This morning on Times Radio UK, Hugo Rifkind 1000-1300 from 10.58:30 UTC:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/20240224-26978/2024-02-24
- there was mention of research in Germany on language, finding that there are over 540 words for 'drunkeness' being drunk. Apparently, the key is adding -ed to many words.
https://www.research-in-germany.org/idw-news/en_US/2024/2/2024-02-19__I_...
This stood out for me as Hodges' model can potentially encompass the full corpus of a language, with the various contexts in which language is applied/used.
Significant of course informationally, in evidence-based practice, and research, were 'definition of terms' are (usually?) essential.
Also reminded of national variation in clinical/medical terminology. Scottish slang for injection includes 'jag'.
For health communication and HIFA, clearly language is fundamental and presents a real 'can of worms' (sorry!) in sense-making, creating 'noise' in the communication channels.
Should health services/systems effect a (gradual) change (shift) of emphasis to education and prevention - with the requisite policy support (utopic?) then this will need to be addressed.
In checking this news, it appears Germany has a more acute problem with alcohol. Can anyone 'local' - please shed any light on this?
I will post again about the HIFA discussion with a week left and highlight the above.
Many thanks
Peter Jones
Community Mental Health Nurse and Researcher
CMHT, Prescott House, Salford NW England, UK (Mon-Tues)
Blogging at "Welcome to the QUAD"
http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/h2cm
HIFA profile: Peter Jones is a Community Mental Health Nurse with the NHS in NW England and a a part-time tutor at Bolton University. Peter champions a conceptual framework - Hodges' model - that can be used to facilitate personal and group reflection and holistic / integrated care. A bibliography is provided at the blog 'Welcome to the QUAD' (http://hodges-model.blogspot.com). h2cmuk AT yahoo.co.uk
