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#53
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:19:40 -0600
From: Jim Robinson
Subject: Need research literature
I am looking for current material on adolescents abstinence. I would also
like to hear about any research you may presently be doing on this subject.
Thank you very much!
Please send it care of the above
address.
Laura Anne Dugey
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#54
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:38:14 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
Subject: February Updates
Besides this memo, you will be receiving two updates with the
February directories. A colleague of mine, Dr. Dale Ritzel,
is teaching a graduate evaluation course. One of the projects
the students will be working on is evaluating the HEDIR directories,
and the hedir list. For those of you who are asked to participate I would
appreciate your cooperation. All evaluations will be done without my
direct involvement...so all comments will be kept confidential
and anonymous.
Have a nice February.
_____________________________________________________
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., ga3748@siucvmb.siu.edu
Southern Illinois University
Founder and Owner of the International E-Mail Directory
and the HEDIR listserv
"The best defense is a strong offense, and I
intend to start offending right now."
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#55
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:38:40 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
January 31, 1995
THE INTERNATIONAL
ELECTRONIC MAIL DIRECTORY FOR
HEALTH EDUCATORS
Version 1
Founded and Operated by:
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D. (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)
Southern Illinois University
LISTSERV: HEDIR@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU
Copywritten @ 1994 by Mark J. Kittleson. All rights reserved.
The use of this directory without the expressed written
consent of the owner is strictly prohibited. Enrollees in the
HEDIR listserv are permitted to use this
directory according to their professional needs.
**The remainder of this memo has been eliminated. It provided an updated
directory at the time it was released (January 31, 1995). For sake of space,
it was eliminated from this file. MJKittleson**
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#56
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:38:52 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC
MAIL DIRECTORY FOR
HEALTH EDUCATORS
Version 2; Copywritten @1994
by Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
(GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)
**The remainder of this memo has been eliminated. It provided an updated
directory at the time it was released (January 31, 1995). For sake of space,
it was eliminated from this file. MJKittleson**
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#57
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 12:24:33 EST
From: "Ernie Randolfi (Ohio University)"
Subject: AIDS Internet Services
Ohio University Electronic Communication
Date: 01-Feb-1995 12:24pm EST
To: Remote Addressee ( _MX%"HEDIR@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU" )
Remote Addressee (
_MX%"hlthprom@relay.adp.wisc.edu" )
From: Ernesto Randolfi Dept: Health Sciences
RANDOLFI Tel No: 0232
Subject: AIDS Internet Services
To all you information junkies:
As you may be aware the federal government is attempting to share more
and more of its resources over the Internet. The AIDS information
clearinghouse is one example.
Subject: CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse Internet Services
Please excuse the duplication, this is being cross-posted to several
different lists.
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
Internet Services
The CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse is pleased
to announce our new Internet services, including
a listserv of AIDS-related news, an anonymous FTP
site, and a gopher server. The CDC Clearinghouse
also maintains an Internet mailbox to which users
may send reference questions, orders for free
publications and general inquiries. To correspond
with the Clearinghouse, send email to:
"aidsinfo@cdcnac.aspensys.com".
*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
AIDS News Listserv
Address: listserv@cdcnac.aspensys.com
The CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse maintains
a read-only mailing list for individuals who wish
to receive AIDS-related documents from CDC,
including the _AIDS Daily Summary_, selected
_Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report_ articles,
_CDC National AIDS Hotline Training Bulletins_,
and factsheets. The listserv also distributes
press releases from other Public Health Service
agencies such as the National Institutes of Health.
To subscribe, Internet users should send the message
"subscribe aidsnews firstname lastname"
to the address above, where your real first and
last names are substituted for "firstname" and
"lastname." Anyone with email access to the
Internet, including members of such networks as
America Online and CompuServe, can subscribe to
the AIDS News Listserv.
*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Site
Address: cdcnac.aspensys.com
The CDC Clearinghouse's anonymous FTP site
contains files of documents such as the current
_HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report_, the Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research's clinical practice
guidelines including _Understanding HIV: Consumer
Guidelines_ and _Managing Early HIV Infection:
Quick Reference Guidelines_, pathfinder guides
to AIDS information, and in the future, the
Clearinghouse's Standard Search Series. The files
are located in the /pub/cdcnac directory.
If using Mosaic or similar Internet software,
the universal resource locator (URL) address is
"ftp://cdcnac.aspensys.com/pub/cdcnac".
*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
Gopher Server
Address: cdcnac.aspensys.com
The CDC Clearinghouse's gopher site contains
the _AIDS Daily Summary_, AIDS-related _Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report_ articles, tables from
the CDC's _HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report_, and
other CDC documents. Basic HIV/AIDS-related
information is available, as well as information
about prevention, treatment, and living with HIV.
To reach the CDC Clearinghouse gopher, point your
gopher client to the address:
"cdcnac.aspensys.com"
and select CDC NAC from the first menu. To point
directly to the CDC NAC gopher, point to the
address "cdcnac.aspensys.com 72" (port 72).
If using Mosaic or similar Internet software, the
URL is "gopher://cdcnac.aspensys.com:72".
______________________________________________________________________
Ernie Randolfi, Ph.D. 614-593-0232
514 The Tower 614-593-0555 fax
School of Health Sciences randolfi@ohiou.edu
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701-2979
_______________________________________________________________________
Received: 01-Feb-1995 12:24pm
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#58
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 16:06:17 EST
From: Robert Valois
Organization: School of Public Health
Subject: FYI
Who: William H. Zimmerli, Ed.D.
Former health education faculty/administrator looking for interim faculty and/
or administrative position (s). 35 years of experience within
all levels of education.
Time frame: Flexible, will consider 1 year to 5 years.
Position parameters: Full or part time.
Available: April, 1995.
Contact: Bill Zimmerli
by phone: 716-621-2529.
in writing: 35 A Veldor Pk. Rochester, NY 14612.
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#59
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 09:15:14 +0100
From: "Bertrand Graz (Institu de Medecine sociale et preventive)"
Subject: Re: Need research literature
Att.: Laura Anne Dugey,
(a note from a non-english speaker about your
message dated feb 1 to all HEDIR recipients: )
Is the word "abstinence" clear for
english-speaking people? In particular: does it imply
an answer to the question: abstinence FROM WHAT? (e.g.
from alcohol consumption, from smoking, from some sexual
behaviors...) . You might come accross difficulties if
you sometime read french journals (or translations
from), wher "abstinence" usually refer to alcohol
consumption.
(I thought this could be a little help!)
Yours sincerely
Bertrand Graz
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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 14:34:23 -0500
Reply-To: The International Electronic Mail Directory for Health Educators
Sender: The International Electronic Mail Directory for Health Educators
From: Millie Naquin
Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University
Subject: search
I am trying to find information about the book, Play Spaces for Children:
A New Beginning, specifically the publisher or the location of the
author, Ed Lawrence Bruya. Please write to me directly (FHPE2266@Selu.edu)
if you can help. Thanks! Millie Naquin
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#60
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 17:02:14 EST
From: KSANDOW_at_row-hq@SMTPGTWY.ROW.COM
Subject: Articles demonstrating Health educators better at health ed
I am seeking articles which compare health educators and other
health professionals for the provision of health education
messages. Does anybody know of any. I would appreciation the
citation or anything else you may have.
Thank You
Kay Sandow
KSANDOW_at_ROW-hq@smtpqtwy.row.com
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#62
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 10:23:13 SAT
From: Tahir Husain
Organization: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, S.A.
Subject: A New Publication on Kuwaiti Oil Fires
Just before the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, more than 700
wells in Kuwaiti oil fields were set on fire. Since the beginning
of this crisis, I was involved in collecting, analysing, and
compiling information on various aspects of oil fires.
It is a great plesure to inform you that my book entitled,
'Kuwaiti Oil Fires:Regional Environmental Perspectives' is
being published by the Pergamon Press which is an imprint of
Elsevier Sciences. The book is due in March 1995 and it contains
approximately 150 graphic illustrations, 50 tables, and 32 color
photographs. The color photographs cover the extent of fires
and smoke types, formation of coke mounds and oil lakes, the
challenges faced by the fire fighters in extinguishing oil well
well fires, and different methods used by the fire fighting teams
in extinguishing oil wells.
The book contains information for environmentalists and
petroleum engineers on oil exploration and oil field development
in Kuwait and Iraq, crude oil and smoke characterization, emission
inventory, dispersion phenomena, deposition of soot on land and
sea surface, and characterization of particulate matter.
The impact of gaseous pollutants and soot on plants, animals, and
human beings covered in detail in the book would be of interst to
ecologists, environmental health scientists, and other
environmental protection groups. The book also contains
information on the well head design, tubing, casing of oil wells, and
various methods used in extinguishing well fires. The procedure
of fighting well fires described in the book will be of interest
to fire fighting specialists as well as to others interested
in knowing specific details about the challenges faced by the
fire fighting teams, the technologies used, and the success in
extinguishing fires earlier than had been anticipated.
This book summarizes the activities of the international
companies and scientific organizations involved in extinguishing
the fires, collection of data using ground-based equipment and air-
crafts, and also details on the impact assessments.
The book also covers near-source, regional, and gloal modeling
approaches used to assess the environmental damage. It also
provides a brief overview of the causes of the crisis and compares
the management of Kuwaiti Oil Fires with the Bhopal and Chernobyl
environmental episodes.
Other specific topics covered include:
*Physical and chemical charaterization of crude oil and smoke plumes
*Source estimates and monitoring of smoke plumes by remote sensing
*Air quality and particulate monitoring and analysis, and
*Role of national, regional and international scientific communities
in response to the environmental crisis and lessons learned.
For more information about the book, please feel free to contact me
by e-mail and send me your address so that I can mail a copy of the
flyer with the details on how to order and where to send your Order
Form and Request.
Tahir Husain
Mailing Address: KFUPM Box 446, Dhahran-31261, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: RSID13H@SAUPM00.bitnet
Fax: 966-3-860-3220
Tel. 966-3-860-3227
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#62
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 09:36:47 -0800
From: Lawrence Green
Subject: Re: Articles demonstrating Health educators better at health ed
In-Reply-To: <199502042121.NAA14183@unixg.ubc.ca>
The question Kay Sandow raises is a tempting one for any profession to
ask, and each profession could find studies supporting the advantages of
their profession (doctors, nurses, physical therapists, physical
educators, nutritionists) in communicating specific types of health
information or influencing patients, students, or other learners on
particular behaviour changes. As Marshall Kreuter and I conclude in
Health Promotion Planning: An Educational and Environmental Approach
(Mayfield, 1991), there is nothing inherently superior about any method
or channel of communication, it always depends on the needs and
circumstances of the audience. The answer to Sandow's question lies in an
educational diagnosis and the particular situation (the context) in which
the health education and the application of the health information is to
take place. --Larry Green
On Fri, 3 Feb 1995 KSANDOW_at_row-hq@SMTPGTWY.ROW.COM wrote:
> I am seeking articles which compare health educators and other
> health professionals for the provision of health education
> messages. Does anybody know of any. I would appreciation the
> citation or anything else you may have.
>
> Thank You
>
> Kay Sandow
> KSANDOW_at_ROW-hq@smtpqtwy.row.com
>
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#63
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 09:40:47 -0800
From: Lawrence Green
Subject: Re: Need research literature
In-Reply-To: <199502042202.OAA11313@unixg.ubc.ca>
M. Graz, vous avez raison. Le mot "abstinence" en Anglais aussi doit
comprendre dans la contexte. --Larry Green
On Fri, 3 Feb 1995, Bertrand Graz (Institu de Medecine sociale et preventive)
wrote:
> Att.: Laura Anne Dugey,
>
> (a note from a non-english speaker about your
> message dated feb 1 to all HEDIR recipients: )
>
> Is the word "abstinence" clear for
> english-speaking people? In particular: does it imply
> an answer to the question: abstinence FROM WHAT? (e.g.
