• To find out, O approached experts in psychology, medicine, religion, linguistics, ethics-even a political scientist who's studied the power of picnics-and asked them to lead us through some of the more common trouble spots. (oprah.com)
  • Clay Routledge, social psychologist and professor of psychology at North Dakota State University, writes of numerous studies showing that prayer can improve an individual's emotional and mental state, which can result in better physical health. (catholicphilly.com)
  • Psychology and Health, 17 , 221-234. (springer.com)
  • Those disciplines-including psychology, neuroscience, genomics, and epidemiology-both build on and inform particular accounts of human health and wellbeing. (duke.edu)
  • Psychology linked to complementary and alternative medicine. (bvsalud.org)
  • The objective of the study was to fi nd out if there is any evidence that C. G. Jung or his followers integrated Analytical Psychology and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in their practice. (bvsalud.org)
  • Background: Analytical Psychology was thriving when the roots of counter-culture movements and alternative medicine were beginning to gain momentum in the West. (bvsalud.org)
  • By examining several diverse religious communities and traditions--including Lakota Sioux, Southern Pentecostal, Nation of Islam, and Zen Buddhist--we examine patterns, themes, and issues that scholars commonly encounter across world religions. (pugetsound.edu)
  • Students should come away from the course with a greater understanding of critical issues facing religious communities historically and in the world today, with a greater appreciation of the diversity of world religions within the United States, and with a grounding in influential scholarly approaches to the study of religion. (pugetsound.edu)
  • A chaplain and counselor for thirty years, Richard speaks nine languages and has earned graduated degrees in theology, ethics, world religions and law. (sacredartofliving.org)
  • As a university professor of philosophy and world religions, Richard is an advocate for a more innovative approach to education on issues related to end of life care. (sacredartofliving.org)
  • The conference encourages participants to address questions associated with this theme by relating the questions to religious traditions and practices, particularly Judaism, Christianity, and Islam or other world religions. (duke.edu)
  • Seniors: If your graduation date is coming up before May 2023 or May 2024, you need to complete REL 501WI: Research Seminar in Religion during the Fall of 2023 and then REL 505WI: Research Seminar in Spring 2023 or Spring 2024. (cmich.edu)
  • He shifted focus, obtained a Master's Degree in Health Administration, becoming Vice President of Medical Affairs at St. Charles Medical Center for twelve years, sharing this position with his surgical practice from 1994-2002. (sacredartofliving.org)
  • In addition to a focus on questions related to the practice of public health and health education within religious settings (e.g., program development, implementation, and evaluation), the articles in this issue examine a broad range of both substantive and methodological questions and concerns. (nih.gov)
  • We begin by contextualizing yoga in historical and contemporary settings, and then detail how specific components of yoga practice may affect cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and autonomic output under stress through an emphasis on interoception and bottom-up input, resulting in physical and psychological health. (frontiersin.org)
  • Man cures, God heals : religion and medical practice among the Akans of Ghana / Kofi Appiah-Kubi. (who.int)
  • Research conducted by Dr. Christina Puchalski, Director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, prayer is the second most common method of pain management (after oral pain medication), and the most common non-drug method of pain management. (umn.edu)
  • Duke University's Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health reported in 2015 that an analysis of more than 1,500 reputable medical studies indicates people who are more religious and pray more have better mental and physical health. (catholicphilly.com)
  • In fact, Duke University's Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health reported in 2015 that an analysis of more than 1,500 reputable medical studies "indicates people who are more religious and pray more have better mental and physical health," according to Dr. Harold G. Koenig, center director and among the country's leading authorities on faith and healing. (catholicphilly.com)
  • Among the first Western physicians to bring spirituality and healing into medicine, Benson told WebMD that his studies over the past 30 years indicate that all forms of prayer - such as the rosary or Buddhist meditation - "evoke a relaxation response that quells stress, quiets the body and promotes healing. (catholicphilly.com)
