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Book SynopsisThis report shows how community-led interventions are central to achieving the end of AIDS and to sustaining the gains into the future. People living with or affected by HIV have driven progress in the HIV response--reaching people who have not been reached; connecting people with the services they need; pioneering innovations; holding providers, governments, international organizations and donors to account; and spearheading inspirational movements for health, dignity and human rights for all. They are the trusted voices. Communities understand what is most needed, what works, and what needs to change. Communities have not waited to be handed their leadership roles -- they have taken the roles on themselves and held fast in their insistence on doing so. They have applied their skills and determination to help tackle other pandemics and health crises too, including COVID-19, Ebola and mpox. Letting communities lead builds healthier and stronger societies. This report shines a light on the underreported story of the everyday heroes of the HIV response. But it is much more than a celebration of the achievements of communities. It is an urgent call to action for governments and international partners to enable and support communities in their leadership roles.

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Book SynopsisEvery year on the occasion of World AIDS Day, 1 December, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) releases a report on pressing issues facing the global response to the AIDS pandemic. As the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics collide, the 2021 World AIDS Day report warns that the colossal new challenges created by COVID-19 threaten the gains made against AIDS thus far. There have been substantial setbacks, particularly during the first six months of the crisis. People living with HIV are also at elevated risk of COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. In many places, the upheaval caused by COVID-19 has summoned the inventiveness and resilience that have become hallmarks of the HIV response. HIV programmes that are well-resourced, willing to adapt, and anchored in strong community involvement have tended to cope the best. The Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026 and the UN General Assembly's 2021 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS call on countries to address inequalities and close gaps. With no time to spare, those agreed actions are not being made at the required speed and scale. What is at stake is bigger than AIDS. During negotiations on a global framework for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, the hard-won successes and bitter failures from the response to AIDS have experiences to share. Those lessons must be quickly learned and applied to end AIDS within the next decade, to swiftly defeat COVID-19, and to proactively confront the pandemics of tomorrow

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Book SynopsisThis study aims primarily to describe the effects of the 2014 offensive, bearing in mind the conditions created by the blockade and previous offensives, on the health and well-being of adults (18+ years of age) living in Gaza. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) conducted the study, with technical assistance from the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Institute of Community and Public Health (ICPH), analyzing data from the living conditions report survey carried out in the Gaza Strip and West Bank between March and May 2015.

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Book SynopsisThe Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment 2020 provides an analysis of the global synthetic drugs market in two parts. The first part of this report presents a global thematic analysis of the key trends and emerging developments of the synthetic drugs market as well as the recent trends in the manufacture of synthetic drugs. The second part consists of regional overviews that highlight context-specific dynamics relating to the demand and supply of synthetic drugs in Africa; Central America, South America and the Caribbean; North America; Central Asia and Transcaucasia; East and South-East Asia and Oceania; the Near and Middle East; South Asia; South-West Asia and Europe.

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Book SynopsisDevelopmental issues in university students.- Promotion of holistic development in university students: An examination of the institutional learning outcomes.- Institutional learning outcomes and desired graduate attributes in universities in Hong Kong.- Positive youth development for young people: Models, Findings, and Programs.- Leadership development and Service-Learning as vehicles for promoting holistic development of university students.- The Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Program.- Leadership Subject: Tomorrow's Leaders.- Leadership subject: Service Leadership.- Service-Learning subject: Promotion of Children and Adolescent Development.- Service-Learning subject: Service Leadership through Serving Children and Families with Special Needs.