> from alcohol consumption, from smoking, from some sexual
> behaviors...) . You might come accross difficulties if
> you sometime read french journals (or translations
> from), wher "abstinence" usually refer to alcohol
> consumption.
> (I thought this could be a little help!)
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Bertrand Graz
>
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#64
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 00:21:44 -0500
Reply-To: The International Electronic Mail Directory for Health Educators
Sender: The International Electronic Mail Directory for Health Educators
From: Jill Blair
Subject: Re: Articles demonstrating He...
What exactly do you mean? Compare health educators to other health
professionals? I may have information for you about who is most successful
at delivering positive health messages, but I'm not sure what you are
seeking. Please clarify.
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#65
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 09:27:14 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D."
Subject: Marion Pollock
Just a short reminder that I would appreciate any thoughts, feelings, or
other ideas about Marion Pollock. As you may recall, I have been asked to
do an editorial on Marion's life and her impact on the profession. I have
received many such messages...if you haven't sent anything and would like
to, please do so by February 14th. Thanks.
Please send it to the e-mail address below:
kittle@siu.edu
This address is for this request only.
______________________________________________
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Founder and Owner of HEDIR List
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#66
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 14:17:39 EST
From: Joe Pope <37H2E2U@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Organization: Central Michigan University
Subject: Slides
We are seeking a source for 35mm slides relating to human disease, both
chronic and communicable. Theses slides will be utilized in a course
entitled "Pathophysiology" which is required for our Community Health,
Health Promotion, Physical Therapists, and Physician Assistant programs.
If you have such information would you please forward to the above
e-mail address. Thank you for your time and assitance.
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#67
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 16:00:49 CST
From: "Perko, Mike"
Subject: Instrument development
I am currently in the process of developing an instrument
based on the Theory of Reasoned Action, to assess attitudes
and beliefs of adolescent athletes and their use of dietary
supplements, ie: amino acids, protein powders, vitamins,
herbal extracts, etc. As part of the development process I
am trying to cull any existing questionaires or surveys
that specifically ask for 1) reasons for use, 2) beliefs
about use, 3) attitudes about use. If you know of any
existing instruments that may be of help, please let me know
via e-mail and I will arrange forwarding information. Thank
you
Mike Perko
Univ. of AL
Mperko@bamaed.ua.edu
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#68
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 17:32:11 -0500
From: TomLyndon@AOL.COM
Subject: Worcester State College Position 2-6-95
PLEASE POST
WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE
POSITION AVAILABLE
POSITION: Two Assistant or Associate Professors of Community Health
DEPARTMENT: Health Science
EFFECTIVE DATE: September l, 1995
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, Tenure Track
BENEFITS. Health and Life Insurance, Holidays Sick Leave, State Retirement
System
SALARY: Based on qualifications, education, experience and contractual
agreement
RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach courses in Community Health; Provide academic
advising to students; Participate in the registration of students; Serve on
departmental and college committees as appropriate; Participate in other
college activities as required.
MINIMAL QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Assistant Professor: A doctoral degree and a graduate degree in community
health or Public Health form an accredited institution and two years of
experience in teaching.
2. Associate Professor: A doctoral degree and a graduate degree in Community
Health or Public Health from an accredited institution. Six years of
experience in teaching at least three of which must have been at an
accredited college or university.
3. Other Preferred Qualifications: Appropriate professional experience in
Community Health or Public Health and CHES eligible.
DEADLINE FOR FILING:
Resumes will be reviewed starting on February 28, 1995 and continuing until a
suitable candidate has been identified.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
TO APPLY SEND LETTER OF INTEREST, RESUME AND THREE CURRENT LETTERS OF
REFERENCE TO:
Director of Personnel
Worcester State College
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602-2597
Position subject to funding approval.
Women and Minorities encouraged to apply.
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#69
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 11:40:21 -0600
From: Dawna Wright
Subject: January 1995 update, New Address
my old address ifbz452@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu has changed to
a new address: dawnawright@mail.utexas.edu.
Thanks for keeping in touch.
dawna wright
have a nice day
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#70
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 09:51:08 -0700
From: "Robert B. Beavers"
Subject: Re: Instrument development
In-Reply-To: <9502070239.AA51255@ccserver>
You may want to contact:
Elias P. Duryea, Ph.D.
Department of Health Education
The University of New Mexico
(505)277-0337
and
Roy Wohl
Washburn State University
Department of Health, Phys. Ed.
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#71
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 12:05:00 EST
From: dan
Subject: Elderly and exericse
I am doing my Master's thesis on the knowledge of exercise and fitness that
elderly people aged 65-75 have. If anyone has any information that might be
helpful, please send it to me. thanks Dan Janidlj103@psuvm.psu.edu
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#72
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 12:17:00 EST
From: jg56
Subject: Re: Articles demonstrating Health educators better at health ed
In-Reply-To: <9502042121.AA15993@umailsrv1.UMD.EDU>
Hi Kay:
You asked for articles on health educators being "better" at health
education. What variables? Better at what? Are you interested in health
educators being "better" at something or in their program participants being
better at something (knowledge, behavior, skill, attitude)?
Hope you find what you are looking for. Next you'll want to know of proof
that Certified Health Education Specialists' (CHES) program participants are
"healthier" than students enrolled in programs conducted by non-Certified
Health Education Specialists (NCHES??). What an threatening question-- to
some.
Peace and Health,
Jerry Greenberg
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#73
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 12:11:00 EST
From: jg56
Subject: Re: A New Publication on Kuwaiti Oil Fires
In-Reply-To: <9502040850.AA22909@umailsrv1.UMD.EDU>
>Just before the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, more than 700
>wells in Kuwaiti oil fields were set on fire. Since the beginning
>of this crisis, I was involved in collecting, analysing, and
>compiling information on various aspects of oil fires.
>
> It is a great plesure to inform you that my book entitled,
>'Kuwaiti Oil Fires:Regional Environmental Perspectives' is
>being published by the Pergamon Press which is an imprint of
>Elsevier Sciences. The book is due in March 1995 and it contains
>approximately 150 graphic illustrations, 50 tables, and 32 color
>photographs. The color photographs cover the extent of fires
>and smoke types, formation of coke mounds and oil lakes, the
>challenges faced by the fire fighters in extinguishing oil well
>well fires, and different methods used by the fire fighting teams
>in extinguishing oil wells.
>
>The book contains information for environmentalists and
>petroleum engineers on oil exploration and oil field development
>in Kuwait and Iraq, crude oil and smoke characterization, emission
>inventory, dispersion phenomena, deposition of soot on land and
>sea surface, and characterization of particulate matter.
>
>The impact of gaseous pollutants and soot on plants, animals, and
>human beings covered in detail in the book would be of interst to
>ecologists, environmental health scientists, and other
>environmental protection groups. The book also contains
>information on the well head design, tubing, casing of oil wells, and
>various methods used in extinguishing well fires. The procedure
>of fighting well fires described in the book will be of interest
>to fire fighting specialists as well as to others interested
>in knowing specific details about the challenges faced by the
>fire fighting teams, the technologies used, and the success in
>extinguishing fires earlier than had been anticipated.
>
>This book summarizes the activities of the international
>companies and scientific organizations involved in extinguishing
>the fires, collection of data using ground-based equipment and air-
>crafts, and also details on the impact assessments.
>
>The book also covers near-source, regional, and gloal modeling
>approaches used to assess the environmental damage. It also
>provides a brief overview of the causes of the crisis and compares
>the management of Kuwaiti Oil Fires with the Bhopal and Chernobyl
>environmental episodes.
>
>Other specific topics covered include:
>
>*Physical and chemical charaterization of crude oil and smoke plumes
>*Source estimates and monitoring of smoke plumes by remote sensing
>*Air quality and particulate monitoring and analysis, and
>*Role of national, regional and international scientific communities
> in response to the environmental crisis and lessons learned.
>
>For more information about the book, please feel free to contact me
>by e-mail and send me your address so that I can mail a copy of the
>flyer with the details on how to order and where to send your Order
>Form and Request.
>
>
>Tahir Husain
>
>Mailing Address: KFUPM Box 446, Dhahran-31261, Saudi Arabia
>
>E-mail: RSID13H@SAUPM00.bitnet
>Fax: 966-3-860-3220
>Tel. 966-3-860-3227
>
Servlist Administrator:
Isn't there some way to prevent (screen) these sorts of commercial ads from
the network? I do not have the time to sort through this junk!!
Thanks,
Jerry Greenberg>
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#74
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 13:46:48 -0600
From: Sandra Evans
Subject: CAI program
For the purpose of my dissertation, I am looking for a CD-ROM-based or
videodisc-based HIV prevention or pregnancy prevention program that is
targeted to older adolescents. I am hoping to find a program that is
interactive and includes videoclips. Ideally, the program's objectives
should emphasize skills practice (e.g. communication skills) and norms
clarification in addition to increasing knowledge. If you know of such a
program or have any information thta I may be able to use, please contact
me at: sandra.evans@mail.utexas.edu.
Thanks!
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#75
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 15:51:31 EST
From: SDORMAN@HHP.UFL.EDU
Subject: Re: ASHA Research Council Deadline Extension
DEADLINE EXTENDED...DEADLINE EXTENDED...DEADLINE EXTENDED...
RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ASHA -- 1995 MEETING in MILWAUKEE
The deadline for receipt of papers for research council presentation
at the 69th National Conference of the American School Health
Association has been extended to February 15, 1995. The conference
will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 25-29, 1995.
The papers should describe research related to school health,
including health services, health education and school environment.
Abstracts which address the theme "Teaching Children In and About a
Healthy World" are especially encouraged.
Please consult the most recent (December, 1994) edition of the
Journal of School Health for the specific information and abstract
format. This call is for oral research papers & poster sessions,
student generated research papers and research symposia.
Please follow the guidelines as presented in the Journal..
Should you have further questions or need additional information
please contact:
Steve M. Dorman, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Department of Health Science Education
FLG-5
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611-2034
(904) 392-0583 telephone
(904) 392-3186 (fax)
sdorman@hhp.ufl.edu
Thanks.
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#76
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 18:32:10 -0700
From: "Robert B. Beavers"
Subject: Re: Elderly and exericse
In-Reply-To: <9502072324.AA44827@ccserver>
You may want to contact Dr. Charles Geiger at New Mexico State University,
(505)646-4300; geiger@nmsu.edu
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#77
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 00:57:00 -0500
From: RICK PETOSA
Subject: Re: Articles demonstrating Health educators better at health ed
K. Sandow,
In response to your request for comparitive literature on various
health professionals effectiveness, I submit that this is an inherently
flawed question of little value and much annoyance. If you were able to
operationalize effectiveness adequately you would likely find more
variability within that between fields. The variability would be due
to a wide range of factors (audience characteristics, environmental
contextual variables, etc.). But due to the way in which you have posed
the question these factors would show up as variance unaccounted for.
I suggest reconceptualizing.
rick petosa
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#78
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 10:18:00 EST
From: dl16
Subject: Greenberg's endorsement of book on Kuwaiti oil fires
In-Reply-To: <9502072232.AA19536@umailsrv1.UMD.EDU>
Jerry Greenberg recently announced Tahir Husain's book having to do with the
Kuwati oil fires. Besides the value of the book, Jerry's endorsement is
valuable because it contributes to the notion that health and well-being
(and the work of health educators) should be concerned with *root causes* of
premature, unncessary death and suffering. If we and our professional
associations (AAHE, APHE, ASHA, SOPHE) would put our collective will,
brainpower, and influence to the task, our profession would make a powerful
contribution to global health and well-being.
