TRENDS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-251
Keyword(s):  
American Medical Association ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Board Of Trustees ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Constructive Thinking ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
Practical Politics ◽  
Compulsory Health Insurance

LAST week President Truman announced the creation of a Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation that he said would "make a searching inquiry into the facts and give us the benefit of objective and constructive thinking on these problems which are of vital concern to every American." This newspaper in editorial comment last Sunday welcomed the President's move, saying that the new commission "should be a forward step toward breaking the deadlock that has existed on constructive action for a positive health program." The editorial added: "The ability, stature and reputation of the new commission, which is to be headed by Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, insure the professional knowledge and maturity of judgment that will be needed to make workable recommendations for solving these problems. It is a commission in which both the public and the health professions can have confidence." The day the commission membership was announced, however, one appointee, Dr. Gunnar Gundersen, La Crosse, Wis., a member of the board of trustees of the American Medical Association asked that his name be removed from its membership. He said, "I believe I am correct in assuming that the commission is designed, both in its majority membership and its objectives, as an instrument of practical politics to relieve President Truman of an embarrassing position as an unsuccessful advocate of compulsory health insurance."

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
LOUIS H. BAUER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
American Medical Association ◽  
Medical Association ◽  
American Medical ◽  
The United States ◽  
Board Of Trustees ◽  
The State ◽  
Governing Body ◽  
The Public

The American Medical Association was organized in 1847. Its original aim was the improvement of medical education in the United States. This still remains one of its important activities but the Association has expanded tremendously since its formation. It now consists of 2,011 component county and district societies and 53 constituent associations in the States, Territories and Possessions. County and district societies elect delegates to the state associations and the whole membership of these county societies takes part in their election. These delegates form a State House of Delegates which in turn elects delegates to the American Medical Association. The A.M.A. House of Delegates is the legislative body of the Association and is responsible for all official policies. All reports, resolutions and recommendations are referred by the House to several Reference Committees who hear testimony on both sides of every question and then render reports to the House. Here all reports are debated again and brought to a vote. Any member of the Association, whether or not a member of the House, can appear before a Reference Committee and state his opinions and recommendations on the matter under discussion. Between sessions of the House of Delegates, the Board of Trustees is the governing body.

scholarly journals PENTINGNYA PELAYANAN KESEHATAN KEPADA NARAPIDANA MUDA DI LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-120
Author(s):  
Benny Syahputra Damanik ◽  
Ali Muhammad A.K.S.
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Social Modeling ◽  
Prison Staff ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Common Understanding

Young prisoners’ health needs represent a matter of constant importance for any prison administration. These are addressed through direct medical services, as well as through other activities of health promotion. If the medical services are provided by trained medical staff, health promotion is usually provided by non-medical staff, such as social workers, psychologists, educators etc. Also, because healthy behaviors are best promoted through social modeling, such activities require the involvement of all prison staff, including non-specialists such as guardians. Thus, for health promotion to be effective it needs to be approached by the whole prison staff, meaning that the medical and non-medical specialists, as well as other prison staff need to have a common understanding of young prisoners health needs and to work as a team. This can be done through prison staff training. The article addresses these issues by summarizing the Indonesia country reports of the project “Health Promotion for Young Prisoners” funded in the framework of the Public Health Program.

scholarly journals Upaya Pengendalian Faktor Resiko PTM (Penyakit Tidak Menular)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-77
Author(s):  
Purwati Purwati ◽  
Alfi Noviyana ◽  
Dea Roudhotul
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Public

Problems in general in Banyumas district related to non-regular diseases are: lack of health education, lack of knowledge and skills of cadres, lack of community support, and low visits by elderly / target groups. Posbindu in Pamijen village is implemented with integrated posyandu activities for toddlers where the activities are still limited to monitoring blood pressure and treating minor illnesses, while counseling activities from health workers are rarely carried out. This condition has made the mothers of the Asyiyah Pamijen branch not yet moved to join Posbindu. Apart from that, the Posbindu cadres were not ready and skilled. The method of solving problems implemented in this community service is by providing IEC (Communication, Information and Education) in the form of material about Non-Communicable Diseases (PTM) and risk factors and efforts to control PTM risk factors. PTM activities in Pamijen village involve Aisyiyah's organization as an organization that is active in the community to follow up on the Ministry of Health program so that the program can run as expected. The follow-up of this activity is carried out at the Posbindu activity in Pamijen village which is carried out routinely every 1 month. There is an increase in knowledge about PTM in Aisyiyah cadres in Pamijen village so that Aisyiyah cadres can recognize PTM on their own and educate the public to recognize PTM.