  • The project reflects a major shift in policy toward religion and spirituality for a country that just 12 years ago was communist and officially atheistic. (hinduismtoday.com)
  • religion/spirituality). (lu.se)
  • As of 2022, "moderate" consumption is usually defined in average consumption per day while the patterns of consumption vary and may have implications for risks and effects on health (such as habituation from daily consumption or nonlinear dosage-harm associations from intermittent excessive alcohol use). (wikipedia.org)
  • The research and health promotion implications of these results are discussed. (springer.com)
  • The Cognitive Science of Religion and its Philosophical Implications , 169-196. (csun.edu)
  • The 2016 Conference on Medicine and Religion invites health care practitioners, scholars, religious community leaders, and students to take up these questions and consider their implications for contemporary medicine. (duke.edu)
  • The accelerating risk of complex emergencies arising from climate change and human conflict will have major implications for mental health, making this an important aspect of Health EDRM. (who.int)
  • Brett McCarthy and Warren Kinghorn explore the role of theology in evaluating religion and health. (jcrt.org)
  • He received his B.A. in Religion and Political Science from Emory University, his MAR in Theology from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, his M.Div. from Yale Divinity School and his Th.M. with a concentration in Ethics from Duke Divinity School where he was Westbrook Fellow in the Program in Theology and Medicine. (jcrt.org)
  • His publications in medical ethics have appeared in the American Journal of Bioethics, Reviews in Religion and Theology and the Christian Century. (jcrt.org)
  • She is co-editor of Parenting Practices as a Source for Theology: Mothering Matters (Palgrave Macmillan), and author of When Religion Matters: Practicing Healing in the Aftermath of the Liberian Civil War (Wipf & Stock), which examines the role that religion played in women's healing practices post-conflict. (ncsu.edu)
  • As the son of a doctor, I had decided against medicine and for theology and philosophy as a career. (ecotopia.org)
  • Balboni and Peteet both employ and modify these traditional approaches to the topic, making this book uniquely suited for use by health care practitioners. (jcrt.org)
  • Professional educators can work as freelancers or employees in the public and private sector, ASL (Italian local health authorities), services for drug addicts, prisons, communities for physically or mentally disabled people, day-care centres, care facilities for children family counselling, schools, etc. (uniroma2.it)
  • A person's regular interaction with medications is not only a frequently and consistently occurring health care event, it also interfaces with almost all other aspects of his or her health care. (umn.edu)
  • As the U.S. health care system moves away from fragmented approaches and closer to a team-based, patient-centered care approach, there is a need for a way to unify and coordinate individuals' health care, even as these individuals enter and exit various components of the health care system and as they shift between their preferred identity as a person and their sometimes necessary identity as a patient. (umn.edu)
  • A person's medication experience influences: expectations for care, concerns about care, understanding of care, involvement in care, levels of confidence in health care services, confidence in clinicians' abilities, trust in information, medication-taking behaviors, and other health-related behaviors. (umn.edu)
  • Child: Care, Health and Development 49(5), pp. 889-897. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • Richard was ordained a Roman Catholic priest and served as chaplain and ethicist for the US Air Force and numerous North American health care systems. (sacredartofliving.org)
  • As a health care educator, Richard has taught a variety of professional audiences on issues related to integrated medicine and the art of dying. (sacredartofliving.org)
  • For us, that's what that provides a moral endpoint to health care treatments. (romereports.com)
  • The three monotheistic religions are seeking how medical professionals and caregivers can include well-rounded assistance for the patient, which includes spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical care. (romereports.com)
  • While digital interventions are not a replacement for traditional therapy, they offer a valuable supplement or alternative, making mental health care more accessible and adaptable to individual needs. (psychiatrycongress.com)
  • A small but dedicated and growing cadre of Catholic health-care professionals is introducing an exciting new approach - which is both morally acceptable and remarkably successful - to the treatment of fertility problems. (catholicculture.org)
