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ABUNDANT LIVING: Global Health and Christian Response-Ability by Sarla Chand, Esther Mabry and Dave Hilton with Leader's Guide by Becky Jones. Service Center #2975. $7.50
Three authors each with long and unique histories in the United Methodist Church's work in health have collaborated to create this study that explores major health issues that impact people living by Becky S. Jones in both in the United States and around the world. The Leader's Guide outlines five sessions healthy living in God's world. Each session includes worship suggestions, Bible study, class activities and suggestions for Christian response.
YOUTH CHAT: Global Health and Christian Response-Ability Youth Comic Book. Service Center #2985. $3.50
Six United Methodist teenagers meet in a cyberspace chat room and discover the issues they share when they think about health in their communities. The reader can "listen in" as Abimbola from Angola, Nadia from Russia, Aparna from India and Raoul from Brazil join Ron and Lisa from the US as they share information and suggestions for improving health in each others communities. Each comic includes a sheet of trading cards with information on health issues in countries visited.
YOUTH CHAT TEACHER'S GUIDE by Kolya Braun Greiner. Service Center #2990. $5.95
This guide is a 5-session course based on Youth Chat. Each session contains worship and Bible study along with many suggestions for both individual and group activities and Christian response.
A CHILDREN'S VIEW OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND CHRISTIAN RESPONSE-ABILITY. Children's Comic Book. Service Center #2978. $3.50
Two fanciful trips in hot air balloons take eight children to countries on five continents where they learn about health concerns and the work of The United Methodist Church. Each comic includes a sheet of trading cards with information on health issues in the countries visited.
TEACHER'S GUIDE to Children's Comic Book by Raney Good. Service Center #2983. $5.95
This guide helps teachers prepare five sessions on our health and the health of all God's children. Activities include worship, Bible references, class activities and response suggestions. It is designed primarily for children 6 to 10 years old.
CD-ROM FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN. Service Center #2980. $4.50
Characters in comic books come to life to challenge children and youth (age-specific material on one CD-ROM).
VIDEO: HEALING THE WHOLE PERSON. Service Center #2819. $19.95
An educational resource about Comprehensive Community-based Primary Health Care ministry. Features work in India and Latin America.
BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 2000. United Methodist Church, 2000. $14
CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE WORLD ECONOMY TODAY: A STUDY DOCUMENT FROM THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. World Council of Churches (WCC), 1992. $5
Identifies ways to judge how an economy works and exposes the hidden values behind economic decisions, and offers suggestions for applying these insights in Christian action for economic justice.
FAITH IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: A PRIMER FOR CHRISTIANS. Rob van Drimmelen. WCC, 1998. $10
Explains major ideas, forces and realities of the world economy today: globalization, international trade, transnational corporations, international finance, employment and unemployment, land and resources, markets and growth.
GOD AND THE GOODS: GLOBAL ECONOMY IN A CIVILIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Bas de Gaay Fortman and Berma Klein Golkewijk. WCC, 1998. $8.50
Sees crises as rooted in spiritual and moral concerns and looks for insights from social teaching of the Christian churches.
SPIRITUAL VALUES FOR EARTH COMMUNITY, David G. Hallman. WCC, 2000. $10
Argues that seven spiritual values found in Christian and other faith traditions-gratitude, humility, sufficiency, justice, peace, love, and faith and hope-could inspire greater justice, respect for the earth's integrity and the building of sustainable communities. With each, he offers a concrete example of how committed persons are putting this value into practice. Concept of Shalom.
SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBALIZATION, Julio de Santa Ana, ed. WCC, 1998. $12.90
Poses questions about globalization, offering perspectives from business leaders, economists, scientists, theologians, and ethicists.
WHERE NEEDS MEET RIGHTS: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN A NEW PERSPECTIVE. WCC, 1999. $10
Poverty, violence and globalization which are depriving more and more people of basic human entitlements calls for creative approaches to economic and social rights which must be rooted in human needs, human dignity and legitimacy and under girded by religious convictions.