Daniel LEVITON
Email:Daniel_LEVITON@umail.umd.edu (dl16)
Phone:(301) 405-2528
Address: College of HHP
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740
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#79
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 09:20:37 -0500
From: "Lea S. Dooley"
I am researching school based programs that match junior high
school students with high school students to raise the jr.high student's
sense of self esteem. Hopefully these programs would have an impact on
these schools rate of teen pregnancy and STD's. If anyone has any
information pertaining to this subject, please reply to lsd3615@is.nyu.edu
It is VERY important that you reply to MY address and do not hit the
reply command for this message. This way we all don't have to read the
response.
Thank you,
Lea Dooley
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#80
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 08:09:53 -0800
From: Lawrence Green
Subject: Re: Instrument development
In-Reply-To: <199502070224.SAA19505@unixg.ubc.ca>
Mike, in reply to your query below, a few people who come to mind and their
research on related issues of diet and exercise or use of the Fishbein and
Azjen Theory of Reasoned Action, are as follows:
Contento, Isobel R. (Health & Nutr Educ Dept, Box 137, Teachers College,
Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027), Diane G. Kell, Margaret K. Keiley, Ruth D.
Corcoran (Amer.Cancer Society, 1599 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329). A
formative evaluation of the American Cancer Society Changing the Course
nutrition education curriculum. J Sch Health 62(9):411-416, Nov. 1992.
Godin, Gaston (1991). "L'Education pour la sant 9: les fondements
psychosociaux de la definition des messages =E9ducatifs," Sciences Social
eset Sant 9 9: 67-94. Gaston is on the Faculty of Nursing at Laval University
in Quebec City, but is currently on sabbatical at the Univrsity of Limburg in
Maastricht, the Netherlands. He studied Fishbein & Azjen's model specifically
in relation to physical activity and has published some of his work in
English.
Kok, Gerjo (PhD, Prof.& Chair, Dept Health Educ, Univ Limburg,
Maastricht, the Netherlands). Quality of planning as a decisive determinant of
health education effectiveness. Hygie: Int J Health Educ11(4):5-9, 1992.
Mullen, Patricia D. (Univ.Texas Center for Health Promotion Research & Devel.,
UT School of Public Health, PO Box 20188, Houston, TX 22025)
James C. Hersey, Donald C. Iverson (1987). "Health Behavior Models Compared,"
Social Science and Medicine 24(11): 973-981. This study compared Fishbein &
Azjen's model with two or three others in a propsective population
survey-based evaluation of a campaingn to influence exercise and diet, among
other behaviours.
--Larry Green
On Mon, 6 Feb 1995, Perko, Mike wrote:
> I am currently in the process of developing an instrument
> based on the Theory of Reasoned Action, to assess attitudes
> and beliefs of adolescent athletes and their use of dietary
> supplements, ie: amino acids, protein powders, vitamins,
> herbal extracts, etc. As part of the development process I
> am trying to cull any existing questionaires or surveys
> that specifically ask for 1) reasons for use, 2) beliefs
> about use, 3) attitudes about use. If you know of any
> existing instruments that may be of help, please let me know
> via e-mail and I will arrange forwarding information. Thank
> you
>=20
> Mike Perko
> Univ. of AL
> Mperko@bamaed.ua.edu
>=20
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#81
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 15:10:55 -0500
From: Billie Lindsey
Subject: GO ASK ALICE goes WORLD WIDE
In-Reply-To: <199502081606.AA03129@mailhub.cc.columbia.edu>
Colleages...a couple of months ago our health question and answer service
that we were providing primarily to Columbia University students through
Columbianet, went onto the WORLD WIDE WEBB. As a result, many of you
can access GO ASK ALICE. ALICE is one of the services of our health
education and wellness program, Healthwise, a division of the University
Health Service.
Students submit questions and ALICE provides answers. One of my health
educators has primary responsibility for this project and she is assisted
with answering questions by the medical staff and other health educators
in our office.
We started ALICE 2 years ago. THe first year we answered about 300
questions and there were about 5000 openings. Since going onto WWW, our
readership has increased DRAMATICALLY. There were 13,000 openings last
week alone. Of course, we have also seen an increase in questions.
ALICE does not answer every question, but is selective in her choices out
of necessity. We have had over 1000 questions asked. We have answered
to date about 550 questions. Topics include sex, drugs, nutrition,
general health, psychological health, etc.
I hope you can check out ALICE. We are excited that it has been
nominated for THE BEST OF THE NET for 1995 with the WHOLE INTERNET
CATALOG. To access:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/healthwise
And as a favor...we have ideas for a new project...to make a cd-rom. If
any of you could forward information to me of any good health-related
ones that have already been made, I would appreciate it greatly.
Hope this finds all of you healthy and in good spirits!
Billie Lindsey, EdD, CHES
Healthwise Director
Columbia University
212-854-5453
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#82
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 15:33:00 EST
From: RICK PETOSA
Subject: Re: CAI program
ian newman at university nebraska at lincoln has develop cd interactive
but it may only be focused on alcohol/ drug prevention. But worth
a contact to find out.
rick petosa
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#83
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 08:30:46 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
Subject: A Stern Lecture From Your Father
Now that I have gotten your attention regarding the Subject line, I
have a major issue that I need to talk to you. As you will note,
this may pertain to some individuals more than others, but I want
everybody to read this memo, and to make sure that you understand.
I feel somewhat like a father...I need to be firm, but also loving.
The creation of the e-mail directory and subsequently the HEDIR list
has become quite popular, and I think it is fair to say that it has
been a big help to many people. Over the past few weeks there has been
numerous violations of the use of the hedir list. I continue to send
bummer memos to most of the people who violate it...but I've noticed
lately that there has been a preponderance of violations. So many,
that I have gotten many memos from subscribers asking that I do something
about it. Well, this memo is an attempt to stop these violations.
STOP USING THE HEDIR LIST TO SEND PERSONAL MESSAGES!!!!!!!!
The concept of the hedir list is to share, ask, or seek general information
about something. Every memo that is sent via the hedir list has the
sender's e-mail address. PLEASE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT
PERSON'S INQUIRY, PLEASE USE THEIR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS....NOT THE
HEDIR ADDRESS. There are some exceptions, but not many.
One exception, that I tend to be a little more forgiving on, is
the person who uses the hedir list to ask to be on the directory.
Obviously, this person has just been told about this service and the
hedir address is probably the only thing that they have been given,
so they send it via hedir. I can accept that...because once I receive
that memo I send them the general information about how to use the
system.
Most people who violate the hedir will receive a "bummer note" from
me. They almost inadvertently say that they acknowledge that they
made a mistake, and usually it doesn't happen again.
There are some who continuously use hedir to response to somebody's
request. God loves those people for responding, but God (and the rest of
the hedir directory) would love those people more if they would use the
sender's direct e-mail address.
The intent of this memo is not to discourage the use of the hedir...
I enjoy reading about the job positions, requests for information,
the exciting news that Billie Lindsey is doing with "Go Ask Alice"
but I am concerned that we use the system correctly.
I am asking for your support and understanding in this issue.
Please make sure that when you want to respond to a person's
hedir request that you compose an entirely new memo...do not
hit reply...because that reply will be sent to everybody.
Thank you for your attention to this matter....you may now
resume your regular life.
_____________________________________________________
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., ga3748@siucvmb.siu.edu
Southern Illinois University
Founder and Owner of the International E-Mail Directory
and the HEDIR listserv
"The best defense is a strong offense, and I
intend to start offending right now."
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#84
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 12:52:00 EST
From: jg56
Subject: Re: A New Publication on Kuwaiti Oil Fires
In-Reply-To: <9502072232.AA19536@umailsrv1.UMD.EDU>
To ALL:
It seems that someone is suggesting I am endorsing some book on oil fires in
Kuwait. Whereas I agree that this is a health issue, I disagree that this
listserv ought to be used to advertise products, and I have never read this
book nor do I endorse it.
Sorry to have to burden everyone with this clarification.
Peace and Health,
Jerry Greenberg
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#85
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 12:42:27 -0600
From: wohl royal
Subject: Re: A New Publication on Kuwaiti Oil Fires
In-Reply-To: <9502072337.AA38493@acc.wuacc.edu>
I didn't realize I was on the Home Shopping Network.
On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, jg56 wrote:
> >Just before the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, more than 700
> >wells in Kuwaiti oil fields were set on fire. Since the beginning
> >of this crisis, I was involved in collecting, analysing, and
> >compiling information on various aspects of oil fires.
> >
> > It is a great plesure to inform you that my book entitled,
> >'Kuwaiti Oil Fires:Regional Environmental Perspectives' is
> >being published by the Pergamon Press which is an imprint of
> >Elsevier Sciences. The book is due in March 1995 and it contains
> >approximately 150 graphic illustrations, 50 tables, and 32 color
> >photographs. The color photographs cover the extent of fires
> >and smoke types, formation of coke mounds and oil lakes, the
> >challenges faced by the fire fighters in extinguishing oil well
> >well fires, and different methods used by the fire fighting teams
> >in extinguishing oil wells.
> >
> >The book contains information for environmentalists and
> >petroleum engineers on oil exploration and oil field development
> >in Kuwait and Iraq, crude oil and smoke characterization, emission
> >inventory, dispersion phenomena, deposition of soot on land and
> >sea surface, and characterization of particulate matter.
> >
> >The impact of gaseous pollutants and soot on plants, animals, and
> >human beings covered in detail in the book would be of interst to
> >ecologists, environmental health scientists, and other
> >environmental protection groups. The book also contains
> >information on the well head design, tubing, casing of oil wells, and
> >various methods used in extinguishing well fires. The procedure
> >of fighting well fires described in the book will be of interest
> >to fire fighting specialists as well as to others interested
> >in knowing specific details about the challenges faced by the
> >fire fighting teams, the technologies used, and the success in
> >extinguishing fires earlier than had been anticipated.
> >
> >This book summarizes the activities of the international
> >companies and scientific organizations involved in extinguishing
> >the fires, collection of data using ground-based equipment and air-
> >crafts, and also details on the impact assessments.
> >
> >The book also covers near-source, regional, and gloal modeling
> >approaches used to assess the environmental damage. It also
> >provides a brief overview of the causes of the crisis and compares
> >the management of Kuwaiti Oil Fires with the Bhopal and Chernobyl
> >environmental episodes.
> >
> >Other specific topics covered include:
> >
> >*Physical and chemical charaterization of crude oil and smoke plumes
> >*Source estimates and monitoring of smoke plumes by remote sensing
> >*Air quality and particulate monitoring and analysis, and
> >*Role of national, regional and international scientific communities
> > in response to the environmental crisis and lessons learned.
> >
> >For more information about the book, please feel free to contact me
> >by e-mail and send me your address so that I can mail a copy of the
> >flyer with the details on how to order and where to send your Order
> >Form and Request.
> >
> >
> >Tahir Husain
> >
> >Mailing Address: KFUPM Box 446, Dhahran-31261, Saudi Arabia
> >
> >E-mail: RSID13H@SAUPM00.bitnet
> >Fax: 966-3-860-3220
> >Tel. 966-3-860-3227
> >
>
> Servlist Administrator:
>
> Isn't there some way to prevent (screen) these sorts of commercial ads from
> the network? I do not have the time to sort through this junk!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry Greenberg>
>
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#86
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 16:17:28 CST
From: j_liu@VENUS.TWU.EDU
Subject: new e-mail address
Hi! My new e-mail address is as follows; J_LIU@TWU.EDU Please place me in
the list. Thank you.
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#87
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 08:15:00 EST
From: dl16
Subject: Re: A New Publication on Kuwaiti Oil Fires
In-Reply-To: <9502100136.AA07648@umailsrv1.UMD.EDU>
>To ALL:
>
>It seems that someone is suggesting I am endorsing some book on oil fires in
>Kuwait. Whereas I agree that this is a health issue, I disagree that this
>listserv ought to be used to advertise products, and I have never read this
>book nor do I endorse it.
>
>Sorry to have to burden everyone with this clarification.
