Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: October 2021

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Saturday, October 23, 2021

COVID: Logic is the patient - again...

Hodges' model is evidence seeking, what logic might apply? 
 
Logic was once the 'patient':
“Yet, by 1530, formal logic was a dying branch of studies, and by the seventeenth century it had been completely forgotten. Why? No one to my knowledge has provided a satisfactory answer. Prantl, one of the earliest scholars to take notice of medieval logic, merely relied on the prejudice of four hundred years in depicting the universities as nursing; the sick but obstinate patient (dialectics), until 'the healthy spirit of antiquity conquered the scholastic pedantry'. Bochenski is not concerned with the mechanics of historical change. Ong gives the cause of death as an inherent weakness in medieval logic itself: 'Scholastic logic was dying of the frustration attendant upon its failure to develop a symbolic system adequate to its ambition and the promise of its initial development.' Even if medieval logic could not overcome this weakness, it had nevertheless hobbled along for three hundred fifty years with the malady! Even if the universities artificially prolonged its life, how exactly did the 'healthy spirit of antiquity' do away with the old warrior?” (Heath, 1971, p.47).
 
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logic


LOGIC

logic

logic

Heath, Terrence. “Logical Grammar, Grammatical Logic, and Humanism in Three German Universities.” Studies in the Renaissance 18 (1971): 9–64. https://doi.org/10.2307/2857078.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

WHO and Religions for Peace global conference on strengthening national responses to health emergencies

WHO and Religions for Peace global conference
Hosted by the World Health Organization in collaboration with Religions for Peace and the EPI-WIN Faith Communities of Practice this global conference looks at ‘Strengthening national responses to health emergencies: WHO, Religious Leaders, Faith-based Organizations, Faith Communities and National Governments’.   

 Throughout history religious leaders, faith-based organizations, and faith communities at all levels, have played a key role in health emergency preparedness and response, and in many places, in ongoing health service delivery.   

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the important role faith partners, as trusted community leaders, play in mobilizing community led action to protect, care for and advocate for marginalized or vulnerable people; sharing critical, accurate and tailored health information; and providing spiritual care, guidance, and support during times of crisis and uncertainty.   

Together WHO and faith partners work with and in support of national governments to achieve joint health goals, mitigate the negative effects of health emergencies and ultimately help to bring them to an end.  

This conference delves into good practice examples, which cover diverse themes, regions, and faiths, and represent a valuable resource for the current and future health emergencies.   

The sessions of the conference will feature innovative responses in the areas of (i) Spiritual care during times of crisis, (ii) Country collaboration between WHO, faith partners and national governments, (iii) Trust and health histories, and (iv) Communication and advocacy for vaccine equity, access, and uptake.  

More details ... 

My source: 

https://twitter.com/nurse_yogini/status/1450740628879458306?s=20


Sunday, October 17, 2021

Book: ii "Making Research Matter" ... to varied audiences ...

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Patient
Carer
Lifelong learner

purpose


Researchers*
Scientists*
Lecturers
Student (Scholar)
Project managers

process

Public
Community Leaders - Groups
Ethnographers
Social policy makers

practice

Managers
Leaders
Policy Makers
Curriculum Developers
Activists
Change agents

policy

Noting Tara Lamont's book and the intended audiences, I was reminded of the diverse potential user base for Hodges' model, with a few additions.

This was represented using four images on the old homepage of the now archived website (1998-2015):

https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/en/archive/20141008034649/http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/index.htm

'Lifelong learner' should apply across all the domains of the model, but it is primarily about intrinsic motivation, a personal and voluntary initiative.

There is no 'evidence-based' explanation for the above, other than praxis. It has arisen over time,  associated with the care domains of Hodges' model. The situation is similar for the 4Ps in the model (italicised).

See also:

Book: i "Making Research Matter - Steps to Impact for Health and Care Researchers" Open Access

*independent roles also.

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Book: i "Making Research Matter - Steps to Impact for Health and Care Researchers" Open Access

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i m p a c t

impact
impact

"Making Research Matter"*

My source:

https://twitter.com/TaraJLamont/status/1448999679899865088?s=20

Thanks also to @policypress 

*An ever greater need for political impact!

Saturday, October 09, 2021

RSPH Sparks Debates - Geopolitical determinants of health

The Royal Society for Public Health 

Thu, 11 November 2021, 15:00 – 16:00 GMT

Online event

 
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i m p a c t

GEO-
SOCIAL
determinants of health

POLITICAL
determinants of health

 

My source:

https://twitter.com/R_S_P_H/status/1446469190198628376?s=20

https://twitter.com/R_S_P_H/status/1445011311478325249?s=20

#RSPHSparksDebate

Thursday, October 07, 2021

"... Two beds and a coffee machine ..."

poetry in lyrics ...

 
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"Wonder how I ever made it through
And there are children to think of
Baby's asleep in the back seat
Wonder how they'll ever make it
Through this living nightmare
But the mind is an amazing thing
Full of candy dreams and new toys
..."

"Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast ..."


"Another bruise to try and hide
Another alibi to write ...."




Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Hayes Darren Stanley / Jones Daniel
Two Beds and a Coffee Machine lyrics © Rough Cut Music Pty Ltd.
 

Wednesday, October 06, 2021

Call for Poems: Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) - Special Collection

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) is calling for poems for a special collection to be published on our website. An event will also be held on Human Rights Day (December 10) where selected poets will be invited to talk about gender, sexual and reproductive health and rights through their poetry.

We believe that poetry is an accessible and powerful means of expression. It can serve as a bridge between personal or societal experiences and political activism and advocacy.

PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES
    
    * Poems must speak of gender, sexual and reproductive health and rights
    
    * Submissions are open internationally
    
    * All poems must have a title
    
    * All poems must be original, unpublished work
    
    * All poems must be written in English or be accompanied by an English translation
    
    * Poems of up to 80 lines in length are preferred
    
    * Maximum 1 poem per submission, per person

Poems will be reviewed anonymously by an international selection committee of supporters of SRHM. Selected poems will be announced just before Human Rights Day.

HOW TO SUBMIT
    
    * Submit your poem at info@srhm.org by 31 October 2021
    
    * Send your poem as an attachment (pdf or doc). The title of your document should be the title of your poem (not your name)
    
    * Include a short biography (up to 150 words) in the body of your email
    
    * Please indicate if you do not want SRHM to publish your name with your poem

http://www.srhm.org/how-we-work/journal/call-for-poetry-sexual-and-reproductive-justice/

My source: c/o Alexane Bremshey.

https://ibpnetwork.org/  

Friday, October 01, 2021

Agnotology - (a) space for ignorance?

 Chapter 1 of Agnotology (Proctor, 2008) begins with two quotations:

“We are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance. Ignorance
is not just a blank space on a person's mental map. It has contours and coher-
ence, and for all I know rules of operation as well. So as a corollary to writing
about what we know, maybe we should add getting familiar with our ignorance.”
Thomas Pynchon, 1984


“Doubt is our product.”
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, internal memo, 1969



The discovery of this book and its title, was quite an event.

Proctor, Robert N. and Schiebinger, Londa (Eds.). AGNOTOLOGY The Making And Unmaking Of Ignorance. (2008): Stanford University Press, Stanford, California.

 

 

Previously on W2tQ:

'ignorance'

'smoking'