CASE AGAINST THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: AND FOR A TURN TO THE LOCAL, Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith, Eds. Sierra Club, 1997. $17
Economic globalization is the most fundamental redesign of the world's political and economic arrangements since the Industrial Revolution. Yet public discussion of this trend, and new institutions such as the World Trade Organization, NAFTA, and GATT, has failed to adequately describe the consequences of this profound, world-wide change. A comprehensive anthology of more than 40 economic, agricultural and environmental experts explain the controversial effects of globalization and offer a compelling array of alternatives.
CREATING A WORLD THAT WORKS FOR ALL. Sharif Abdullah Berrett-Koehler, 1999. $15.00
To restore balance to the earth and build community, he says, people must stop blaming others, embrace inclusivity, and become "menders." He outlines three simple tests -- for "enoughness," exchangeability, and common benefit -- to guide people as they transform themselves and the world .
FACING AIDS: THE CHALLENGE, THE CHURCHES' RESPONSE. WCC, 2000. $10.00
Results from consultation by an international group of pastors, theologians and ethicists, scientists, doctors and nurses, persons living with AIDS and persons working with those touched by it. It focuses on the scientific facts and social, economic, and cultural context, theological perspectives, ethical and medical-ethical issues; human rights and responsibilities; and pastoral care by the church as healing community.
FAMINE, CONFLICT AND RESPONSE: A BASIC GUIDE. Frederick C. Cuny. MARC, 1999. (www.marcpublications.com) $23.95
Proposes immediate and lasting solutions to famine by identifying its underlying causes and focusing on livelihood not just survival.
GIRLS! STORIES WORTH TELLING. MARC, 1998. $14.95
Explores issues such as lack of access to education and exploitive labor and effective practices of NGOs.
GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY, LOCAL REALITIES: THE FALLACY OF THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. Linda M. Whiteford, Lenore Manderson eds. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. $65.00
GLOBAL HEALTH SITUATION AND PROJECTIONS: ESTIMATES. World Health Organization, http://www.who.int, 1992. $11.70
Sets out the latest WHO global statistical estimates for morbidity and mortality from individual diseases and for trends in demographic, socioeconomic, environmental and other indicators of health status. Global estimates for levels of health coverage and forresources available for health care are also provided in view of their relevance to the development of health services. Where possible, regional data are also given. The report is intended to provide a realistic information base to support the formulation and monitoring of international health policies. Data for the report compiled March 1992.
E-mail: publications@who.int or WHO Publications Center USA, 49 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, NY 12210. (518) 436-9686 or QCORP@compuserve.com
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EARTH SUMMIT. World Health Organization, 1997. $22.50
An expert assessment of what is known about the current state of environmental degradation, its root causes, and the specific consequences for human health. Prepared as WHO's contribution to the five-year follow-up to the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the report makes a special effort to identify the full range of environmental hazards and then quantify their significance as causes of human morbidity and mortality. The report also documents the progress made in counteracting these hazards, at both national and international levels, since the Earth Summit, and examines opportunities for action to protect health and the environment and avert further damage.
INFECTIONS AND INEQUALITIES: THE MODERN PLAGUES. Paul Farmer. U of CA, 1999. $30.00
The causes of tuberculosis and AIDS, the two epidemics this book addresses, have as much to do with social inequality as they do with microorganisms. The writer demonstrates how inequality itself constitutes our modern plague. He explains why diseases such as AIDS, TB, malaria, and typhoid target he poor and shows what can be done in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds by physicians. Determined to treat those in need, he argues against those who would insist that the health problems of the poor require and must await structural changes, that underdevelopment negates the efforts of physicians. He believes there is much that doctors can do, not simply as activists but as physicians.
MERCHANTS OF MISERY: HOW CORPORATE AMERICA PROFITS FROM POVERTY. Michael Hudson, ed. Common Courage Press, 1996. Service Center #3073. $15. 00
Documents the unjust practices of banks and many corporations that prey on low-income, blue-collar, and racial-ethnic customers. Show how people are fighting these injustices and creating alternatives.