>
>Peace and Health,
>
>Jerry Greenberg
>
Damn Jerry, here I was delivering a compliment to your global, catholic view
of "health," and I find your are (rightly) arguing against using Internet for
commerical purposes. Oh well, the compliment still stands.
Dan>
Daniel LEVITON
Email:Daniel_LEVITON@umail.umd.edu (dl16)
Phone:(301) 405-2528
Address: College of HHP
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740
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#88
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 14:24:06 CST
From: Nancy Parsons
Subject: Position Announcements
The Department of Health Sciences at Western Illinois University is
advertising three positions with a starting date of August 15, 1995.
Following is a description of each position.
Position: Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track, nine month contract)
Requirements: An earned doctorate in public health or related field with an
emphasis in health promotion and wellness education and a
commitment to health promotion in rural settings; College/
university level teaching experience and background in the
planning, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion
activities and programs; CHES preferred
Professional Duties:
1. Teach undergraduate/graduate courses in health promotion and wellness
education
2. Teach graduate courses in research and/or statistics
3. Seek and secure external funding for research and/or training
projects
4. Conduct quality research and have findings published
5. Serve on departmental, college, and university committees
6. Direct master's degree theses
7. Serve on master's degree theses committees
Starting Date: August 15, 1995
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
Application Deadline: Screening of applicants begins on March 20, 1995 and
will continue until the position is filled
Application Process: Send application letter, current resume, official
transcripts of all graduate work, and three letters
of recommendation to:
Frederick M. Randolph, Ph.D., Chair
Health Promotion Search Committee
Department of Health Sciences
Western Illinois University
One University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1396
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-
Position: Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track, nine month contract)
Requirements: An earned doctorate in public or community health or a related
field with an emphasis and/or experience in health services
management; College/university level teaching experience and/or
considerable background in the management/administration of
health services programs
Professional Duties:
1. Teach undergraduate/graduate courses in health services management
and community health
2. Teach graduate courses in research and/or statistics
3. Seek and secure external funding for research and/or training
projects
4. Conduct quality research and have findings published
5. Serve on departmental, college, and university committees
6. Direct master's degree theses
7. Serve on master's degree theses committees
Starting Date: August 15, 1995
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
Application Deadline: Screening of applicants begins on March 20, 1995, and
will continue until the position is filled
Application Process: Send application letter, current resume, official
transcripts of all graduate work, and three letters of
recommendation to:
Nancy P. Parsons, Ph.D., Chair
Health Services Management Search Committee
Department of Health Sciences
Western Illinois University
One University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1396
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-
Position: Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track, nine month contract)
Requirements: An earned doctorate in public health or related field with an
emphasis in environmental sciences and/or occupational health
and safety; College/university teaching experience and/or
considerable background in the environmental health and safety
fields; Appropriate certifications such as RS or CSP desirable
Professional Duties:
1. Teach undergraduate/graduate courses in environmental health,
occupational health and safety, and community health
2. Develop new courses as a part of an expanding environmental health
and safety curriculum
3. Seek and secure external funding for research and/or training
projects
4. Conduct quality research and have findings published
5. Serve on departmental, college, and university committees
6. Direct master's degree theses
7. Serve on master's degree theses committees
Starting Date: August 15, 1995
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
Application Deadline: Screening of applicants begins on March 20, 1995, and
will continue until the position is filled
Application Process: Send application letter, current resume, official
transcripts of all graduate work, and three letters of
recommendation to:
L. Clark McCammon, H.S.Dir., Chair
Environmental Health and Safety Committee
Department of Health Sciences
Western Illinois University
One University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1396
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-
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
EMPLOYER; APPLICATIONS FROM MINORITIES, WOMEN, HANDICAPPED PERSONS ARE INVITED
AND ENCOURAGED.
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#89
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 11:58:19 -0600
From: Sandra Evans
Subject: Re: CAI program
Rick,
Thanks for your reply to my inquiry. I will definitely contact Ian Newman.
Sandra
>ian newman at university nebraska at lincoln has develop cd interactive
>but it may only be focused on alcohol/ drug prevention. But worth
>a contact to find out.
>rick petosa
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#90
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 19:48:43 EST
From: Dianne Kerr
Subject: RU486
I am teaching an Advanced Sexuality Class and would appreciate information on
the current status of RU486. Is it approved or being used in the U.S. at
prese
nt? I would appreciate any up-to-date information anyone may have on this.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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#91
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 19:43:53 -0700
From: "Carl Hanson (East Montana State)"
Subject: Health Enhancement? Our Future?
Having recently moved to Montana and accepting a position in higher education,
I found myself confronted with a new concept - health enhancement. Well,
maybe it is an old concept. According to Montana's Office of Public
Instruction, "health enhancement is a comprehensive program that combines
the disciplines of health and physical education." Health enhancement
curricula is currently being distributed to primary and secondary schools
throughout the State. I am finding myself wanting to yell, "hold on, can
we think about this for a minute."
Despite the reservations of a handful of health educators (including
myself), health enhancement is rolling forward in Montana. It is being
heralded as the "state of the art" and the "future of health and PE" by
those implementing the program. As a result, the State expects
institutions of higher education to modify their teacher prep programs
and bring them in line with the health enhancement model. WOW.
Anyone care to comment? Is there similar models being looked at in any
other States? Are we nuts up here?
If you have a comment that might benefit all, send it to the list.
Otherwise, I would appreciate any comments sent direct.
All the best,
Carl Hanson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Montana State University - Billings
(hpss_hanson@vino.emcmt.edu)
Office: (406) 657-2395
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#92
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 09:50:38 EST
From: "EDWARD J. HART"
Subject: Re: RU486
Currently being tested in the U.S....not legal yet!!
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#93
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 17:47:01 -0800
From: Cheri A Pies
Subject: Re: RU486
In-Reply-To: <9502120158.AA15550@isc.sjsu.edu>
dianne--
contact the national women's health network in washington dc for the
latest information on ru486. My contact there is Cindy Pearson, although
any of the interns can help you. Good luck. Cheri Pies
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#94
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:38:32 EST
From: Pat Dunn
Subject: Re: CAI program
In-Reply-To: Message of Sat,
11 Feb 1995 11:58:19 -0600 from
Someone asked what I had received about Resistance Skills education. I
have misplaced that request so can't answer you. Would the person who
requested that information please make that request again and I will
send what I received. Sorry to be so careless with the request. Pat Dunn
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#95
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 11:56:00 EST
From: Molla Donaldson
Subject: Re: RU486
We did a study at the IOM on clinical applications of RU-486, but I have
not tracked the progress of approval since then. The best thing is to call
the public affairs office of the Population Council in NY City which was
overseeing clinical trials in preparation for an FDA new drug application
or the Population Resource Council NDA or the Population Resources Council
in Washington, D.C.
Molla Donaldson
Senior Staff Officer
Institute of Medicine
I am teaching an Advanced Sexuality Class and would appreciate information
on the current status of RU486. Is it approved or being used in the U.S.
at prese nt? I would appreciate any up-to-date information anyone may have
on this. Thanks in advance for your help.
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#96
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 14:08:46 EST
From: R Olds
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement? Our Future?
In-Reply-To: Message of Sat,
11 Feb 1995 19:43:53 -0700 from
Ohio is moving in what appears to be the very same direction. Though PE
should certainly be part of a health promotion program, the Ohio Department
of Education people seem to think the two are inextricably intertwined at
both the K-12 and Higher Education level. Obviously, some folks are taking
issue with that but with little signs of progress. Keep plugging away!
R. SCOTT OLDS ROLDS@KENTVM BITNET ADDRESS
316 WHITE HALL ROLDS@KENTVM.KENT.EDU INTERNET ADDRESS
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY 216/672-3063 FAX
KENT, OHIO 44242
216/672-7977
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#97
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 15:39:15 -0500
From: 00jfmckenzie@BSUVC.BSU.EDU
Subject: Job Announcement
COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
The Department of Physiology and Health Science is seeking
applicants for a tenure-track position as an assistant professor
in community health education beginning August 16, 1995. Primary
responsibilities for this position include teaching, scholarly
activity, and service. Teaching responsibilities will include
undergraduate and graduate courses in community health. Courses
to be taught include principles of community health and at least
two of the following courses: alcohol problems, drug dependence
and abuse, epidemiology, health and aging, program planning and
evaluation, public health practice and quantitative methods.
Minimum qualifications: earned doctorate in health education
promotion or related field with training or experience in
community/public health agency. Preferred qualifications:
M.P.H. degree; CHES certification; additional years of success-
ful teaching or community/public health experience; and research
experience related to community based projects. Salary for the
position will be commensurate with rank and experience. Tenure
is not automatic but depends on meeting performance criteria.
Review of applications will begin April 7, 1995 and will continue
until the position is filled. Send application letter including
description of teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae,
undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and three letters of
recommendation for the position to: Dr. James F. McKenzie,
Chairperson, Department of Physiology and Health Science,
Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306. Ball State University
is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer and is
strongly and actively committed to diversity within its
community.
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#98
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 17:19:00 EST
From: STEL100W@WONDER.EM.CDC.GOV
Subject: PATIENT ED EVALUATION & MATERIALS
FROM: Stelling, Frank H.
TO: SMTP:HEDIR@SIUCVMB.BITNET
CC:
SUBJECT: PATIENT ED EVALUATION & MATERIALS
DATE: 02-13-95 17:19 EST
PRIORITY:
I am looking for evaluation scales on diabetes knowledge and compliance,
asthma knowledge and compliance (pediatric & adult) and hypertension knowledge
and compliance.
I would also like any help on finding interactive video or computer programs
for new diabetics, asthmatics or hypertensives.
Please send responses to my Email, stel100w@wonder.em.cdc.gov.
Frank Stelling
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#99
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 20:32:26 EST
From: Marlene Tappe
Subject: APHA-SHES Nominations
The School Health Education and Services Section of the American Public
Health Association is seeking nominations for candidates for service in
the section. If you would like to nominate someone (including yourself)
to run for the positions of Chair-Elect, Secretary-Elect, Governing Councilor,
or Section Councilor please contact Leslie McBride by Friday, February 17,
1995. Leslie's e-mail address is:
leslie@upa.pdx.edu
Thanks!
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#100
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:29:00 EST
From: dl16
Subject: U.MD Health Promotion Program - Need Older Adults
If you know of adults age 60 or older in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area the following may be of interest.
This semester the 23 year old Adult Health & Development Program (AHDP)
attracted a large number of students and volunteers (n=80) who are trained to
serve as "friendly coaches" with an older adult "member." Potential members
who might be interested in the AHDP should immediately contact me or call
Donna at (301) 405-2522. Members are diverse in terms of age, SES, health and
physical fitness status, race and ethnicity, etc.
Goals are to positively affect the health and well-being of members; allow
student "staffers" to learn of aging, history, and different cultures while
applying health aspects of gerontology; and to use physical and social
activity, and health education as a means of bringing people together. Thus,
the AHDP is seen as a means of reducing hostility and aggression between
people. The four groups that traditionally come to the AHDP are members from
the community, the so-called foreign-born, VA Nursing Home residents, and the
Developmentally-challenged.
The Program runs on Saturdays from 9:30-noon. No fee, but donations are
accepted. The AHDP is an academic (Health Education) course and medical school
elective.
Other AHDPs are in Israel, Aurora University, Bloomsburg State College,
Nicholls State University, Gallaudet University, Northern Virginia Community
College, and the University of Delaware. Universities soon to open their AHDPs
include the University of Miami at Oxford, Banneker High School (Washington,
D.C.), Utica College, and Western Colorado University. Programs modeled after
the AHDP are also located at the University of the District of Columbia,
Chesapeake College (Wye, MD), and Montgomery Junior College in Takoma Park,
MD. In May 1994 representatives from three Historic Black Colleges and
Universities (Florida A & M University, Paine College, and Clark Atlanta
University) were trained enabling them to become part of the National
Network for Intergenerational Health.
