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A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. Dr Grant Donovan, Wellness Officer, Western Australian Ministry of Sport and Recreation, puts the case for the 'Wellness Movement', arguing that health promotion has been too involved with disease avoidance and with professionally defined health needs. In contrast, 'Wellness' is about self-direction, self-actualisation, personal autonomy and the development of a community context which...
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A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. What is the point of raising awareness about health lifestyles in in a social context which spawns poverty, unemployment, pollution, discrimination and disempowerment? Michele Kosky, Western Australian Health Consumers' Council, and Mark Goggin, Western Australian AIDS Council, discuss the relative merits of health policy as an adjunct to health promotion. Produced by David Crewes.
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A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. Dr Lynne Hunt, Department of Health Studies, Edith Cowan University, questions the appropriateness of mainstream health promotion for women. The critique is followed by examples of health promotion in the women's health movement which have been developed in response to women's stated needs and in accordance with the discourses of feminism, empowerment and the social model of health which...
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A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. In this programme Dr Sherry Saggers, Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, and co-author of 'Aboriginal Health in Society: The Traditional and Contemporary Aboriginal Struggle for Better Health', argues the case for contextualising poor Aboriginal health within the political economy of Australian Society. This well-illustrated programme condenses a wide range of issues into a useful...
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This program presents the two-stage model of community health needs assessments outlined by Hawe, Degeling and Hall (1990) in their text "Evaluating Health Promotion". Using a variety of case studies, the program explores each of the steps presented in this model. A health needs assessment helps identify priority needs, and can assist health professionals devise more effective interventions in health promotion. Clearly identifying priority health...
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A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. Professor D'Arcy Holman, University of Western Australia , outlines an historical overview and contemporary analysis of the Public Health Movement in Western society. Clearly delineated phases in the development of the public health movement focuses the viewer's attention on the key points of the discussion. In addition, Glenda Jackson, Dept. of Health Studies, ECU, elaborates a definition...
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"Jane Dorner, account manager at a flashy New York public relations firm, has two modes: PR Jane, twenty-five, peppy, chummy and eager to sell you a feminist vibrator or a self-care-slash-bereavement subscription box; and Actual Jane, twenty-nine, drifting through mediocre work days and lackluster dates while paralyzed by her crushing mountain of medical debt. When her job performance is called into question, Jane's last-ditch effort to keep her livelihood...
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"You already know how to give your kids healthy food. But the hard part is getting them to eat it. After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose discovered a powerful truth: When parents focus solely on nutrition, their kids--surprisingly--eat poorly. But when families shift their emphasis to behaviors--the skills and habits kids are taught--they learn to eat right. Every child can learn to eat well--but only if you show them how to...
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