...Question; A number of research studies have shown that in most Ugandan cultures men are not concerned about maternal and child health problems. As a Village Health Team [VHT], investigate the cause of such discrepancy and propose practical methods how the aspect of social inclusion can be achieved. Culture refers to the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time. : a particular society that has its own beliefs, ways of life, art of thinking. In Uganda it is embraced with different cultures for example, the Banyankole, Buganda, Acholi, Sebei, Karamajong all have different cultural beliefs for example the Bagisu circumcise men as a cultural belief that shows bravery and recently the President of Uganda H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni attended the Embalu Cultural Ceremony in Mbale. Maternal care covers all aspects of the mother's caretaking activity from her child's birth until it reaches the age of twelve to say fifteen months. However research studies have shown that in most Ugandan cultures men have shown less or no concern at all when it comes to Maternal and child health care which is as a result from number of reasons stated below; The level of education in most cultures is low even some do not know the impacts of poor maternal and child care. Alexander the Poet said “Little Knowledge is very dangerous”. This causes cultures not to attend because the done with the effects of maternal and health care, which...
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...A Patchwork of Time Michael Lev Introduction Contained within the Torah is a unique understanding of two fundamental concepts, that we tend to define quantitatively, and with little relation between them: that is, the concept of “wholeness” and that of “time.” We usually understand the word “wholeness” (tamim), as implying a state of perfection. However, is this a mathematical perfection, or a qualitative one? Likewise, when we speak of units of time, is it a specific duration of time that we have in mind, or rather, a quality of time that defines its worth? Furthermore, can we find a connection between these two concepts? My hope in the following essay, dear reader, is to arouse your intellectual curiosity, as we seek to answer this question. As I was contemplating the mitzvah of Sefirat HaOmer in an attempt to find fresh insights, my attention was drawn to the phrase, “seven whole weeks.” I considered these words over and over, not knowing exactly where my thoughts would lead me, and found myself making associative connections between the various examples of “wholeness,” found in the Torah. The natural inclination to discover a unifying principle within all these examples raised a question in my mind as to the meaning of “seven whole weeks.” In attempting to answer this question, I concluded that the Torah appoints a value to time beyond its mere length, but also, to the synthesis of comparable moments that form a period of time that is more beneficial, and therefore “higher...
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...of life. Diseases affect source, physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual wholeness. The source of wholeness is the understanding of where a disease came from and how it was spread. Egyptians and doctors used to believe that a wound should rot a little in order to heal. This was the wrong belief. In Exodus the Lord explains that if the people of Israel would not follow the ways of the Egyptians the people would be healed. The Egyptians used to apply manure and worm’s blood to wounds to make it pus. The Egyptians believed in the wrong source of healing. The errors of mankind are clearly shown in history. It was not only in ancient times but also in recent centuries. In May 1847 Vienna, Austria was the leading medical center of the world. One out of six pregnant women die of labor fever on the delivery table. No one knew the mode of transmission of this disease except a doctor by the name of Ignaz Semmelweis. In the 1800s, doctors and nurses did not wash their hands when transferring from the morgue to the delivery room. After submerging their hands in pus and blood during an autopsy, the nurses and doctors would go straight to the delivery rooms without washing their hands. If people just followed the Bible’s principals, the deaths of these women would have been avoided. Numbers 19:11 states, “He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.” The section of physical wholeness explains how people destroy their bodies by false understanding...
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...and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in his publication “Rhetoric and Madness: Robert Pirsig’s Inquiry into Values.” Consignya discusses Pirsig’s formula of wholeness and reason which creates a way out of personal disaster. He claims that the public magnification of the crisis demands an engagement in a task, resulting in struggling with the technological world instead of disregarding it. If we learn from Pirsig’s example of a like situation, then we obtain wholeness, understanding and growth. Consignya divides his journal into four parts, all creating a description of Robert Pirsig’s question into values through slightly persuasive writing. The first section is “The Crisis of Reason”, which describes the crisis of technology demanding a response. The response is to “cut through the current inadequate formulations of ‘problems’ in the crisis in order to reveal its real disjunctions.” This basically means that we must ignore our previous assumptions and have an open mind. The next part is “A New Paradigm of Rationality” followed by “The Commonplace.” These two are about having identification and understanding to circumstances and quality being a standard for subjectivity and objectivity. Finally, Consignya discusses “Rhetoric Wholeness.” Here, Consignya claims that struggling and working with a crisis results in wholeness, and a wider understanding of the solution to the crisis. Appreciation of things is not limited essentially, therefore, presumptions should not be made, rather...