A summer camp/resort variation of the AHDP also exists.
Daniel LEVITON
Email:Daniel_LEVITON@umail.umd.edu (dl16)
Phone:(301) 405-2528
Address: College of HHP
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740
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#101
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:35:00 EST
From: "Mail, Pat"
Subject: Public Health Education Section APHA Seeks Candidates
The Public Health Education & Health Promotion Section of the American
Public Health Education Association invites nominations for Chair-Elect,
Secretary-Elect, Governing and Section Counselors. Self nominations are
welcome. We also need volunteers for Program Chair, Nominations Chair,
Newsletter Editor, and Continuing Education Committee Chair. The only
requirement, other than interst and commitment to health education, is that
you be able to attend the annual meetings during your term of office.
The PHE Section is the largest Section in the APHA. We have several active
committees in AIDS Education and Policy, Worksite Health Promotion, and
Environmental Issues, to name a few.
Candidates for Section offices should contact Harriet Barr by Fridat,
February 17th. She can be reached at:
BARR@SOPHIA.SPH.UNC.EDU or call (919) 383-2475.
Individuals interested in committee positions or leadership should contact
Pat Mail at:
PMAIL@WILLCO.NIAAA.NIH.GOV or call (301) 443-8744.
The PHE&HP Section applies annually to be a provide of category 1 CECH for
CHES.
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#102
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:33:54 -0500
From: Tara Heath
Subject: None
Subject: Time:10:05 PM
OFFICE MEMO None Date:2/14/95
subscribe hedir
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#103
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 09:33:36 -0600
From: Thada Bornstein
Subject: Slides (fwd)
To Joe Pope:
The Physician Oncology Education Program has a slide/script
series on cancer prevention and early detection comprising six cancer
sites (lung, skin, breast, cervix, prostate, colorectal). The slides are
mostly text slides. What exactly are you looking for?
Thada Bornstein, MEd
Texas Medical Association
401 W. 15th St.
Austin, Texas 78701-1680
>We are seeking a source for 35mm slides relating to human disease, both
>chronic and communicable. Theses slides will be utilized in a course
>entitled "Pathophysiology" which is required for our Community Health,
>Health Promotion, Physical Therapists, and Physician Assistant programs.
>If you have such information would you please forward to the above
>e-mail address. Thank you for your time and assitance.
>
>
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#104
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 09:55:00 EST
From: Isabel Burk
Subject: model teen wellness program
FROM: Burk, Isabel
TO: SMTP:HEDIR@SIUCVMB.BITNET
CC:
SUBJECT: model teen wellness program
DATE: 02-14-95 09:40 EST
PRIORITY:
SPIRIT Teen Wellness Program is a model wellness/leadership program for high
school students. We've just been named an outstanding program by the U.S.
Health and Human Services Secretary's Community Health Promotion program; wer
were finalists for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's Exemplary
Program award in 1994.
SPIRIT is a statewide program in New York which hosts 140-200 high school
students for four days and three nights, providing keynoters, workshops and
directed experiences aimed at enhancing knowledge, skills, attitudes and
behaviors to develop and maintain healthy lifestyles. Students and their
advisors develop a Team Action Plan designed specifically for their school or
community, and then implement projects and activities in the next school year.
Our staff provides followup, resources, and networking assistance. One of the
most important tenets is that we involve teens as full partners in all phases
of the program: planning, production, implementation, evaluation, and, most
important, fun! The Youth Advisory Board, plus student feedback, shape the
"flavor" of each year's program so that each year is an individual experience.
This keeps SPIRIT fresh and responsive to youth's needs.
This is our 6th year and teams from other states (Mass., Maryland, Vermont)
have already visited to plan replication conferences. We've developed a
program planning manual to aid in replication/adaptation. In fact, to date,
our model has been adapted for six different locales/students. I invite you
to join us if you are interested. Isabel Burk is the director of SPIRIT, and
you can write/call/fax me for further information, a brochure, etc.
E-Mail: BURK112W@wonder.em.cdc.gov
phone: (914) 248-2454
fax: (914) 962-6819.
address:
Regional Health Education Center
Putnam/No. Westchester BOCES
200 BOCES Drive
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
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#105
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:52:34 -0800
From: Dan Mielke
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement? YES!!!
In-Reply-To: <9502140147.AA23198@eosc.osshe.edu> from "R Olds" at Feb 13,
95 02:08:46 pm
I realize that many of you will not agree with my perspective, but
I believe that the move to combine health and physical education is wise
and inevitable. Health and physical education have many of the same goals
and the integration of the two into a singular approach is desirable.
I believe however that we might call this new approach, Health
Promotion Education. O'Donnell (1992) defines health promotion as, "the
science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a
state of optimal health." Clearly, we want children and adults capable of
directing their lifestyles toward optimal health. It seems that this can
best be achieved by developing appropriate movement skills, physical
fitness skills, decision-making skills, nutritional skills, etc.
Health Promotion Education is the process of acquiring the
necessary skills to help people (children and adults) to learn how to
manage their lifestyle so they can achieve the optimal balance of the
physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Children
must come away from the elementary school with a sound base in performing
fundamental movement skills and possessing knowledge about practicing
healthy behaviors. Young adults should leave the secondary schools having
acquired lifetime sport skills and healthy behaviors which will give them
the ability and interest needed to pursue healthy habits as adults.
Adults must maintain the skills and enthusiasm to continue to practice
health promoting activities at home, and have those opportunities
available in the workplace as well.
As I talk with K-12 practioners (and I teach part of my time in a
lab school, so I "are" one) they are already combining the health and PE.
Right or wrong, schools are already hiring teachers to do both jobs within
one position. The moves in Montana and Ohio are merely reflexions of what
is already practiced nationwide. It is higher education and our
professional organizations that seperate these disciplines. The truth is
that as funding gets tighter (which seems to happen daily) we will be
asked to do more with less. It makes sense to begin moving in a new
direction. My institution has already been training teachers in both
disciplines (a combined degree) for three years.
Danny R.Mielke, Ed.D.;CHES
Eastern Oregon State College
La Grande, Oregon 97850
dmielke@eosc.osshe.edu
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#106
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 12:15:00 EST
From: dl16
Subject: Older Adults Needed for Health Promotion Program at U.MD
In-Reply-To: <9502141517.AA01807@umailsrv1.UMD.EDU>
>If this is a repeat message please forgive me. I suspect some of my
>e-mail addresses are fouled up:
>
>If you know of adults age 60 or older in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan
>area the following may be of interest.
>This semester the 23 year old Adult Health & Development Program (AHDP)
>attracted a large number of students and volunteers (n=80) who are trained to
>serve as "friendly coaches" with an older adult "member." Potential members
>who might be interested in the AHDP should immediately contact me or call
>Donna at (301) 405-2522. Members are diverse in terms of age, SES, health and
>physical fitness status, race and ethnicity, etc.
>
>Goals are to positively affect the health and well-being of members; allow
>student "staffers" to learn of aging, history, and different cultures while
>applying health aspects of gerontology; and to use physical and social
>activity, and health education as a means of bringing people together. Thus,
>the AHDP is seen as a means of reducing hostility and aggression between
>people. The four groups that traditionally come to the AHDP are members from
>the community, the so-called foreign-born, VA Nursing Home residents, and the
>Developmentally-challenged.
>
>The Program runs on Saturdays from 9:30-noon. No fee, but donations are
>accepted. The AHDP is an academic (Health Education) course and medical
school
>elective.
>
>Other AHDPs are in Israel, Aurora University, Bloomsburg State College,
>Nicholls State University, Gallaudet University, Northern Virginia Community
>College, and the University of Delaware. Universities soon to open their
AHDPs
>include the University of Miami at Oxford, Banneker High School (Washington,
>D.C.), Utica College, and Western Colorado University. Programs modeled after
>the AHDP are also located at the University of the District of Columbia,
>Chesapeake College (Wye, MD), and Montgomery Junior College in Takoma Park,
>MD. In May 1994 representatives from three Historic Black Colleges and
>Universities (Florida A & M University, Paine College, and Clark Atlanta
>University) were trained enabling them to become part of the National
>Network for Intergenerational Health.
>
>A summer camp/resort variation of the AHDP also exists.
>
>Daniel LEVITON
>Email:Daniel_LEVITON@umail.umd.edu (dl16)
>Phone:(301) 405-2528
>Address: College of HHP
>University of Maryland
>College Park, MD 20740
>
>
Daniel LEVITON
Email:Daniel_LEVITON@umail.umd.edu (dl16)
Phone:(301) 405-2528
Address: College of HHP
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740
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#107
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 14:40:32 -0500
From: "Lea S. Dooley"
Subject: Mailing problems
I would not normally bother the HEDIR list with personal mail but I
have been experiencing problems sending replys to those people who
responded to my request for information regarding peer self esteem
programs. Basically I just wanted to thank everyone who did respond and
I had wanted to keep updating my progress with those who wished it.
Unfortunately I am experiencing problems sending email to the addresses
that I have. So if you sent me mail and wish a reply, please try it
again. I can be reached at . Thank you again, and I
apologize for sending mail to everyone that is only directed at a few.
Lea Dooley
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#108
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 16:25:22 EST
From: stu fors
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement? YES!!!
In-Reply-To: Message of Tue,
14 Feb 1995 08:52:34 -0800 from
This is in reply to Dan Mielke's support of combining Health Education and
Physical Education classes into one. Well, it seems to me that what goes
around comes around. Health educators struggled for years to separate out
Health Ed. from Phys. Ed. and now we've come full circle, or have we. Most
Health Educators support the idea that Physical Education is part of a
comprehensive_school health program_.(see_J.H.Ed_ Mar/Apr '91 p.105. We
recognize that physical fitness and related skills are an important facet
of a healthy lifestyle. One problem with combining the two is interest and
skill of the teachers. For example, many, if not most P.E. teachers do that
because they do not want to be in the classroom. Likewise, many Health
Educators do not like teaching physical activities. I still maintain that
while Health Ed and Phys Ed have alot in common, they are no more alike in
specific content and teaching strategies/methods than Math and Biology. Who
is it that is behind this "trend" to combine? Certainly not me, and I would
like to hear from other people on this list about this issue. Loren Bensley,
what do you think? Tom O'Rourke where are you? Larry Green, how do you see
it from British Columbia?
One other item - Please check above-mentioned reference for definition of
Health Promotion that was developed by a Joint Committee from all of the major
national professional organizations (p. 102). That committee was formed so
that all health promotion and education professionals would be "speaking the
same language". O'Donnell (1992) was cited. May I have the complete
reference so I can see the context of his/her definition?
And silly me, I thought we were making headway!! :( stu fors
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#109
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 17:23:37 -0600
From: Michele Mannion
Subject: Irish American health educators
Fellow health educators who have a problem w/ Philip Morris
and/or fellow health educators also may be Irish-American:
Boston College has chosen to honor former British Prime Minister M. Thather
with the President's Ignatius award. This choice is especially offensive,
given Thatcher's policy toward n. Ireland during her tenure as PM and the
date of the award. What makes this even more offensive is the fact Thatcher
is on the payroll of Philip Morris, that bastion of corporate decency.
Because of Philip Morris ties to the Wall STreet Council, an influential
extention of the BC Alumni Club of NY City, this decision was made (by some
rather naive Irish-Americans who are now defending their roots). I'm a BC
contributing alum, so I find this . . . almost beyond words. Actually,
given Thatcher's record on n. Ireland, her ties to P. Morris do not
surprise.
If you are interested in writing to BC, please contact me privately by
e-mail. I can provide you with lots of phone numbers, fax numbers, etc. I'm
also planning a phone-in and fax-in to the PResident's office if you would
like to participate. Likewise, any info anyone can provide on Philip
Morris, I'd be happy to forward it on to some interested Irish-Americans.
