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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... social sciences . This in turn requires consideration of the context of particular risks : some are likely always to have negative health effects ( for example , tobacco use ) while others may have a role that changes from setting to ...
... social norms and thus lower the risk in the entire population . The poten- tial gains are extensive , but the challenges are great as well - a preventive measure that brings large benefits to the community appears to offer little to ...
... Social neuroscience and the complementing nature of social and biological approaches . Psychological Bulletin 2000 ; 126 : 829-43 . 15. Ryff CD , Singer B. Biopsychosocial challenges of the new millennium . Psychotherapy and ...
... Social , cultural and economic factors are central to how individuals perceive health risks . Similarly , societal and structural factors can influence which risk control policies are adopted and the impact that interventions can ...
... social scientists ? Although risk assessment appears to follow a scientifically logical sequence , in practice there are considerable difficulties in making " objective " decisions at each step in the calculations . Thus the risk ...