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...Hinduism and its Role in Religion Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) is ordinarily regarded as the oldest organized religion in the world. It is noted that it has about 950 million followers or 14% of the world’s population (Religious Tolerance, 2011). It is the leading religion among the people in Nepal, India, and in the Tamils in Sri Lanka (Religious Tolerance, 2011). Hinduism is based on a holistic and spiritual approach and uses many scriptures (Verdas) about theology, mythology, and philosophy. These Verdas are the foundations of Sanatana Dharma. Hinduism is considered to be one of the most complex religions in the world and is sometimes referred to as hetheism, which means one has devotion to one “God”, but does not deny the existence of others. Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma is the eternal faith and is the practice of Dharma. It is the belief in one Supreme Being, represented by many gods. The Hinduism religion is based off the scriptures of Vedas which were written over a 2,000 year period and reflect about the belief, rituals, and practices of those who follow it, but it has changed significantly over the last 3,000 years. The Vedas include hymns, texts, and prayers that explain the Hindu belief. There are four parts in the collection and include the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. The Vedas are the texts of Hinduism (Fisher, 2005). They believe that there are 33 devas (divines) that each have a significant function that supports humans living in the...
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...MYRA ESTRIN LEVINE NUR-240 Professional Transitions June 7, 2011 Myra Estrin Levine is known as a Nursing theorist for creating “The Conservation Model”. Levine obtained a diploma in 1944 and attained her B.S in 1949 and completed M.S.N in 1962 from Wayne State University. She served as a consultant to hospitals and schools of nursing. She also provided a teaching structure for medical-surgical nursing and established “The Four Conservation Principles”. “She explicitly linked health to the process of conservation model views health as one of its essential components” (Levine, 1991). The three major concepts of the Conservation Model are 1) wholeness, 2) adaption, and 3) conservation. “Whole, health, hale all are derivations of the Anglo- Saxon word hal” (Levine, 1973, p.11). Myra Levine based her use of wholeness as an open system, which meant exploring the parts of the whole. The next concept according to Levine was adaption, “a process of change whereby the individual retains his integrity within the realities of his internal and external environment” (Levine, 1973, p.11). This process allows in creating an economy where there is safety for the individual/patient. There are three characteristics of adaption: 1) Historicity, 2) Specificity, and 3) Redundancy. Levine states that adaptive patterns are developed and hidden in the individuals’ genetic code and that redundancy means that there is an option for the individual to achieve adaption, which is fail – safe option...
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...bound by religious views, but rather literature that is based on worldly views and not on religious principles. My first thought will be on the importance of Christians reading secular literature. It is my belief also that Christians should read secular literature because even though it may be based on principles of “secularism,” does not mean it is not good reading material. To be a good student, one must be aware of what is going on in the worldly readings, as well as scriptural readings. This is what will make us good scholars in the natural and spiritual. The thoughts that stick with me most from the presentations are: “Seek God’s wholeness for your life, the how and why is important, Jesus is the Master Teacher, Literature helps you be exposed to the world around you, and Television has inundated American Culture.” Seeking God’s wholeness for your life, the how and why is important really struck me. It is imperative that we make sure we are not trying to fill our lives with things that will give us temporary satisfaction. While we all have flaws about us, Jesus shedding His blood on the cross for us, has given us an entrance into becoming whole; once we become one through His transforming power, then we can begin to seek answers for the how and the why concerning our lives. This leads us to Him being the master teacher because he is ruler over everything, living and non-living; He is Lord, Savior, Master, and Redeemer, all wrapped in one. The last two thoughts are combined...