Slainte!
Michele Mannion
> RTw 2/9/95 6:42 PM Irish Americans slam college plan to honour
> Thatcher
>
>
> Irish Americans slam college plan to honour Thatcher
>
> RTw 2/9/95 6:42 PM
>
>
> BOSTON, Feb 9 (Reuter) - Irish Americans have criticised a decision by
> Boston College to honour Margaret Thatcher with an award, describing the
> former British prime minister as a symbol of oppression in Northern
> Ireland.
> The controversy blew up on Thursday after Boston College -- a
> Catholic university in what is arguably America's most Irish city -- said
> it planned to present Thatcher with its Ignatius medal at a gala dinner
> in New York City in May.
>
> The medal, named for St Ignatius, is awarded to public figures of
> outstanding accomplishment whose careers have been enriched by a religious
> dimension. Previous recipients include former Philippines President
> Corazon Aquino and the former Speaker of the House, Thomas "Tip" O'Neil.
>
> Boston College said it had received many letters and phone calls of
> complaint from Irish-American groups and individuals, some of whom blame
> Thatcher for curtailing civil liberties and imposing censorship in
> Northern Ireland during Britain's fight against the Irish Republican Army
> (IRA).
> "Would Boston College honour a person who had a long record of being
> anti-black or anti-Jewish," wrote the Reverend Sean McManus, president of
> the Washington-based Irish National Caucus, in a letter to Boston College
> President the Reverend Donald Monan.
>
> "Margaret Thatcher as prime minister was the very symbol of
> oppression in Northern Ireland," the letter said.
>
> Boston College defended its decision, saying Thatcher "created a
> powerful legacy" as Britain's first woman prime minister and "her tenure
> was marked by vision in confronting extraordinarily complex problems."
>
> "Throughout her career she has exemplified the unique contribution,
> certainly in her own country and around the world, worthy of receipients
> of the Ignatius medal," said Douglas Whiting, a spokesman for Boston
> College.
> But some Irish Americans believe Thatcher was the main reason there
> was no ceasefire in Northern Ireland a decade ago.
>
> The IRA, which fought for 25 years to end British rule of Northern
> Ireland, instituted a ceasefire September 1 that was matched in October by
> Loyalist gunmen, bringing months of peace talks and unprecedented calm to
> the province.
>
> "Had Maggie Thatcher still been in power there would be no peace
> process in Northern Ireland. In fact she tried to sabotage the peace
> process under (British Prime Minister) John Major," McManus said in a
> telephone interview.
> Irish Americans are particularly incensed the award will be given to
> Thatcher at a fund-raising dinner on May 5, the 14th anniversary of the
> death of Bobby Sands, an IRA member who starved to death in Northern
> Ireland's Maze prison while on a hunger strike to demand political
> prisoner status.
> Boston College officials acknowledged the date was "an unfortunate
> coincidence," but said it was scheduled around the availability of the
> venue - - New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
> REUTER
> ****************************************************
> *****
>
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Michele Mannion, Ph.D. In the midst of great joy
219-631-5829 do not promise anything.
Notre Dame Human Resources In the midst of great anger,
do not answer anyone's letter.
--Chinese proverb
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#110
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 21:35:00 EST
From: RICK PETOSA
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement? YES!!!
Danny Mieke and other interested parties,
Danny made a pragmatic plea for combining health ed. and P.E..
There was a time historically when the two disiplines were closely
aligned. Were there compelling reasons for the separation? If so have th
ose reasons changed. The more with less claim is specious, no one claims
"more" is being accomplished or can document "inferred synergistic
interactions" which would be necessary for accomplishing more with less.
For me, the question is whether we can recommend separation or
combination based on results. Otherwise we slight our leadership
responsibilities. The combination of health and pe is a cost cutting
measure that could be a transitional policy leading to trivialization
and eventual elimination.
I have yet to see evidence of superior results being achieved by
the combination of health and PE. The argument that we share a similar
mission with PE is also specious. In the broadest sense we share the
a common mission with all of the public health professionals and most
allied medical professionals. But that is hardly a rational for
consolidation.
rick petosa
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#111
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 22:37:25 -0600
From: Steve and Nicole Klein
Subject: Ooops (peer education info)
Whoops...I just realized I sent a rather long piece on the peer education
program at the University of Texas to this list. The conversation to which
I meant to contribute was on the hlthprom list, and not the International
HED list. I hope it was somewhat interesting, although apropos of
nothing...Apologies to the net.
Nicole
___________________________________________________________________
Nicole Aydt Klein M.S., CHES
University of Texas, Austin
kleins@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
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#112
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 16:46:05 -0600
From: Steve and Nicole Klein
Subject: Re: Peer Education
Here at the Student Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin we
have a very successful Sexual Health Peer Program. There are two tiers of
volunteers. 1) Peer Instructors who are trained 3 hours per week for one
semester (2 credit hours - pass/fail), then give a 2 semester committment
for 30 hours of service per semester (1 credit hour per semester - again
p/f, although most don't take advantage of this...if they sign up for it,
they have to pay for it). They provide in house presentations, outreach
programs, staff informational tables, and just about whatever else they can
get their hands on. We train only in the fall and usually have to limit
the class to 16 students and do so through an application and interview
process. We have almost no attrition and the peer instructors are very
eagerly involved. I think it has a lot to do with the skills of the
coordinator, Jamie Shutter, although she would probably deny it.
Additionally, there seems to be a very strong social motivation for the
students (lots of friendships forged, parties given, etc.).
Just this semester, we have implemented a second tier of peer assistants:
2) Sexual Health Advocates who are given 10 hours of training (after being
selected through an application and interview with the Peer Instructors)
and are utilized to staff informational tables, provide referrals and
assist the program in other ways, without giving presentations. They are
asked for a 30 hour per semester commitment as well, but are able to start
outreach right after the one week (10 hours) of training. I believe we
have 6 or 7 Health Advocates being trained this semester. This program is
more appropriate for those who aren't able to make a 3 semester committment
and would like to provide outreach ASAP.
If anyone is interested in more information about the UT Sexual Health Peer
Program, reply to myself or to the coordinator, Jamie Shutter at
HCJLS@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu (phone 512/471-6252).
Also, a recent article I co-authored that was published this past November
1994 in JACH 43(3) outlines a study of motivations of peer health education
volunteer that may be of interest.
Sorry for the very long net note:-)
Nicole Klein,
Graduate Assistant
Doctoral Candidate
___________________________________________________________________
Nicole Aydt Klein M.S., CHES
University of Texas, Austin
kleins@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
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#113
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:29:19 EST
From: "EDWARD J. HART"
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement? YES!!!
I would have no trouble combining physical and health education as long
as professional preparation consisted of 75% health education and related
objectives,field work and student teaching in health education, 25%
physical education and that the major responsibility for the resident
professional be health education...and no coaching. After all that's
the way its been historically!!
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#114
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 09:18:44 -0600
From: "Larry Laufman, Ed.D."
Subject: Conference on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer
Attached below is an announcement and call for abstracts for a conference on
Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer (April 22-25, 1995).
Please forward the announcement to others who may have an interest. I
apologize if you receive more than one copy, as I have cross-posted to
several lists.
Larry Laufman, Ed.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza - SM 443
Houston, Texas 77030 USA
Email: llaufman@bcm.tmc.edu
Tel: (713) 798-5387
Fax: (713) 798-3990
****************************************************************************
CULTURAL DIVERSITY, PUBLIC POLICY AND SURVIVORSHIP
5th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer
April 22-25, 1995
Crystal Gateway Marriott
Arlington, VA
LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 1995
The Final Deadline for submitting abstracts for consideration for oral or
poster presentation is March 3, 1995. It is anticipated that 16 scientific
or community abstracts and 16 student abstracts will be selected for oral
presentation. In addition, a total of 30 to 40 abstracts will be chosen for
poster presentation.
Topics: Major Cancer Sites Research Updates (Breast, Prostate, Lung,
Colorectal, Gynecological, Liver, Thyroid & Skin Cancers), Health and
Lifestyle Issues (Diet & Nutrition, Tobacco & Alcohol, Environment & Family
History/Genetics), Public Policy, Survivorship, Model Intervention Programs,
and Resources
Oral and Poster Presentations
Focus: Basic to applied research and demonstration projects including
behavioral, clinical trials, and community interventions.
Continuing Education Opportunities
Cancer Education Resources Center. Concurrent with the program, educational
exhibits and a daily schedule of program demonstrations and materials (e.g.,
films, automated data bases, etc.) will be scheduled throughout the symposium.
For abstract and registration information contact:
Donette L. Walker
5th Biennial Symposium
1720 Dryden Street, Suite C
Houston, Texas 77030
Tel. (713) 798-4617
Fax (713) 798-3990
e-mail: symposium@bcm.tmc.edu
Presented by:
Baylor College of Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Howard University Hospital
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
American Cancer Society
Kellogg Company
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#115
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 09:21:40 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
Subject: Health Enhancement??? NO!!!!!
Well folks, I've got to put my 2cents worth into this conversation. First,
I may not agree with Danny Ray's position, but I'm glad he brought it
forth on the HEDIR...this is the intent of the HEDIR...to bring forth
ideas.
First, while it may seem logical from a public school setting that
physical educators teach health (with a new wrapping called "health
promotion" or "health enhancement"), it doesn't mean we have to sit
in academia and accept it. If, theoretically, the universities are
on the "cutting edge" of new knowledge, it's a sad day when high schools
dictate to us what we should be doing.
Second, I agree with Stu Fors wholeheartedly...sure there's some
connection with p.e., but health is also related to home ec.
and we don't see a rush to "merge" with that group.
Third, if we allow this "merger" to continue, we potentially will
lose many health educators (school and community). I know many health
educators (including myself) that, had I known I was expected to participate
in physical education, would not have majored in it. I'm interested in
health education only.
Fourth, I realize that the states (and communities) are having a tough
time with funding. In fact, the governor of the great state of Illinois
is considering legislature that would allow a school district
to waive the required health, p.e., or drivers education, if they
can show that the community is somehow providing those services. Thus,
if a community has a recreation soccer program, they theoretically can
waive their health requirements. The governor has said that he would
be willing to sign such a bill. At first I was outraged, but then when
I look at the pathetic school health we have, maybe it would be best
to drop our efforts in the schools and really focus on community health
initiatives for our kids.
Finally, where are our leaders taking us? Why aren't representatives of
AAHE, SOPHE, ASHA etc screaming bloody murder about the decay of school
health.
We tend to perpetuate our own myth...that health and p.e. are the same.
Many of our leaders are under the false impression that school health
is doing fine. In fact, one person told me that we've never been
better situated in school health. That may be so at the state level
(i.e., having a school health coordinator instead of a hpe coordinator),
but that impact has had little if any impact on the local level.
Perhaps health educators ought to drop out of AAHPERD and create our
own voice, without having to bow down to the p.e. people at AAHPERD.
Just something to think about.
I've enjoyed the readings so far.
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#116
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 09:22:13 -0600
From: Jim Robinson
Subject: Response to Health Enhancement? YES
What an interesting topic for the network! While I agree with Dr.
Mielke that both physical education and health education have similar goals,
the two disciplines approach their goals in a very different manner.
Physical educators are attempting to accomplish wellness (or health
enhancement, or whatever label one wants to give the process) "from the neck
down", health educators work from the "neck up". For decades health
education has moved to becoming a recognized field, using principles from
the life and social sciences. We are trained to (and interested) in
planning, delivering, and evaluating theoretically sound programs. I would
be hard pressed to accept a combined program that could effectively prepare
the students with quality health education skills. (In fact, such programs
will not be able to meet AAHE/NCATE approval standards) For one thing, these
types of programs will emerge from physical education, not health education,
programs. The focus will be "neck down". Danny's reference to Health
Promotion Education and his own definition is no different than the
conceptual framework for health education that we have had for years.
