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'''John Walton "Jack" Travis''' (born January 11, 1943) is a physician and author known for his work in the [[Wellness (alternative medicine)|wellness]] movement<ref name="Baer2004">{{cite book|author=Hans A. Baer|title=Toward an Integrative Medicine: Merging Alternative Therapies with Biomedicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGA3rfJt2iMC&pg=PA5|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Rowman Altamira|isbn=978-0-7591-0302-3|pages=5– |
'''John Walton "Jack" Travis''' (born January 11, 1943) is a physician and author known for his work in the [[Wellness (alternative medicine)|wellness]] movement<ref name="Baer2004">{{cite book|author=Hans A. Baer|title=Toward an Integrative Medicine: Merging Alternative Therapies with Biomedicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGA3rfJt2iMC&pg=PA5|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Rowman Altamira|isbn=978-0-7591-0302-3|pages=5–}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Travis was born in [[Bluffton, Ohio]] to Boyd Wilson Travis, MD, a family physician and surgeon, and Eloise Kellogg Travis of New York City. He earned his BA from [[The College of Wooster]] in 1965, followed by an MD from [[Tufts University School of Medicine]] in 1969,<ref>{{cite web|title=Academic Catalog 2010-2011|url=https://my.ciis.edu/ICS/icsfs/CIIS_Catalog_2010-11.pdf?target=9ed8624d-2fe3-4211-a08d-16e7d1f6499d|publisher=California Institute of Integral Studies|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref> and six years as a commissioned officer in the [[U.S. Public Health Service]] (USPHS). |
Travis was born in [[Bluffton, Ohio]] to Boyd Wilson Travis, MD, a family physician and surgeon, and Eloise Kellogg Travis of New York City. He earned his BA from [[The College of Wooster]] in 1965, followed by an MD from [[Tufts University School of Medicine]] in 1969,<ref>{{cite web|title=Academic Catalog 2010-2011|url=https://my.ciis.edu/ICS/icsfs/CIIS_Catalog_2010-11.pdf?target=9ed8624d-2fe3-4211-a08d-16e7d1f6499d|publisher=California Institute of Integral Studies|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref> and six years as a commissioned officer in the [[U.S. Public Health Service]] (USPHS). At this time, he completed a residency in preventive medicine at [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]], which included a [[Masters in Public Health]], awarded in 1971.<ref name="Wellness"/> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Between 1975 and 1979 he opened and ran the Wellness Resource Center in [[Mill Valley, California]]. After closing the Center in 1979 he established Wellness Associates, a non-profit educational corporation.<ref name="Miller" /> |
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In 2000, he moved to Australia with Callander and their daughter, Siena, where he has continued to work in the field of adult and infant wellbeing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlc.org/WhoWeAre/BOD.php|title=Callander, Meryn G.|publisher=www.atlc.org|accessdate=6 January 2014}}</ref> Since 2008, he has been an adjunct professor in the Wellness Program at [[RMIT University]] (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and at the [[California Institute of Integral Studies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmit.edu.au/staff/john-travis|title=John Travis|publisher=rmit.edu.au|accessdate=2013-12-09}}</ref> He and his wife separated in 2012. |
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==Wellness== |
==Wellness== |
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Travis has cited [[Halbert L. Dunn]]'s 1961 book, ''High-Level Wellness'' as one of the influences which lead him to found the Wellness Resource Center.<ref name="Wellness">{{cite web|url= http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/item/john-travis-md-mph.html |title= John Travis, MD, MPH|publisher=pathwaystofamilywellness.org |accessdate=2013-12-09}}</ref> The Center |
Travis has cited [[Halbert L. Dunn]]'s 1961 book, ''High-Level Wellness'' as one of the influences which lead him to found the Wellness Resource Center.<ref name="Wellness">{{cite web|url= http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/item/john-travis-md-mph.html |title= John Travis, MD, MPH|publisher=pathwaystofamilywellness.org |accessdate=2013-12-09}}</ref> The Center focused on the individual’s overall state of wellbeing, and encouraged “self-directed approaches” to improving health.<ref name="Wellness"/><ref name="Ferguson">{{cite web|last=Ferguson|first=Tom|title=How Health Workers Can Promote Self-Care|url=http://www.healthy.net/Health/Interview/How_Health_Workers_Can_Promote_Self_Care/252|publisher=www.healthy.net|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref> Travis and other physicians sought to educate the general public as well as healthcare professionals on the subject.<ref name="Deaner2006">{{cite book|author=Richard Gifford Deaner|title=To what Extent Can the Study of Early Recollections Predict Wellness for Counselor Education Students?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGBBVkjk2x4C&pg=PA21|year=2006|publisher=ProQuest|isbn=978-0-542-86066-9|pages=21–}}</ref> |
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In 1975, he self-published the ''Wellness Inventory''. This utilized a whole-person model, based on a "Wellness Energy System" comprising 12 dimensions, which incorporated nutrition, exercise, and the social environment.<ref name="Miller">{{cite web|last=Miller|first=James William|title=Wellness: The History and Development of a Concept|url=http://www.fh-joanneum.at/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaabdjus&| publisher=FH Joanneum |accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref> He wrote and self-published ''Wellness Workbook'' in 1977 |
