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Health, wellbeing and ESD

Health, wellbeing and ESD. Byeong Da-choi, Nguka Gordon, Marlene Mader, Samuel Maling, Clemens Mader, Wim Hiemstra, Karen Adshead, Jos Rijkers, Jim Taylor, Jane Claricoates, Yoko Mori, Unnikrishnan Payyappalli 22 nd Nov 2011 10.30 AM- 12.30 PM. Overview.

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Health, wellbeing and ESD

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  1. Health, wellbeing and ESD Byeong Da-choi, Nguka Gordon, Marlene Mader, Samuel Maling, Clemens Mader, Wim Hiemstra, Karen Adshead, Jos Rijkers, Jim Taylor, Jane Claricoates, Yoko Mori, Unnikrishnan Payyappalli 22nd Nov 2011 10.30 AM- 12.30 PM

  2. Overview • Kotabharu, Malaysia meeting – May 2008 – (UNU-IAS, RCE Network, UNU-IIGH) 18 RCEs participated, Reorientation of professionals on principles of sustainability, Community health • - Yokohama round table – Health and sustainability – January and August 2009 Community health and nutrition, traditional medicine, health professional migration. Asian RCEs

  3. Contd. • Bangalore – Nov 2009 - Traditional medicine and Community health • Case studies from RCE Yogyakarta, Cebu, Kyrgyzstan, Cairo, Makana, Kodagu, Penang, Bangalore, Guatemala, Saskatchewan, Greater Nairobi, Kalimantan, Yokohama. • Several follow up programs – regional exchanges, local projects, side events • - Penang – Nov 2011, Traditional health practitioners capacity building workshop and conference of traditional medicine • - Strengthening informal learning for community health • - Leading to COP 11, People’s health movement, World health assembly

  4. Experiences among RCEs • Healthy environments, water, sanitation • Social determinants/cultural dimensions • Traditional/complementary, alternative medicine, recognition of local knowledge holders • Preventive health and sustainable lifestyles • Healthy food gardens • Neglected areas – diseases, elderly care • Social inequality/disparity • Community based education • Myths of healthcare

  5. Shared vision • How people learn about health and what brings about social change • Community health

  6. Major challenges • Communication and sharing of experiences • Ethical challenges related to research • Vertical programs/policies • Literacy • Too much dependency on health systems and lack of responsibility for own health • North-south linkages • Inter knowledge system issues

  7. Learning approaches • Community based learning – root cause analysis • Transformative perspectives on health intervention and education

  8. Strategies • Advancing research through multistake holder and multidisciplinary approach • Converting learning materials for self study • Community health education • Integration approach for clinical medicine • Linkages with outside ESD experiences • Creating a platform for RCEs to interact more effectively • RCEs working in the area would take leadership for the specific theme to advance the research, capacity building • Social media, 1 minute youtube video, RCE website, curriculum development via. Social learning

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