  • Nearly four decades after his controversial encyclical appeared, the wisdom of Pope Paul's words and the fruits of his legacy are on full display, embodied in a new science of health care for women that is gaining converts in the United States and around the world. (catholicculture.org)
  • Population, Gender, and Disparity.Thinking and Acting Collectively.Personal Experiences with Health Care in Asia.Sri Lanka's Success in Education and Health.The Saga of Srey Rath.Chapter 4. (cede.ch)
  • Palliative care satisfies the demands of mercy and compassion without requiring health care professionals to act as agents of death. (medicineandreligion.com)
  • Further, a palliative care approach respects Christian intuitions about the dignity and worth of human life even in the most debilitated condition. (medicineandreligion.com)
  • It is widely recognized that the health conditions and health care needs of women differ from those of men in a variety of ways. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the secondary surge in demand for health care and other forms of psychosocial support often occurs when attention has shifted away from the disaster, and funding for health services has already been channel ed into the treatment of injuries, infectious diseases and pre-existing chronic conditions. (who.int)
  • Each guide is meant to help health care professionals acquire a greater awareness and understanding of the attitudes, beliefs, and practices related to TB and HIV/AIDS within the client's birth countries, and includes a number of topics including nicknames for TB, the cultural courtesies or etiquette to observe, verbal and non-verbal communication patterns, the languages spoken, and religions practiced in these countries. (cdc.gov)
  • As a result of this knowledge, the health care worker will be able to use a more culturally relativistic approach to client interviews, TB contact investigations, diagnostic procedures, patient education, and counseling. (cdc.gov)
  • and apply health equity considerations to clinical care, activity management, and reconditioning long COVID patients. (cdc.gov)
  • Health as a human right covers all people regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, class or race, this implies the opportunity to receive medical care in all areas of individual and collective life. (bvsalud.org)
  • it affirms the decisive role of primary health care to achieve a level of health that allows all people to lead a socially and economically productive life (art. (bvsalud.org)
  • Primary Health Care (PHC) has been assumed by part of the indigenous, Afro-descendant, Roma and other ethnic populations of the countries of the Region as a strategy for the development of their traditional medicines (See https://www3.paho.org/english/dd/pin/alma-ata_declaration.htm ). (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2006, PAHO issued Resolution CD47.R18, which urges Member States, among other things, to incorporate the ethnic perspective in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the intercultural approach in the Region's national health systems as part of the primary health care strategy (See https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/366 ). (bvsalud.org)
  • to serve as a reference for all countries seeking to strengthen their health care systems, bringing health care closer to people living in urban and rural areas, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic group, social status or religion" (See https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/31083 ). (bvsalud.org)
  • We also applaud all initiatives that have been made previously by Islamic scholars that advance health care and that seek to protect humankind from diseases and epidemics, whether through vaccination or any other permitted means. (who.int)
  • It is the responsibility of parents to look after the welfare of their children by providing them good education, righteous upbringing, nutrition and health care. (who.int)
  • 2 - Ponce Health Sciences University, San Juan University Center , Puerto Rico. (researchgate.net)
  • 4 - Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico. (researchgate.net)
  • Health policy, ethics and human values : an Islamic perspective , reflections on the Cairo seminar, Cairo, Egypt, 24-25 November 1988 / sponsored by the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences. (who.int)
  • Establishing the inter-relationship or balance between space - time - motion and health on one hand, and beyond it, the participation of a third agent either physical (exercise, yoga, massage etc.) or chemical (medicine) in building the necessary resilience in this relationship is indeed very thought provoking. (indiaclub.com)
  • Good mental health is characterized by a state of emotional resilience, the ability to cope with life's challenges, maintain fulfilling relationships, work productively, and make informed decisions. (neuroconferences.com)