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Book Synopsis This book is about spiritual intelligence and its effects on mental health and quality of life. As mental health and related problems are increasing rapidly and have become a matter of great concern, there has not been a unanimous and empirical approach to assess and cure it, due to its divergence or other causes. This book is based on the most developed construct: spiritual intelligence and its effects on mental health and quality of life. Spirituality and its other constructs are one of the most interesting topics nowadays in the area of positive/indigenous/transpersonal psychology and among social/behavioral scientists. This book provides content on spirituality, spiritual intelligence, mental health, and quality of life. The book also attempts to review related literature (whether review or empirical), to have a look at past and current scenarios on spirituality and mental health and quality of life research. Through an exploration of Indian indigenous psychology, this book provides a look at mental health and the mind from an Indian psychological perspective and examines Indian psychology, taking into consideration modern psychological concepts.Table of ContentsChapter 1INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 0-00 References................................................................................. Chapter 2 SPIRITUALITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE: AN INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 0-00 2.1 Spirituality................................................................................. 2.1.1 Religiosity...................................................................... 2.1.2 Difference between Spirituality and Religiosity................ 2.2 Spiritual Intelligence................................................................. 2.2.1 Model or Level of Four Intelligences ............................ 2.2.2 IQ (What), EQ (How) and SQ (Why)............................... 2.2.3 Comparing IQ, EQ and SQ.............................................. 2.2.4 The Dimensions of Spiritual Intelligence.......................... 2.2.5 The Operational Definition of Spiritual Intelligence.......... 2.3 Mental Health............................................................................ 2.3.1 What is Health?.............................................................. 2.3.2 What is Mental Health?................................................... 2.3.3 Models of Mental Health or Abnormality......................... 2.3.4 The Operational Definition of Mental Health............................ 2.4 Quality of Life........................................................................... 2.4.1 Health-related Quality of Life.......................................... 2.4.2 The Operational Definition of Quality of Life................... 2.5 Early Adulthood....................................................................... References................................................................................. Chapter 3 THE RELATIONSHIP OF SPIRITUALTY WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE: A REVIEW.................................................... 00-00 3.1 Spirituality and Mental Health.......................................................... 3.2 Spirituality and Quality of life.................................................. 3.3 Spirituality, Gender and other Correlates.................................. 3.4 Mental health, Gender and other Correlates............................. 3.5 Quality of Life, Gender and other Correlates............................ References................................................................................. Chapter 4 THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY IN PREDICTING MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG EARLY ADULTS00-00 4.1 Objectives and Hypotheses of the Study 4.1.1 Objectives............................................................................... 4.1.2 Hypotheses..................................................................... 4.2 Methodology............................................................................. 4.2.1 Selection of Sample................................................................. 4.2.2 Use of Psychological Tools/ Scales.................................. 4.2.3 Procedure....................................................................... 4.2.4 Statistical Techniques Used............................................. 4.3 Results and Discussion.............................................................. 4.4 Summary and Conclusion......................................................... 4.4.1 Limitations of the Study.................................................. 4.4.2 Recommendation for Future Research.............................. 4.4.3 Conclusion..................................................................... Disclosure of Conflict of Interest/ Funding ............................. References................................................................................. Chapter 5 INDIAN PSYCHOLOGY OF MIND AND MENTAL HEALTH. 00-00 5.1 Concept of Health and Mental Health in Indian Psychology.... 5.2 Structure and Dynamics of Personality in Indian Psychology.. 5.2.1 Indian Model of Personality............................................. 5.3 Managing Self: Indian Perspective ......................................... References................................................................................. Chapter 6 INDIAN PSYCHOLOGY AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY........ 00-00 6.1 What is Indian Psychology?.............................................................. 6.1.1 A Short History of Indian Psychology.............................. 6.2 Mahabharat, Bhagvad Gita & Psychology........................................ 6.2.1 Psychological thoughts is Bhagvad Gita........................... 6.2.1.1 The Bhagvad Gita and Psychotherapies................................ 6.2.1.2 The Bhagvad Gita and Motivation................................................... 6.2.1.3 The Bhagvad Gita and Adjustment........................................ 6.3 Yoga ...................................................................................... 6.3.1 Psychological Thoughts in Yoga...................................... 6.3.1.1 Psychophysiology...................................................................... 6.3.1.2 Clinical Psychology.............................................................................. 6.3.1.3 Carl Jung..................................................................................... 6.4 Veda and Psychology................................................................ 6.4.1 Vedic Psychology (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi).................... 6.4.1.1 Seven states of human consciousness.................................... 6.4.1.2 Developmental Theory........................................................................ 6.5 Atharva Veda............................................................................ 6.5.1 Psychotherapies.............................................................. 6.6 Ayurveda and Psychology......................................................... 6.6.1 Ayurvedic Psychology.................................................... 6.6.2 Tridoshas (Vatta, Pitta, Kapha) and Psychology................ 6.6.3 Concept of Prakruti (Nature/ Charater/ Personality)............ 6.6.4 Maharishi Charaka.......................................................... 6.6.5 Maharishi Shusruta......................................................... 6.6.6 Psychology in Ayurveda.................................................................. 6.6.6.1 The Mind in Ayurveda............................................................. 6.6.6.2 Ayurvedic signs of mental health..................................................... 6.6.6.3 Classification of Mental Illness............................................... 6.6.6.4 Treatment of Manodosha & Vyadhis (Mental Disorders).. 6.6.6.5 Ayurveda and Personality................................................................... 6.6.6.6 Mental Digestion and Ayurveda............................................. 6.6.6.7 Diet, Nutrition and Mental Health......................................... 6.7 Upanishads................................................................................ 6.7.1 Triguna and Personality Thoughts in various Upanishads.. 6.7.2 The Kosha Theory.......................................................... 6.8 Jyotisha, Vastu Shastra & Shamudrik Shastra.......................... 6.8.1 Jyotisha (Indian Astrology).............................................. 6.8.2 Vastu Shastra (Traditional Hindu Architecture)................. 6.8.3 Shamudrik Shastra (Body Features Analysis).................... 6.9 Kama Sutra and Psychology..................................................... 6.9.1 Family Psychology......................................................... 6.9.2 Sex Education................................................................. 6.9.3 Social Psychology........................................................... 6.10 Indian Scholars/ Saints.............................................................. 6.10.1 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.................................................. 6.10.2 Sri Aurbindo................................................................... 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Book SynopsisDo you need to conduct or understand research to support your studies or evidence-based practice in healthcare? Ensure that you have all the research tools at your fingertips with this pocket-sized (120x80mm), spiral-bound, quick reference guide in the popular Nursing & Health Survival Guide series, which covers both quantitative and qualitative research.Table of Contents1. Definitions 2. The Literature 3. Common Quantitative Designs 4. Data Collection Methods 5. Types of Data 6. Probability and Significance 7. Selecting the Right Statistical Procedure 8. Commonly Used Statistical Tests 9. Statistical Analysis using SPSS 10. Qualitative Research 11. Doing Qualitative Research 12. Measuring the Trustworthiness of Qualitative Research 13. Research Ethics 14. Implementing Published Research 15. Getting Involved in Research 16. Publishing Research

