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Volume VI, Number 1 Spring 2020 Journal of Health and Human Experience RECLAIMING OUR 20/20 VISION Journal of Health and Human Experience The Journal of Health and Human Experience is published by The Semper Vi Foundation. Journal of Health and Human Experience Volume VI, No. 1 PrefaceJournal of Health and Human Experience General Information The Journal of Health and Human Experience is published by The Semper Vi Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. The Journal is designed to benefit international academic and professional inquiry regarding total holistic health, the arts and sciences, human development, human rights, and social justice. The Journal promotes unprecedented interdisciplinary scholarship and academic excellence through explorations of classical areas of interest and emerging horizons of multicultural and global significance. ISSN 2377-1577 (online). Correspondence Manuscripts are to be submitted to the Journal Leadership. 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Journal of Health and Human Experience Volume VI, No. 1 iii Prepared by Graphic Arts and Publishing Services at The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. Table of ContentsPreface Mission: The Semper Vi Foundation ........................................................1 Journal Editorial Board ................................................................................5 Journal Gold Patrons ...................................................................................9 Author Biosketches ....................................................................................13 From the Editor-in-Chief The Needed New .........................................................................................17 Edward F. Gabriele Articles & Commentaries Resilience: A Necessary Requirement for Health, Well-Being, and Survival for Caring Professionals .........................................................21 Patricia Hinton Walker OK Boomer: Ageism Comes of Age in 2020 ................................................37 Michael Krentz The Obesity Epidemic and the Application of Kingdon’s Theory of Multiple Streams ..........................................................................................63 Tanisha Lashae Currie Detection of ESBL-Producing E. coli Isolates from Selected Water Sources in Abakaliki, Nigeria .............................................................71 Ekeghalu Elsie Chidinma Joanna Macy, PhD: The Tireless Voice of a Wise Elder Activist .................80 De Fischler Herman Profiles In Courage: The Next Chapter Dr. Heimlich’s Maneuvers ............................................................................93 Jan K. Herman True Heroes: Honoring Congressman Elijah Cummings and His Nephew, Christopher Cummings .................................................104 Edward F. Gabriele (cont.) Journal of Health and Human Experience Volume VI, No. 1 v PrefaceTable of Contents The Critic’s Choice Film Review: Harriet. A Perfect World Pictures film directed by Kasi Lemmons ........................................................................109 Janae Moore Book Review: It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans. By David Shulkin ...........116 Moni McIntyre Book Review: You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For. By Kyle Carpenter and Don Yaeger ...........................................................120 Mill Etienne Under City Lights A Poem: Mirror Image ...............................................................................131 Edward F. Gabriele A Reflective Vignette: How Personal Experiences Can Help Professionals Become Better Practitioners ..............................................134 Maria Benito vi Volume VI, No. 1 Journal of Health and Human Experience MISSION MissionPreface The Semper Vi Foundation “From Victim to Survivor to Victor” Mission: The Semper Vi Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity dedicated to the design, development, implementation, and promotion of social justice and human rights resources, programs, and diverse opportunities in education, publishing, research, and services that help the suffering find healing and meaning in their lives. Of particular interest for the Foundation’s mission is Wounded Warrior Care and, equally, the care of all those who suffer in our wounded world. Vision: Semper Vi reaches out to all who have known the many forms of life’s suffering and tragedy. 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