The author states that higher education and the professional
organizations seperate these disciplines. While that may appear to be true,
one must look back to see why they were separated to begin with. The
separation occured because the preparation programs were preparing physical
educators who had some training in health, and what little they had was not
motivating the students to WANT to teach health, nor did their coursework
allow for sufficient coursework in the theory and planning of programs.
Moreover, it was the PE programs taking the lion's share of resources and
leaving little support for health education. We broke away because we knew
our profession deserved more and could accomplish more.
We have come such a long way in the past 30 years. What a shame
that we would even consider stepping backward.
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#117
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 10:04:11 -0500
From: "Michael J. Ludwig"
Subject: Entering the "Enhancement" fray
Ah, finally a substantive discussion on the list! Hurray!
Dan Mielke writes:
> I realize that many of you will not agree with my perspective, but<
>I believe that the move to combine health and physical education is wise<
>and inevitable. Health and physical education have many of the same goals<
>and the integration of the two into a singular approach is desirable.<
> I believe however that we might call this new approach, Health<
>Promotion Education. O'Donnell (1992) defines health promotion as, "the<
>science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a<
>state of optimal health."<
I can't help but look at the above-cited reference and ask, Is this not a
definition of victim blaming? How do we help "people change" without
first contextualizing what it means to live in an overly-commodified,
racist, sexist, and violent society and culture? First, we as
health educators need to redefine what health education means and toward
what end it is headed. There is so much emphasis on the personal and
on lifestyle choices that crucial structural issues are ignored. To my
mind health promotion has been a conceptual improvement because it
attempts to give recognition to these environmental and contextual
issues. As long as we focus solely on "helping people change,"
we are open to the charge of victim blaming (which has been eloquently
pointed out by others; among them W. Ryan (1971). _Blaming the
Victim_. NY: Vintage; C.T. Salmon (1989) "Campaigns for social
"improvement": An overview of values, rationales, and impacts" In
C.T. Salmon (Ed.) _Information Campaigns: Balancing social values and
social change_ (pp. 19-53) Newbury Park, CA: Sage; H.F. Stein (1990)
"In what systems do alcohol/chemical addictions make sense? Clinical
ideologies and practices as cultural metaphors" _Social Science and
Medicine_, 30(9), 987-1000).
stu fors writes:
>Most Health Educators support the idea that Physical Education is part of a<
>comprehensive_school health program_.(see_J.H.Ed_ Mar/Apr '91 p.105. We<
>recognize that physical fitness and related skills are an important facet<
>of a healthy lifestyle. One problem with combining the two is interest and<
>skill of the teachers. For example, many, if not most P.E. teachers do that<
>because they do not want to be in the classroom. Likewise, many Health<
>Educators do not like teaching physical activities. I still maintain that<
>while Health Ed and Phys Ed have alot in common, they are no more alike in<
>specific content and teaching strategies/methods than Math and Biology.<
Educational philosophy and theory (knowledge of which is not a strength
of most health educators--a rather telling statement in itself since
half of our professional appellation is "education") supports the
notion of interdisciplinarity. Health education bills itself as
interdisciplinary--at least theoretically. The argument that "most
PE teachers..." seems to put the cart before the horse. Who decides
what goes into making a skilled educator? What institutions are charged
with training educators? The argument for disciplinary specialization
is becoming increasingly irrelevant. The world is not divided into
disciplinary categories. As witnessed by the debate over the canon in
the humanities, there is an increasing recognition that it is not so
much what is taught, but rather who decides what is taught--and
more importantly, what is the role of the student in a learning
situation? Education is not about the transmission of knowledge--it is
about the creation of knowledge by communities of learners (see the
work of Paulo Freire). Education should be about the creation and
development of citizens who are capable, willing, and eager to take part
in the recreation of democratic life whose focus is justice, equality,
and liberty. The increasing instrumentalization and bureaucratization
of education should be the real cause for alarm. Health education needs
to foster the creation of critical public spheres that examine the many
factors that relate to health. It needs to do this in teacher training,
at the secondary level and elementary level, and at the level of the
broader community. Anything less is malpractice.
RICK PETOSA writes:
> For me, the question is whether we can recommend separation or<
>combination based on results. Otherwise we slight our leadership<
>responsibilities. The combination of health and pe is a cost cutting<
>measure that could be a transitional policy leading to trivialization<
>and eventual elimination.<
> I have yet to see evidence of superior results being achieved by<
>the combination of health and PE. The argument that we share a similar<
>mission with PE is also specious. In the broadest sense we share the<
>a common mission with all of the public health professionals and most<
>allied medical professionals. But that is hardly a rational for<
>consolidation.<
The question of "results" is particularly problematic. We are all well
aware of the many pitfalls of measurement from a psychometric point of view.
However, the moral and ethical dimensions of measurement are rarely
addressed in the health education literature. While not disputing the
value of collecting a variety of morbidity/mortality statistics, the more
important question is: Do we gauge the merit of health education by the
diminution or elimination of certain conditions as shown by a variety
of measures, or do we argue for health education on moral and ethical
grounds? As long as we subscribe to strategies that focus on the former
at the expense of the latter, we will be criticized for being ineffective
and defending our existence using faulty reasoning.
______________________________________________________________________
Michael J. Ludwig |Home:
Work: |308 Park Avenue
Georgia Southern University |Statesboro, GA 30458
Landrum Box 8075 |(912) 764-4211
Statesboro, GA 30460-8075 |mjludwig@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu
(912) 871-1552 |mjludwig@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
"This is a twilight time, you know. There's a smell of the Weimar Republic
in the air now."---Gore Vidal
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#118
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 11:52:00 EST
From: Isabel Burk
Subject: inhalants awareness week
FROM: Burk, Isabel
TO: SMTP:HEDIR@SIUCVMB.BITNET
CC:
SUBJECT: inhalants awareness week
DATE: 02-15-95 11:53 EST
PRIORITY:
FYI-March 19-25, 1995 is National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week.
Inhalants are the fourth most abused substances among school children (says
Monitoring the Future and other studies), behind tobacco, alcohol and
marijuana. Most studies put lifetime usage at 17-22%! For an awareness kit
about this awareness week, and catalogue of further resources on inhalants,
contact the
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
800-269-4237
If you would like a copy of my article on inhalants just published in the
Student Assistance Journal, contact Isabel Burk 914-248-2454 or fax
914-962-6819.
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#119
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 10:46:51 CST
From: "Watts, Parris"
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement? YES!!!
In yet another response regarding the movement in support of "health
enhancement"--I wish to echo Stu Fors' comment pertaining to COMPREHENSIVE
SCHOOL HEALTH, with an even stronger reverberation! Undoubtedly there are
many who have had a similar reaction. I believe that we have NEVER had the
opportunity to advance the cause of school health education to the extent
we currently do. We cannot afford to allow a loss of the momentum we have
recently gained. "Folding" health education into physical education in the
public schools has a number of obvious flaws, a few of which have already been
pointed out. Unfortunately, such a trend would not bode well for professional
preparation programs in colleges and universities which are feeling enough
"heat" already. Opposition to the "idea" of health enhancement needs to be
strong, unified, and immediate. I would be willing to join colleagues "of
like mind" to counteract this MAJOR threat to our profession.
Parris Watts
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#120
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 11:24:43 -0600
From: "L. Melendez-Figuero"
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement??? NO!!!!!
>Well folks, I've got to put my 2cents worth into this conversation. First,
>I may not agree with Danny Ray's position, but I'm glad he brought it
>forth on the HEDIR...this is the intent of the HEDIR...to bring forth
>ideas.
>
>First, while it may seem logical from a public school setting that
>physical educators teach health (with a new wrapping called "health
>promotion" or "health enhancement"), it doesn't mean we have to sit
>in academia and accept it. If, theoretically, the universities are
>on the "cutting edge" of new knowledge, it's a sad day when high schools
>dictate to us what we should be doing.
>
>Second, I agree with Stu Fors wholeheartedly...sure there's some
>connection with p.e., but health is also related to home ec.
>and we don't see a rush to "merge" with that group.
>
>Third, if we allow this "merger" to continue, we potentially will
>lose many health educators (school and community). I know many health
>educators (including myself) that, had I known I was expected to participate
>in physical education, would not have majored in it. I'm interested in
>health education only.
>
>
>Fourth, I realize that the states (and communities) are having a tough
>time with funding. In fact, the governor of the great state of Illinois
>is considering legislature that would allow a school district
>to waive the required health, p.e., or drivers education, if they
>can show that the community is somehow providing those services. Thus,
>if a community has a recreation soccer program, they theoretically can
>waive their health requirements. The governor has said that he would
>be willing to sign such a bill. At first I was outraged, but then when
>I look at the pathetic school health we have, maybe it would be best
>to drop our efforts in the schools and really focus on community health
>initiatives for our kids.
>
>Finally, where are our leaders taking us? Why aren't representatives of
>AAHE, SOPHE, ASHA etc screaming bloody murder about the decay of school
health.
>We tend to perpetuate our own myth...that health and p.e. are the same.
>Many of our leaders are under the false impression that school health
>is doing fine. In fact, one person told me that we've never been
>better situated in school health. That may be so at the state level
>(i.e., having a school health coordinator instead of a hpe coordinator),
>but that impact has had little if any impact on the local level.
>
>Perhaps health educators ought to drop out of AAHPERD and create our
>own voice, without having to bow down to the p.e. people at AAHPERD.
>
>Just something to think about.
>
>I've enjoyed the readings so far.
From: Leo-M@mail.utexas.edu (L. Melendez-Figuero)
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement
Cc:
Bcc:
X-Attachments:
I agree with some of "you people" statements of combining PHYED and HLTH
PRO. But we need to be careful about the statement that having a fit and
coordinated body is synonomous with health and wellness. I have seen the
most fit and coordinated individuals to play or participate in sports and
also the most unhealthy. Example: Some football, basketball, & Baseball
Players (and others sports alike): Some are involved in drugs, unprotected
sex, high risk for cardiovascular diseases, bulimia & anorexia because of
eating habits, violence, etc., etc. Just read the newspaper.
Fitnest and health are not synonomous althought both can benefit from each
other.
Leo Melendez, MS
Graduate Student
Doctoral Candidate
KHED
University of Texas at Austin.
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#121
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 09:43:52 -0800
From: Robert Collins
Subject: Re: Health Enhancement? YES!!!
In-Reply-To: <9502150140.AA10049@mx5.u.washington.edu>
Hi Dan,
You got things "stirred up" with your health enhancement e-mail... We
needed that to get the cobwebs out of our thinking and focus on a major
reality in our efforts to improve the quantity and quality of health
promotion programs available to faculty and students in public and
private schools. One of our professional dilemmas has been and still is
the fragmentation among health educators. Too many separate professional
associations, not always speaking with a common voice and teacher
preparation programs where health education professors don't collaborate
with College of Education folks in pre-service teacher preparation or
student teacher placement and supervision. Two tracks (community health
& school health) also do a disservice to health and PE majors, since they
often provide little or no preparation in how to work collaboratively with
community agencies and other groups interested in the health of the public.
The success of combining PE and Health is dependent upon the nature of
the academic preparation, and we know that there is a significant
difference in the type of educational skills necessary to function
effectively in a classroom vs. a physical education setting. I look
forward to hearing from others in the profession(s)!!
Thanks for stimulating discussion on an important issue. Ciao! Bob
Bob Collins 206-545-3586
Center for Studies in Health Education collinsb@u.washington.edu
University of Washington
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#122
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 10:10:28 -0600
From: GIRVAN_JAMES_T
Subject: health enhancement--not!
In response to Dan Mielke's support for combining health and
physical education, my experience is that it just doesn't work. Although
the information and skills provided in both disciplines can be
synergistic in helping children and adolescents attain more optimal
health, it seems that our teacher prep students are either classroom
oriented or playground/gym oriented. Few of them enjoy or even pay attention
to crossing over into the other's domain.