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Book SynopsisPhysiotherapy is arriving at a critical point in its history. Since World War I, physiotherapy has been one of the largest allied health professions and the established provider of orthodox physical rehabilitation. But ageing populations of increasingly chronically ill people, a growing scepticism towards biomedicine and the changing economy of healthcare threaten physiotherapy's long-held status. Paradoxically, physiotherapy's affinity for treating the body-as-machine' has resulted in an almost complete inability to identify the roots of the profession's present problems, or define possible ways forward. Physiotherapists need to engage in critically informed theoretical discussion about the profession's past, present and future - to explore their practice from economic, philosophical, political and sociological perspectives.The End of Physiotherapy aims to explain how physiotherapy has arrived at this critical point in its history, and to point to a new fuTable of ContentsPART I 1 Introduction; 2 Physical therapies before 1894; 3 The quest for legitimacy (1894–1914); 4 The pursuit of orthodoxy (1914–1973); 5 Physiotherapy under neoliberalism (1973–present); PART II; 6 The body; 7 Posture and movement; 8 Function and rehabilitation; PART III; 9 Implications for education, practice, regulation and research; 10 The end of physiotherapy; Epilogue: Methodology.

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Book SynopsisShaping Neighbourhoods is unique in combining all aspects of the spatial planning of neighbourhoods and towns whilst emphasising positive outcomes for people's health and global sustainability. This new edition retains the combination of radicalism, evidence-based advice and pragmatism that made earlier editions so popular. This updated edition strengthens guidance in relation to climate change and biodiversity, tackling crises of population health that are pushing up health-care budgets, but have elements of their origins in poor place spatial planning such as isolation, lack of everyday physical activity, and respiratory problems. It is underpinned by new research into how people use their localities, and the best way to achieve inclusive, healthy, low-carbon settlements.  The guide can assist with: Understanding the principles for planning healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods and towns Planning collaborative and inclusive processes forTrade Review"This latest edition of Shaping Neighbourhoods is a book that has, like all the places we love most, matured with time. The issues are thoroughly researched and the illustrations are both beautiful, yet clear and practical, making it an essential manual that should be on the desk of every mayor, local authority and others responsible for planning our towns and cities at all scales. It has a vital role to play when seeking to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. I have no doubt that it will contribute to the making of more loveable and liveable neighbourhoods."—George Ferguson CBE, People & Cities, First Elected Mayor of Bristol 2012-16, Past President Royal Institute of British Architects"This book provides a unique and refreshing approach to understanding how neighbourhoods impact population health and to identifying policy actions that can leverage the power of neighbourhoods to help us achieve health equity. One especially novel aspect of the book is how the themes of neighborhood health impacts, environmental sustainability, and equity are interwoven in ways that are insightful and that lend support for a transformative way to think about the health and environmental co-benefits of urban planning policies. The use of case studies and the global reach of the book also make it especially useful and novel. The presentation is also compelling with many figures, diagrams and visual representations. An outstanding addition to existing books on urban planning, neighborhoods, and health with a much needed environmental sustainability focus."—Ana V Diez Roux, Dean Dornsife School of Public Health, Director Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University, Philadelphia USA"Launched in the middle of a pandemic that emerged on top of an obesity epidemic and a climate emergency, this timely book provides practical guidance about how to create healthy, liveable and sustainable neighbourhoods. This is not a dress rehearsal: on our watch the world is urbanising, the population is growing, greenhouse emissions are rising, the climate is changing, biodiversity is being lost, cars are clogging and polluting our cities and chronic diseases are escalating – the impacts on human and planetary health are massive and the need for action, long overdue. We need to rethink our cities, ensuring they are underpinned by healthy, liveable and sustainable neighbourhoods - not for some, but for all. With the Hippocratic oath – first do no harm – firmly in their sight, this book equips public health professionals to work with, and advocate for, built environment professionals and sectors to adopt this edict, and critically, to undertake the integrated planning and implementation, needed to deliver the cities vitally need."