Abstract:

Health is gaining greater attention on the global scenario. There has been an overall change that has seen a shift from global nation-based health-policy-making structures towards more diversity and greater emphasis on private sector actors. The not for profit civil society and non-governmental organization are now seen as a vital heath partner especially for health campaigns.

Funding for global health is also changing as pressure mounts against vertical disease focused funding in favor of horizontal funding aimed at strengthening health systems. Players in the global health scene are also changing to include public private partnerships as well as a greater appreciation and inclusion of civil society.

For global health to be effective worldwide and especially in Africa, the focus must be towards a broader system of funding that is not disease specific but also has an emphasis on strengthening the health system. Building and maintaining capacity for healthcare provision is also critical for effective action against health threats. Focus must also be on enabling partnerships while taking care that the broader public sector agenda is not overridden by vested interests especially in public- private partnerships

Global health must also widen its focus from communicable disease to address threats posed by widespread increase in risk factors for non- communicable disease and broader social and economic factors that impact health in this era of rapid globalization. The trend must be towards using an evidence base to employ strategies that will in the long run provide cost effective interventions while ensuring appropriate and sustainable technologies are utilized to address health concerns.

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Abstract:

The study and application of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Narrative Therapy (NT) are essential and employed in enhancing one’s self-esteem and reducing the depression and other problems, which are fundamental aspects in Guidance and Counseling. Hence an Article Review has been done on “Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Narrative Therapy” on the thesis submitted to Osmania University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in “Psychology” in March 2009.

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Abstract:

Global health though seen by a few authors as a bid by the WHO to reposition itself and survive changing times, is now being grasped as critical to addressing existing and emerging global health threats as a result of globalization. The world is increasingly “shrinking” as migration and trade patterns take a dimension that makes the world seem like a global village. While this has it economic benefits it is creating new threats as communicable infections are transmitted from region to region sometimes in a matter of a day. Health threats in a region can be a global concern at any given time; it is therefore necessary that health personnel are effectively equipped to handle such scenario as and when they occur. It is important that training programs are responsive to the changing health challenges and position themselves to offer health training programs that ensurehealth professionals are adequately prepared to address contemporary health threats.

In a “shrinking world” health threats can end up being major catastrophe without timely intervention. This review delves into the need to ensure that health care professionals are equipped to effectively handle conditions that previously were not akin to their country. Training of health care workers must therefore be responsive to changing global trends with the realization that even in the developed nations, health promotion will only be successful if the health threats and shared risks from less developed nations are adequately addressed. Furthermore health action must be executed with an understanding of intricate cultural practice and other psychosocial economic factors that impact health. In essence it is not so much what Global health is defined as that matters but the realization that globalization is a powerful force that is impacting the health scenario and we must ensure health programs equip health workers by changes that address curricula, exposure to international training, collaborations, funding and relevant programs. These will not only provoke interest in global heath practice but ensure that we are adequately prepared to face the contemporary global health challenges.

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Abstract:

Though legislation is a quick and easy method of preventing behavioral lifestyle that is injurious to health, many failures may occur in a legal environment, which promotes fundamental human right. Besides, the coercive approach involved in this regulatory approach to health behavioral modification is against the ethics of health education. Health education is practiced in a legal environment of human rights and freedom of choice between health promoting and health disruptive life styles. It is therefore important to device ethically permissible strategies for modifying health behavior in order to achieve success in an environment of counteracting legal considerations and compelling need for healthy lifestyle in the community

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Abstract:

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Abstract:

Abstract Of all the vice problems confronting South Africa and many other countries, the heroin dependence syndrome and its consequences pose some of the most serious challenges. While the treatment and management of heroin use disorders continues to be characterized by new developments, altering perspectives, and by controversies of one kind or another, the literature findings suggest that different treatment settings may be appropriate for different heroin users. People who are treated for heroin use disorders achieve a continuum of outcomes with respect to their heroin-taking behaviour and their heroin-related problems. Treatment response is thus not a simple matter of success or failure. As with many treatments, the assessment of outcome involves degrees of improvement, and these may have different meanings for different individual cases. Although there is a general acceptance of such goals as improved health, or reduction or elimination of heroin consumption, it is also necessary to be aware of the need for flexible goals that can be adapted to individual circumstances.

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Abstract:

Controversy has surrounded the Rorschach throughout most of its history, not because it is worthless, but because it has so often been used for the wrong purposes. Psychlit, PEP, PubMed, Google scholar, CAB Abstracts and article references were searched to identify critical commentaries and published globally in English between 1921 and 2012. Findings of the review suggest that the virtues of the Rorschach are modest but genuine. 

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