c/o A.Word.A.Day: Hodges' model - Walk the (dual!) chalk line

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

'Having a tool is like having a superpower in your pocket. With the right gadget, you can do much more than what arms and legs alone allow -- build a magnificent pyramid, lift water from deep below, or even predict whether you’ll need an umbrella tomorrow.

And not all tools need wires, batteries, or instruction manuals. Sometimes, a simple device can save labor -- a lever, a pulley, a piece of string dusted with chalk -- can save hours of sweat and toil.'

chalk line

Simplifying universal health coverage to achieve political action

'The narrative on universal health coverage should be centred around four core elements: universality, equity, adequate financing, and preparedness in public health emergencies, write Katri Bertram and Justin Koonin'.

Bertram K, Koonin J. Simplifying the universal health coverage narrative can help to achieve political action BMJ 2024; 387 :q2441 doi:10.1136/bmj.q2441

A RESPONSE^* 

Can this be true? Why, this is absolutely marvellous! I?

Yes! Me. 

I do count! I'm seen, heard and included in the health care system and can have a voice in the service's development (1.). 

Not only that, but everyone in my - our community - has access - too (2.) ...

client - person - individual - self - patient - citizen

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES              

humanistic ------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL   

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couple - family - group - community - village/town - city

1. UNIVERSALITY	4. PREPAREDNESS
2. EQUITY	3. ADEQUATE FINANCING

... Now that health and social care are properly funded, they've finally done it! They've taken the key step to include education. This is crucial, critical to preventing poor health. Whenever possible we want people to self-care. The mother of all us has always whispered of the safety net. Now she shouts and rages. We all must listen to the stories of old.  Children should be brought up to be health and media... literate and recognise for them as an individual, the merit, the joy of health and well-being.

At last - the power's-that-be are addressing policy. Not just policy on paper, but implementing it, to assure the quality and cost of food, baby-formula, the air and water (3.).

What does this mean?^ It means health budgets can be better managed. Being prepared does not mean we reach immediately for the technical solution, write the prescription (for antibiotics). No. Being prepared means wising-up too. Together, we are ready to face each other, and right across the world: S-N and E-W. Now we can look to the future, climate change and Gaia: as ONE (4-5).

^O’Connell T, Rasanathan K, Chopra M. What does universal health coverage mean? Lancet 2014;383:277-9. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60955-1 pmid:23953765

(Cited by Bertram & Koonin)

5. Spiritual.

^*A response, that is both too simple and too complex. Discuss.

Your story about the use of the Resilient Health Systems evidence collection

Championing evidence-based humanitarian action

Evidence Aid aims to save lives and livelihoods in disasters by providing decision-makers with the best available evidence and by championing its use.

On Wednesday, 22 November 2023 at 10:12:26 GMT, Claire Allen, UK <callen AT evidenceaid.org> wrote:

Kind request - Do you have 5-10 minutes to complete our survey about the Resilient Health Systems evidence collection

https://evidenceaid.org/evidence/resilient-health-systems
Your insights and opinions are incredibly valuable to us.

The form will be available until Monday 27 November 2023, but in the meantime, if you have any issues, please do not hesitate to contact - 

Epa La Bella at elabella AT evidenceaid.org.

As always, we value your insight and opinions, all of which are essential to the functioning of Evidence Aid.

Claire Allen, Operations Manager Evidence Aid: Championing evidence-based humanitarian action. Please note that my regular working days are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Please do not expect a response outside of those days.

Support our activities by donating here.

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HIFA profile (and my source): Claire Allen is Operations Manager at Evidence Aid, UK. Professional interests: Evidence Aid (www.evidenceaid.org) provides evidence for people in disaster preparedness and response to make better decisions. Areas of interest = humanitarian crises, natural disasters and major healthcare emergencies (disaster = when a country is unable to cope with the disaster/crisis or emergency). She is a member of the HIFA Working Group on Access to Health Research. http://www.hifa.org/working-groups/access-health-research Email: callen AT evidenceaid.org

What does the health workforce need to improve vaccine delivery? c/o Nursing Now

Great question from David Bryden, @FHWCoalition at today's #ImmunisationAdvocacyChampions webinar: What would be your message to your MoH about what the health workforce needs to improve vaccine delivery?#VaccinEquity #COVID19 #Nurses2022 #Midwives2022 @sabinvaccine

— Nursing Now Challenge (@NursingNow2020) August 9, 2022

I have responded to this tweet with its question below - and added the event video:

 INDIVIDUAL

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 INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               