—Billie Giles-Corti, Distinguished Professor and RMIT VC Professorial Fellow, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia"Shaping Neighbourhoods is a most readable and engaging book. It brings to life neighbourhoods that enhance human health, wellbeing and social sustainability while responding to the climate crisis. The wealth of evidence and case studies presented in the book facilitate the understanding of those connections and engagement around neighbourhood solutions. The reader can easily navigate to their area of need or concern and find evidence-based responses to a wide range of challenges faced by neighbourhoods, drawing on the sharp writing and good layout. A comprehensive set of issues are examined; from urban design; to what works for specific groups in the population; to planning for travel; to housing and access to services; as well as natural systems (biodiversity, energy, food). The book identifies the key issues and principles in responding to the issue in question, presenting supporting evidence and case studies of local solutions. It goes on to outline strategies that can guide the transformation process. The beauty of the author’s problem-solving approach is that it integrates social context and the links with upstream determinants of health and sustainability. I see it as systems thinking in practice, grounded and focused on the issues at stake at the neighbourhood level. As a worker in public health and a physician I see the appeal this book has for the practitioner. It speaks to the public health professional and helps envision the implementation of Health in All Policies. A very timely contribution at a moment when the pandemic is shedding light into the key role neighborhoods play in maintaining people healthy, but where the public health response has yet to fully integrate place-based solutions as part of the strategy. The book is clearly anchored in local and territorial planning, and has in-depth sensitivity, perception and understanding of how it links with health, wellbeing and sustainability issues. This is compelling reading, a success in integrated thinking for the local level and a beautiful illustration of how to locally implement high level goals such as the SDGs."—Carlos Dora, MD PhD, President of the International Society for Urban Health"The new edition of this remarkable and valuable classic book is a welcome contribution to planning and urban design theory and practice in shaping towns and neighbourhoods that deliver sustainable and healthy places for the 21st century. It is both authoritative and comprehensive and includes global as well as local concerns about climate challenges, health, economic and social issues as well as the processes through which we engage in planning and other aspects of delivering sustainable places.The book follows the same structure as the previous editions so it is easy to follow a well-known and tested format though the individual sections are updated and expanded to take into consideration the latest ecological and health crises and thinking about sustainability, health and place-making. The book is informed by relevant theories and research as well as processes and policies through which we shape our towns and neighbourhoods. Practical case studies are well-chosen and selected from UK and international locations that demonstrate original and innovative approaches to solving problems.The book is beautifully produced with crisp and informative writing style, excellent graphic illustrations, photographs and useful diagrams and check-lists. The authors of the book bring in their own expertise whilst also connecting to other authoritative sources and shared common ground concerns and debates. This latest edition will be invaluable to built environment and health professionals, politicians, developers, civic and community groups as well as students and academia."—Georgia Butina Watson, Professor of Urban Design, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University"Building on the solid foundations of its predecessors, this completely revised and updated third edition of Shaping Neighbourhoods is an essential guide for planning and public health practitioners, researchers and teachers alike. Not only does it bring to the fore the most recent research evidence for sustainable, equitable and health supportive local environments, it showcases international case studies illustrating successful on-the-ground implementation of the principles espoused throughout. This new edition of Shaping Neighbourhoods contextualises the critical lessons of the COVID Pandemic, particularly the key role that the local environment plays in community health and wellbeing. Interdisciplinary ways-of-working are championed, with clear guidance for decision-makers across health and urban planning to create a better world for all life on our planet.Heartfelt congratulations to authors Hugh Barton, Marcus Grant and Richard Guise whose combined expertise, principled commitment and personal passion for the messages in this book shine through!"—Susan Thompson, Professor of Planning and Head, City Wellbeing Program, City Futures Research Centre, School of the Built Environment, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia"The third edition of Shaping Neighbourhoods provides comprehensive guidance to how an inclusive planning, design and management process can contribute to making neighbourhoods healthy and sustainable. The book addresses a wide spectrum of topics: community engagement, sustainability, neighbourhood planning, spatial planning and place-making.The importance of the health and well-being of communities is increasingly being recognised as a key element to counter the challenges of climate change, ecological emergencies and global pandemics. The message of the book is clear: we need to put enhanced health equity, social well-being and neighbourhood sustainability strategies at the heart of urban planning.The book is an essential reference manual for built environment and health professionals, students and community leaders. It distils, based on extensive research of international best practice, strategies to achieve healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods. The range and quality of the information, illustrated by superb diagrams and photographs, will make this excellent publication an essential reference for all those with an interest and involvement in a healthy and sustainable future for our urban environments."—Tony Reddy Chair, Academy of Urbanism Table of ContentsChapter 1. Orientation and PrinciplesChapter 2. A Neighbourhood Planning ProcessChapter 3. Providing for Local NeedChapter 4. Working With Natural SystemsChapter 5. Neighbourhood StrategyChapter 6. Neighbourhood Design and Placemaking

