History, Structure and Agency in Global Health Governance Comment on "Global Health Governance Challenges 2016 – Are We Ready?"

Gill, Stephen; Benatar, Solomon R.

doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.119

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Put simply, neoliberalism is fascinated by the key components of persuasive narrative. While unabashedly exhausting the Earth's resources, neoliberalism continues to provide immense consumer choices, including the ultra-processed foods, sweetened beverages, alcohol, tobacco, etc., that contribute to NCDs [128].…”

Section: Narrative Neoliberalism Ncds-beyond Narrow Clinical Confinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Narrative Medicine Meets Planetary Health: Mindsets Matter in the Anthropocene

Prescott

Logan²

2019

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The emerging concept of planetary health—defined as the interdependent vitality of all natural and anthropogenic ecosystems (social, political, and otherwise)—emphasizes that the health of human civilization is intricately connected to the health of natural systems within the Earth’s biosphere. In the clinical setting, narrative medicine underscores the importance of absorbing, reflecting upon, and responding to the narratives—the stories—conveyed by patients. Education and interventions using the tenets of narrative medicine have demonstrated value to both patient and provider. Given the grand interconnected challenges of our time—compounded by misinformation and quasi-scientific narratives propagated by the ideology of neoliberalism—we argue that the principles and practice of narrative medicine can be applied on a larger scale, one with planetary health in mind. The role of beliefs, expectations, and agency—mindsets—in the link between narrative and planetary health are emphasized. We use a story of our own to demonstrate that the biological buffering capacity in response to a fast-food meal does not sit on a level socioeconomic playing field. Patient, community, and global health narratives are melding with powerful narratives set by commercial entities. The success of planetary health as a new concept will be strengthened by attention to the ways in which storytelling can influence positive change. No less important is an understanding of the ways in which stories contribute to what ails person, place, and planet.

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Section: Narrative Neoliberalism Ncds-beyond Narrow Clinical Confinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Narrative Medicine Meets Planetary Health: Mindsets Matter in the Anthropocene

Prescott

Logan²

2019

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“…Moreover, the ideology provides the commercially available (often globally patented) remedies which one (and at the larger scale, society) might purchase in the hopes of offsetting the commercial drivers of NCDs [55]. The consequences of neoliberalism to the Earth's resources and its threat to the wellbeing of all species, not only humans, as has been described in detail by experts in the field [74,75].…”

Section: What Kind Of Civilization?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Larger Than Life: Injecting Hope into the Planetary Health Paradigm

Prescott

Logan

2018

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Abstract:The term planetary health, popularized in the 1980s and 1990s, was born out of necessity; although the term was used by many diverse groups, it was consistently used to underscore that human health is coupled to the health of natural systems within the Earth's biosphere. The interrelated challenges of climate change, massive biodiversity losses, environmental degradation, grotesque socioeconomic inequalities, conflicts, and a crisis of non-communicable diseases are, mildly stated, daunting. Despite 'doomsday' scenarios, there is plenty of room for hope and optimism in planetary health. All over planet Earth, humans are making efforts at the macro, meso and micro scales to promote the health of civilization with the ingredients of hope-agency and pathway thinking; we propose that planetary health requires a greater commitment to understanding hope at the personal and collective levels. Prioritizing hope as an asset in planetary health necessitates deeper knowledge and discourse concerning the barriers to hope and the ways in which hope and the utopian impulse are corrupted; in particular, it requires examining the ways in which hope is leveraged by advantaged groups and political actors to maintain the status quo, or even promote retrograde visions completely at odds with planetary health. Viewing the Earth as a superorganism, with humans as the collective 'nervous system', may help with an understanding of the ways in which experience and emotions lead to behavioral responses that may, or may not be, in the best interest of planetary health. We argue that the success of planetary health solutions is predicated on a more sophisticated understanding of the psychology of prevention and intervention at all scales.

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“…Patent-holding corporations could demand additional fees from those countries, claiming that they are “using” its product. Given that their budgets are already strained, those costs could further undermine those nations’ capacity to provide basic necessities for their population [ 24 ]. They may even have to take out additional loans from transnational financial institutions to pay those costs, worsening their national debt burden.…”

Section: Cost Of the Patented Ge Insectmentioning

confidence: 99%