In 1975, he self-published the ''Wellness Inventory''. This utilized a whole-person model, based on a "Wellness Energy System" comprising 12 dimensions, which incorporated nutrition, exercise, and the social environment.<ref name="Miller">{{cite web|last=Miller|first=James William|title=Wellness: The History and Development of a Concept|url=http://www.fh-joanneum.at/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaabdjus&| publisher=FH Joanneum |accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref> He wrote and self-published ''Wellness Workbook'' in 1977. This was later re-published in collaboration with Regina Ryan, and had sold 175,000 copies by 2005.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=James William|title=Wellness: The History and Development of a Concept|journal=Spektrum Freizeit|date=2005|issue=27|page=94|url=https://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-35061/11_miller_1_05.pdf|accessdate=13 July 2016}}</ref> In 1979 Travis was interviewed by [[Dan Rather]] on ''[[60 Minutes]]'', which helped to bring the concept of wellness to national attention.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zimmer|first1=Ben|title=Wellness|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=0/|website=www.nytimes.com|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref> |
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==Illness-Wellness Continuum== |
==Illness-Wellness Continuum== |
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[[File:Illness-Wellness Continuum.jpg|thumb|right]]The Illness-Wellness Continuum is a |
[[File:Illness-Wellness Continuum.jpg|thumb|right]]The Illness-Wellness Continuum is a graphical illustration of a wellbeing concept first proposed by Travis in 1972.<ref name="Fair2010">{{cite book|author=Sharon Elayne Fair|title=Wellness and Physical Therapy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUPZ0KeRtiwC&pg=PA9|date=22 October 2010|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|isbn=978-1-4496-1034-0|pages=9–}}</ref> It proposes that wellbeing is more than simply an absence of illness, but also incorporates the individual's mental and emotional health. |
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=== Concept === |
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== Parenting == |
== Parenting == |
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Since 1991, Travis has focused on attachment parenting, connection parenting and infant wellbeing, in conjunction with his colleague and then wife, Meryn Callander. In 1999 they co-founded the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children (aTLC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wellness.thewellspring.com/TWO/1JWT.html|title=Finding the Foundations of Wellness|last=Travis|first=John W.|publisher=www.thewellspring.com|accessdate=6 January 2014}}</ref> He has also criticized the practice of male circumcision, voicing support for the principle of body integrity for young males and challenging the legality of parental decision making in relation to circumcision.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cruz|first=Rio|year=2003|title=Circumcision as human-rights violation: Assessing Benatar and Benatar|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1162/152651603766436351#.Uq62B2QW0a4|journal=American Journal of Bioethics|volume=3|issue=2|pages=19–20|doi=10.1162/152651603766436351|author2=Glick, Leonard B.|author3=Travis, John W.|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> |
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==Non-government organizations (NGOs)== |
==Non-government organizations (NGOs)== |
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Dr. John Travis | |
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| Born | John Walton Travis January 11, 1943 Bluffton, Ohio |
| Occupation | Author and physician |
| Citizenship | U.S and Australian |
| Education | BA, The College of Wooster; MD, Tufts University School of Medicine; MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; |
| Subject | Wellness, Genital integrity, Attachment parenting |
| Notable works | Wellness Inventory (1975, 1981, 1988, 2003) Wellness Workbook (1981, 1988, 2004) |
John Walton "Jack" Travis (born January 11, 1943) is a physician and author known for his work in the wellness movement[1]
Early life and education
Travis was born in Bluffton, Ohio to Boyd Wilson Travis, MD, a family physician and surgeon, and Eloise Kellogg Travis of New York City. He earned his BA from The College of Wooster in 1965, followed by an MD from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1969,[2] and six years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). At this time, he completed a residency in preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which included a Masters in Public Health, awarded in 1971.[3]
Career
Between 1975 and 1979 he opened and ran the Wellness Resource Center in Mill Valley, California. After closing the Center in 1979 he established Wellness Associates, a non-profit educational corporation.[4]
In 2000, he moved to Australia with Callander and their daughter, Siena, where he has continued to work in the field of adult and infant wellbeing.[5] Since 2008, he has been an adjunct professor in the Wellness Program at RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and at the California Institute of Integral Studies.[6] He and his wife separated in 2012.