POPULATION PERILS AND THE CHURCHES' RESPONSE. James B. Martin-Schramm. WCC, 1997. $5.95
Surveys the conceptual understandings, consumption, demography, ecology and policy-making and offers an overview of responses being made by churches and the ecumenical family.
PROGRESS OF NATIONS 2000, UNICEF, 2000. $8.80
Data from throughout the world on the conditions that affect health.
SOWING THE DRAGON'S TEETH: LANDMINES AND THE GLOBAL LEGACY OF WAR. Philip C. Winslow. Beacon, l997. Service Center #3089. $13.00
Introduces readers to people who have been killed or maimed by landmines or are working to clear them.
STATE OF THE WORLD'S CHILDREN 2000. UNICEF, 2000. $12.95
http://www.unicef.org/sowc00/
Appeals to governments, agencies of the United Nations system, civil society, the private sector and children and families to come together in a new international coalition on behalf of children. It summarizes the progress made over the last decade in meeting the goals established at the 1990 World Summit for Children and in keeping faith with the ideals of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. And it presents the disparities between the visions and hopes of a decade ago and today's reality.
URBANIZATION: A GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGE: PROCEEDINGS OF A WHO SYMPOSIUM, KOBE, JAPAN 1996. World Health Organization, 1996. $15.30
Records the proceedings of an international symposium where experts in public health, sociology, the behavioral sciences, economics, and environmental health convened to discuss the problems posed by striking increases in the populations of cities and megacities. Topics discussed range from strategies for financing essential health services to ways of combating motor vehicle pollution, from solutions to the problem of housing shortages to the use of legislation to enforce efficient disposal of domestic wastes. Throughout the proceedings, particular attention is given to the health needs of the urban poor and other vulnerable groups, including women, children, the elderly, and unemployed youth.
WORLD HEALTH AND WORLD POLITICS: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND THE UN SYSTEM, Javed Siddiqi. Univ. of South Carolina, 1995. $34.95
Evaluates the agency's accomplishments from 1948-1985 and finds that, despite recurrent "negative politics," WHO has been increasingly successful in realizing structural aspirations but less effective in eliminating individual diseases.
AIDS AND ACCUSATIONS: HAITI AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLAME, Paul Farmer, University of California Press, 1992. $17.95
Sensitive exploration of life and death of people infected with HIV. Puts a human face and an emotional edge that moves the study and the reader beyond the often cynical gaze at this 20th century plague.
AIDS IN AFRICA: A GENERATION AT RISK One of our Facts Have Faces series, Church World Service, http://www.churchworldservice.org, 1-800-297-1516. ED 0067.
This flyer reveals the staggering dimensions of the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, where in some areas the life expectancy rate has dropped from 70 years to 30. Highlights the underlying causes of this crisis and notes innovative efforts by churches and other caring persons to find effective responses.
DANCING SKELETONS: LIFE AND DEATH IN WEST AFRICA, Katherine A. Dettwyler, Waveland Press, 1994. $11.95
Messages involving the more sobering aspects of conducting fieldwork among malnourished children in West Africa.
DEMOCRATIC CONTRACTS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND CARING SOCIETIES: WHAT CAN CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES DO? Lewis S. Mudge and Thomas Wieser, eds. WCC, 2000. $14.50
Explores relationship between democracy, sustainability and globalization; contracts, conventions, agreements and obligations between nations and international agencies and what the churches can contribute to the formulation and enforcement of democratic contracts.
FACTS HAVE FACES 4-PAGE STUDY/ACTION GUIDES (One each free; then $.20 each) Church World Service, http://www.churchworldservice.org/resrcsht.html, 1-800-297-1516
Hunger in a Land of Plenty outlines the dimensions and causes of hunger around the block and around the world. Successful efforts to overcome human need are celebrated.ED 9958
Landmines: War's Lethal Legacy highlights their human toll, especially on children. Learn how churches have joined many other groups to support an international treaty banning the use of landmines. ED 0059
Africa: In Bondage to Debt documents the toll debt takes in various parts of Africa -- and some ways people are working together to break the bonds through the Jubilee 2000 Coalition. ED 9853
CAUTION: Children at Work explores the necessity of work for some children under age 15, its often harmful consequences, and response by people of faith to this complex issue. Contains many action suggestions. ED 9754 (Rev.)
