Celebrating Health Awareness

During the next two months we will be celebrating a number of health awareness days . These days are celebrated on a global level in collaboration with WHO. I have included some things you may want to consider, take a look at or get involved in. September 10, 2008 is World Suicide Prevention Day. The Theme is 'Think globally. Plan nationally. Act locally.' It is promoting worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicide. It is to develop awareness that suicide is a major preventable cause of premature death. Visit http://www.who.int/ for more information. September 28, 2008 is World Rabies Day-This day highlights the impact of human and animal rabies and promotes how to prevent the disease. A fundraising drive is on the way. Funds received will be used to support community rabies control and education programs. You can donate by credit card on-line at www.worldrabiesday.org September 28, 2008 is World Heart Day. Do you know your risk? Do you know how to promote health and prevent heart disease. This is a day to expand public awareness of how to minimize risk factors -How to control weight and the importance of physical activity. There are somethings that are worth taking a look at to protect your health. You can Improve Blood Circulation Herbs and Heart Supplements. with these cardiovascular nutritional supplemetnts. October 09, 2008 is World Sight Day. It is a worldwide initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020 . Three quarters of cases are preventable or treatable.

October 10. 2008 is World Mental Health Day. Visit http://www.who.int/ for more information

You too can support health awareness too by getting involved for yourself, family or community.

Health Care In Information Age

Consumer Health Informatics is a new addtion to the list of health disciplines. It is defined by Gunther Eysenbach as that branch of Medical Informatics that analyses consumers' needs for information, studies and implements methods of making information accessible to consumers; and models and integrates consumers' preferences into medical information system( Eysenbach, 2000) Health Care is also in the Information age. As more consumers look to the internet for resources, E -health will be sought, not only by Health Professionals, but by healthy individuals and patients seeking information to make important health decisions. Whether through evidence based or through consumer awareness, the information has to be delivered, received and processed. Once the information is processed you can use it to make decisions that are good for you and your family. You can use it for self care, as public awareness to promote good health, to seek medcial attention, or to advocate on behalf of health issues. Your first step; however, is knowing that information is available. I will be blogging on health matters with information that is of interest to many of us.

This First Post

I am an author on health and wellness topics. I am promoting health through education and public awareness. There are actually several things an individual can do before that individual faces a specialist with a health problem. They are health promotion strategies. I will be writing on some of these. To encourage individuals to manage health decisions, I promote health tools on my websites. I research and deliver on line tools that I think are worth taking a look at. I also publish current information on various health topics. Those that are big in the news and those that are world issues especially. You may have something to add on a health issue, mattter or story. Lets's here from you too. Supporting website