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009Traditional distinctions between the experiences of women and men are breaking down and being reconfigured in new, more complex ways. The long-established life expectancy gap between men and women appears to be closing in many affluent societies. Many men appear to be far more âbody and health consciousâ than they ever were in the past and there are perceptible changes in womenâs âhealth behavioursâ, such as increases in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption.Ellen Annandale provides a comprehensive and persuasive analysis of the contemporary social relations of gender and womenâs health, arguing that the once all important sex/gender distinction fosters an undue separation between the social and the biological whereas it is their interaction and flexibility that is important in the production of health and illness. New theoretical tools are needed in a world where the meaning anTrade Review"...include(s) nuanced and thought-provoking investigations of the body-versus-body-politic debate, the glorification of natural childbirth by 1970s-era radical feminists, the limitations of gender difference research, the deleterious impact of late capitalism on biomedicine, the pitfalls of postfeminism and the "body project," amd the weakening of health-oriented women's activism caused by identity politics and extreme individualism."-- Choice, July 2009'' Ellen Annandale’s book on women’s health and social change is a landmark text'' ''A beautifully written book, with flowing prose and some nice pieces of visual imagery that help bring the arguments expressed to life. Each of the seven chapters is well crafted as both a standalone piece of writing and as a building block for the book as a whole. The key points made and the arguments advanced in each chapter are well drawn out and summarised.'' ''This book will be equally rewarding for both those new to the area of gender and health, and those who have worked in it for some time. It represents both an excellent overview of work in this area and insightful analysis that contributes to long-running debates and suggests potentially fruitful directions for new work.''-- Sociology of Health & Illness, 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Recovering gender and health in history 2. Making connections: feminism, sociology and health 3. Two traditions of research on gender and health 4. Women, health and reproduction 5. Moving beyond sex and gender 6. Morbidity and mortality in transition 7. The making of women’s health: diversity and difference 8. Concluding remarks and ways forward