Children for Sale describes efforts to combat the rapid growth of child prostitution into a multi-billion dollar industry. ED 9391
Tourism: Paradise in Peril profiles the destructive consequences of tourist-oriented development in Third World nations, and positive alternatives. ED 9455
GREEN GUIDANCE--HOW TO PLAN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE EVENTS. Women's Division, UMC. 1998. Service Center #2951. $6.00
Questions to ask facilities and things to do to plan an environmentally friendly meeting in a variety of settings.
HEALTH-DEVELOPMENT LINK, Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia and Ann Goldman, eds. World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization, 1994 $14.95.
Examines the linkages between health and development in an attempt to apply the lessons of the past to the actions of the future.
HEALTH FOR ALL: A CONGREGATIONAL HEALTH MINISTRIES RESOURCE, Constance Gates, editor. Health and Welfare Ministries, GBGM, UMC. Service Center #4573. $6.50
Manual for congregational use exploring health issues and factors that promote a healthier life for all. Bible study, case studies, questions for discussion and suggestions for action.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR HEALTH FOR ALL BY THE YEAR 2000: Second Evaluation Eighth Report on the World Health Situation: Volume 1: Global Review. World Health Organization, 1993. $31.50.
A global overview of changes in the world health situation as determined through an analysis of data submitted by 151 countries for 1985-1990. Focused on a number of well-defined indicators of health status and its socioeconomic and environmental determinants, the report aims to discern trends, measure progress, define problems, and thus guide countries in their continuing efforts to strengthen health systems and improve the accessibility and quality of care. Emphasis is placed on factors linked to progress in the achievement of coverage by primary health care, equity in health, and sustainability in the national approaches employed.
JAMKHED: A COMPREHENSIVE RURAL HEALTH PROJECT. Doctors Raj and Mabelle Arole. Order from Health & Welfare Ministries, GBGM, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 330, NY, NY 10115. $12.
The story of their 25 years of learning and experiences doing community-based primary health care in India, empowering lives and changing systems.
NEW DAWN IN GUATEMALA, Richard Luecke, ed. Waveland Press,1993. $16
Collection of essays about memory and vision, hope and healing in the Guatemalan highlands. In the center of those testimonies is Dr. Behrhorst, physician, who cultivated change through empowerment and shaped an enduring model for health and community development among the rural poor peoples of the world.
101 WAYS TO HELP SAVE THE EARTH-WITH FIFTY-TWO WEEKS OF CONGREGATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO SAVE THE EARTH. National Council of Churches, 1991
PARTNERING TO BUILD AND MEASURE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NGOS AROUND THE WORLD. MARC, http://www.marcpublications.com, 1997. $11.95
Describes appreciative inquiry, a development method whereby members of the community identify their own needs-a potentially effective strategy for organization and community development at the grassroots level.
SOWING THE DRAGON'S TEETH: LANDMINES AND THE GLOBAL LEGACY OF WAR. Service Center #3089. $13.00
A veteran journalist vividly introduces readers to people who have been killed or maimed by land mines and those working to clear the fields of these weapons.
WE CAN DO THAT, TOO! HUNGER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES THAT WORK. Church World Service, http://www.churchworldservice.org, 1-800-297-1516 ($1.00) ED 0047
A user-friendly handbook of hunger education activities, simulation games, drama, and worship resources.
WORLD HEALTH REPORT 1998: LIFE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:A VISION FOR ALL, World Health Organization,1998. $15.30
What will life be like in the 21st century? Will the world continue to grow healthier, with ever more diseases conquered by scientific advances, and life expectancy extending even longer? Or will new diseases and failing drugs cancel out these gains? If populations live longer, will these extra years be healthy and productive or merely an extended sentence of suffering? Will continuing population growth finally stifle the planet's life, depleting finite resources, polluting beyond repair, and making mega cities and urban slums the home for more and more? Or will better family planning options - and mounting deaths from AIDS - reverse recent trends?
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