Gloria Steinem: Women, economics, and social issues
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Childhood obesity declines in several states,cities
Written by Charmaine Ruddock ‘Childhood obesity declines in
Reflective Writing with Parents and Siblings of Cancer Survivors
Jim Stubenrauch is a CHMP senior fellow. Follow him on Twitter: @jimstuben.
It was nine o’clock on Sunday morning, October 14, and an audience of young cancer survivors, their parents and siblings, and physicians, social workers, and other clinicians were gathered in the spacious third-floor library of the New York Academy of Medicine, listening to a keynote address by reality television star Kathy Wakile.
CHMP senior fellow Joy Jacobson and I were there, too—and no, we hadn’t accidentally wandered into an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
The occasion was the first-ever “Campference”—part camp, part conference—of the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF), an organization dedicated to improving “the treatment, quality of life, and the long-term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors.” The CBTF, which marks its 25th anniversary this year, supports research, education, and advocacy to help both survivors and their families.
And all this while giving medications too?
Ann Campbell, RN-BC, MPH is a hospice
Nursing, Mindfulness and the Dalai Lama
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Debating Freedom of Choice
The vice-presidential debate shed some interesting light
Poetry, Politics, & American Rage
About a hundred billion tweets ago, in
Poetry, Politics, & American Rage
About a hundred billion tweets ago, in
Healthcare as a Message Strategy
The New England Journal of Medicine is among the most widely read health professional publications in the U.S.
President Obama and Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney know how important the support of this core constituency is to their respective campaigns. NEJM invited the candidates to appeal directly to readers through personal essays, which appear in the September 26 online edition. You can read the President’s complete essay here, and Governor Romney’s here.
How the media reports on human trafficking is critical
Nancy Cabelus, DNP, MSN, RN, is an international forensic nurse consultant currently working with Physicians for Human Rights on a program addressing sexual violence in conflict zones in central and east Africa. She is a CHMP Senior Fellow.
Yesterday, I attended a human trafficking conference in Pinellas County, Florida sponsored by the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and St. Petersburg College. As a retired police officer and a proactive, forensic nurse with expertise in human trafficking and sexual violence, I recognize the importance of community involvement in the detection and prevention of human trafficking. Coincidentally, an objective of the conference was to discuss the need for community involvement in the face of human trafficking. One limitation that was pointed out by conference presenters is the lack of media presence on the county’s human trafficking task force. The media has a key role in reporting stories on human trafficking incidents and creating public awareness—giant steps in the primary prevention of human trafficking. During the presentation, a news media clip was viewed of a local reporter covering a story of human trafficking in Florida. In reality, the reported incident was not human trafficking at all. Rather, it was a case of smuggling.