from two global leaders and learn from their courageous leadership during the historical HIV/AIDS crisis and the more current COVID pandemic."
Speakers:https://beholdvancouver.org/events/courageous-leadership-in-a-crisis
2016 association for community health improvement conference: summary of proc...Innovations2Solutions
The Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) held its annual national conference from March 1-3, 2016. The ACHI
is the premier national association for community health, community bene t and healthy communities’ professionals. This year’s conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland, and centered on discussion around the “From Health Care to Healthy Communities” idea.
The event brought together hundreds of community thought leaders, population health experts and community organizations, in sessions of collaborative engagement and learning. Presentations and interactive meetings introduced and critically discussed the latest tools and approaches to population and community health. This summary provides an overview of some of the key themes and takeaways that emerged from the conference.
An original community psychology model for creating community-wide change capacity through school-based psychological services. With a case study from an Ultra-Orthodox/Hassidic community
This is an invited presentation to the Local Government Association/Association of Directors of Public Health 2021 Conference as part of a session on Health Inequalities. It considers lenses and approaches to addressing health inequalities in future and suggests some priorities. It also raises questions about how useful the category of "enduring transmission" may be
Building Capacity to Improve Population Health using a Social Determinants of...Practical Playbook
The Practical Playbook
National Meeting 2016
www.practicalplaybook.org
Bringing Public Health and Primary Care Together: The Practical Playbook National Meeting was at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD, May 22 - 24, 2016. The meeting was a milestone event towards advancing robust collaborations that improve population health. Key stakeholders from across sectors – representing professional associations, community organizations, government agencies and academic institutions – and across the country came together at the National Meeting to help catalyze a national movement, accelerate collaborations by fostering skill development, and connect with like-minded individuals and organizations to facilitate the exchange of ideas to drive population health improvement.
The National Meeting was also a significant source of tools and resources to advance collaboration. These tools and resources are available below and include:
Session presentations and materials
Poster session content
Photos from the National Meeting
The conversation started at the National Meeting is continuing in a LinkedIn Group "Working Together for Population Health" and Twitter. Use #PPBMeeting to provide feedback on the National Meeting.
The Practical Playbook was developed by the de Beaumont Foundation, the Duke University School of Medicine Department of Community and Family Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA).
Health teaching strategies in nursing are methods that nurses use to educate patients and promote health literacy
Some common health teaching strategies in nursing include:
1. Lecture: giving a presentation and reciting information to patients.
2. Mid-lecture quizzing: asking questions throughout or at the end of the lecture to assess learning.
3. Simulations: using realistic scenarios and equipment to practice skills and procedures.
Delegation: assigning more responsibilities to support staff and focusing more on patient education.
4. Assessment: finding out what the patient already knows and correcting any misinformation.
Community engagement is the collaboration between individuals fromLynellBull52
Community engagement is the collaboration between individuals from the community, hospitals, and stakeholder organizations to identify and address community health-related issues and promote well-being to achieve improved health impacts and outcomes. It engages the community to attain sustainable and long-term relationships, decision-making, implementation, or results. Community engagement is essential in nursing practice as it helps nurses understand the community they serve, including specific health issues affecting them, their root causes, and the resources and assets available to address these issues. The paper will discuss the most effective levels of engagement that nurses can provide to the community.
Levels of Engagement that Nurses can Provide the Community
There are five levels of engagement a nurse can provide the community, which include sharing information, consulting, collaborating, and empowering the community. The first level involves a two-way process involving nurses providing the community with health information, for instance, educating them on the health issues affecting the community and other new health resources and programs available for the community and how they can access them. Also, by sharing information, nurses can identify health issues affecting the community and other health needs for effective planning and intervention. The second level involves consultation and the community in health-related decisions and plans. In these levels, nurses seek and consider the views of the community members on the health services, policies, or programs that directly affect their health and well-being (Drake et al., 2022). The nurses consult and involve the community members to improve their access to available health programs and services and their relationship with the health providers. For instance, when conducting an immunization program, the targeted community members must be consulted and involved directly to create trust, which is essential for the program's success (WHO, 2020).
