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The work of leadership
(Harvard Business School Publishing, 1997)
To stay alive, Jack Pritchard had to change his life. Triple bypass surgery and medication could help, the heart surgeon told him, but no technical fix could release Pritchard from his own responsibility for changing the habits of a lifetime. He had to stop smoking, improve his diet, get some exercise, and take time to relax, remembering to breathe more deeply each day. Pritchard’s doctor could provide sustaining technical expertise and take supportive action, but only Pritchard could adapt his ingrained habits to improve his long-term health. ... -
The “Triangle That Moves the Mountain” and Thai Alcohol Policy Development: Four Case Studies
(Contemporary Drug Problems, 2009)
The “Triangle that Moves the Mountain” is a conceptualized strategy initiated as a social tool for solving difficult social problems, by simultaneously strengthening capacity in three interrelated sectors: (1) creation of knowledge; (2) social movement; and (3) political involvement. The concept has been claimed as the basis of many successes in various Thai policy arenas. This article describes the strategy implications of four alcohol policy development case studies. The first case is the establishment process for the Thai Health Promotion ... -
Transforming the economic lives of the ultra-poor
(International Growth Centre, 2015)
Despite considerable progress in recent decades, nearly 1 billion people worldwide live below the international extreme poverty line of $1.90 per day. A group that has been particularly hard to reach with anti-poverty programmes are the ‘ultra-poor’. With low assets and few skills, the ultra-poor work largely in insecure wage labour, do not participate in modern economic growth and have been difficult to target with credit and human capital policies. -
Trouble at home: Political Instability Southeast Asia
(The Economist, 2015) -
Understanding each one makes diversity work, lecturer says
(the Harvard Gazette, 2022-10) -
Understanding the social change model of leadership development
(2017)
Leadership for a Better World provides an approachable introduction to the Social Change Model of Leadership Development (SCM), giving students a real-world context through which to explore the seven C's of leadership for social change as well as a approaches to socially responsible leadership. From individual, group, and community values through the mechanisms of societal change itself, this book provides fundamental coverage of this increasingly vital topic. Action items, reflection, and discussion questions throughout encourage students to ... -
Voices in leadership: Ban Ki-moon
(The Harvard T.H. Chan, School of Public Health, 2017) -
We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality
(PIIE Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2019-11) -
What does Equity in Health Mean?
(Journal of Social Policy, 1993)
Up until very recently, the international debate on health inequality tended to disregard the issue of specifying equity objectives precisely. This was unfortunate, given the importance of normative analysis for understanding why people care about social justice in the field of health; the extent to which specific types of inequality are compatible with equity; how the concept should be measured; and how rational policies may be formulated and monitored. This article critically appraises six well established approaches to defining equity—egality, ... -
What does universal health coverage mean?
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What is group work?
(infed.org, 2012-12-05)
What is group work? While many practitioners may describe what they do as ‘group work’, they often have only a limited appreciation of what group work is and what it entails. In this piece we introduce groups and group work, define some key aspects, and suggest areas for exploration. In particular we focus on the process of working with groups. -
What Is Health Equity? And What Difference Does a Definition Make?
(2017)
This report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aims to stimulate discussion and promote greater consensus about the meaning of health equity and the implications of acting on it. The goal of the report is to identify essential elements to guide effective action rather than to encourage all practitioners to use the same words to define health equity. The report notes that definitions can matter and that, in the case of health equity, clarity is important, especially given that working towards equity is a struggle that must engage diverse ... -
What is public narrative?
(2008) -
What is the Future of Integration and Inequality in ASEAN?
(the Diplomat, 2017-09-15) -
Why health equity?
(2001) -
Why traditional Chinese philosophy still matters: the relevance of ancient wisdom for the global age
(Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, 2018) -
World Bank: Wealth inequality a threat to East Asia, Pacific
(the Star Online, 2017-12-04) -
World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development
(World Bank Publications, 2005)
The World Development Report 2006: Equity and Opportunitypresents a social development strategy organized around the themes of social inclusion, cohesion, and accountability. It examines equality of opportunities--a potentially important factor affecting both the workings of the investment environment and the empowerment of the poor--by building on and extending existing accountability frameworks presented in the 2005Report. -
World health statistics 2021: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals
(World Health Organization, 2021)
WHO’s World health statistics report 2021 presents the latest data for more than 50 health-related indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO’s “Triple Billion” targets. It finds an overall increase in global life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth as a result of improvements in several communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions, noncommunicable diseases, injuries and their underlying determinants. Persisting inequalities also continue to impact population health in most, if not all, aspects. ...