Halbert L. Dunn
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Halbert Dunn | |
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Born | 1897 Silver Springs, Maryland |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Medical practitioner |
Halbert L. Dunn, M.D. (1896–1975) was the leading figure in establishing a national vital statistics system in the United States and is known as the "father of the wellness movement".
Early life
Born in
Work in statistics
In 1929, he was the first
He was one of the founders of the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) and of the Inter-American Statistics Institute (IASI).[citation needed] He was Secretary General of the IASI from 1941 to 1952. The Halbert L. Dunn Award, named in his honor, has been presented since 1981 by NAPHSIS in recognition of outstanding and lasting contributions to the field of vital and health statistics.
Wellness
Dunn is known as the "father" of the wellness movement.
Four events in the mid-1970s broadened the impact of Dunn's ideas. First, John Travis opened the first US wellness center (Mill Valley, CA, 1975). This center and other organizations were then described in Don Ardell's 1977 book, using Dunn's title (giving Dunn due credit for his origination of the title and concept). Then Elizabeth Neilson founded the journal Health Values: Achieving High-Level Wellness (renamed the American Journal of Health Promotion in 1996), which was dedicated to Dunn and reprinted one of his papers in its first edition. Lastly, the publisher of Health Values, Charles B. Slack, Inc., published a reprint edition of Dunn's High-Level Wellness that achieved a wider distribution and impact.
References
- ^ a b Daniela Blei (January 4, 2017). "The False Promises of Wellness Culture". JSTOR Daily. JSTOR.
Sources
- Ardell, D. B. (1977). High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs and Disease. Emmaus, PA: Rodale.
- Ardell, D. B. (Dec. 29, 2000). A (very) brief history of the wellness concept. Wellness in the Headlines (Don's Report to the World). [1]
- Dunn, H.L. (1961). High-Level Wellness. Arlington, VA: Beatty Press.
- Dunn, H.L. (1977). High Level Wellness. Thorofare, NJ: Charles, B. Slack.
- Dunn, H.L. (1977). What High Level Wellness Means. Health Values, 1(1), 9–16.
- Neilson, E. A. (1988). Health Values: Achieving high level wellness—Origin, philosophy, purpose. Health Values, 12(3):3-5.
- Rice, S. A. (1967). Conception, gestation and birth of the IASI. The American Statistician, 21(3), 15-19
- Travis, J. W., and Ryan, R. S. (1981, 1988, 2004) Wellness Workbook, Ten Speed Press/Celestial Arts