  • Urbanization often compounds disaster risk, particularly in low-resource areas, where population density presents significant threats to health, social capital and community resilience in humanitarian emergencies (4-5). (who.int)
  • Want the best of Religion & Ethics delivered to your mailbox? (abc.net.au)
  • The conference, Religion and Medical Ethics, debates when exactly is the end of life and what should be done at that point. (romereports.com)
  • The conference, which ran from Thursday to Saturday (May 24-26), brought authorities from a wide variety of fields - from anthropology to religion to medical ethics to infectious disease - to the Barker Center's Thompson Room. (harvard.edu)
  • Ethics … is a hugely important component in how we approach values but is insufficient," Kleinman said. (harvard.edu)
  • Throughout Antiquity, and into the Middle Ages and Premodernity, disease and its cures were invariably approached in an integrative manner, as involving corporeal, mental and spiritual well-being, both at an individual and societal level. (wreview.org)
  • V) and to contribute to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Article 25 of convention 169 states that it must be ensured "that adequate health services are made available to the peoples concerned, or shall provide them with resources to allow them to design and deliver such services under their own responsibility and control, so that they may enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. (bvsalud.org)
  • This course provides an introduction to the vocabulary, methods, and theoretical assumptions of the academic study of religion. (pugetsound.edu)
  • Graduates master preventive medicine as well as health promotion methods and can thus implement them. (uniroma2.it)
  • She adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs different methods to address these questions, including participant-observation, semi-structured interviews, structured surveys, and experiments. (csun.edu)
  • Methods: An inductive methodological approach guided the research design. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ultimately, what's at stake is to find moral approaches to practices that will be humane and just. (harvard.edu)
  • Medical and surgical practices of NaPro Technology effectively treat a wide range of women's health issues including, but not limited to, infertility, repetitive miscarriages, pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), post-partum depression, and more. (catholicculture.org)
  • Not only are NaPro Technology approaches morally acceptable to Catholics, they are at least as effective, if not more so , than currently accepted mainstream medical practices. (catholicculture.org)
  • Different traditions, beliefs, and practices surrounding death are common to all cultures and religions, and they have resulted in conflict regarding anatomic dissections and postmortem examinations. (medscape.com)
  • The gift of most of these chapters on religion in clinical specialties is that they are written by physicians practicing in the respective disciplines. (jcrt.org)
  • Treating the issues of religion as they specifically relate to various clinical specialties is not only wholistically sensitive - it is practically wise. (jcrt.org)
  • After examining the role of religion in various clinical specialties, the book moves on the treat other aspects of the interaction between religion and medicine. (jcrt.org)
  • Approach: The present study audited 3,566 pre-clinical and clinical multiple-choice and short answer examination questions in the same year (2018) from three medical schools in two continents to review the diversity of patients portrayed. (lu.se)
  • Unfortunately, the clinical application of herbal medicines is limited by their low solubility and inadequate bioavailability. (bvsalud.org)
  • Several genres of writing stereotypically intersect with the topics of medicine and religion: empirical studies of religion's impact on various health outcomes, historical studies of the relationships between religion and medicine, and general guidebooks on being a more spiritually sensitive healthcare practitioner. (jcrt.org)
  • Annie Hardison-Moody received her PhD in religion at Emory University in 2012, where her studies focused on the intersections of religion and public health. (ncsu.edu)
  • American Journal of Public Health, 113, no. 4: pp. 353-355. (ncsu.edu)
  • While recent studies showed no benefit from allergen avoidance, [ours] is the first to show that early introduction of dietary peanut is actually beneficial and identifies an effective approach to manage a serious public health problem. (bigthink.com)
  • The rapid spread of COVID -19 in India brings into sharp focus home the important role of public health services. (epw.in)
  • It is high time to strengthen public health services so that they can serve India's population well beyond the pandemic. (epw.in)
  • We are living in the times of a public health crisis given the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. (epw.in)