Wellness
Travis has cited Halbert L. Dunn's 1961 book, High-Level Wellness as one of the influences which lead him to found the Wellness Resource Center.[3] The Center focused on the individual’s overall state of wellbeing, and encouraged “self-directed approaches” to improving health.[3][7] Travis and other physicians sought to educate the general public as well as healthcare professionals on the subject.[8]
In 1975, he self-published the Wellness Inventory. This utilized a whole-person model, based on a "Wellness Energy System" comprising 12 dimensions, which incorporated nutrition, exercise, and the social environment.[4] He wrote and self-published Wellness Workbook in 1977. This was later re-published in collaboration with Regina Ryan, and had sold 175,000 copies by 2005.[9] In 1979 Travis was interviewed by Dan Rather on 60 Minutes, which helped to bring the concept of wellness to national attention.[10]
Illness-Wellness Continuum
The Illness-Wellness Continuum is a graphical illustration of a wellbeing concept first proposed by Travis in 1972.[11] It proposes that wellbeing is more than simply an absence of illness, but also incorporates the individual's mental and emotional health.
Concept
Travis believed that the standard approach to medicine, which assumes a person is well when there are no signs or symptoms of disease, was insufficient. This led to his development of the Continuum. The right side of the Continuum reflects degrees of wellness, while the left indicates degrees of illness.[7] The Illness-Wellness Continuum has been used to highlight how, even in the absence of physical disease, an individual can suffer from depression, anxiety or other conditions— indicating a lack of wellness.[12]
While traditionally medicine typically treats injuries, disabilities, and symptoms, to bring the individual to a "neutral point" where no illness is present, the Wellness Paradigm seeks to move the individual’s state of wellbeing further along the continuum towards optimal emotional and mental states.[13][14] The concept is premised on the idea that wellbeing is a dynamic rather than a static process.[15]
The Illness-Wellness Continuum proposes that individuals can move further to the right, towards health and wellbeing, through awareness, education, and growth.[16] Conversely, worsening states of health are reflected by signs, symptoms, and disability. In addition, a person's outlook plays a major role in moving along the Continuum in either direction. A positive outlook will enhance the individual’s health and wellbeing, while a negative outlook will hinder it, independent of present health status. For example, a person who demonstrates no symptoms of disease, but is constantly complaining, would be facing the left side of the Continuum, toward an early death.
However, a person having a disability, but still maintaining a positive outlook, will be facing to the right, toward a high level of wellness.[17] It is less important where a person is on the continuum than which direction they are facing.
The Illness-Wellness Continuum has been viewed as promoting preventive treatment—improving wellbeing before an individual presents with signs or symptoms of illness, as well as educating people to be aware of and avoid risk factors, in order to protect against pathology and premature death.[18]
Historical context
In developing the concept of the Illness-Wellness Continuum, Travis built on the work of Halbert L. Dunn, M.D., who first coined the phrase "high-level wellness" in the 1950s and subsequently published a book of the same name in 1961. The Continuum was also partly influenced by Abraham Maslow’s concept of self-actualization and Lewis Robbins M.D.’s health risk continuum, the foundation for his creation of the health risk appraisal.
