Download or read book Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Hard Landings written by Cammie McGovern and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A game-changing exploration of what the future holds for the first generation of mainstreamed neurodiverse kids that is coming of age. After sleepless nights, intensive research, and twenty-one years of raising a child, Ethan, with autism and intellectual disability, Cammie McGovern is approaching a distinct catch-22. Once Ethan turns twenty-two, he will fall off the "Disability Cliff." By aging out of the school system, he'll lose access to most social, educational, and vocational resources. The catch is this: These resources, limited as they may be, have trained Ethan in skills for jobs that don't exist and a life he can't have. Here, McGovern expands on her #1 New York Times piece, "Looking into the Future for a Child with Autism," a future that often appears grim, with statistics like an 85 percent unemployment rate for people with ID. McGovern spent a year traveling the country and looking at the options for work and housing--and to her surprise discovered reasons to be optimistic. She asks the tough questions: What should parents prioritize as they ready their children for adulthood? How do we redefine success for our children? How can we sustain a hopeful attitude while navigating one obstacle after another? As Ethan makes his way into the world, McGovern also looks into the hardest question of all: How can we ensure an independent future when we're gone? Hard Landings will serve as a renewed beacon of hope for parents who want to ensure the fullest life possible for their child's future.

Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book Keep the Goal in Sight written by George Pilz and published by Kevin Gault. This book was released on 2019-01-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast drive down a winding country road changes a young man’s life forever in this inspiring memoir. Follow George Pilz on his courageous journey as he battles one daunting obstacle after another, striving against all odds to achieve the independent, successful life he always wanted.

Download or read book Blindsight written by Peter Watts and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, Blindsight Two months since the stars fell... Two months of silence, while a world held its breath. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route. So who do you send to force introductions with unknown and unknowable alien intellect that doesn't wish to be met? You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist—an informational topologist with half his mind gone—as an interface between here and there. Pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. They may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Future of Public Health written by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.

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Download or read book You re Not Finished Yet written by Christine Caine and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you facing a difficult season? Do your prayers feel unanswered? The middle of any endeavor—career, relationships, ministry, health—is often when our perseverance waivers, when peace seems out of reach, when the future feels uncertain. It's when life really gets hard. In this empowering devotional, bestselling author, human rights activist, and international speaker Christine Caine reminds you that you can go the distance—not because you have the strength but because God does. As Christine shares stories from her ministry experience, her personal life, her walk with Jesus, and her hikes through the mountains of Southern California, Christine offers Scripture and spiritual reflections to help you: Intentionally journey with Jesus even when you feel discouraged Rely on God's strength in seasons of waiting Keep praying, seeking, walking with Jesus every day Focus your mind on spiritual practices that bring peace Each of the 100 devotions includes a scripture, a devotion entry, and a takeaway for the reader. You're Not Finished Yet is a thoughtful gift for: Fans of Christine's previous books including the prior devotional, Resilient Hope; her bestselling 365-day devotional, Unshakeable; as well as other books such as Undaunted and How Did I Get Here? Anyone in the midst of a discouraging setback or a season of waiting Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Easter, New Year's, and graduation Readers seeking reminder of God's strength and peace You're Not Finished Yet offers a dose of daily endurance so you can keep moving forward with perseverance—even in the messy middle.

Download or read book Creating Your Future written by David B. Ellis and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999-11-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of "Becoming a Master Student" presents a motivational road map for getting the most out of life through a five-step program: commit, create, construct, carry out, and celebrate.

Download or read book GHETTO LOGIK written by Jerome ?Guydance? Jewet and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a parallel universe. Therefore, wherever there s an upscale neighborhood, there must be a ghetto; and if there is a ghetto, then there is a need for my Ghetto-Logik. This book is the Brooklyn Bridge that connects da hood to lavish neighborhoods. We, as human beings, were designed with identical spiritual, mental, and physical features, along with the divine gift of free will. However, some of us do not fully understand the grandness of our divine privileges, so we subconsciously live our lives less abundant than our original intent or choose not to exercise our gifts, talents, and abilities awarded to us by God. "