  • Given the costly nature of quarantine measures, some public health -reformers advocated that the disease spread through miasma or bad air in the environment. (epw.in)
  • It is hoped that this approach will appeal to a broad audience of researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others from health education, public health, and related social and behavioral science disciplines. (nih.gov)
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm THH 309K Ugo F. Edu is a medical anthropologist working at the intersection of medical anthropology, public health, black feminism, and science, technology, and society studies (STS). (usc.edu)
  • 2010-02 (Distinguishing Public Health Research and Public Health Nonresearch). (cdc.gov)
  • Every Stage of Life: A New Paradigm for Public Health people's sense of coherence. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health can work wel from a salutogenesis per- ness because the term has different meanings for different spective, although the underlying philosophy of saluto- people. (cdc.gov)
  • The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • Such training provides students with disciplinary integration through some monodisciplinary teaching modules to convey a unified but interdisciplinary approach. (uniroma2.it)
  • She was co-PI of Health Matters, a CDC-funded initiative that promotes healthy eating and places to be active in four North Carolina counties and also co-PI for Voices into Action: The Families, Food, and Health Project, a USDA- and Russell Sage Foundation-funded longitudinal study of the family food environment (2012 - 2020). (ncsu.edu)
  • Graduates are professionals who carry out education and rehabilitation projects with a multidisciplinary team pursuant to Ministerial Decree of the Italian Ministry of Health No 520 of October 8, 1998. (uniroma2.it)
  • This system has been used successfully in therapy and rehabilitation in hundreds of health institutions and spas all over Slovakia since 1987. (hinduismtoday.com)
  • Medicine Rehabilitation at Hackensack Meridian Medicine. (cdc.gov)
  • Objectives: We examine the association between sexual assault, religion and mental health among male veterans. (umass.edu)
  • Mental health was measured by the mental component summary from the Veterans SF-36 and depression was measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale. (umass.edu)
  • These patients have significantly lower levels of mental health status and higher levels of depression (p (umass.edu)
  • The regression results show that this decrement in mental health and increment in depression associated with sexual assault are in lesser degrees for patients who attended religious service more frequently compared to those who never did (p (umass.edu)
  • Conclusions: Although the prevalence of self reported sexual assault is low among male veterans, those who reported sexual assault experiences had lower levels of mental health status and higher levels of depression. (umass.edu)
  • In the 2,500-year history of Buddhism, the religion has directed its energy inward in an attempt to train the mind to understand the mental state of happiness, to identify and defuse sources of negative emotion and to cultivate emotional states like compassion to improve personal and societal well-being. (urbandharma.org)
  • The Sustained Dialogue Program is part of the formal Academy curriculum, covering topics such as racial climate/privilege, religion and mental health. (northwestern.edu)
  • Association of sexual abstinence in adolescence with mental health in adulthood. (springer.com)
  • I'm sure you've also encountered formally troubled people who have found mental balance by discarding their religion. (skepchick.org)
  • The database draws on Rosen's award-winning series, including Coping, Need to Know, Teen Mental Health, and others. (teenhealthandwellness.com)
  • Mental health refers to a person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being. (neuroconferences.com)
  • Digital mental health interventions have emerged as a promising solution for managing depression and anxiety, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (psychiatrycongress.com)
  • These interventions leverage technology to deliver mental health services, overcoming barriers such as geographical distance, stigma, and limited access to traditional therapy. (psychiatrycongress.com)
  • Lennart Reifels, Centre for Mental Health - Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. (who.int)
  • Despite high levels of need, mental health is a relatively neglected area in Health EDRM, with little focus on services funding, human resources or research in the field (6-7). (who.int)
  • Consequently, there is tremendous opportunity to improve disaster mental health risk reduction through rigorous research and informed policy. (who.int)
  • 444 protocols in mental health assessment. (who.int)