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Book SynopsisComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an emerging and increasingly popular group of treatments, therapies and philosophies of health and wellbeing. It is a fascinating and fast-changing area of social life, which also poses an interesting challenge to current healthcare delivery and policy making.This reader presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new readings on CAM and covers issues including: changes in the way CAM is developing and being delivered holism and what this concept means to CAM practice changes in consumption and the health consumer that have lead to increased interest in CAM the safety and effectiveness of CAM treatments how integration is being achieved in contemporary society. The text provides insight into many of the current and complex issues surrounding CAM, and will appeal to everyone who is concerned with, or who has an interest in, complementTrade Review'Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new contributions on the topic.' - FACT, 2005Table of ContentsSECTION 1 CAM in context, SECTION 2 Users, practitioners and health beliefs: the healing relationship in CAM, SECTION 3 CAM in different settings, SECTION 4 Regulation, professionalisation and education: change and diversity, SECTION 5 Evidence and efficacy, SECTION 6 CAM in practice: diversity, integrations and development

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Book SynopsisSpeech and Silence in Contemporary Childrenâs Literature brings a fresh perspective to a central literary questionâ Who speaks?â by examining a variety of represented silences. These include children who do not speak, do not yet speak effectively, or speak on behalf of others. A rich and unexamined literary archive explores the problematics of children who are literally silent or metaphorically so because they cannot communicate effectively with adults or peers. This project centers childrenâs literature in the question of voice by considering disability, gender, race, and ecocriticism. Childrenâs literature rests on a paradox at the root of its own genre: it is produced by an adult author writing to a constructed idea of what children should be. By reading a range of contemporary childrenâs literature, this book scrutinizes how such texts narrate the childâs journey from communicative alterity to a place of empowered adult speech. Sometimes the childâs verbal enclosure enables privacy and resistance. At other times, silence is coerced or imposed or arises from bodily impairment. Children may act as intermediaries, speaking on behalf of species that cannot. Recently, we have seen children exercise their voices on the world stage and as authors. In all cases, the texts analyzed here reveal speech as a minefield to be traversed. Children who talk too much, too little, or with insufficient expertise pose problems to themselves and others. Implicitly and sometimes explicitly, they attempt to hold adults to accountâ inside and outside the text. Speech and Silence in Contemporary Childrenâs Literature addresses this underconceptualized subject in what will be an important text for scholars of childrenâs literature, childhood studies, English, disability studies, gender studies, race studies, ecopedagogy, and education.

