Eberhard Wenzel
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Eberhard R. Wenzel was a public health
researcher, a co-founder of the WWW Virtual Library: Public Health
, and an advocate of the socio-ecological view of health promotion
as described in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
. He was a Senior Lecturer of International Health at Griffith University
, and Deputy Director of Queensland Centre for Public Health. Griffith University's "Eberhard Wenzel Scholarship for International Public Health" and The Australian Health Promotion Association's "Eberhard Wenzel Memorial Oration" are named in his honour.
Born in Heringen
, Hesse
, West Germany
, Wenzel worked as a researcher, lecturer and consultant at various universities and institutes in Germany, in the fields of educational technology, media didactics and sociology. He worked in collaboration with the World Health Organization
, European Centre for Social Welfare Training and Research and several other organisations researching health education
and health promotion. He later moved, first to the Philippines where he taught at the University of the Philippines
, and then to Australia
as a lecturer at Griffith University in Brisbane
.
Eberhard Wenzel co-founded the Public Health section of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, which during the period in which he moderated it, earned a rating of the best in the field by the medical journal The Lancet
.
Throughout 2001, Eberhard Wenzel shared his battle with cancer by setting up a "healing circle" and "The Big C Report" on his website. His last entry occurred on 17 September that year, only three days before he diedhttp://www.ldb.org/vl/terminal.htm. His website, which contains more than 800 separate pages covering a wide range of topics, has been preserved as it was on 17 September 2001 as a memorial to his life and work.
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
researcher, a co-founder of the WWW Virtual Library: Public Health
World Wide Web Virtual Library
The World Wide Web Virtual Library was the first index of content on the World Wide Web and still operates as a directory of e-texts and information sources on the web. It was started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and the World Wide Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva...
, and an advocate of the socio-ecological view of health promotion
Health promotion
Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...
as described in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is the name of an international agreement signed at the First International Conference on Health Promotion, organized by the World Health Organization and held in Ottawa, Canada, in November 1986...
. He was a Senior Lecturer of International Health at Griffith University
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
, and Deputy Director of Queensland Centre for Public Health. Griffith University's "Eberhard Wenzel Scholarship for International Public Health" and The Australian Health Promotion Association's "Eberhard Wenzel Memorial Oration" are named in his honour.
Born in Heringen
Heringen
Heringen is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany lying right at the boundary with Thuringia.- Geography :- Location :...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, Wenzel worked as a researcher, lecturer and consultant at various universities and institutes in Germany, in the fields of educational technology, media didactics and sociology. He worked in collaboration with the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
, European Centre for Social Welfare Training and Research and several other organisations researching health education
Health education
Health education is the profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health...
and health promotion. He later moved, first to the Philippines where he taught at the University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
, and then to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
as a lecturer at Griffith University in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
.
Eberhard Wenzel co-founded the Public Health section of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, which during the period in which he moderated it, earned a rating of the best in the field by the medical journal The Lancet
The Lancet
The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is one of the world's best known, oldest, and most respected general medical journals...
.
Throughout 2001, Eberhard Wenzel shared his battle with cancer by setting up a "healing circle" and "The Big C Report" on his website. His last entry occurred on 17 September that year, only three days before he diedhttp://www.ldb.org/vl/terminal.htm. His website, which contains more than 800 separate pages covering a wide range of topics, has been preserved as it was on 17 September 2001 as a memorial to his life and work.
Selected publications
- Bültemeier, C., Franzkowiak, P., Hildebrandt, H. & Wenzel, E. (1984), Gesundheitsbewußte Trends und Projekte in den Alltagskulturen Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener im Alter von 12-25 Jahren (Positive Gesundheitsansätze). Studie im Auftrag der Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung. Heidelberg (Forschungsgruppe Jugend & Gesundheit (unveröff. Projektbericht))
- Langer, H. & Wenzel, E. (1987), Gesundheitsförderung am Arbeitsplatz. Dokumentation von Projekten und Angebote für Betriebe. (Studie im Auftrag und mit Mitteln der Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, Köln.). Köln (Forschungsgruppe Gesundheitsförderung, unveröff. Projektbericht)
- Wenzel, E. (1984), Smoking and health. A cultural approach for an educational programme. Paper on behalf of WHO Clearinghouse on Smoking and Health and the International Union for Health Education, Regional Office for Europe. Cologne (Research Group Youth & Health)
- Wenzel, E. (1984), Entwicklung eines Hessischen Programms zur Gesundheitsförderung. Bericht über eine Klausurtagung des Hessischen Ministers für Arbeit, Umwelt und Soziales, Schlangenbad, November 1984. Köln (Forschungsgruppe Jugend & Gesundheit)
- Wenzel, E. (1985), "Let's go shopping." Health workshops for youth. (Paper on behalf of UNESCO, Division of Science and Technical Education, Nutrition and Health Education, Contract No. 105.309.4). Cologne (Forschungsgruppe Jugend & Gesundheit)
- Wenzel, E. (1986), Methodology for the design and evaluation of extension programmes. Paper carried out on behalf of UNESCO, Division of Science, Technical and Environmental Education, Nutrition and Health Education (Contract 105.592.5 ED/STE/Cont.). Cologne (Research Group Youth and Health)