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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : PURD:32754077522435
Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309183741
Since the Gulf War ended in 1991, various constituencies, including a significant number of veterans, speculate that unidentified risk factors led to chronic, medically unexplained illnesses, and these constituencies challenge the depth of the military's commitment to protect the health of deployed troops. Despite general concurrence in findings to support these claims, few changes have been made at the field level. The most important recommendations remain unimplemented, despite the compelling rationale for urgent action. Protecting Those Who Serve illuminates these recommendations and government-developed plans that remain inactive due to a lack of authority within the Department of Defense, while describing the dangers that may result from failure to protect our forces in the field.
Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309073622
Since the Gulf War ended in 1991, various constituencies, including a significant number of veterans, speculate that unidentified risk factors led to chronic, medically unexplained illnesses, and these constituencies challenge the depth of the military's commitment to protect the health of deployed troops. Despite general concurrence in findings to support these claims, few changes have been made at the field level. The most important recommendations remain unimplemented, despite the compelling rationale for urgent action. Protecting Those Who Serve illuminates these recommendations and government-developed plans that remain inactive due to a lack of authority within the Department of Defense, while describing the dangers that may result from failure to protect our forces in the field.
Author : Samuel Myers,Howard Frumkin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610919661
Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere. Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves provides a readable introduction to this new paradigm. With an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses a wide range of health impacts felt in the Anthropocene, including food and nutrition, infectious disease, non-communicable disease, dislocation and conflict, and mental health. It also presents strategies to combat environmental changes and its ill-effects, such as controlling toxic exposures, investing in clean energy, improving urban design, and more. Chapters are authored by widely recognized experts. The result is a comprehensive and optimistic overview of a growing field that is being adopted by researchers and universities around the world. Students of public health will gain a solid grounding in the new challenges their profession must confront, while those in the environmental sciences, agriculture, the design professions, and other fields will become familiar with the human consequences of planetary changes. Understanding how our changing environment affects our health is increasingly critical to a variety of disciplines and professions. Planetary Health is the definitive guide to this vital field.
Author : Rebecca Soffer,Gabrielle Birkner
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780062499226
Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics. At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it’s clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map. Let’s face it: most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We’re awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit. Enter Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, who can help us do better. Each having lost parents as young adults, they co-founded Modern Loss, responding to a need to change the dialogue around the messy experience of grief. Now, in this wise and often funny book, they offer the insights of the Modern Loss community to help us cry, laugh, grieve, identify, and—above all—empathize. Soffer and Birkner, along with forty guest contributors including Lucy Kalanithi, singer Amanda Palmer, and CNN’s Brian Stelter, reveal their own stories on a wide range of topics including triggers, sex, secrets, and inheritance. Accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and witty "how to" cartoons, each contribution provides a unique perspective on loss as well as a remarkable life-affirming message. Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome.
Author : Mary Ann Forgey,Karen Green-Hurdle
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783031144820
This is the first book to focus on the scope of social work practice within military settings from an international perspective, and therefore addresses what has been a significant gap in the literature. Given the critical support needs of military personnel and their families worldwide, and the expanding role of social work in responding to these needs, this book offers a comprehensive global understanding of the common military social work (MilSW) practices with active duty military service members and their families, as well as the forms of practice and approaches that are unique, or potentially transferable across nations. Based on a systematic inquiry conducted by the Editors, there are at least 25 countries that have social workers working directly within their country’s military in either a civilian or uniformed capacity, or both. This book includes contributions from experts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the USA, who describe various aspects of the MilSW role within their country and the research that informs what military social workers do. The MilSW similarities and differences among these countries are highlighted, including developmental milestones, practice settings, practice orientation and approach, ethical dilemmas, military to veteran transition support, and past and current challenges. Experts from countries that do not yet have MilSW but are interested in developing it (Japan, Ukraine) or are in the process of establishing this area of practice (Slovakia), also contribute chapters about these developments and the evidence base that supports this direction. Military Social Work Around the Globe is a valuable resource for social work programs and essential reading for instructors and students in MilSW electives and specializations. It is also pertinent reading for occupational social work and international social work courses. In addition, this book is an important source of information for military social workers who would like to gain insights into existing programs and the possibilities for international collaboration, and for countries interested in developing MilSW.
Author : Ines-Jacqueline Werkner,Dirk Rademacher
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783643904386
Taking up the international ecumenical debate on 'just peace' and the international responsibility to protect, this volume discusses the relation between the two concepts. It examines such questions as: How does responsibility to protect influence the paradigm of just peace? How can the core idea of prevention be implemented in view of real needs to protect? Can criteria be developed to reflect just peace as a model for Christian peace ethics? Can these criteria also include military intervention as a last resort? (Series: Ecumenical Studies / Okumenische Studien - Vol. 43)
Author : Stephen F. Arno
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Douglas fir
ISBN : MINN:31951D03009608I
Author : Helen Elizabeth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 109638826X
To uphold the law without fear or favour. The police are often seen by the public and portrayed in the media as a force of integrity and justice, beyond corruption or reproach. However, the reality is that individual officers and the force as an institution are both susceptible to the same vices and shortcomings as the general public. From institutional sexism, personal prejudices and blatant racism affecting professional conduct, bullying and outright criminal behaviour, "The Truth Behind the Uniform" exposes the previously unseen side of a minority of officers in one of the UK's major police forces. From humble beginnings, and facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles to success, Helen relates her journey from a small council estate in Salford, to serving as a front line police officer, bearing witness to the harsh realities of crime and injustice. This is her story and the truth behind the uniform.
