Just Human

Just Human
Author: Arielle Silverman
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-11-11
Genre:
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Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative

Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2017-01-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309439981

The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday communication, social activities, educational and professional pursuits, the care of others, and the maintenance of personal health, independence, and mobility. Functioning eyes and vision system can reduce an adult's risk of chronic health conditions, death, falls and injuries, social isolation, depression, and other psychological problems. In children, properly maintained eye and vision health contributes to a child's social development, academic achievement, and better health across the lifespan. The public generally recognizes its reliance on sight and fears its loss, but emphasis on eye and vision health, in general, has not been integrated into daily life to the same extent as other health promotion activities, such as teeth brushing; hand washing; physical and mental exercise; and various injury prevention behaviors. A larger population health approach is needed to engage a wide range of stakeholders in coordinated efforts that can sustain the scope of behavior change. The shaping of socioeconomic environments can eventually lead to new social norms that promote eye and vision health. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow proposes a new population-centered framework to guide action and coordination among various, and sometimes competing, stakeholders in pursuit of improved eye and vision health and health equity in the United States. Building on the momentum of previous public health efforts, this report also introduces a model for action that highlights different levels of prevention activities across a range of stakeholders and provides specific examples of how population health strategies can be translated into cohesive areas for action at federal, state, and local levels.

Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind Or Visually Impaired

Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind Or Visually Impaired
Author: Ike Presley
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0891288902

Assistive technology is essential in today's world to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to participate fully in school, work, and life. But which assistive technology tools are right for your students? This comprehensive handbook is the essential resource for teachers of students with visual impairments, administrators, technology professionals, and anyone who needs to keep up with the ever-changing world of technology. Assistive Technology For Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment contains a wealth of technical information translated into clear, user-friendly terms, including: - An overview of the full range of assistive technology that students can use to manage information in print or electronic formats-whether they use vision, touch or hearing to access information - How to select appropriate tools and strategies - A structured process for conducting a technology assessment - Detailed assessment forms that can be used to determine students' technology needs and solutions to address them - Advice on writing up program recommendations based on assessment results - Reproducible, blank assessment forms

The New Believer's Handbook

The New Believer's Handbook
Author: Ralph W. Harris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Christian life
ISBN: 9780882437934

Get believers off to a great start with this guide for the first weeks of their spiritual journey. Short chapters share insights on topics like prayer and being filled with the Holy Spirit as well as daily Bible Readings.

The Unseen Minority

The Unseen Minority
Author: Frances A. Koestler
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2004
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780891288961

The definitive history of the societal forces affecting blind people in the United States and the professions that evolved to provide services to people who are visually impaired, The Unseen Minority was originally commissioned to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the American Foundation for the Blind in 1971. Updated with a new foreword outlining the critical issues that have arisen since the original publication and with time lines presenting the landmark events in the legislative arena, low vision, education, and orientation and mobility, this classic work has never been more relevant.

The Making of Blind Men

The Making of Blind Men
Author: Robert A. Scott
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2017-09-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351479857

The disability of blindness is a learned social role. The various attitudes and patterns of behavior that characterize people who are blind are not inherent in their condition but, rather, are acquired through ordinary processes of social learning. The Making of Blind Men is intended as a systematic and integrated overview of the blindness problem in America. Dr. Scott chronicles which aspects of this problem are being dealt with by organizations for the blind and the effectiveness of this intervention system. He details the potential consequences of blind people becoming clients of blindness agencies by pointing out that many of the attitudes, behavior patterns, and qualities of character that have been assumed to be given to blind people by their condition are, in fact, products of socialization. As the self-concepts of blind men are generated by the same processes of socialization that shape us all, Dr. Scott puts forth the challenge of reforming the organized intervention system by critically evaluating the validity of blindness workers' assumptions about blindness and the blind. It is felt that an enlightened work force can then render the socialization process of the blind into a rational and deliberate force for positive change.

Education and Assistance to the Blind

Education and Assistance to the Blind
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1959
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN:

Considers. H.R. 14 and numerous related bills, to encourage aid program coordination among organizations for blind and protect rights of blind persons to join such organizations. H.R. 1855 and numerous related bills, to establish a National Advisory Committee for the Blind to study problems and needs. Focuses on blind educational and training needs and occupational opportunities.