Combining them has the very real possibility of further diluting
the influence of both of them in the schools. I believe that the
physical educator and the health educator should be able to work as a
team to provide comprehensive school health education to students. It is
a rare person who has the desire and seeks the skills to be truly an
advocate for both. Optimally school health promotion should be
everyone's job. Realistically, it takes a trained health educator to
"carry the ball" for health and a trained physical educator to do the
same for PE.
I don't have an answer for Montana or Oregon. The health
enhancement trend as described is disturbing to me. It undoes much of
what has been accomplished over the past decade. Limited resources are
a reality--but so is the need to view the maintenance and/or
development of optimal health through school and community health
programs as the window to an energized and rewarding educational
experience for all children and adolescents. This can only be
accomplished through the leadership of those who care about
providing participative classroom learning experiences in health
education. History has shown me that combining health/physical
education preparation has generally not produced that type of
advocate--at least not in Idaho.
Jim Girvan
girvjame@isu.edu
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#123
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 14:13:15 -0600
From: Michele Mannion
Subject: the HEDIR list, advocacy & another list
Last week I noted Mark Kittleson after his "stern lecture" post. I indicated
that perhaps there's a need for a listserv that addresses the current issues
and topics that impact our profession. As the only health educator among
3,800 faculty/staff and 12,000 students, I have no colleagues who are
interested in discussing the Surgeon Gen. appt, the Elders dismissal, the
move among Republicans to dismantle sections of the CDC, etc. (In fact,I've
been warned that views that contradict the philosophy of this institution are
likely to get me unemployed . . . ).
If the HEDIR list is meant to publicize job announcements, assistance in
locating resources, etc., then it serves a wonderful purpose--Mark has done a
terrific job. But Mark also indicated he envisions the list as being a
forum for the exchange of healthy discourse and debate. If I overstepped my
bounds by reaching into too political an issue on Margaret Thatcher, then I
apologize. But I will *not* apologize for pointing out *anyone's*
affiliation with Philip Morris--whether it's Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton
or Donald Duck, and if someone's affiliation either supports or contradicts
their political policies and impacts upon their accountability, then I'll
point out *my* view on that also.
Let me throw this out: unless health educators become more involved in
getting their hands dirty in political policy, until our training incorporates
and stresses the *necessity* of advocacy within the political process, we'll
continue to educate dewy-eyed undergrads who'll join us in our frustration
as we attempt to make a difference in the lives of individuals. I'm not
saying advocacy or political astuteness is not occurring, I'm just saying it
needs to happen more effectively, more openly, and on a larger scale. May
we live to see the day when someone with CHES, AAHE affiliation goes a
knockin' on the door of a senator and receives the same attention as someone
with MD, AMA affiliation . . .
I propose another listserv for health educators/health care professionals:
one strictly devoted to news items. For example, your e-mail box would
indicate HLTH-NEWS: John Doe. You open news from John Doe which he has
posted with the help of scanning equipment. Here's what you may find:
2.15.95 NY Times Republicans bigger supporters of tobacco industry
2.17.95 Chicago Tribune RU 486 moves ahead in US
2.19.95 Boston Globe Group seeks to remove "Our Bodies, Ourselves" from
public library shelves
2.21.95 Washington Post Congress aims to remove worksite health promotion
from new health care reform bill
You take a look at the titles, nothing interests you, so you hit the delete
button OR print because a topic is relevant to what you're covering in class
next week, etc.,etc.
Interest?
I *relish* reading the debate on health enhancement" . . .
Healthy regards,
Michele Mannion
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Michele Mannion, Ph.D. In the midst of great joy
219-631-5829 do not promise anything.
Notre Dame Human Resources In the midst of great anger,
do not answer anyone's letter.
--Chinese proverb
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#124
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 11:47:01 -0800
From: Bonnie Duran
Subject: Re: inhalants awareness week
Michael Ludwig's generous comments provide more convincing arguments that
while physical education may be an important and necessary sub-field of health
education/promotion, its should not be considered the primary focus. Consider
the Healthy People 2000 document. Our field has an important role in
ameliorating all the health/social problems outlined in that document through
a variety of different (and sometimes contested) strategies.
Physical education (in my limited understanding of it) could and
should not be an approach to many of them.
The determinants of health in our society are complex. It does not further
prevention and intervention efforts to reduce those determinants to factors
related solely to the individual, cognitive functioning, a lack of will, moral
fiber, etc although I believe we all realize that these are important.
Unfortunately, due to human suffering, there's enough work for
us all. I say we should appreciate what we ALL contribute while
maintaining our priorities and allocating resources based on a variety of
different considerations including empirical findings, need, economic
imperatives and cultural innovation and diversity.
Bonnie Duran
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#125
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 16:50:00 EST
From: James Lawrence
FROM: Lawrence, James P.
TO: SMTP:HEDIR@SIUCVMB.BITNET
CC:
SUBJECT:
DATE: 02-15-95 16:50 EST
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#126
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 13:51:53 -0800
From: "Lisa M. Taylor"
Subject: Multicultural Health Consortium Questionnaire
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Reply-To: "Lisa M. Taylor"
Subject: Multicultural Health Consortium Questionnaire
To: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
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My name is Lisa M. Taylor and I am sending this questionnaire via the
directory as per permission received from Pauline M.J. Vluggen, Network
Secretariat. The Multicultural Health Consortium, a standing committee of
the Minority Health Coalition, is dedicated to acknowledging quality,
ethical research currently being conducted on our communities of color in
Washington state. We are in the process of creating a database of
research being done which meets the following criteria:
Involves the following groups: African American, Hispanic/Chicano/Latino,
Asian/Pacific Islander, and Native American.
The purpose of this database is primarily to have this information
available for collaborative efforts between those individuals conducting
the research, the communities they would like to study, and to establish
protocols which benefit rather than harm those involved.
We would like to create a comprehensive database and would encourage you
to complete our questionnaire but also add any additional information
regarding your research. Please send replies to my e-mail address which
is: lmtaylor@seattleu.edu. If you would like to contact me, my phone
number is (206) 296-1995. Thank you for your time.
1. Name
2. Agency
3. Current research/research interest
4. Current source(s) of funding
5. e-mail/mailing/fax address for future contact
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#127
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 17:03:00 EST
From: Jean Harris
Subject: to enhance or not to enhance...
Originally, I sent my reply directly to Carl regarding health
enhancement. I retrieved my note and decided to post it for one and
all. However, I offer some additional thoughts formulated from the
additional posts.
Why is everyone assuming that phys ed will swallow health ed? I believe
the profession should advocate comprehensive school health education as
an umbrella for physical education.
Several of you mentioned that this combination hasn't worked in the
past, so why should it work now? In addition, health enhancement has
been described as a step backwards. We must be cautious not to relapse,
health enhancement provides the opportunity to restructure health
education in the schools.
I vehemently disagree that EFFECTIVE health educators and physical
educators somehow educate differently because their facilities are
different (classroom vs gym). Content may vary, but educational theory
is not sensitive to the physical environment. (An interesting read is
Haber man (1991)"Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching", _Phi Beta
Kappan_, 73(4), 290-294.)
And I ask, where is the EDUCATION in health education? Are we merely
doing to education what physical education did to health education years
ago? Is it acceptable that future SCHOOL health educators complete only
9-15 credits in education, have meager pre-student teaching experiences,
and then go on to a career in education with health as their discipline?
Finally, I question if, in fact, the universities are responsible for
the cutting edge practices and reforms that are affecting public
schools.Such activity is not originating from higher education. Rather,
many ideas for reform have emerged from local communities, who have
local control of their school districts, along with educators who are
willing and eager to rethink the way we educate. And recently, state
governments have offered (or imposed, depending on your viewpoint)
mandates for educational outcomes.
I too, am pleased that the HEDIR is finally an avenue for lively debate.
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 19:09 EST
From: "Jean Harris"
Subject: health enhancement
To: hpss_hanson@vino.emcmt.edu
Carl:
I read your post with great interest because I was intimately involved
with health enhancement. I taught health and p.e. in the Billings
Public Schools for 11 years before returning to graduate school. I was
a working member of the HPE curriculum review committee who encouraged
health enhancement in our district.
With that bias out in the open, I offer these thoughts. Upon
examination, the program does offer health instruction K-12. While I
would prefer to have a separate course for health education K-12, I
believe Health Enhancement is headed in the right direction. It relies
upon integration and interdisciplinary instruction. Current literature
in education calls for such strategies. After all,life is not
segregated.
Second, how can one teach physical education EFFECTIVELY without
including health concepts? Conversely, how can comprehensive health
instruction occur without including fitness/p.e.concepts? There is more
to p.e. than games. Social relationships can be explored, practiced,
and improved. A person's mental health is affected by physical activity
as is one's stress levels. Even civics or social studies can be
addressed by examing what impact sports and athletics has upon various
races, classes and both genders.
I believe there is a strong connection between health and physical
education. Frankly, I think health should be the umbrella for p.e., but
that will be a long and hard fought turf battle.
Finally, many schools across the country do not have positions for
teachers who are solely health educators. Many districts hire people
who have more than one certification or area of endorsement. This is
particularly true in health, physical education, music, art, business,
and other areas that are not thought ofas "core" subjects. (That is a
another debate).
Everybody needs to RETHINK and RESTRUCTURE how we prepare students K-12
and the undergraduates who will teach them. The time is ripe for
health education to blossom in the schools and health enhancement is one
way of doing that.
I would be happy to continue this dialogue if you so desire.
Jean L. Harris M.S.
Doctoral Candidate, Health Education
Penn State
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#128
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 18:04:52 -0500
From: Rob Potts
Organization: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Subject: health and physical education
I've been reading the responses in regard to the separation of Health
and Physical Education. I am currently an undergrad at Indiana Univ. of PA.,
majoring in Health and Physical Education. When I graduate, I will be dually
certified (K-12) to teach Health and Physical Education. I understand the
attractiveness that a dually certified individual would have to a school
district trying to save money, but I think that the two disciplines should be
separated. I am interested in both, but I plan to make Health Education my
career. I realize that IUP's program may be different from many programs at
other school's, but I think that it is difficult for any program to equally
educate it's students. Here at IUP, I feel like the emphasis is on PE, while
little emphasis is on Health Education. However, we have some great Health
Education professors, but they don't have a lot of say in what classes are
offered and required. Since I've been here, the Health education classes have
gained some (deservedly so) emphasis (mainly due to Dr. Elaine Blair, Dr,
Christine Black, and Dr. Linda Klingaman). I plan on attending grad school
after I graduate from IUP, but I'm unsure of my background, as compared with
other students. I think that each field should be valued greatly, but
individuals should be able to enter the field of his/her choice without being
pressured to be part of both fields. The two fields do compliment one
another,
but so do other fields (many of which are not integrated into one overall
field).
By entering one field, a person can concentrate and put more effort into doing
a great job than a person that is trying to cover all of the bases. Some of
you have said that the two fields have been separate from each other for
years, but I don't fully agree. How often does AAHPERD seem to be
dominated by Physical Educators? I think that to be fully separate, we need
to have totally different organizations for professionals. The two fields
don't have to ignore each other, they just need to start working by
themselves. This doesn't mean that we can't learn from one another, but
rather, we should be willing to work by ourselves while keeping an eye on
other fields for ideas (all fields, not just PE or Health Ed). I realize that
I've written more than you may want to read so I guess I'll just step down
from my soapbox. Just please remember that each field is important for
everyone (whether the public knows it or not).
Biology and Medicine are related, but not one overall field, just like PE and
Health Education should be... two separate fields that happen to compliment
each other).
Thanks for listening for an undergrad,
Robert M. Potts
NYGDYYA@OAK.GROVE.IUP.EDU
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#129
Da