Halbert L. Dunn

Halbert L. Dunn, M.D. (1896–1975), likita ne kuma masani na Amurka wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa tsarin kididdigar rayuwa a Amurka kuma aka fi saninsa da “baban harkar lafiya” (father of the wellness movement). An haife shi a New Paris, Ohio, Dunn ya zama jagora a fannin kididdigar lafiya da kuma ci gaban tunani game da lafiya ta musamman wadda ta wuce rashin ciwo kawai. Ya kafa gado mai ƙarfi a fannonin kididdiga da lafiya ta jama’a, wanda har yau ana girmama shi ta hanyar lambar yabo mai suna Halbert L. Dunn Award.Dunn, H.L. (1961). High-Level Wellness. Arlington, VA: Beatty Press.
 Rayuwa da Ayyuka 
An haife Halbert L. Dunn a ranar 26 ga Oktoba, 1896, a New Paris, Ohio. Ya kammala karatunsa a Jami’ar Minnesota, inda ya sami digirinsa na likita (M.D.) a 1922 da kuma digirin falsafa (Ph.D.) a 1923. Bayan haka, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki a fannin likitanci a Asibitin Presbyterian na New York City daga 1923 zuwa 1924, sannan ya zama ɗan asibitin Mayo Clinic a Rochester, Minnesota, daga 1924 zuwa 1925. A shekara ta 1929, an ɗauke shi a matsayin masanin kididdigar lafiya na farko a Mayo Clinic, inda ya kafa tsarin lambobi don samar da kididdigar likitanci, wanda ya zama muhimmin ci gaba a fannin.Ardell, D.B. (1977). High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs and Disease. Emmaus, PA: Rodale.

Daga 1935 zuwa 1960, Dunn ya rike mukamin Shugaban Ofishin Kididdigar Rayuwa na Ƙasa (National Office of Vital Statistics), da farko a ƙarƙashin Ofishin Ƙididdiga (Bureau of the Census) sannan daga baya a ƙarƙashin Ma’aikatar Lafiya, Ilimi da Jinƙai (Department of Health, Education and Welfare). A lokacin aikinsa, ya jagoranci canjin ofishin zuwa Cibiyar Kididdigar Lafiya ta Ƙasa (National Center for Health Statistics) a 1960. Ya kuma kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Ƙungiyar Ƙididdigar Lafiya ta Jama’aKsiRarraba da dukkan abubuwan da ke ciki.Dunn, H.L. (1977). “What High Level Wellness Means.” Health Values, 1(1), 9-16.

Hakanan ya kasance Sakatare Janar na Cibiyar Kididdigar Amurka ta Tsakiya (Inter-American Statistics Institute, IASI) daga 1941 zuwa 1952.Neilson, E.A. (1988). “Health Values: Origin and Purpose.” Health Values, 12(3), 3-5.
Tunanin Lafiya
Halbert L. Dunn ya shahara sosai saboda gabatar da tunanin “lafiya mai girma” (high-level wellness), wanda ya bambanta tsakanin lafiya mai kyau (rashin ciwo) da lafiya mai girma, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin “yanayin canji inda mutum ke ci gaba, yana hawa zuwa ga mafi girman matakin aiki.” Ya gabatar da wannan tunani a cikin jerin laccoci ashirin da tara a Cocin Unitarian a Arlington County, Virginia, a ƙarshen shekarun 1950. Waɗannan laccocin sun zama tushen littafinsa mai suna High-Level Wellness, wanda aka buga a 1961.

Lafiya Mai Girma ya ba da gudummawa ga fahimtar cewa lafiya ba kawai rashin cuta ba ne, amma yanayi ne na ci gaba da bunƙasa. Duk da cewa littafin bai sami tasiri mai yawa nan da nan ba, ya zama tushen ilham ga jagororin harkar lafiya da lafiya gabaɗaya (holistic health movement) da suka bunƙasa bayan shekaru goma, kamar Don B. Ardell, John Travis, da Elizabeth Neilson. A shekarun 1970, tunaninsa ya sami ƙarin faɗuwa ta hanyar ayyuka kamar buɗe cibiyar lafiya ta farko a Amurka ta John Travis a 1975 da kuma jaridar Health Values: Achieving High-Level Wellness da Elizabeth Neilson ta kafa.

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