  • Despite the definition of mental health as a second-wave issue in disasters, its later timing does not lessen the severity of need (15). (who.int)
  • Addressing mental health in the aftermath of disasters therefore requires careful long-term planning and substantial knowledge of the pattern of response across affected populations. (who.int)
  • Thus, targeted and wel -timed research is required to reliably demonstrate the mental health impacts of disasters. (who.int)
  • Post-COVID conditions refers to the wide range of physical and mental health consequences present four or more weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection. (cdc.gov)
  • The dominant approach of controlling an epidemic chan-ged to eliminate germs through drugs and vaccines, thereby shifting the focus on understanding the disease processes and outcomes in individuals. (epw.in)
  • All assessed outcomes including pain, inflammation, and uric acid levels, indicated that the treatment effects in the external use herbal medicine group were significantly better than those of the western medicine control group. (bvsalud.org)
  • Traditional African Medicine (TAM) is our socio-economic and socio-cultural heritage, servicing over 80% of the populations in Africa. (ajol.info)
  • This approach looked at the individual devoid of their socio-economic context. (epw.in)
  • As did Chaucer, so Gower, Langland, and the Pearl-Poet all explored the metaphorical and thematic possibilities of disease and medicine. (wreview.org)
  • Analysis was conducted using a thematic, constant comparative approach with an emphasis on dominant themes. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1] People from more westernized or diverse environments tend to have less cohesive connections with traditions, religion, and beliefs, and have a greater acceptance of autopsies. (medscape.com)
  • Although cultural or religious beliefs are often cited as a reason for opposition to autopsy, most religions and cultures find autopsy acceptable on the basis of either the individual's beliefs or under what are deemed to be special circumstances. (medscape.com)
  • But he was, after all, a product of an era when medicine was just beginning to distinguish itself from a plethora of magical beliefs that permeated society. (medscape.com)
  • Conclusion: Targeted efforts to challenge internalised norms and harmful beliefs within CBID approaches are required to address disadvantages arising from embedded disability stigma. (bvsalud.org)
  • Areas of study may include the history of historical thought, analysis of various contemporary approaches, working with secondary sources, and deploying bibliographical tools. (uwindsor.ca)
  • The placebo response - prayer can enhance a person's hopes and expectations, and that in turn can positively impact health. (umn.edu)
  • A person's medication experience is his or her personal approach to the use of medicines and is shaped by a person's traditions, religion, culture, life experiences, and what they have learned from others. (umn.edu)
  • While some differences are well documented, much is still unknown, and continued research is needed to effectively address women's health needs. (cdc.gov)
  • It is the intent of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio n (CDC)2 to ensure that research conducted with CDC funds addresses health problems that affect women and minority populations to the extent practicable and relevant to the proposed research. (cdc.gov)
  • Somers has used her platform to advocate for alternative medicine and holistic healing, making her a pioneer in the field. (beliefnet.com)
  • Instead of relying solely on conventional medical treatments, Somers took a holistic approach to her healing journey. (beliefnet.com)
  • He anticipated the longing for their mutual convergence as currently expressed in the Holistic Health Movement now sweeping the country in all of its varied forms. (ecotopia.org)
  • He continues to work as a tireless advocate for a more effective and holistic approach to pain management and human suffering. (sacredartofliving.org)
  • This was the default diagnosis for anyone exhibiting any "symptoms" or "signs" that might at least remotely relate to the nervous system: headaches, deafness, psychosis, anxiety, homosexuality, and even women acting independently in matters of politics and religion. (medscape.com)
  • Dr. White holds the first tenured position in an area called "the cognitive science of religion" in a religious studies department in the United States. (csun.edu)
  • Secretary-General, International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion (present). (csun.edu)
  • An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion: Connecting Evolution, Brain, Cognition, and Culture. (csun.edu)
  • This systematic review aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines acting directly on the affected area of acute gouty arthritis for external use. (bvsalud.org)
