Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Oct 10, 2008	World Mental Health Day
Posted on the Mental Health in Higher Education (mhhe) list by Jill Anderson: Making Mental Health a Global Priority This year’s theme is ‘ Advocacy for global mental health: scaling up services through citizen advocacy and action '. It's an opportunity to think about how our...... [view]

Posted By:  mentalhealth Posted On:  Oct 8, 2008	Facing mental illness: a 10-step plan for Nova Scotia
What does the face of a person with mental illness look like? That question is at the heart of this year’s national anti-stigma campaign “Face Mental Illness,” which is the theme of Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 5-11). In Canada, one in five people is living with a...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Oct 8, 2008	20/20 vision minus 1, 2, or 4 blind spots....
Basic science classes very quickly introduce students to 'the eye' and vision. This includes the simple experiment that can be done which reveals the blind spot. Here's an example from service works consulting : Consulting companies pride themselves on knowledge, foresight and...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Oct 6, 2008	Identification and Hodges' model
In health and social care the importance of correctly identifying people in your care is drummed into you from the outset. Even before staff are on the payroll or in the lecture theatre everyone knows that common sense shouts "pay attention!" Drug administration and various other clinical...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Oct 6, 2008	Death in Birth By Vivienne Walt/Freetown Thursday, Sep. 18, 2008
An excerpt from an article in TIME magazine is posted below by Patti Abbott, Co-Director of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Knowledge, Information Management and Sharing (KIMS), Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The entire article can be found at:...... [view]

Posted By:  wmsiew Posted On:  Sep 30, 2008	CGI Highlights: Old World Is Oil, New World Is Renewables
The  Clinton Global Initiative’s  annual meeting is in full swing in New York City. In Thursday morning’s plenary session, Integrated Solutions: Water, Food & Energy, Tom Brokaw moderated a discussion about the entwined issues of water, food and energy. He directed questions...... [view]

Posted By:  wmsiew Posted On:  Sep 29, 2008	UN General Assembly Speeches Highlight Energy, Climate Concerns
This week is a big policy week in New York City, the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting is over at the Sheraton in midtown (check out Bonnie’s pre-conference  chat with Bill Clinton  himself), and across town the United Nations General Assembly meeting is going on. Some of the...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Jul 11, 2008	Health Informatics Review Report published
Published yesterday here in the UK by the Department of Health : The Health Informatics Review Report builds on the Next Stage Review by describing how informatics is supporting the delivery of better, safer care of patients , improving the NHS through better research, planning and...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Sep 6, 2008	Evidence Based Medicine & Care and the I-G Nexus
Great store is placed upon evidence based medicine (EBM), nursing and care. There are dedicated centres , conferences ( 1 , 2 , 3 ..), journals , policy pronouncements and much more besides. The evidence based approach has been subjected to critical review in leading health,...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Sep 10, 2008	Don't waste energy - use a care plugin...
How often do policy makers refer to "joined-up care" while at the same time they strive for efficiency and effectiveness and the confusion that can arise there? As health and social care teams fall over themselves (efficiently) to deliver integrated and holistic care, they are also under...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008	BBC R4 Today - NHS productivity
Following the post yesterday - Don't waste energy - use a care plugin... - there was an item this morning on BBC R4 Today : 0815 A report published by the Office for National Statistics suggests that NHS productivity has been falling by 2% a year. Martin Weale of the National Institute of...... [view]

Facing the Future
Submitted By:   dawilton Website:  http://www.facingthefuture.org Phone:  206-264-1503 E-mail:  office@facingthefuture.org	Vision:   At Facing the Future, we believe in the transformative power of widespread, systemic education to improve lives and communities, both locally and globally. Our positive, solutions-based programming is designed by and for......   [view]

National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC)
Submitted By:   ekadiri Website:  http://www.nac-cca.ca Phone:  416-932-1718 E-mail:  info@nac-cca.ca	Vision:   The National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) has played a significant role in advancing the agenda of women's equality in Canada. Since its inception in 1972, NAC's organizational and democratic structures......   [view]

Submitted By:   ksingh16 Event Date:  Aug 7, 2008 & Time: 09:00 AM-18:00 PM Event Location:  TBA [view]

Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change

Submitted By:   naccca Event Date:  Mar 13, 2008 & Time: 11:00 AM-15:00 PM Event Location:  Gladstone Hotel [view]

Erasing the Lines: Women Working Together