Human Development Report 2016: Risk-Proofing the Western Balkans; Empowering People to Prevent Disasters
United Nations Development Programme. 05/20/2016This 147-page report focuses on recent flood disasters that struck Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo. A joint vulnerability of the region to disasters calls for a vigorous assessment of the trans-boundary hazards and an expedition of knowledge transfer mechanisms to boost the capacities for risk identification, assessment, monitoring, and early warning in the Western Balkans. The report identifies the key roadblocks and opportunities to this end, and calls for action aimed at risk-proofing the Western Balka...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
A Military Pilot Study Shows How Mindfulness Can Help Ease Pain
Mindfulness meditation may help combat veterans with traumatic brain injury manage their chronic pain, according to a small but promising pilot study published in the journal Military Behavioral Health. An estimated 44 percent of U.S. combat veterans and 26 percent of Americans in general suffer from chronic pain, a condition in which pain persists for longer than 12 weeks and in some cases for a lifetime. If the pilot study's results are borne out in future research, the military will have an effective and economical tool to help treat soldiers who return from the field with lifelong pain, says Thomas Nass...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Alcohol drinking among Kosovar adolescents: an examination of gender-specific sociodemographic, sport, and familial factors associated with harmful drinking - Sajber D, Tahiraj E, Zenic N, Peric M, Sekulic D.
BACKGROUND: Adolescent alcohol consumption is a significant public-health problem, although there is a lack of studies investigating this issue in Kosovo. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this investigation was to examine the prevalence of alcohol drinking, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
From the Archives – African American Leadership in the Red Cross
African Americans Play Important Leadership Role
In Red Cross History
From the beginning, African Americans have played an important role in the mission of the American Red Cross. In honor of February’s observance of Black History Month, we salute the accomplishments of some remarkable individuals who paved the way by achieving recognition and prominence through service.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) – Adviser To Clara Barton
African American involvement in the American Red Cross goes back to the beginning of the organization. After the Civil War, Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, ...
Source: Red Cross Chat - February 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Nicholas Lemesh Tags: Archives Blood History Leadership Volunteers African American Black History Month Source Type: news
Long-term mental health outcome in post-conflict settings: similarities and differences between Kosovo and Rwanda - Eytan A, Munyandamutsa N, Nkubamugisha PM, Gex-Fabry M.
This study considers two surveys conducted in Kosovo 8 years after the Balkans war and in Rwanda 14 years after the genocide.
Metho... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Ten Points on Science (and) Diplomacy
On Monday, November 2, I addressed the conference 'The CERN Model, United Nations and Global Public Goods'. The underlying theme of the conference was the interplay between science (CERN) and diplomacy (UN) in the globally unique setting of International Geneva. Before you move to the ten points summarizing the notes and illustrations from my keynote address, you can put our deliberation on science and diplomacy into the historical context visualized by Holbein's painting 'The Ambassadors'. Between the two ambassadors is a display with two shelves of objects with strong symbolic meaning. The lower shelf has earthly s...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Outcomes of older adults with burn injury: University Clinical Center of Kosovo - B Duci S, M Arifi H, R Ahmeti H, K Zatriqi V, A Buja Z, T Hoxha E, Y Mekaj A.
BACKGROUND: Advances in burn care over the past 50 years have brought about remarkable improvement in mortality rates such that survival has become an expected outcome even in patients with extensive injuries. Although these improvements have occurred in a... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 2, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Prevalence of suicidal behavior among male drug users in Kosovo - Vehbiu B, Bodinaku B.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of suicidal behavior among male drug users in Kosovo. The study included 209 participants aged 15 to 52 years old from Kosovo. The total sample consisted of two subsamples; one composed of drug users and ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Fight against child labour gaining momentum in Kosovo, UN agency says
The International Labour Organization (ILO) today spotlighted the fight against child labour in Kosovo, where, it said, children as young as 10 are forced to work on garbage dumps or in the fields risking their health, and noted that progress is being made to eliminate such “unacceptable ways of providing financial support to a family.” (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
How surfing relieves ex-soldiers' post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
The next wave is all that counts for Mathew Whitehouse when he can forget the horrors of Kosovo, says Ruth Wood (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pediatric burns in University Clinical Center of Kosovo from 2005-2010 - Duci SB, Arifi HM, Selmani ME, Gashi S.
The objective of this study was to determine the incidence and cause of burns in children of our population. METHODS: This was a retrospective study that included 399 patients with burns, younger than 15 years old who were admitted to th... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 30, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Domestic violence against women in Kosovo: a qualitative study of women's experiences - Kelmendi K.
Research on gender-based violence describes domestic violence by male partners as a major public health issue and serious human rights violation. Many studies have been conducted in Kosovo to understand the factors that contribute to violence against women... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news
A systematic evidence review on suicide in Kosovo - Fanaj N, Melonashi E.
The after-war Kosovo society was characterized by an increasing number of suicides. The aims of the study were the identification, appraisal, selection, and synthesis of studies on suicide in Kosovo. A classical theoretical approach has been used to analyz... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 3, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Kosovo’s diaspora unmoved by ‘brain gain’ fund
The lack of interest in the Kosovo Brain Gain Grant shows the hurdles to luring researchers, reports Mićo Tatalović. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - April 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Letters: aid workers need to blow off steam
Emotional and physical release is crucial for people working under stress, but controlled and long-term training is much better than drinking and partying, says a psychologist to aid workersIn July 1999 I was in Kosovo on my first assignment as a mental health officer. I was invited to a party that one of the humanitarian aid agencies was giving, mainly for expatriates. We were in the middle of a Muslim neighborhood where people had suffered massacres and very strong oppression for the last 10 years. The party had very big loudspeakers playing western music, a lot of dancing, alcohol and couples getting together.I was pret...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2014 Category: Science Tags: Global health Psychology Post-traumatic stress disorder Guardian Professional Alcoholism Dealing with risk & wellbeing Alternative medicine Editorial Global development professionals network Professional development Source Type: news
