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#1
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:02:44 -0500
From: AAHE
Subject: Re: Loose Canon Publications
In- <199512050211.VAA23686@clark.net>
Last known address: Cal State University Long Beach, College of Health &
Human Services, Dept of Health Sciences, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long
Beach, CA 90840.
On Mon, 4 Dec 1995 COGS101W@WONDER.EM.CDC.GOV wrote:
> I am trying to obtain a copy of "The Health Education Specialist--A Self
> Study
> Guide for Professional Competence" by Sigrid Deeds. My order form was
> returned
> to me with the notation on the envelope stating, "moved, left no address."
>
> Does anyone have a forwarding address for Dr. Deeds or Loose Canon
> Publications? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Nancy Parsons
> Nancy_Parsons@ccmail.wiu.edu
>
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#2
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:05:01 -0500
From: Dar0856@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: HEEF Course Survey
I would like to know more about offering CHES credits via e-mail. I am a
National SOPHE member and chairperson of the membership committee. I also
established the protocol for our Chapter for CHES credits (former chair of
the Midwest regional SOPHE Professional membership committee.)
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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#3
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:26:50 -0500
From: Michael Pejsach
Subject: Re: HEEF Course Survey
Than you for your vote of confidence.
Does anyone at UNC want to "teach" a coure on the HEEF? Let me know.
Again, thank you for your kind words.
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#4
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:17:46 -0600
From: John Harvey R
Subject: Re: HEEF Course Survey
In- <199601021528.JAA20610@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Michael Pejsach wrote:
> Than you for your vote of confidence.
> Does anyone at UNC want to "teach" a coure on the HEEF? Let me know.
>
> Again, thank you for your kind words.
>
Mike . . . please tell me more about it. I am interested.
regards,
John R. Harvey
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#5
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 09:28:31 -0600
From: "Carole A. Jordan 512-245-8027 FAX: 512-245-3819"
Subject: Help requested
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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 16:42:09 CST
Subject: Health Fair
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Recently while reviewing the evaluations from our last health fair, we came
across a problem that I hope some of you can help us with.
Basically, we have limited space and too many off-campus participants that would
like to set us booths. (I know there could be worse things!) Therefore, we
discussed the possibility of doing the following to help in the selection of
booths that are based on our student's wants and needs.
1.) Develop an application for potential booth participants and select
participants based on our criteria.
2.) Charge a fee to for-profit organizations.
My questions to you are:
1. ) Have you developed an application or selection criteria? Did it
work? Would you be willing to share?
2.) What did you charge for booth rental? Did you charge for and
non-profit? Did it work? Problems, benefits? How much did you charge?
Thanks for any help you can provide to our committee.
Please send correspondence to Carole Jordan-Belver
Southwest Texas State University
Jowers Center Room A142
San Marcos, TX 78666
(512) 245-8027
1-800-782-7653 ext 243
E-mail address: cj08.a1.swt.edu
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#6
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:48:25 -0500
From: "Donald B. Ardell"
Subject: First "Geezers," Now This
The following is the "Laugh Of The Day" for Wed, Jan 03 1996.
If you want more, then visit LaughWEB (http://www.misty.com/laughweb/)
******************************************************************************
*File Description: Dating Don'ts and Don'ts*
DATING DON'TS AND DON'TS
A Handy Checklist for the Politically Correct 90s
Here, just in time for spring, is a list of things that are now against
the rules, according to the the sex-and-dating police. Read -- and
memorize -- this information to avoid lawsuits, dismissal from work,
expulsion from school -- or worse!
LIP-LICKING, TEETH-LICKING, AND PROVOCATIVE EATING. All these (and more)
are on a list of "unacceptable gestures and behaviors" distributed at the
University of Maryland at College Park.
STANDING TOO CLOSE. Standing too close is one of a long list of "sexually
harassing behaviors" that Susan Strauss and Pamela Espeland caution us
"have been reported in U.S. high schools." (Others are MAKING "VERBAL
COMMENTS ABOUT CLOTHING" and "WEARING AN OBSCENE HAT.")
ATTENDING PERFORMANCES OF "ROMEO AND JULIET." London school official Jane
Hardman-Brown refused to take her students to see "Romeo and Juliet" on
the grounds that it was a "blatantly heterosexual love story." (It's not
clear whether Hardman-Brown wants the play rewritten to celebrate
alternative lifestyles, or would prefer to have it banned altogether.)
EXCESSIVE EYE-CONTACT. University of Toronto chemistry professor Richard
Hummel was recently prosecuted for "prolonged staring" at a female
student.
INSUFFICIENT EYE-CONTACT. A handbook published at Barnard College in New
York warns male professors who fail to make sufficient eye-contact with
their female students that their conduct is "contributing to a biased
atmosphere in the classroom" which may cause women to "feel discouraged
and/or physically threatened."
RECEPTIVE NONINITIATION. If a woman makes a pass at her male boss, and
her boss responds, he (not she) is guilty of sexual harassment, according
to Hunter College professor Sue Rosenberg Zalk. Zalk's term for this
underpublicized offense: "receptive noninitiation."