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...it means to heal and how that's different from being cured. The definitions aren't that different apparently. Heal is defined as: To restore to health or soundness; cure. To set right; repair: To restore (a person) to spiritual wholeness. v.intr. To become whole and sound; return to health. Cure is defined as: Restoration of health; recovery from disease. A method or course of medical treatment used to restore health. An agent, such as a drug, that restores health; a remedy. To become whole and sound, to restore to health is, I believe, what we as health care providers strive for for our patients. What has often surprised me is how little becoming whole and sound looks like what I would have expected when I graduated from medical school or was new in practice. What I thought I was to do as a doctor was to cure disease. Sometimes, in my experience, disease can be cured, but the person is not returned to wholeness. Take for example a patient who has been diagnosed with cancer. Even in the event that they are cured of the cancer, their relationships with family or friends may remain sick, not whole. I would have done my job or what I thought my job was but in many ways, my patient would not still be restored to wholeness. I have experienced heartbreak with patients with mental illness who have recovered or become stable in their mental illness, fighting their way back to health only to find their spouse or partner has had enough and wants a divorce. ...
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...In The Colour Purple we see how the theme of separation can help someone leads back into wholeness .The main plot concludes to a series of reunions including Celie and her biological children and Albert. Albert has completely transformed himself from a cruel, cold, sexually abusing and unloving man into a loving, understanding and kind friend. The key from this transformation was their separation; Albert became depressed, isolated himself and reflected on himself. The separation helped him gain a sense of clarity as to what is most important in his life. He realized he followed his father’s judgement, since he first felt real love with Shug but his father disapproved since his father only believed women was good for cooking and cleaning. He then married Celie for this purpose “Took me long enough to notice you such good company, he say. And he laugh. He ain't Shug, but he begin to be somebody I can talk to." (pg.284) From his transformation he realizes how following his father’s judgment all those years caused him from enjoying the new Celie when they were married. The reunion of Celie and her children demonstrates and symbolizes the theme of separation can lead to wholeness. Celie and her biological were separated from the beginning, she only learns about their existence is through reading Nettie’s letters. “But never fear, Celie, Olivia has your stubbornness and clearsightedness and she is smarter than all of them, including Adam, put together.” (pg. 157) In Nettie’s letter...
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...My View of Reality In my journey in finding the nature of reality, I have encountered philosophers of different views. There is Parmenides who says that the real is being(one) which is permanent; on the other hand, Heraclitus says what is real is becoming which is changing. While Plato who sided with Parmenides says what is real is the world of Forms, the world that reflects our world today. However, Aristotle says that the real are matter and form. Furthermore, Levinas stresses the importance of the other as if your relationship with the other helps you fulfill your being a person. That is really true if you will live it. Another philosopher, St. Thomas Aquinas says what is real is being “that which exists” wherein his essence and existence is a participation or came from the Pure Act/ God who acted his act of existence. On the other hand, Heidegger makes a turn of these Western views of metaphysics. Heidegger claims that what is real is that the nothing which makes being possible and reality is the unfolding and keeping of Being. Thus, for Heidegger reality is whole and dynamic. This is compared to Buddhistic view of reality. Buddhism believes that reality is interdependently arising which is impermanent and no separation. Moreover, Derrida adds something. He believes that meaning is impossible for no matter how you process to signify the meaning of something, you could not really get the meaning of that something. So, what one...
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...guide them in decision making. The Code of Ethics is derived from many ethical theories and reflects the ethical and moral aspects of the nursing profession. After reading the ANA Code of Ethics, I took some time to think about its meaning and how it affects me. Even though, this was the first time I have read the Code of Ethics in its wholeness, I found that I abided by it over the course of 7 years being a professional nurse in the U.S. I abided by the code without knowing it, because it represents the universal ethics and morals accepted in most parts of civilized world. As a nurse, I understand the imperativeness of following the morals and ethics in every aspect of my profession as well as personal life. For all nurses in every part of the world it is important to provide ethical, high-quality care for patients, while being fully aware of all aspects of care and surroundings. It is vitally important to respond appropriately to the patient’s cultural beliefs, and values. Having principles and forming expectations help improve the quality of patient-centered care and communication. I was grateful to read the ANA Code of Ethics in its wholeness as it helped me to organize my own beliefs and values and will help me in every aspect of my nursing career. I strongly believe that reading and accepting the ANA Code of Ethics must be required for all RNs prior to entering the profession in the U.S. and must make its way into NCLEX exam. Unfortunately, for many foreign-graduated RNs...