Another most effective level of engagement is collaboration. This level involves nurses collaborating with the community leaders, members, and other eternal partners such as charity organizations to raise resources and implement strategies to improve the community's health. Collaboration enables priority setting and decision-making based on the community members themselves. The last level of engagement is community empowerment achieved through the active participation of the individuals in the community at all the other levels. At this level, the community members gain power, self-esteem, and confidence to articulate their concerns to the nurses and ensure that appropriate actions are taken to address them. The nurses mobilize community assets, empowering the community to implement interventions and develop systems for self-governance and strategies to improve their health and well-being (WHO, 2020).
In conclusion, each successive level empower ...
Jails and PrisonsLooking inside total institutionsDefini.docxvrickens
Jails and Prisons
Looking inside total institutions
Definition of total institution
Canadian Erving Goffman coined this term
He wrote, “A total institution may be defined as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an enclosed formally administered round of life (Goffman, 1968: 11).
"Total institutions (such as prisons, boarding schools, psychiatric hospitals, concentration camps, etc. ) are distinctive and have much in common" (Goffman, 1968: 15) because, as Goffman points out, they depart from the basic social arrangements in modern western society "that the individual tends to sleep, play and work in different places with different co-participants, under different authorities and without an overall rational plan" (Goffman, 1968: 17).
Glimpses inside the total institution
It is very difficult to appreciate what life is like in jail or prison so I have selected a few videos, and stories for you
Please listen to Ismael Nazario who speaks about his experience in Rikers as a youth https://www.ted.com/talks/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail?language=en#t-671125
Also, please read a piece published by the Marshall project here https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/07/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prisoner
Finally, hear the story of Mr. Melendez who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Now exonerated, he has visited UTA and spoken about this experience. He paints a vivid picture of those 17 years here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6C7ZVhaHE
Why is working in prisons important for social workers?
Criminal justice system is marked by the confluence of race, class, gender, and inequality in the United States
Mass incarceration has been called one the most pressing social problems of our time (Mauer & Chesney-Lind, 2002)
The CJ system is fragmented
Over 50,000 different agencies responsible
Prisons account for the fastest growing segment of government employment (nearly 750,000 people in 2004)
Most people are imprisoned for non-violent crimes
Remember that Race, Class, Gender Matter
African American men disproportionately imprisoned
Women account for the fastest growing prison population
African American women: 571% increase in 20 years
Latinas: 131% increase in 20 years
Caucasian women: 75% increase in 20 years
More women are incarcerated per capita for drug crimes than men (about 34% of women and 19% of men)
60% of men and 40% of women unemployed at arrest, 1/3 earned less than 5000$ last year.
Privatization of prisons – total institutions and turning a profit for shareholders
Beck, A.J. (2000). Prisoners in 1999. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Guerino, P., Harrison, P.M., & Sabol, P.M. (2011). Prisoners in 2010. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Prisoners in 1999 available online here: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p99.pdf
Private prisons in Te ...
Jails and PrisonsLooking inside total institutionsDefini.docxdonnajames55
Jails and Prisons
Looking inside total institutions
Definition of total institution
Canadian Erving Goffman coined this term
He wrote, “A total institution may be defined as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an enclosed formally administered round of life (Goffman, 1968: 11).
"Total institutions (such as prisons, boarding schools, psychiatric hospitals, concentration camps, etc. ) are distinctive and have much in common" (Goffman, 1968: 15) because, as Goffman points out, they depart from the basic social arrangements in modern western society "that the individual tends to sleep, play and work in different places with different co-participants, under different authorities and without an overall rational plan" (Goffman, 1968: 17).
Glimpses inside the total institution
It is very difficult to appreciate what life is like in jail or prison so I have selected a few videos, and stories for you
Please listen to Ismael Nazario who speaks about his experience in Rikers as a youth https://www.ted.com/talks/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail?language=en#t-671125
Also, please read a piece published by the Marshall project here https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/07/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prisoner
Finally, hear the story of Mr. Melendez who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Now exonerated, he has visited UTA and spoken about this experience. He paints a vivid picture of those 17 years here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6C7ZVhaHE
Why is working in prisons important for social workers?