HUMANISTIC --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      

SOCIOLOGY  :   POLITICAL 

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GROUP

a generic conceptual framework pandemic preparedness and response individual acceptance individual health literacy beliefs unexpressed/non-shared anxiety active listening knowledge & expertise unique stories (person-alised) individual spiritual psychological access	routine immunisation all diseases, pathogens ... pandemic preparedness and response prevention logistics geography - terrain - distance vehicles technology - storage,energy,drones physical access impact of COVID-19 changes - data monitoring
pandemic preparedness and response family, community acceptance story-telling - narrative role models 'community temp' - what will others think, what will they say? More than posters & social media collective spiritual community engagement social access	informs - policy Health Services Nurses, Community Health Workers inequity, equality pandemic preparedness and response activism/advocacy by MoH and workforce funding - economics development counter / awareness of dis- misinformation political access ('real'* choice)

Hodges' model can assist in reflection and critical thinking about interfaces, campaigns, messages and much more.

*not just rhetoric.

Tracking the Alzheimer's-Down syndrome connection

individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group

Communication, speech self expression personhood identity memory personality mood Extend meaningful quality of life

Age 40 most people with Down syndrome develop beta amyloid plaques in the brain — a key characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists believe this is because they have an extra copy of chromosome 21, which carries an amyloid-producing gene.Major international research effort, (ages 25+) plus siblings over five years. Multisite Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium — Down Syndrome (ABC-DS) study Biomarkers, genetic background, environmental, metabolic and other physiological factors

Intergenerational angst if parent/family member a primary carer? Help families prepare for what’s going to happen potentially with their loved one

Funded by a $109 million grant from the National Institutes of Health

 My source:

Tracking the #Alzheimers-#DownSyndrome connection https://t.co/rVgyhio2LI#dementia #science @BonniBK @BlueTeamGA @NJdoc @MaryHNJ @kenjaques @tammymay1985 @chladek_david @DenzilMclaren @FromGreenhills @monibhachu @HJAhere @h2cm @RoseGold177 @WaterWorxUK @louisebrady17 @avecozave pic.twitter.com/CzqpnaPooZ

— Ian Kremer (@LEAD_Coalition) April 12, 2021

 Learn more about the study at mind.uci.edu/adrc/about

 

Healthcare Systems & Services: Yes, attend to the battlements ...

 Yes, attend to the battlements, but 

don't neglect your 'Towers of Observation'?

 

individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group

	"More than 27,000 tests have been carried out, with 459 positive results and eight deaths." p.20.
	"A report last year estimated that there were some 100,000 vacancies across the health service." p.21.

My source:

Britain. The NHS and covid19. Is it ready? Britain’s NHS is well suited to dealing with crises. But it is overstretched and faces an enormous task. The politics of pandemics, The Economist. Mar 14th 2020, pp.20-21. https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2020-03-14

Illustration by Luca D'Urbino: https://www.durbodesign.com/

Digital Wellbeing Educators - Online Summit

Higher Education has been transformed in recent months in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, as face-to-face teaching has been abruptly transformed into emergency remote teaching in virtual learning environments. For many, this has been a first-time experience, accelerating adoption of online education, often in a very agile way without the time and resources to allow for a carefully planned approach. Throughout this process students have also been compelled to change the way that they learn, and many may lack the competences required to fully participate in online education. 

More details and booking ...

See also:
http://www.digital-wellbeing.eu/

My source:
Dr Julie-Ann Sime
Centre for Technology-Enhanced Learning
Educational Research Department | Lancaster University

Deradicalisation: Sheep dips and holistic approaches

"Need to treat these people as individuals, not as generic sheep-dip things ..."

"Approach needs to be holistic, all encompassing ..."

individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group - population

Individual beliefs Personality, Character Mindsets Vulnerability Religion - subverted Need for Theological interventions 'Truth' Motivation Rehabilitation Purpose	Assessment Intervention Evaluation Process Subjective - Objective Resource intensive Surveillance
Culture Social values, social media Community leadership Community response Reintegration of Terrorist Offenders Practice Public Awareness - Preparedness ACT Awareness E-Learning	(Counter) Terrorism Prison (aptitude?) Sentence served Prison early  release Deradicalisation programmes -  (Globally none are 100% success) Martyn's Law Policy Funding

My source:
BBC Radio 4 Today 3 February 2020.

A Bigger Picture: David Hockney RA

The same year [2007], he continues, "the RA offered me this whole space, all 10 rooms, for 2011. I took a couple of days to say yes but I said it had to be 2012 - because I needed four springs: first to observe and prepare, then to paint. ..."



My source: Wullschlager, J. Blue-sky painting. FTWeekend, Life & Arts, January 14-15, 2012.  pp. 1-2.

Image (original copyright acknowledged):
c/o http://www.theartnewspaper.com

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/david-hockney-ra-bigger-picture