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...Epistemologies governing the first- and second-order cybernetic approaches: Ivan Bronkhorst Student number: 51863456 PYC4808 Assignment 2 Table of Contents 1. First Order Cybernetic (FOC) principles: 3 Recursion: 3 Feedback: 3 Morphostasis /Morphogenesis: 3 Rules and Boundaries: 3 Openness/Closedness: 4 Entropy/Negentropy: 4 Equifinality/Equipotentiality: 4 Communication and Information Processing 5 Relationship and Wholeness: 5 2. Second Order Cybernetic (FOC) principles: 6 Wholeness and Self-Reference: 6 Openness/Closedness: 7 Autopoiesis: 7 Structural Determinism: 7 Structural Coupling and Nonpurposeful Drift: 7 Epistemology of Participation: 8 Reality as a Multiverse: 8 1. First Order Cybernetic (FOC) principles: Recursion: Recursion is focused on the relationship between individuals and given elements in isolation. Recursion is, thus, focuses on how individuals and elements interact with, and influence one another respectively (Becvar & Becvar, 2014, pp. 69-70). In my opinion recursion in FOC refers to the circular causality or impact, if you will, that individuals and/or given elements have on one another. For instance, a child is extremely fearful of his father and, thus, doesn’t like talking to his father. His father, in turn, gets angry and strict when his son does not talk to him on a regular basis seeing as this makes him feel unwanted as a father. This behaviour from the father fuels the fear of the child creating a negative cycle...
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...Psychoanalytic criticism is a literary interpretation founded by Sigmund Freud with significant contributions being made by Carl Jung and Jacques Lacan. Freud places importance on the reality vs. pleasure principles, often resulting in repression and denial which then leads to the subconscious projecting our repressed pleasures (often sexual) in our dreams. Jung takes a more analytical approach asserting that our dreams include more than just sexual imagery, that mythological images (which he refers to as archetypes) are expressed as well. Lacan suggests that we have an innate need to feel “whole” yet the reality is that we are fractured beings. This fracture causes feelings of “lack” which then leads to “desire.” We then seek our desires in an attempt to somehow feel complete. Psychoanalytic criticism is a theory which argues that literary texts are much like our dreams in the sense that they express the undisclosed unconscious desires of the author and that a literary work is little more than a manifestation of the author's own neuroses. However, psychoanalytic criticism does not concern itself with what the author intended but rather what the author never intended. By applying Lacan’s model of the human pysche to Nathaniel Hawethorne’s “Young Goodman Brown," we can see how Young Goodman Brown transitions through Lacan’s three orders. As Brown makes these transitions we ultimately realize that the “fellow-traveler” accompanying Brown is essentially a reflection of himself as...
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...Both Viktor Frankl and Martin Luther King Jr. had first hand experience with others brutally taking away part of their humanity, and attempted to correct these wrongdoings in some way. Viktor Frankl attempted to mend his own wounds and the lives of others, mainly after the fact with reflection and management of what they were forced through, while King attempted to actively better his situation by placing himself in harm's way. These differing ways of managing suffering have widely different applications, but both embrace brokenness as a tool that can be used, in combination of community and wholeness, to create meaningful change. Viktor Frankl reflected on the terrible situation of himself and others being forced into concentration camps...
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...Carl Jung Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of the school of analytical psychology. He proposed and developed the concepts of the extroverted and introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. The issues that he dealt with arose from his personal experiences. For many years Jung felt as if he had two separate personalities. One introverted and other extroverted. This interplay resulted in his study of integration and wholeness. His work has been influential not only in psychology, but in religion and literature as well (Cowgil, 1997). Jung was born on July 26, 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland, the only son of a Protestant clergyman. At the age of four his family moved to Basel. His childhood was a lonely one. Jung observed his parents and teachers and tried to understand there behavior, especially that of his father. His father had a failing belief in religion. Jung could never understand why. There were numerous relatives on either side of his family that were clergymen. It was expected of Jung to continue in the family tradition. Jung did not decide to follow, choosing instead to attend the University of Basel from 1895-1900. Before deciding to pursue medicine Jung studied biology, zoology, paleontology, and archaeology. His explorations did not stop with that, he looked at philosophy, mythology, early Christian literature as well as religion. His interest in religion could be attributed to his heritage as well as watching...
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