Criminal justice system is marked by the confluence of race, class, gender, and inequality in the United States
Mass incarceration has been called one the most pressing social problems of our time (Mauer & Chesney-Lind, 2002)
The CJ system is fragmented
Over 50,000 different agencies responsible
Prisons account for the fastest growing segment of government employment (nearly 750,000 people in 2004)
Most people are imprisoned for non-violent crimes
Remember that Race, Class, Gender Matter
African American men disproportionately imprisoned
Women account for the fastest growing prison population
African American women: 571% increase in 20 years
Latinas: 131% increase in 20 years
Caucasian women: 75% increase in 20 years
More women are incarcerated per capita for drug crimes than men (about 34% of women and 19% of men)
60% of men and 40% of women unemployed at arrest, 1/3 earned less than 5000$ last year.
Privatization of prisons – total institutions and turning a profit for shareholders
Beck, A.J. (2000). Prisoners in 1999. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Guerino, P., Harrison, P.M., & Sabol, P.M. (2011). Prisoners in 2010. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Prisoners in 1999 available online here: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p99.pdf
Private prisons in Te.
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.
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:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives/
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
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.
You can join our Facebook Group and interact with over 5200 likeminded individuals at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives/
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
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:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives/
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.
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 3900 likeminded individuals at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives/
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
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.
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
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.
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Introduction
Many have been interested in Tom Selleck health. not only because of his enduring presence on screen but also because of the challenges. and lifestyle choices he has faced and made over the years. This article delves into the various aspects of Tom Selleck health. exploring his fitness regimen, diet, mental health. and the challenges he has encountered as he ages. We'll look at how he maintains his well-being. the health issues he has faced, and his approach to ageing .
Early Life and Career
Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
Transition to Acting
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Consortium for Humanitarian Intervention: Model Description
1. Consortium for Humanitarian Intervention “…because we can do more together” Chris E. Stout, PsyD and Tiffany Masson, PsyD
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Context
This document is meant to serve as an introduction to this nascent concept and as a conversation starter. We offer it in the context of gaining your feedback, opinions and ideas.
Introduction
While much of the content herein has been deeply considered and thought-out, it is nevertheless open to others’ ideas, augmentation and editing in order to finally represent a synthetic document and plan to move forward.
We also wish to personally note our excitement in the potential of this Consortium, with the added benefit of being able to work with a collection of impressive individuals and remarkable institutions.
The Consortium will be the first such entity of its kind devoted to bringing together multidisciplinary professionals as well as students to work collaboratively in an integrated and sustainable fashion. It will represent a collaborative of medical schools, graduate schools, schools of public health and other institutions of higher learning with non-governmental organizations and in-country partners. Participants generally focus on the complex issues involved in community crises, healthcare inequities, humanitarian emergencies and/or relief situations. All activities will be grounded in science/evidence-based practice models and best practices in culturally diverse communities with public accountability and transparency.
Infrastructure Starter
Our working title for this entity is the Consortium for Humanitarian Intervention. The name was available for service-marking and the URL is likewise available at this time. Herein we will refer to the entity as the Consortium. We also have a site established at: http://consortiumforhumanitarianintervention.org
The Problem
Healthcare services, sciences, systems, education, and research all suffer from disconnections— globally and locally, biologically and behaviorally, in training and in practice, and health inequities are global in scale. However, it is the philosophy of the Consortium that the optimal way of successfully addressing these injustices is by multiple, small scale projects with a coordinated focus and outcome accountability.
The Solution
Until now, there has not been a truly integrated Consortium that is at once mindful of all the complex aspects of global health inequities while also focused on small, outcomes oriented projects that is agile, responsive, improvisational and empowering in academic, clinical, training, and research domains.
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The Mission
The Consortium will reach across disciplines and international borders to bring together partners to provide education, training and research programs that cross-cut with primary care, behavioral healthcare, and public healthcare services within a contest of social justice that addresses health inequalities. We seek to eschew the many disconnects between separation of body/mind, physical/mental, individual/community, and offer a synthetic model of integration. The causal role of behavior in health is too often ignored, resulting in vicious spirals of illness. We see ourselves as being members of a global community of hope, focusing on inherent strengths, and augmenting recovery and resilience.