  • Randomized controlled trials on external use herbal medicines for acute gouty arthritis were considered. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that external use herbal medicines may be a safe and effective alternative for treatment of pain and symptoms of acute gouty arthritis. (bvsalud.org)
  • They can then encourage free, informed and responsible choices to prevent diseases and enhance well-being for both individuals and their community, with particular reference to health education and literacy. (uniroma2.it)
  • contribute to student and staff training as well as to updating and health education activities. (uniroma2.it)
  • The results indicated that male participants who were more involved with their religion and sexually conservative, less sexually experienced, and who had not received sexual health education at home were more likely to define bidirectional genital stimulation and less likely to define no genital stimulation and unidirectional sexual stimulation as sexual abstinence. (springer.com)
  • After dinner at the center, the mayor invited Swamiji and over 500 guests from the government, diplomatic corps, media, science, medicine, education and international yoga delegates to a reception at the Primate's Palace, Bratislava's renowned civic building. (hinduismtoday.com)
  • The database has been honored with AEP (Association of Educational Publishers) Distinguished Achievement, BESSIE (Best Educational Software), EDDIE (Annual Education Software Review), and World Wide Web Health awards. (teenhealthandwellness.com)
  • Modern medicine routinely gives credit to medical science, and especially the development of vaccines for major diseases. (abc.net.au)
  • It goes without saying that connection is essential to happiness, and science has confirmed its importance to our physical health. (oprah.com)
  • Viewed through the lens of secular news coverage, public opinion of Humanae Vitae and other Catholic thought on issues related to science, medicine, and morality is overwhelmingly hostile if, in fact, the Catholic viewpoint is considered at all. (catholicculture.org)
  • Tillich's discussion reviews the long historic development and sets the stage for re-evaluating the contribution of neglected and rejected styles in the healing arts burdened by their association with religion and a vitalist approach to health and disease. (ecotopia.org)
  • However, it also led to the neglect of -the social context of health and disease as well as the broader interventions in relation to the environmental health of a population. (epw.in)
  • Hence, one of the oldest ways of understanding "health" was to look at the absence of disease. (epw.in)
  • In contrast, understanding health from a political-economy perspective atte-mpts to focus on the multifactorial app-roach to health and disease in popu-lations. (epw.in)
  • The conference, "Values and Moral Experiences in Global Health: Bridging the Local and Global," examined the increasing view of global health improvement as necessary not just from an economic development, disease-centered focus but also from the standpoint of human rights and social justice. (harvard.edu)
  • Questions of disease and remedy, both physical and psychological, are to be found in many of Shakespeare's works too, while Metaphysical poets such as John Donne also considered the tension between the health of the body and of the spirit. (wreview.org)
  • The issue is beyond the scope of my interests here, but COVID-19 has without question exposed the detrimental effect of the persistence of health inequalities, and the dire consequences of poor management and inadequate preparation. (abc.net.au)
  • This unprecedented health crisis is exerting enormous pressure and having disastrous consequences for the health systems of different countries. (epw.in)
  • However, research on how this approach relates to the context-sensitive socially situated barriers of disability stigma is underexplored. (bvsalud.org)
  • In each case, particular attention is paid to the role of religion in social justice and salvation movements, and in the formation of individual and group identities. (pugetsound.edu)
  • The course draws on current historical and narrative approaches to understand the 'images' of Jesus in their respective literary, social, and historical contexts. (pugetsound.edu)
  • Paul Farmer, the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, illustrated the potential of individual moral choices, speaking of a letter he received from a U.S. soldier posted in Fallujah, Iraq, that included a donation to Farmer's nonprofit organization, Partners In Health, for its work in Haiti. (harvard.edu)
  • Given the importance of moral, social, aesthetic, and other value questions in our lives, religion will expand your educational horizons. (cmich.edu)
  • The study of religion educates you in skills of analysis, interpretation, and comparison, and gives you a solid grounding in global cultures and social issues. (cmich.edu)
