Everyone needs to eat and this program explains why. This program provides the breakdown of the six main types of nutrients that your body needs to fuel you everyday. Topics include: What is Nutrition, Macronutrients: Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins.
Subjects: Health
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2: What Your Body Does With Food
The topics of digestion is always discussed after that Thanksgiving meal, 4th of July BBQ, or birthday cake with belly rubs and sighs, but this program explains what the actual process is and why it happens!
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3: The Food Spectrum
We know that nutrients come from foods. But hold on there smarty pants, what foods? How do you maintain a well-balanced diet? How do you know you’re getting everything you need? This program unlocks a whole new door in understanding what foods do for you and your body.
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Adult Health and Development
The health of individuals and communities worldwide is determined by many complex factors. Where we live, our environment, genetics, income, education level, and our personal relationships all influence our health. This insightful program offers an overview of adult health and development, outlining the physical, social, emotional and intellectual stages of development we all experience. It illuminates the health status of adults, acknowledging gender differences and similarities and summarizes the major determinants of health which effect societies worldwide. Throughout the program, expert input is balanced with personal opinions from everyday adults at all stages of development.
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Health Risks to the World’s Young
The ‘Convention on the Human Rights of Children’, which asserts the fundamental right of children to be free from discrimination and disadvantage, is the single most ratified human rights treaty in history. Yet to this day there are still many factors that pose a risk to the health of the world’s young. This program examines the most prominent of these risks: early pregnancy and childbirth, HIV/AIDs, malnutrition, mental illness, smoking, alcohol, and violence. The information in this program is supported by insights from experts in each field, and delivered with a non-alarmist approach that focuses on the facts.
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Global Health and Human Development
This eye-opening program provides a global perspective on health and human development. We speak to experts from The Nossal Institute for Global Health, ActionAid, and Oxfam, and examine the important work they are doing around the world. We define human development and the difference between developed and developing countries. The correlation between mortality rates and the health status of different nations is discussed. We also describe the relationship between health, human development and sustainability; evaluating WHO and UN strategies. We conclude by explaining the impact of health determinants on a nation’s health, and analyzing equity and social justice.
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Health
Thematic DVD collection of PBS NewsHour clips, including:
In Russia, Unhealthy Habits Make Funerals Outpace Births
Eye Hospital in India Restores Sight with Free Surgeries
In Tanzania, New Push to Combat Malaria
Balancing Cost with Quality
Netherlands Health Care
No Insurance? On Borneo, This Clinic Accepts Manure
As Global Temperatures Rise, So Too Do Health Risks -
Influences on the Health of Individuals
Everyone agrees it’s important to be healthy. That’s why so many of the decisions we make in our daily life are about good health. Our ability to be healthy is determined by many different factors. In this program we explore the “determinants of health” or “influences on health” through practical examples over different life stages in today’s society. We explain how health can be determined by a range of individual, social, cultural, environmental and lifestyle factors that are dynamic and interrelated. We conclude by highlighting education and awareness as the greatest influences on our health and the decisions we make.
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Strategies to Promote the Health of Individuals
This program provides a detailed overview of health promotion in today’s society. The Ottawa Charter Framework for health promotion is explored as a contributing factor to improved health outcomes for various groups in Australia. Each chapter provides a unique perspective of how to improve the health of individuals, as well as preventative measures such as immunisation and cancer screening. The program’s practical approach looks at how the strategies are implemented, the target audience and the impact it has in individual behaviour and outcomes.
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Netherlands Health Care System: Model for the U.S?
Ray Suarez looks at how the Netherlands achieved a massive health care overhaul four years ago.