The Goals
Advance the education and performance of local and international professionals and students in health-related fields to meet the challenges of health inequalities and humanitarian interventions;
Maintain a philosophy and approach as that of a collaborator and colleague;
Augment inherent strengths and resilience;
Improve preparedness for reacting to manmade and natural disasters and their aftermath;
Strengthen collaboration as well as the sharing of experience and knowledge among various stakeholders in global health inequities (primary care, behavioral healthcare, and public health);
Improve people's lives by decreasing premature death and disability with a special focus on the underserved, refugee and immigrant populations’ needs;
Provide clinical services;
Augment existing medical, psychological, and science education, research, and service capacity (including health education);
Build capacity of local communities to improve health and healthcare access;
Motivate the public and private sectors to drive consensus and action for the improvement of health globally and to influence relevant policy;
Fold in issues of behavioral health, violence, and prevention as public health concerns;
Integrate ALL the health sciences and services with policy and advocacy at both the governmental and non-governmental levels in order to create subsequent funding methods and sources, capacity building, and sustainable development.
Consortium Model
No preexisting program will need to alter its offerings, curricula, courses or syllabi. Instead, membership in the Consortium allows for easier and more rapid access to potential collaborators to partner on grants, research, publishing, international training experiences or service opportunities. The Consortium will be both a proverbial (albeit virtual) think-tank offering unfettered communication with fellow Consortium colleagues who otherwise may have been unknown without participation in the Consortium.
In academic settings, members could serve as content experts, collaborators, coauthors, guest lecturers, dissertation readers, or visiting scholars. In applied settings members could serve as consultants, content experts, mentors, or project partners. Membership or participation with the Consortium would not be restrictive in any way to a member’s activities; quite to the contrary, it should supplement, enhance and accelerate everyone’s work and reach.
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Building a Collective Knowledge Network and Use the Tools of Academia
The Consortium will work to build partnerships, create opportunities, and facilitate the open exchange of ideas, experience, and knowledge–not only between students and faculty in psychology, primary care medicine, behavioral healthcare, policy, and public health, but also between academic institutions, non governmental organizations, and government agencies, here and abroad. We then will use existing academic tools or develop new ones to meet those needs.
Linking Interdisciplinary Education Research and Practice
The forces that create and intensify global health threats will be complex and their roots will be biological, social, political, economic, environmental, ethical, and cultural in nature. Medicine must reach beyond the traditional definition of health and disease, and integrate the vast experience accumulated by practitioners in other fields; this will be one of the Consortium’s key strengths.
Systematically Measuring Performance and Outcomes to Improve Impact
The Consortium will use a variety of methods and perspectives to regularly assess and report progress towards achieving our goal of effective global health training and education. On-going evaluation will also help identify gaps and opportunities as well as improve our teaching, research, and practice methodologies and approaches.
Joining Forces to meet the Challenges of Global Health Inequities and Humanitarian Intervention
The Consortium will be developed by professionals with diverse backgrounds, extensive academic training, and many years of practical experience in local and international health issues. Possible programs would be developed in collaboration with other graduate schools and programs,
medical schools, and colleagues in Chicago, nationally, and abroad. Its planned
affiliations with world-renowned institutions offers unique opportunities in
providing care to ethnically, culturally, and socio-economically diverse populations
around the world.
Fragmentation and lack of information sharing among stakeholders in
health and humanitarian intervention around the world limits the development of adequate responses to global health challenges. These stakeholders include academic and business communities, health practitioners around the globe, national and international health agencies, policy makers, community advocates, funding sources, grassroots and humanitarian organizations, and governments.