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the therapeutic environment of the Maggie's centre and explores the many ways this is achieved. With an unconventional architecture as required by the design brief, combined with Maggie's psychological support programme, this special health facility allows extraordinary therapeutic effects in people, to the point that one can speak of therapeutic power.After tracing the story of the Maggie's centre, the book reveals its fundamentals: Maggie's Therapeutikos (the-mind-as-important-as-the-body), the Architectural Brief and the Client-Architect-Users' Triad. It continues by unfolding Maggie's synergy-that between people and place-which increases users' psychological flexibility helping them tolerate what was intolerable before. Although comfort and atmospheres are paramount, they are not enough to define the therapeutic environment of the Maggie's centre. Only by looking at neuroscience that can give us scientific explanations of empathy, feelings and em

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Book SynopsisThis multi-disciplinary and inclusive collection brings together theoretically informed and empirically focused research on sex, intimacy and reproduction in relation to young people and adults with life-shortening conditions.Advances in healthcare mean that increasing numbers of young people with life-shortening conditions are transitioning into adulthood. Issues such as sex and intimacy, dating and relationships, fertility and having children are increasingly relevant to them and to the people that support them, including families, carers, practitioners and professional education, health and social care agencies. This three-part book explores the relevance and significance of this field, examines everyday experiences, and highlights the challenges faced by individuals and organisations in addressing the needs of such people in daily life and in the context of practice.Drawing on perspectives from sociology, disability studies, epidemiology, health policy, psychotheraTable of Contents Part One: Policy and regulation: National and international landscapes. 1.A changing population: Young adults with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. 2.International policy and governance related to young adults with life-shortening conditions. 3.The regulation of sexual expression and joy: Complexities and contradictions. 4.British law, help or hinderance? Sexuality and disability. 5.A rite of passage? A UK perspective on transition for young people with life-shortening conditions. Part Two: Experiences of sex, intimacy and reproduction. 6.Life-long learning about sex on an uncertain life course. 7.Reasons to shag a cripple. 8.Disruptions, relationships and intimate futures: The unintended consequences of pandemic control. 9.Near-death issues and the impact on the sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic. 10.Navigating normativity: Understanding reproductive loss in the lives of young adults with shortened lives. Part Three: Reflections on researching sexual and reproductive intimacy. 11.Involving people with life-shortening conditions in research: Perspectives on co-production. 12.Research and governance in action: Implementing research on sex, intimacy and reproduction.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book offers new empirical research and policy-relevant care practices from across the globe to understand the interrelation of care, emotion, and flourishing in the context of acute and persistent crises.

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Book SynopsisThis book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic has developed into a serious social, economic and political problem, and how according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Russia is currently facing the biggest HIV/AIDS epidemic in all of Europe with an estimated number of 980,000 people living with HIV in 2009. The book investigates civil society organisations' contribution to social change and civil society development in post-Soviet Russia, and thus situates a specific type of civil society actors into a broader socio-political context and questions their ability to represent civic interests, particularly in the field of social policy-making and health. This allows for a better understanding of the dynamics of state-society relations in present-day Russia, and gives insight into the ways HIV/AIDS NGOs in Russia have used transnational ties in order to exert influence on Trade Review"This book is an immense contribution to the public health literature that provides readers with a complex picture of the HIV crisis in Russia. It also calls for our greater admiration of HIV/AIDS NGOs that have key roles in confronting HIV/AIDS in Russia and whose dedication and care are at the very heart of slowly emerging civil society in Russia." - Yuri A Amirkhanian, The LancetTable of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. Civil Society, NGOs and the Russian State 3. Civil Society and the Global Governance of HIV/AIDS 4. Russia’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Government Response 5. HIV/AIDS and Russian Society 6. The Organisational Landscape of HIV/AIDS NGOs in Russia 7. Building Bridges, Creating Trust: HIV/AIDS NGOs in Tomsk 8. Improving Policy and Practice: NGOs in St. Petersburg 9. Advocacy Based on Evidence: HIV/AIDS NGOs in Kaliningrad 10. In the Centre of Russian HIV/AIDS politics: NGOs in Moscow 11. Conclusions