Author : Alice M. Nah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429687990
This book assesses the construction, operation and effects of the international protection regime for human rights defenders, which has evolved significantly over the last twenty years in response to the risks people face as they promote and protect human rights. Drawing upon the experiences of human rights defenders who continue to persevere in their activism in Indonesia, Egypt, Kenya, Mexico and Colombia, this edited collection examines the ways in which formal protection mechanisms by state and civil society actors intersect with self-protection measures and informal protection initiatives by families and friends. It highlights that protection practices are most effective when they are designed to address the specific risks that human rights defenders face (which are gendered and intersectional); reflect how defenders understand ‘risk’, ‘security’ and ‘protection’; and are appropriate for the dynamic sociopolitical and legal contexts in which defenders operate. This book proposes ways in which the protection of human rights defenders at risk should be reimagined and practised. This book will be a thought-provoking guide for students and scholars of politics, international relations, law and human rights, as well as to practitioners engaged in the protection of human rights defenders at risk.
Author : United States. Congress,United States Senate,Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1981563288
Protecting those who protect us : the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, February 15, 2012.
Author : John Schelhas,Max J. Pfeffer
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780759113572
Tropical forest conservation is attracting widespread public interest and helping to shape the ways in which environmental scientists and other groups approach global environmental issues. Schelhas and Pfeffer show that globally-driven forest conservation efforts have had different results in different places, ranging from violent protest to the discovery of common ground among conservation programs and the various interests of local peoples. The authors examine the connections between local values, material needs, and environmental management regimes. Saving Forests, Protecting People? explores that difficult terrain where culture, the environment, and social policies meet.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Forest policy
ISBN : UVA:X004427477
Author : Federal Emergency Agency,U. S. Department Security
Publisher : FEMA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This manual is intended to provide guidance for engineers, architects, building officials, and property owners to design shelters and safe rooms in buildings. It presents information about the design and construction of shelters in the work place, home, or community building that will provide protection in response to manmade hazards. The information contained herein will assist in the planning and design of shelters that may be constructed outside or within dwellings or public buildings. These safe rooms will protect occupants from a variety of hazards, including debris impact, accidental or intentional explosive detonation, and the accidental or intentional release of a toxic substance into the air. Safe rooms may also be designed to protect individuals from assaults and attempted kidnapping, which requires design features to resist forced entry and ballistic impact. This covers a range of protective options, from low-cost expedient protection (what is commonly referred to as sheltering-in-place) to safe rooms ventilated and pressurized with air purified by ultra-high-efficiency filters. These safe rooms protect against toxic gases, vapors, and aerosols. The contents of this manual supplement the information provided in FEMA 361, Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelters and FEMA 320, Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House. In conjunction with FEMA 361 and FEMA 320, this publication can be used for the protection of shelters against natural disasters. This guidance focuses on safe rooms as standby systems, ones that do not provide protection on a continuous basis. To employ a standby system requires warning based on knowledge that a hazardous condition exists or is imminent. Protection is initiated as a result of warnings from civil authorities about a release of hazardous materials, visible or audible indications of a release (e.g., explosion or fire), the odor of a chemical agent, or observed symptoms of exposure in people. Although there are automatic detectors for chemical agents, such detectors are expensive and limited in the number of agents that can be reliably detected. Furthermore, at this point in time, these detectors take too long to identify the agent to be useful in making decisions in response to an attack. Similarly, an explosive vehicle or suicide bomber attack rarely provides advance warning; therefore, the shelter is most likely to be used after the fact to protect occupants until it is safe to evacuate the building. Two different types of shelters may be considered for emergency use, standalone shelters and internal shelters. A standalone shelter is a separate building (i.e., not within or attached to any other building) that is designed and constructed to withstand the range of natural and manmade hazards. An internal shelter is a specially designed and constructed room or area within or attached to a larger building that is structurally independent of the larger building and is able to withstand the range of natural and manmade hazards. Both standalone and internal shelters are intended to provide emergency refuge for occupants of commercial office buildings, school buildings, hospitals, apartment buildings, and private homes from the hazards resulting from a wide variety of extreme events. The shelters may be used during natural disasters following the warning that an explosive device may be activated, the discovery of an explosive device, or until safe evacuation is established following the detonation of an explosive device or the release of a toxic substance via an intentional aerosol attack or an industrial accident. Standalone community shelters may be constructed in neighborhoods where existing homes lack shelters. Community shelters may be intended for use by the occupants of buildings they are constructed within or near, or they may be intended for use by the residents of surrounding or nearby neighborhoods or designated areas.
Author : Claudia Vara
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781639033850
How does an elephant or chameleon relate to your Christian walk? How can you learn from a caterpillar the destructive nature of Satan's lies? In this interactive devotional, you will discover truths about living zealously for Jesus as observed in the parallels of God's creatures. From inspiring devotions to practical memorization, Creator Speaks: Life Lessons from every Beast of the Field, Fish of the Sea, Fowl of the Air, and Creeping Thing upon the Earth, will help to push you to be more dedicated and closer to the Savior. "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee" (Job 12:7-8).