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Self-Care

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Lay Initiatives in Health

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvLowell S. Levin,Alfred H. Katz,Erik Holst

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Drawing on the concepts and resources developed at the first international symposium on the role of the individual in primary care, the authors of this book, originally published in 1977, delineate self-care and its relationship to professional care, reasons for the interest in self-care and a framework for future research. Self-care is a major factor in health and holds promise of even greater impact through educational development, the authors argue. They maintain that self-care is additive to society’s ability to overcome many existing barriers to health care accessibility, quality and accountability. In this sense, the authors argue, self-care must be viewed as the first option, with any alternatives involving professional care gives being supportive and residual.This volume played an important role in the research on self-care which surged during the 1970s.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-01
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Revivals
Antal sidor142
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041348405

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Lowell S. Levin (1927-2019) was Emeritus Professor at Yale University. At the School of Public Health, Professor Levin developed innovative educational programs, including founding the school’s global health division. He was committed to health promotion, and pioneered the citizen participation movement, which focused on health communication and the social and behavioral factors affecting health. Subsequently, he brought attention to the role of non-professional resources in strengthening personal capacity for health and well-being, primarily via self-care, and pressed for improvement in the quality of medical care. For over thirty-five years, he served as an advisor to the World Health Organization’s European Region, as well as to NGOs in Europe, Latin America, the Commonwealth Caribbean and the United States. In European countries, he worked to develop cross-departmental collaborations at the national level to improve the impact on health of diverse public policies in such areas as the environment, agriculture, employment, education, communications and tourism. Clarifying the links between poverty, social inequity and health, Professor Levin’s work increased policy makers’ awareness of the need to make “healthy public policies” through intersectoral action designed to optimize the benefits of collaborative health interventions in effective and sustainable ways.Alfred H. KatzErik Holst