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Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives presents a comprehensive introduction to public health issues and concepts in the Australian and international contexts. It provides students with fundamental knowledge of the public health field, including frameworks, theories, key organisations and contemporary issues. The third edition features a new chapter on the public health workforce and the importance of advocacy in the profession and a thorough update that includes current research and case studies. Discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic and other contemporary public health issues offers students the opportunity to apply theory to familiar examples. Each chapter contextualises key concepts with spotlights and vignettes, reflective questions, tutorial exercises and suggestions for further reading. Written by an expert team of public health professionals, Public Health is an essential resource for public health students.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART II: PSYCHOSOCIAL MODULES Module 22: Addiction The Concept of Addiction 22.A Alcohol Abuse 22.B Nicotine Use 22.C Substance Abuse Module 23: Cognition The Concept of Cognition 23.A Alzheimer Disease 23.B Delirium 23.C Schizophrenia Module 24: Culture and Diversity The Concept of Culture and Diversity Module 25: Development The Concept of Development 25.A Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 25.B Autism Spectrum Disorder 25.C Cerebral Palsy 25.D Failure to Thrive Module 26: Family The Concept of Family 26.A Family Response to Health Alterations Module 27: Grief and Loss The Concept of Grief and Loss Module 28: Mood and Affect The Concept of Mood and Affect 28.A Depression 28.B Bipolar Disorders 28.C Postpartum Depression 28.D Suicide Module 29: Self The Concept of Self 29.A Feeding and Eating Disorders 29.B Personality Disorders Module 30: Spirituality The Concept of Spirituality 30.A Spiritual Distress 30.B Religion Module 31: Stress and Coping The Concept of Stress and Coping 31.A Anxiety Disorders 31.B Crisis 31.C Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Module 32: Trauma The Concept of Trauma 32.A Abuse 32.B Multisystem Trauma 32.C Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 32.D Rape and Rape-Trauma Syndrome PART III: REPRODUCTION MODULE Module 33: Reproduction The Concept of Reproduction 33.A Antepartum Care 33.B Intrapartum Care 33.C Postpartum Care 33.D Newborn Care 33.E Prematurity PART IV: NURSING DOMAIN Module 34: Assessment The Concept of Assessment Module 35: Caring Interventions The Concept of Caring Interventions Module 36: Clinical Decision Making The Concept of Clinical Decision Making 36.A The Nursing Process 36.B The Nursing Plan of Care 36.C Prioritizing Care Module 37: Collaboration The Concept of Collaboration Module 38: Communication The Concept of Communication 38.A Groups and Group Communication 38.B Therapeutic Communication 38.C Documentation 38.D Reporting Module 39: Managing Care The Concept of Managing Care 39.A Case Management 39.B Cost-Effective Care 39.C Delegation 39.D Leadership and Management Module 40: Professionalism The Concept of Professionalism 40.A Commitment to Profession 40.B Work Ethic Module 41: Teaching and Learning The Concept of Teaching and Learning 41.A Patient/Consumer Education PART V: HEALTHCARE DOMAIN Module 42: Accountability The Concept of Accountability 42.A Competence 42.B Professional Development Module 43: Advocacy The Concept of Advocacy 43.A Environmental Quality Module 44: Ethics The Concept of Ethics 44.A Morality 44.B Ethical Dilemmas 44.C Patient Rights Module 45: Evidence-Based Practice The Concept of Evidence-Based Practice Module 46: Healthcare Systems The Concept of Healthcare Systems 46.A Emergency Preparedness Module 47: Health Policy The Concept of Health Policy Module 48: Informatics The Concept of Informatics 48.A Clinical Decision Support Systems 48.B Individual Information at Point of Care Module 49: Legal Issues The Concept of Legal Issues 49.A Nurse Practice Acts 49.B Advance Directives 49.C Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 49.D Mandatory Reporting 49.E Risk Management Module 50: Quality Improvement The Concept of Quality Improvement Module 51: Safety The Concept of Safety 51.A Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Across the Lifespan 51.B Patient Safety 51.C Nurse Safety Appendix A: NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses 2015—2017 Appendix B: Diagnostic Values and Laboratory Tests (available in Pearson MyLab and eText)

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates how to take an active role in preventative health care - learning how to eat, exercise, and relax, and maintain the immune system, with updated information on low-carbohydrate diets, hormone replacement therapy, Alzheimer's, ADD, reflux disease, autism, diabetes, and other important topics.

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