The objective is to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, pool resources and integrate methodologies and perspectives from other disciplines, institutions, and countries. Here are a few partnering organizations that may compose the nascent Consortium:
Academic
International Psychology Program, The Chicago School (lead organization, confirmed)
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Center for Global Health (confirmed)
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health (in discussion)
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University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, International Center on Responses to Catastrophes
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute (in discussion)
Purdue School of Engineering’s “Dr. Chris Stout RISE Scholarship”
(Research, International study abroad, Service learning, Experiential
learning) (confirmed)
University of Denver International Disaster Psychology Program
Social Health Care Training and Treatment Program (Jordan) (confirmed)
Office of Global Affairs, Adler School (confirmed)
Loyola University
College of William and Mary
George Mason University (in discussion)
Drexel University
University of Missouri
International Trauma Studies Program, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Center for Health and HIV Intervention and Prevention @ UConn
Department of CBN and Anatomy, Loyola University Medical College
Global NGO
The United Nations
ATI MissionWorks (confirmed)
Flying Doctors of America (confirmed)
CURE Initiative, Nigeria (confirmed)
GEANCO (in discussion)
Project Cure (in discussion)
Common Bond Institute (confirmed)
Assoc. for Women’s Promotion and Endogenous Development, Democratic Republic of Congo (confirmed)
Global Dental Relief (in discussion)
Project Hope (in discussion)
Range of Motion Project (in discussion)
Service Research and Innovation Institute (in discussion)
Medicines Sans Frontiers
Kovler Center
A Leg To Stand On
Jamkhed (aka Comprehensive Rural Health Project –CRHP)
Institute for One World Health
Sustainable Sciences Institute
HARAMBEE
Center for Global Initiatives (lead partner organization, confirmed)
Professional
Division 52, International Psychology
Psychologists for Social Responsibility
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APA, Committee on International Relations in Psychology
National Arab- American Medical Association (NAAMA)
Syrian American Medical Society
ACCESS
British Arab Psychiatrists Association
World Council for Psychotherapy
European Association of Psychotherapy
Potential Deliverables
Lives saved
Lives improved
New funding streams and mechanisms
New innovations
Service to others via systems construction
Service to others via direct clinical services
Elective credits for students
Workshops with CMEs/CEs/CUs for licensed professionals
Optional international mission experiences
Lectures Series
Topical Film Series and Discussion
Journal Club
Digital Library
Fellowships
International Proficiency Development for US Based Students/Professionals
Healthcare and Systems Proficiency Development for International Students/
Professionals
Certification/Diploma
Internship/Post-Doc for graduate clinical psychology
White Papers/Position Papers
Peer Reviewed Publications
Books, book chapters
The Consortium’s Ethos
The Consortium’s Ethos will reflect the interdisciplinary nature of public health, primary care, and behavioral healthcare within a context of humanitarian intervention and social justice addressing global health inequities, and the realities of fieldwork as well as coursework. Components of this include:
Interdisciplinary. The Consortium will always be collaborative with more than two dozen representatives from various professional backgrounds and organizations.
Responsive to real needs. The Consortium will assess the needs of communities served by
international agencies and community-based organizations, and determine what competencies health providers need and which teaching methodologies will be most
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effective. Ongoing feedback from faculty, participants, and community-based organizations ensure the Consortium is achieving its goals and targeted outcomes.
Link theory and practice. The Consortium will focus on “training how” rather than “teaching what.” Faculty members will employ a highly participatory approach and addressing the experiences and needs of participants. They will link lessons closely to clinical fieldwork, collaborative global health research, and other fieldwork in which participants may be engaged.
Foster research. Through our collaboration with other academic, government, and community-
based partners in immigrant communities in the U.S and their countries of origin, we offer a
unique opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary multi-country comparative research, and all projects will be evaluated for outcome efficacy and impact.
Translate research into practice. We will incorporate the latest research on global health into our curriculum, so these findings can quickly be put into practice in communities both local and indigenous. Research findings will also help to develop strategies to improve response to global health challenges. Such findings will be published in peer reviewed journals, websites, white papers, and books. Data will be accessible to other researchers as well.
Flexible. The Consortium will work to be always adaptive to meet the needs of advanced degree students or practicing professionals as well as those they work with.
