Stories and notes about a tragicmicro-promotion of health

Telling stories about stories.

I want to tell you a story. This is a story about stories. As in any good story, we’re going to wander down a few storied paths. One of the paths leads back to 3 award-winning stories.* Remarkable stories by remarkable physicians who take seriously the power of stories—who have written powerful stories. Another path is about the importance of stories for human health and well-being from the per...

Health psychology and health promotion

Health psychology is the defined as studying of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It contributes to is concerned with the understanding of how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute role to in physical health and illness. Psychological factors can affect health directly. For example, health is hurt by the chronically occurring environ...

A Final Word about Stories

I STARTED THIS series talking about stories—how we learn best from hearing what others like us have experienced. I often rail at our community for not encouraging a more scienti c approach to decisionmaking. A question I commonly ask is, “How many of you looked at the randomized, double-blind, controlled experiments that clearly show that is better than <whatever you were...

Health Education and Health Promotion

University of Health Promotion, Necessity and Framework

Universities and institutions of higher education, as the most important environments in the community, play an important role in creating potential capacities in individuals through the implementation of various educational and work programs. Universities can be appropriate and acceptable social leaders to promote people's health through the integration of health in all aspects of academic and...