Advocating for Temperance
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 The Seventh-day Adventist Church has long worked with the issues of addiction and addictive substances. In 1848, even before the Church was formally established and named (1863), Ellen White, one of our co-founders, received instruction about the dangers of tobacco, tea, and coffee. Independently in the…
Read MoreInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Disability inclusion is essential for upholding human rights and sustainable development globally. bit.ly/48Aexdi The Adventist church has advocated for inclusion, respect, and dignity for all, regardless of abilities. While we recognize the reality of disabilities and loss through the Adventist Possibility Ministries, we view these through the transforming…
Read MoreYouth Alive campaign on addiction awareness
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Many youth and young adults are increasingly facing tough choices in a world where risky behaviors seem to be sometimes promoted as desirable. Addictions related to smoking, vaping, drinking alcohol, sexting, or pornography use often carry negative consequences. The Youth Alive program has launched a social…
Read MoreWorld Mental Health Awareness Day (October 10)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Mental health is a basic human right for all people. Everyone, whoever and wherever they are, has a right to the highest attainable standard of mental health. This includes the right to be protected from mental health risks, the right to available, accessible, acceptable, and good…
Read MoreAdvocating for an Abuse-Free World
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Recently I was contacted by an abuse survivor in need of help. This person had read an article I wrote on “Keeping Our Homes Abuse Free” and shared the realization of experiencing many warning signs of imminent danger due to the abusive relationship in the home.…
Read MoreWorld Day Against Human Trafficking (July 31)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Many victims of human trafficking have experienced ignorance or misunderstanding in their attempts to get help. This year’s world day against Human Trafficking theme is “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind.” There is hope for every traffic survivor. Consider how your SDA church…
Read MoreWorld Humanitarian Day (August 19)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Humanitarian aid workers provide life-saving assistance to suffering people all over the world. Workers in conflict zones or areas devastated by natural disasters are especially vulnerable. Anyone and everyone can be a humanitarian, so read on to learn more about the day and how you can…
Read MoreENDitNOW Sabbath (August 26)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 This year for EnditNow® Emphasis Day focuses on “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, When Those Who Claim to Be Followers of Jesus Harm Others.” People usually think that abuse involves explicit acts of violence, but in the case of abuse from faith leaders, that is not always…
Read MoreJourney to Wholeness
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Survivors of abuse have an increased risk for substance use disorder and behavioral addictions. Adventist Recovery Ministries Global brings resources to facilitate healing from traumatic experiences and support people recovering from addictions. Through the 12-step Journey to Wholeness program, those struggling with addictions can find a…
Read MoreTwenty-first Century Sanitariums
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 In 2018, Style Magazine of the New York Times published an article entitled “In Search of Lost Time in Europe’s Sanatoriums.” In it, the author, Alice Gregory, gives a brief history of the “old” tuberculosis treatment centers and the parallel rise in the popularity of thermal…
Read MoreVaccination Prevents Deaths
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), immunization currently prevents between 2–3 million deaths every year in all age groups from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), and measles. It is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions. An additional 1.5 million deaths could…
Read MoreMeningitis A eliminated through vaccination
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 Meningitis A is an infection that can cause severe brain damage and is often deadly. Since introducing the meningitis vaccine in Africa in December 2010, mass vaccination campaigns have led to the control and near elimination of the deadly meningitis A disease in 26 African “meningitis…
Read MoreReduction of Global Measles due to vaccines
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus, which usually results in a high fever and rash and can lead to blindness, encephalitis, or death. Global measles deaths have decreased by 84% from an estimated 550 000 deaths in 2000 to 89 780 in…
Read MoreThe world is closer to eradicating polio
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 Thanks to a steady polio immunization program, in 2016, fewer children were paralyzed by polio than in any other year, with the virus restricted to a few areas of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Two of the three strains of wild polio seem to be eliminated, India…
Read MorePeace on Earth
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2022 We are celebrating another Christmas Season and will shortly welcome another New Year. I recall as a child how painfully long the wait felt for this special season to come around from one year to the next…Nowadays, it seems as if New Year ushers in an…
Read MoreNutrition Factsheets
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2022 The General Conference Nutrition Council (GCNC) has produced several articles with an evidence-based scientific foundation that helps to clarify some essential questions about healthy eating and balanced nutrition. Check out some of these articles and share them with your health team, your community, and on social…
Read MoreAdventist church health-related statements
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2022 Over the years, the Seventh-day Adventist church has produced several statements and guidelines related to healthy living and whole-person health. They cover issues related to physical health, such as AIDS, birth control, domestic violence, and care for the dying, to issues related to mental or behavioral…
Read MoreFemale Genital Mutilation (Feb 6).
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2022 Since 2012, the UN General Assembly has designated February 6th as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation to amplify and direct the efforts to eliminate this practice by 2030. Abuse comes in many forms, and female genital mutilation is one of them.…
Read MoreCELEBRATIONS brochures for health promotion.
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2022 CELEBRATIONS is a comprehensive wellness program that can empower people to experience optimal health and share it with others. It’s based on the acronym CELEBRATIONS, which outlines 12 vital ways to energize one’s daily living. One of the program’s resources is a set of brochures highlighting…
Read MoreTrauma-Informed Churches
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2022 November 19 is the World Day for the Prevention of Violence Against Children. While COVID-19 has hijacked the center stage of mass media over the last few years, childhood trauma is an issue that fuels a wide variety of health problems worldwide, making COVID-19 pale in…
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