Download or read book The Life of Love An Invitation Fifty two Reflections on Emotional and Spiritual Healing written by Sharon Southwell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-26 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is love the place where psychological observation and spiritual wisdom about healing meet? If love is associated with healing of all sorts, how do I more consciously set about to grow in love, seeking healing for myself and for my neighbours, community and world? How do I encourage others in their journeys into love? Drawing on a broad Christian heritage, a deep respect for the insights of other religious and spiritual traditions and two decades of work in welfare and clinical settings, psychologist Sharon Southwell encourages spiritual seekers of all backgrounds to consider these questions for themselves. Structured in 52 Reflections, each followed by 'Invitations', The Life of Love invites you to grow in love by embracing life-giving connection to yourself, to others, your community, to art, nature and to your ultimate context, whether you experience this as God or as some other immanent or transcendent spiritual connection.

Download or read book The Vision written by T.L. Henry and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our everyday walk in life we have experiences that shape our hearts and mind which direct the path we take and the decisions we make. We must learn to use wisdom along with the skills and abilities we acquire to create avenues that help move us forward. The Vision, a work of urban fiction inspired by actual events, narrates a story of what happens when individuals are motivated and determined to make a positive difference in life. It shows how forces and events move in ways to help accomplish the things that motivated them to take action. It communicates how we all have a purpose in life, how discovering and fulfilling that purpose benefits the world and everyone in it.

Download or read book First Third written by Jay Beasley and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2015-12-20 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First Third" is Jay Beasley's beginning collection of songs and poems. It is a fresh poetic take on surrealism, storytelling, and romance. The poems are memorable, thought-provoking, and passionate as they take the reader from the internal life of memory to the world around us.

Download or read book Vision written by Michael S Nimmons and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you discuss a topic as broad and as bold as vision? How do you begin unpacking the many layers of a voluminous topic such as vision and make it relatable and palatable to everyone who reads this book? This is what is the exciting part about writing this book, because it is filled with insightful and motivational components that will help you move from one level to the next. I guarantee reading this book will be a thrill ride, a journey worth taking, because as you read you will be empowered, as you read you be motivated, and as you read you will be inspired and challenged to do the unimaginable. The God-given insights in this book will help you see yourself fulfilling your purpose and realizing your untapped potential.

Download or read book Peak Performance written by Omon Andrew Imohi and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a Journey to Your Best Self! Imagine standing on the peak of your own personal success, looking back at the journey that got you there. It might seem daunting, but what if you had a roadmap to navigate this path, designed by those who've journeyed before and succeeded? Peak Performance: Goal Setting Secrets of the Successful is that very guide, illuminating the path from where you are now to where you've dreamed of being. Within these pages, you'll find not just a book but a blueprint. The Foundations of Goal Setting lay the groundwork, preparing you to understand the spectrum of goals that can transform your life. From the basics to the bedrock of your wildest dreams, you'll uncover the types of goals that lead to genuine, enduring success. But what elevates this book above the rest is its compelling dive into the Psychology Behind Successful Goal Setting. Here, you're invited to confront and conquer your mental barriers, with the role of mindset taking center stage." Ever wondered how to turn your vision into reality? Crafting Your Vision for Success doesn't just inspire; it instructs. Coupled with the SMART Goals framework and an actionable Action Plan Blueprint, your vision will start to materialize before your eyes, one achievable step at a time. Tools and Techniques reveal modern and traditional methods to maintain momentum, while the chapters on Time Management Strategies and Accountability and Support Systems ensure you're equipped to overcome common pitfalls, setting a steady pace towards your apex. As you progress, Celebrating Milestones and Successes reminds you to acknowledge your hard work, embedding the importance of reflection in your journey. And, inevitably, when faced with setbacks, learning to cope with failures becomes a source of strength, not despair. In this book, success is not a destination but a process. With each chapter, you're not only setting goals but also mastering the ability to sustain and build upon your achievements, ensuring that your peak performance becomes a permanent state. Peak Performance: Goal Setting Secrets of the Successful is more than just a book; it's your companion in carving out a path to a life of achievement, fulfillment, and undeniable success. Are you ready to take the first step?

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Download or read book True Love Dates written by Debra K. Fileta and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to "kiss dating goodbye" but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating.