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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
We think of our homes as havens--places where we are safe and secure from the unpredictable, mercurial and sometimes downright hazardous "real world." More often than not, however, this security is unfounded. In fact, most of us live in homes that are fraught with hidden dangers that could potentially cause us serious injury. Indeed, studies show that accidents are the sixth leading cause of death in persons over sixty-five years of age and falls account for 2/3 of these deaths. Moreover, at least 1/3 of falls result in someone getting hurt occur in the home or in other familiar surroundings. The good news is that research also shows that modifications to make your home safer can dramatically decrease your risk of falling. How to Make You Safe
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
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There is no one clear path that people follow in starting a Healthy Communities project. Sometimes a local issue brings the community together and they search for a process to help them deal with the issue; or an individual (community group member, municipal employee or local politician) hears about Healthy Communities and brings information on the Healthy Communities process and the work of the Coalition back to their community. Whatever the avenue, the individual or group may see the Healthy Communities approach as helpful in addressing local issues and begin to talk with others about how it might be applied in their community. If others are interested, a group will form to pursue the idea. |
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008 |
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The Safe & Healthy Community Council is dedicated to everyone in Mid Coast Maine being safe from abuse and violence and having access to affordable, high-quality health care. An essential part of a strong community is the physical and mental health and well-being of its members. A caring community ensures access to preventive and healing services and support. Our community also needs to prevent abuse and violence, so that no-one suffers those terrible consequences.
· Everyone has access to affordable, high-quality health care (including mental health care, prescription drugs, dental care, etc.) · Our community fosters wellness through education, prevention, and action · Our community promotes prevention and provides treatment of drug and alcohol abuse · Support is available to people who are dying and to their loved ones · People who provide care for others will receive support and respite · People who are vulnerable (hurt, ill, disabled, isolated etc.) will receive the help they need · Everyone can live free from abuse and violence · Individuals and our communities are prepared for, and able to respond to, emergencies |
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
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When you ask people what makes a healthy community, the answer is almost always much broader than "medical care," "hospitals," "doctors," or "access to good health insurance." The people in a healthy community are safe and feel safe, are well informed, feel that they have the power to make choices, have lasting bonds with one another, have strong families, and a sense of meaning in their lives. Linda Bergthold, a principal of the human resource and benefits consulting firm William M. Mercer, says that "health is only in a very minor way about medical care." The evidence is there in any hospital: half the cases that come in the door are rooted in behavior, another 30 percent in the safety of the environment. Though the diseases and traumas happen to individual bodies, their roots are soci |
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
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A promising recent development is the fact that builders are realizing the importance of providing a healthy environment and many of them are now developing self-contained mini-townships, which provide all basic amenities within their four walls. These townships can be healthy places to live and bring up a family in, since they provide several essential features such as: - lots of open space to play in;
- clubs and gymnasiums to remain fit and healthy;
- shopping arcades;
 - food markets;
- chemists' shops;
- clinics and hospitals.
However, while the quality of life is excellent for the residents of these townships, who form a privileged minority, what about the rest of the citizens? After all, if your domestic help and his/her family are going to live amidst filth, it's likely they will be afflicted by infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and typhoid, which they could then transmit to you and your family. In the final analysis, this is a problem which affects all of us and we simply cannot afford to turn a blind eye to it! However, since it is a public health problem, we are usually content to let the government tackle it - which it fails to do in its usual characteristic fashion!
By contrast, citizens in developed countries of the world, have realized the menace of the problems created by unhygienic conditions and have collected together to lobby for change, in order to ensure healthy living conditions for themselves and their families. For example, environmental pollution affects the health of everyone, and you cannot afford to neglect the fact that the air you breathe is going to contain more and more toxic matter as the days roll by. Similarly, while it is the municipal corporation's responsibility to provide us with clean drinking water and to dispose off garbage hygienically, we should also ensure that this job gets done! |
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