Travis originally began developing the concept in 1972 and it was first published in 1975 in the Wellness Inventory.[19] In the years since it was first published, the concept has been integrated into a diverse range of fields, including medicine,[20][21] nursing,[22][23][24] counseling, physical therapy,[11][18][25] public health,[12] and organizational development.[26]
Parenting
Since 1991, Travis has focused on attachment parenting, connection parenting and infant wellbeing, in conjunction with his colleague and then wife, Meryn Callander. In 1999 they co-founded the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children (aTLC).[27] He has also criticized the practice of male circumcision, voicing support for the principle of body integrity for young males and challenging the legality of parental decision making in relation to circumcision.[28]
Non-government organizations (NGOs)
Travis is Co-founder of: Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (1996), Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children (1999) and International Coalition for Genital Integrity, (1999)
Publications
- Wellness Inventory (Wellness Associates, 1975, 1981, 1988, 2003) ISBN 978-0-9625882-0-4
- Wellness Workbook, coauthored with Regina Ryan (Ten Speed Press, 1981, 1988, Celestial Arts, 2004) ISBN 978-1-58761-213-8
- Simply Well: Choices for a Healthy Life, coauthored with Regina Ryan (Ten Speed Press, 1990, 2001) ISBN 978-1-58008-292-1
References
- ^ Hans A. Baer (1 January 2004). Toward an Integrative Medicine: Merging Alternative Therapies with Biomedicine. Rowman Altamira. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-7591-0302-3.
- ^ "Academic Catalog 2010-2011" (PDF). California Institute of Integral Studies. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "John Travis, MD, MPH". pathwaystofamilywellness.org. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
- ^ a b Miller, James William. "Wellness: The History and Development of a Concept". FH Joanneum. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Callander, Meryn G." www.atlc.org. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "John Travis". rmit.edu.au. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
- ^ a b Ferguson, Tom. "How Health Workers Can Promote Self-Care". www.healthy.net. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Richard Gifford Deaner (2006). To what Extent Can the Study of Early Recollections Predict Wellness for Counselor Education Students?. ProQuest. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-542-86066-9.
- ^ Miller, James William (2005). "Wellness: The History and Development of a Concept" (PDF). Spektrum Freizeit (27): 94. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ Zimmer, Ben. "Wellness". www.nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ a b Sharon Elayne Fair (22 October 2010). Wellness and Physical Therapy. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-4496-1034-0.
- ^ a b G. E. Alan Dever (1 January 1997). Improving Outcomes in Public Health Practice: Strategy and Methods. Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-8342-0637-3.
- ^ Thomas J. Sweeney (18 May 2009). Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Approach, Fifth Edition. Taylor & Francis. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-0-203-88614-4.
- ^ Huhn, Robert (2007). "Linda Crane Lecture Improving the Health of Society One Individual at a Time". Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal. 18 (2).
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Jobson, Roy (2003). "Wellness in South Africa". South African Family Practice. 45 (3).
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Promoting Wellness in Health and Illness". www.desales.edu. DeSales University. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Tooman, Heli. "Wellness - A New Perspective for Leisure and Tourism" (PDF). www.pc.parnu.ee. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ a b Catherine Rush Thompson (2007). Prevention Practice: A Physical Therapist's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Wellness. SLACK Incorporated. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-55642-617-9.
- ^ Jeanne M. House; Courtney Arnold; Dawson Church; Randy Peyser; Barbara Stahura (March 2008). Peak Vitality: Raising the Threshold of Abundance in Our Material, Spiritual and Emotional Lives. Elite Books. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-1-60070-013-2.
- ^ Thomas M. Wolf (18 August 2000). To Your Health: Achieving Well-Being During Medical School. SAGE Publications. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-4522-6760-9.
- ^ Robert B. Taylor (January 1983). Fundamentals of family medicine. Springer-Verlag. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-387-90705-5.
- ^ Lewis, Emily. "Understanding the Health Continuum: A Guide for Nurses". www.education-portal.com/. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Mengistu, Daniel. "Community health nursing" (PDF). www.cartercenter.org/. pp. 14–16. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Clint Douglas; Geraldine Rebeiro; Jackie Crisp; Catherine Taylor (1 February 2012). Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing - Australian Version. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 424–. ISBN 0-7295-7862-3.
- ^ Elsevier India; Potter (10 June 2013). Potter's fundamentals of nursing Adaptation, 1/e. Elsevier India. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-81-312-3436-5.
- ^ Dennis Farrell; Neil Lilford; Mariaan Ellis (1 September 2008). Operations and Management Principles for Contact Centres. Juta and Company Ltd. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-0-7021-7704-0.
- ^ Travis, John W. "Finding the Foundations of Wellness". www.thewellspring.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ Cruz, Rio; Glick, Leonard B.; Travis, John W. (2003). "Circumcision as human-rights violation: Assessing Benatar and Benatar". American Journal of Bioethics. 3 (2): 19–20. doi:10.1162/152651603766436351. Retrieved 16 December 2013.