  • The audit was based on an extension of Critical Race Theory beyond race and ethnicity to include pertinent social determinants of health. (lu.se)
  • It means we must listen as wel as their ego identity, coping strategy, social sup- to people in the communities we want to serve to learn port system, religion, philosophy, and attitude toward about their areas of concern, and we must recognize that health maintenance. (cdc.gov)
  • we must combine the scientific rigour of biological data, with the values of religion and philosophy to develop a world-view. (eubios.info)
  • Ancient Egyptian papyri and Sumerian tablets dating back to 2200 BC detail the medicinal role of wine, making it the world's oldest documented human-made medicine. (wikipedia.org)
  • 433 Wine continued to play a major role in medicine until the late 19th and early 20th century, when changing opinions and medical research on alcohol and alcoholism cast doubt on its role as part of a healthy lifestyle. (wikipedia.org)
  • Leading scholars such as Gary Ferngren look at the role of religion and medicine in historical perspective drawing on more respective work. (jcrt.org)
  • The closing chapter is a meta-analysis of the field of medicine and religion by noted biostatician Tyler VanderWeele, synthesizing statistics concerning the role of religion and health across disciplines. (jcrt.org)
  • Further, religion attenuates this association which highlights the important role religion might have in coping with this stressful life event. (umass.edu)
  • Diseases were seen to cause a breakdown of the human body that functioned as a machine, and the role of medicine is to repair and make the body functional again. (epw.in)
  • This makes it relevant to any of the fields in which religion plays a role, as well as those that require similar skills of analysis and understanding. (cmich.edu)
  • Tobor Shagat, the Minister of Health, wrote, "We strongly believe that the opening of the yoga center in Bratislava will contribute to resolving some of the problems of health in our city's inhabitants and at the same time will support a positive preventative approach. (hinduismtoday.com)
  • Research suggesting the beneficial effects of yoga on myriad aspects of psychological health has proliferated in recent years, yet there is currently no overarching framework by which to understand yoga's potential beneficial effects. (frontiersin.org)
  • There should be an evidence-based approach to healthcare and a greater emphasis upon secular values: everyone should have freedom of religion, but also, freedom from religion. (lecturelist.org)
  • There is a danger that a patientâ s autonomy is trumped by the wishes of their family, their religion and even their doctor. (lecturelist.org)
  • Government-mandated atheism had ended in 1989, with religion immediately regaining popularity. (hinduismtoday.com)
  • EMRO : partner in health in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1949-1989 / edited by Alexander Manuila. (who.int)
  • Graduates shall be able to recognise the main human reactions to diseases, suffering and institutionalisation, respect behavioural differences related to culture and religion, establish and maintain help relationships with the assisted person and their family. (uniroma2.it)
  • Do what you're supposed to, and then you'll find out that you'll avoid diseases, doctor visits, high co-pays, high health insurance, being rated by your insurance, having surgery, and so on and so on. (bigthink.com)
  • In an age where the health of those in one country can affect that of others around the world, scholars from Harvard, Boston University, and Northwestern University gathered at Harvard's Barker Center last week to examine the importance of values in driving efforts to address global health concerns. (harvard.edu)
  • Upon completion of an intensive series of deliberations and consultative sessions at the International Conference on Vaccination and Religion in Dakar, Senegal, we, a network of prominent African Muslim scholars and medical professionals make the following declaration in support of efforts to vaccinate children in every part of the African continent. (who.int)
  • BACKGROUND: Herbal medicine is commonly integrated with conventional medicine in Saudi Arabia, especially for the management of digestive disorders. (bvsalud.org)
  • 27.3% reported that using herbal remedies over conventional medicine was a family tradition, and 21.4% used herbs because they were cheaper than conventional medicines. (bvsalud.org)
  • Herbal medicines have gained recognition among physicians and patients due to their lower adverse effects compared to modern medicines. (bvsalud.org)
  • Utilizing herbal medicines in the form of nanocrystals (herbal medicine nanocrystals) has shown potential in enhancing solubility and bioavailability by reducing the particle size, increasing the specific surface area, and modifying the absorption mechanisms. (bvsalud.org)