The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy LifeWorld Health Organization, 2002 - 248 pages The World Health Report 2002 measures the amount of disease, disability, and health in the world today that can be attributed to some of the most important risks to human health. Even more importantly, it also calculates how much of this present burden could be avoided in the next 10 years. The World Health Report 2002 represents one of the largest research projects ever undertaken by WHO, in collaboration with experts worldwide. Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of WHO, describes this report as a wake up call to the global community. The report quantifies some of the most important risks to human health and examines a range of methods to reduce them. The ultimate goal is to help governments of all countries to lower major risks to health, and thereby raise the healthy life expectancy of their populations. The risk factors range from underweight, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene to high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, and obesity. The report's findings give an intriguing - and alarming - insight into not just the current causes of disease and death and the factors underlying them, but also into human patterns of living and how some may be changing around the world while others remain dangerously unchanged. Dr Brundtland says: This report helps every country in the world to see what measures it can take to reduce risks and promote healthy life for its own population. |
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... perceptions of risk Questioning the science in risk assessment Emerging importance of risk perceptions Risk perceptions Defining and describing risks to health Influences on risk perceptions Framing the information on risks Social and ...
... perceptions Importance of perceptions in successful risk prevention CHAPTER 4 QUANTIFYING SELECTED MAJOR RISKS TO HEALTH Risks to health and socioeconomic status Rates of poverty across the world Relationships between risk factor levels ...
... Perceptions of risk by scientists and the general public 24 31 Box 3.2 Box 3.3 Men's sexual behaviour related to risk of HIV infection and pregnancy Framing risks to health : choosing presentations 35 36 Box 3.4 Perceptions of risk in ...
... Perceptions of risk are often polarized between expert understanding and public views ; between quantitative and qualitative as- sessments ; and between analytical and emotive responses . This chapter examines the roles of social ...
... perceptions of and reactions to risk are shaped by past experience and by infor- mation and values received from sources such as family , society and government . It is a learning process that begins in childhood – when children learn ...