Opinion: Patient empowerment can unlock the benefits of self-care
Self-care activities are an essential component of patient-centered health care systems. The World Health Organization defines self-care as “the ability of individuals, families, and communities to...
View ArticleSimplifying self-care for better health
When people think of self-care, they often conjure up images of meditation, yoga, perhaps, even a weekend spa break. While all the former might technically fall under the term, at The Global Self-Care...
View ArticleAlleviating the pressure on nurses for better health and self-care
While everyone has played their own role in helping combat the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have taken the vast majority of the plaudits for their selfless work over the previous 18 months,...
View ArticleOpinion: The integral role of self-care in advancing UHC
Self-care can be a highly effective piece of the integrated, people-centered health service and health system. In fact, I see self-care interventions as being among the most promising new approaches...
View ArticleHow self-care leads to healthier communities and a healthier planet
We are living in an uncertain world – ever-changing, ever-evolving, and at a pace never seen before. Geopolitical conflicts, inflation, rising costs, and climate change are among the many global...
View ArticleEmpowering better self-care is a shared responsibility
Global healthcare tipping point: pandemic prompted proactive behavior change toward individual health management, regulatory reliance critical to enabling expansion of self-care. The pandemic...
View ArticleThe untapped value of self-care: how we can achieve a better healthcare...
Self-care is a valuable part of our healthcare infrastructure, which brings about significant benefits he first study of its kindAt the Global Self-Care Federation (GSCF), we recently completed and...
View ArticleLifting a burden: how to manage the future of health systems
Self-care is a multifaceted and multidimensional concept that includes a variety of health-related practices Discourse around the burden that nurses have shouldered recently is not new. Over the last...
View ArticleBringing health policy forwards: making self-care an integral part of healthcare
In order to have a better healthcare future, we need to make an active shift towards new ideas and new ways of thinking. Health policy can no longer be considered as an isolated, standalone entity....
View ArticleA regional view: self-care in Latin America and the Caribbean
Increased health literacy and education in areas with fewer financial, geographical, and regulatory barriers to guarantee responsible self-medication is a necessity. A strong example of the critically...
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