Archive for January, 2010
Public Health Week
Public Health Week is coming April 5-11, 2010. The focus is “A Healthier America: One Community at a Time.” The official site is: National Public Health Week There is an associated site, Healthiest Nation in One Generation, that has an interesting video. The video is below and hope it gets you to think how you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Caregiving
In my previous post, Public Health and the Elderly, I highlighted a few issues that family therapists could inquire about during clinical sessions. A very important issue facing the elderly is caregivers. The CDC has made caregiving a public health priority. The CDC has recognized the discrepancy between those who will need caregiving and those [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Public Health and the Elderly
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.~Abraham J. Heschel The field of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Supporting Haiti
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and is now dealing with one of the worst major catastrophes in its long and rich history. There are 10s of thousands people who were killed in the earthquake and this will increase unless the generous humanitarian effort of the world can find its [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Should Environmental Justice be Part of Family Therapy?
This post is an addendum to my “Is it ADHD or Expose to Toxins?“ I was reminded by a friend at the Adler Institute of Social Exclusion that exposure to pollution or toxins do not occur evenly throughout the population. Poor people and ethnic minorities are more likely to be exposed to pollution and toxins. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )January is Cervical Cancer Month
I am going to stray away from my current thread on Housing Quality and discuss an important public health issue for women. January is Cervical Cancer month for the National Cervical Cancer Coalition. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that there will be over 11,000 new cases of cervical cancer and over 4,000 women will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Is it ADHD or Exposure to Toxins?
In my December 20, 2010 blog I asked if mental health therapists are asking about Housing Quality. The CDC has linked housing quality to health. There are ranges of issues that therapists could be asking but today I will focus on Indoor Pollution. But first, lets explore the issue. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has [...]
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John Lawless