Medical Students Training In Community Settings: An Essential Requirement To Meet Growing Health Needs Of Pakistani Population

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Sara Shakil
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Essential Requirement ◽  
Pakistani Population ◽  
Primary Health

The successful provision of adequate primary health care delivery for the underprivileged population in the Asian subcontinent has remained a pressing issue over quite some time. Major reforms in health professions education have taken place across the globe including Asia. Unfortunately, the health education system implemented in Southern Asia (including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh etc.) has not been able to decrease morbidity and decrease the figures of adult and infant mortality rates in this region

Introducing physician associates

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 746-753
Author(s):  
Susan Denton ◽  
Krishni Manorajan ◽  
Pahim Miah
Keyword(s):  
Medical Profession ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Delivery Of Healthcare ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Care Models ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Multi Disciplinary Team

Physician associate (PA) is a new profession that has the potential to change healthcare delivery in the UK. However, it is poorly understood by both the medical profession and the public. Evolving health needs, patient expectations, treatment and delivery of healthcare have led to proposed new care models that require a different skill mix to underpin health delivery. We explore the role of PAs, who as part of a multi-disciplinary team while being supervised by doctors, can help support a sustainable future for primary care.

scholarly journals Spinning the lens on physician power: narratives of humanism and healing

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 305-308
Author(s):  
Mercedes Chan ◽  
Laura Nimmon
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
General Public ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Narrative Framework

Abstract Divisive, disabling and dangerous power has featured heavily in health professions literature, social media and medical education. Negative accounts of the wielding of power have discoloured the lens through which the public sees medicine and distorted the view of a profession long associated with healing, humanism and heart. What has been buried in the midst of this discourse are positive accounts of power where the yielding of power is encouraging, empathetic and empowering. This article offers three personal vignettes illustrating the ability of power to positively affect lives in the practice of medicine, for patients and doctors alike. More of these stories are needed to uplift and rebalance the conversation on physician power and how it can be used for good. It is necessary to provide a narrative framework of what it looks like to be a healer and a humanistic doctor to satisfy the general public through a commitment to cultivate multidimensional future healthcare providers.

scholarly journals ‘The Cat’s Paw’: Helen Arthur, the act of resumption andThe Popish pretenders to the forfeited estates in Ireland, 1700–03

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (162) ◽  
pp. 225-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Board Of Trustees ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Irish Woman ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
The Public ◽  
Irish Catholics ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Game

AbstractThis article examines the case of Helen Arthur, a Catholic and Jacobite Irish woman who travelled with her children to France following William III’s victory over James II in the War of the Two Kings (1689–91). It considers Helen’s circumstances and her representation inThe Popish pretenders to the forfeited estates in Ireland, a pamphlet published in London in 1702 as a criticism of the act of resumption. The act, introduced by the English parliament in 1700, voided the majority of William III’s grants to favourites and supporters. Its provisions offered many dispossessed, including the dependants of outlawed males, a chance to reclaim compromised or forfeited property by submitting a claim to a board of trustees in Dublin. Helen Arthur missed the initial deadline for submissions, but secured an extension to submit through a clause in a 1701 supply bill, a development that brought her to the attention of the anonymous author ofThe Popish pretenders. Charting Helen’s efforts to reclaim her jointure, her eldest son’s estate and her younger children’s portions, this article looks at the ways in which dispossessed Irish Catholics and/or Jacobites reacted to legislative developments. More specifically, it shines a light on the possibilities for female agency in a period of significant upheaval, demonstrating opportunities for participation and representation in the public sphere, both in London and in Dublin. It also considers the impact of the politicisation of religion upon understandings of women’s roles and experiences during the Williamite confiscation, and suggests that a synonymising of Catholicism with Jacobitism (and Protestantism with the Williamite cause) has significant repercussions for understandings of women’s activities during the period. It also examines contemporary attitudes to women’s activity, interrogating the casting of Helen as a ‘cat’s paw’ in a bigger political game, invariably played by men.

scholarly journals Dewey’s Conceptualization of the Public as Polity Contextualized: The Struggle for Democratic Control over Natural Resources and Technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torjus Midtgarden
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Transnational Relations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
Practical Politics ◽  
And Control ◽  
La Via Campesina

This article explores John Dewey’s conceptualization of the public as polity in his lecture notes from 1928. Dewey’s conceptualization suggests an account of the democratic legitimacy of public regulation of economic activities by focusing on polity members’ mutual interest. Contextualized through Dewey’s involvement in practical politics the article specifies the conceptualization by a policy focus on natural resources and technology, and explores and discusses it through two issues for democratic control over policy development: centralization of power in federal government; and the failure to understand, predict and control consequences of technology. Finally, exploring its relevance in a context of economic globalization the article rearticulates the conceptualization in terms of transnational relations and solidarities, using the transnational peasant organization La Via Campesina as an example.

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