Gender Awareness Lacking In Back To Work Policies

UK programmes designed to help the unemployed get back to work and support young parents are losing impact because they are not designed with the participants’ gender in mind. Men as well as women can lose out as a result of ‘gender blind’ policies. This finding, based on two case studies in the North East [...]

Flu Vaccination Rate At BJC HealthCare Rises Dramatically Due To Mandatory Policy

Making flu shots mandatory in 2008 dramatically increased the vaccination rate among St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare’s nearly 26,000 employees to more than 98 percent, according to a report now online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The study’s lead author, infectious disease specialist Hilary Babcock, M.D., says the success of the mandatory program demonstrates it is [...]

Next Summers G-8 Summit To Focus On Maternal, Child Health, Canadian Prime Minister Says

As president of the G-8 in 2010, Canada will champion a major initiative to improve the health of women and children in the world’s poorest regions,Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper writes in a Toronto Star editorial. Canada will lay out its plans as president of the G-8 and host of June’s G-20 summit when global leaders meet this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Harper says.

According to Harper, “The world’s poor have been hit hardest by the global economic downturn, and in these difficult times we must address their pressing needs.” He continues, “Each year, it is estimated that 500,000 women lose their lives during pregnancy or childbirth,” adding that “an astonishing nine million children die before their fifth birthday.” Harper writes, “This is simply not acceptable.” The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals called for reducing the number of pregnancy-related deaths by 75% by 2015, according to Harper. “It now appears this target will go unfulfilled,” he says, adding, “What makes it worse is that the bulk of deaths during pregnancy — experts claim as many as 80% — are easily preventable.”

Despair hope come through in volunteers notes from Haiti

Dallas businessman Mike Roberts flew to Haiti on his company jet Monday with two doctors, a nurse and a load of medical supplies. His aim was to help in any way he could.
One of his first tasks was to comfort a dying boy.

“I have seen 3 people die in my first 5 hours. One was just a boy – he slowly died of respiratory failure. As he gasped for air he rarely took his eyes off me,” Roberts said in an e-mail message Tuesday evening.

First Lady of San Diego to Be Honored by Local Children’s Foundation

Sullivan Children’s Foundation announced today that they will be honoring Rana Sampson, First Lady of San Diego, at their upcoming Annual Dinner, “For the Love of Children… An Evening at Laurel,” on November 13th. Rana is a long time dedicated community leader in the fight for children’s health and welfare issues. She is an international [...]

Monigle Associates Wins Platinum at HealthLeaders Media Marketing Awards

Monigle Associates, a Denver-based agency that helps clients nationwide build and activate brands, was awarded a Platinum Award from HealthLeaders Media in Chicago on Wednesday, October 15 for its national efforts on behalf of Shriners Hospitals for Children. The campaign, “Defy the Odds”, won top honors in the Large Children’s Hospital campaign category. A panel [...]

Bishop T.D. Jakes Electrifies South Africa

outh African and international audiences welcome Bishop T.D. Jakes during MegaFest International’s electrifying gathering, which for the first time is being held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The two-day family-friendly festival kicked off with performances by South Africa’s own multi-award-winning ensemble Joyous Celebration and GRAMMY ® award-winning artist Yolanda Adams. Following the MegaFest prelude, Bishop T.D. Jakes [...]

Breast cancer is the number one health concern for women

NASCAR drivers helped spread Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s NASCAR creed: Go Pink or Go Home! NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch, Bobby Labonte and Elliott Sadler will Go Pink at today’s Bank of America 500 race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.
While it is uncommon to see drivers in pink during a NASCAR race, [...]

Task of registered nurse

Registered nurse include plan provide and evaluate preventative, curative and rehabilitative care for patient discused in a wide types of setting.these type of setting included in public and private hospital, nursing homes.
Registered nurse works in following tasks avalaible below:
- Giving support, physical and technical nursing care for patient in hospital or home.
- Nurse treat patients [...]

New nursing university built in New Jersey

Robert Atkins, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was one of 15 junior faculty nationwide to receive an inaugural Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar Award. The three year $350,000 grant began Sept. 1.
The award will support his efforts to collect qualitative and quantitative [...]