Training Model: International and Local
The model for providing services will generally be:
1) Early identification of and consensus on needs and deliverables;
2) Training and education of local practitioners as well as international practitioners for practice development, creation and expansion of training facilities and methods (including telehealth) for locally trained specialists;
3) Find and create alliances and collaboratives with locals, NGOs, government, schools/universities for collaboration and funding;
4) Gain mutual agreement as to curriculum, methods of instruction and concomitant needs along with budget to accomplish goals;
5) Determine teaching method(s) – web-based, local, clinic model, mentor, etc.;
6) Recruit faculty, supervisors, and mentors to design and execute curriculum;
7) Evaluate outcomes, course-correct as need be, leave, publish findings;
8) Consult afterwards, PRN.
Intervention Model: International and Local
The model for providing services will generally be:
1) Early identification of and consensus on needs and deliverables, and establish budget;
2) Find and create alliances and collaboratives with locals, NGOs, government, schools/universities for collaboration and funding;
3) Provide Treatment and Prevention Services (including medication, psychosocial,
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education, etc.);
4) Develop or augment healthcare delivery system including labs, drug supplies, training, surveillance, pubic health, behavioral health, primary care services;
5) Evaluate outcomes, course-correct as need be, leave, publish findings;
6) Consult afterwards, PRN.
Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement
We have drafted language for Memoranda of Understandings/Agreements to establish your participation in the Consortium. Should an institution have their own, we can look to use it instead. The Consortium at the very least would provide an easy to access virtual community of likeminded, albeit diverse individuals, the opportunity for open and direct information exchange and discussion of common issues and interests as well as opportunities for collaborations and sharing of resources. The Consortium members via an agreement such as the Memorandum would then have formalized these contacts via an articulation of mutual goals of the members and agreement to regularly communicate and consider the development of joint activities. Membership in the Consortium would provide a more public affirmation of this inter- association goodwill and collaborative opportunities. In general:
1. Purpose. By joining the Consortium, members agree to engage in the following activities relevant to the scientific and social needs of the countries in which Consortium members are working, which may include but is not limited to providing long-term education and training opportunities, developing and participating in joint research activities, seeking joint funding to support the Consortium’s objectives, and exchanging academic publications and scholarly information.
2. Duration of Membership Agreement. The membership agreement shall be in effect for a period of five (5) calendar years from the Effective Date of the Agreement. The Effective Date of the Agreement is the date of the last member’s entry into the Consortium. Upon conclusion of the initial five-year membership period, membership in the Consortium may be renewed upon written notice of intent signed by the parties.
3. Termination of Membership. Membership in the Consortium may be terminated upon 90 calendar day’s written notice to the Consortium. If the terminating party is engaged in any ongoing activities of the Consortium, the member and the Consortium will enter into a termination agreement to delineate the responsibilities of each party in terminating the relationship.
4. Consortium Management. Development and implementation of Consortium activities, and reporting regarding the progress of Consortium activities shall be jointly decided and carried out by the Consortium and representatives for each of its members.
5. Consortium Activities. Each specific activity undertaken on behalf of the Consortium and any individual member(s) shall be mutually discussed and agreed upon in a separate written agreement, signed by the parties prior to the start of such activity.
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6. Financial and Operational Responsibilities. Each member of the Consortium is fully responsible, both financially and operationally for the acts and omissions of its own employees who participate in Consortium activities.
7. Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the International Center for Dispute Resolution’s (ICDR) international arbitration rules. Arbitration rules in force at the time of the arbitration and judgment upon the award rendered pursuant to such arbitration may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
8. Governing Law. The Agreement shall be construed, interpreted, enforced and governed by and under the laws of the State of Illinois. Exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any actions arising out of, or relating to or in any way connected with this Agreement shall be in Cook County, Illinois.
We are happy to further discuss any of the terms described above, should you have any questions or concerns, as the terms are meant to serve as an overview of the purpose and function of the Consortium.
Grant Funded Symposium
To start things off, we envision a grant funded private meeting of members along with public presentations from the members as well. We are thinking of something TEDx-like that would be informational, inspirational and compelling. Afterward we plan to post select talks on YouTube and elsewhere, and publish the proceedings of the talks.