FORGETTING A WOMAN'S NAME. A report issued by a committee at the
University of Pennsylvania lists "women's names not remembered" as a
pernicious form of sexual discrimination.
PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION. The Minnesota Department of Education
discourages "displays of affection in hallways" on the grounds that such
displays "may offend others" and are "heterosexist."
HAMBURGERS. Jeremy Rifkin, author of Beyond Beef, notes that "the
statistics linking domestic violence and quarrels over beef are both
revealing and compelling."
SELF-DEPRECATING HUMOR. And finally this, from Robin Morgan, former
editor of Ms.: If a man's "self-deprecating humor" leads a woman to
initiate sex with him, then that man is -- in a "radical feminist" sense
of the term -- guilty of assault.
- -- Source: The Official Sexually Correct Dictionary and Dating Guide by
Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf.
Donald B. Ardell Details/embellishments/exaggerations are found at
9901 Lake Georgia Dr. these two web sites:
Orlando, FL 32817 http://www.angelfire.com/free/dba265.html
(407) 823-2453 fax www.ns.net:80/cash/topics.html#ardell
"It's a magical world, Hobbes, Ol'Buddy...let's go exploring!" (Calvin's
last words,12/31/95)
Good luck, kid. You're going to be missed.
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#7
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:01:19 -0500
From: Michael Pejsach
Subject: Re: HEEF Course Survey
After we get the needs assessment list up on the listserv and get feedback
and revisions we'll have a better idea of what health educators/health
promotion specialists are interested in taking by computer on the INTERNET/by
modem via the Health Education Electronic Forum (HEEF).
Taking a course on the HEEF is analogous to reading a journal article, except
that it is much more interactive. The interaction, in the form of messages
back and forth from teacher to student and between students, in live
-on-line- conferences, through fast turn around feedback on assignments,
allows for students to analyze and synthesize health education/health
promotion issues and topics as opposed to merely listing and describing.
When you think of courses you may want to teach, for CHES CECH or otherwise
(i.e., for credit- we are offering a PRECEDE/PROCEED course via Southeastern
Louisiana University THIS semester), you can and may want to think in terms
of more than information sharing, although there certainly is room for more
info on making health ed/promotion work better.
If the course will be for CHES CECHs you will need to tie it into the
competencies and it will have to go through our review as well as NCHEC's
review. You will have to present detailed objectives related to the
compentencies and details on how you would conduct the class for the hours
you propose, via computer. We are very open to sharing this medium with
health educators interested in providing high quality CECHs for other health
educators. However, we will make sure it meets NCHEC standards.
We believe that this is another opportunity for CHESs looking for ways to
meet CECH requirements.
I hope this helps:
The Health Education Electronic Forum is available by modem (from 1200-28,800
baud) and through the use of First Class Client 2.6 Software through a TCP/IP
connection on the INTERNET. We have enough room for files and conferences
for your group or interest area. We also have, at no charge, free access to
public and private live on-line conferences. We're teaching a grad course,
CHES prep course (now in session!), and will be teaching CHES CEU courses.
Modem @ (504) 342-3733 (FREE), using ANY comunications software (set to
VT100/1XX),
OR, ON THE INTERNET VIA FIRST CLASS 2.6, TCP/IP CONNECTION:
206.218.187.2
heef.doe.state.la.us
If you have any questions, call me at (504) 342-1015
Leave your fax number and I'll send you an information package.
First Class Client 2.6 is freeware and copyright by SoftArc, Inc.
First Class 2.6 is available on the WEB (using NETSCAPE) at
http://www.softarc.com/
and most commercial services (i.e. Compuserve and
America Online) and in some GOPHER and FTP sites.
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#8
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:31:57 -0600
From: "MRGATE::\"A1::JKGROCHOWSKI\""@STTHOMAS.EDU
Subject: Re: HEEF Course Survey
From: NAME: Janet K. Grochowski
FUNC: Health and Athletics
To: NAME: VMSmail User IN%"HEDIR@SIUCVMB
I too am interested in learning more about teaching a course in /for
HEEF.
Michael Pejsach apears to be the individual who could provide needed
information regarding this. Thank you.
Janet Grochowski
jkgrochowski@stthomas.edu
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#9
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 20:45:55 -0800
From: Mary Annese
Subject: On-line Crisis Intervention
Does anyone know of any on-line youth crisis intervention services? I'm
doing an inventory for youth suicide prevention/intervention programs. I
have been able to identify several crisis phone lines but no luck in
identifying on-line crisis intervention. All information will be
appreciated.
Thank you,
Mary
............Mary F. Annese, MPA -- Community Health Specialist............
(206) 949-1739 (voice mail) ... ... (206) 322-0509(home)
............."WHEN SPIDER WEBS UNITE, THEY CAN TIE UP A LION".............
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#10
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 05:17:00 EST
From: COGS101W@WONDER.EM.CDC.GOV
Subject: NCHEC Address Change
FROM: Cosgrove, William
TO: SMTP:HEDIR@SIUCVMB.BITNET
SUBJECT: NCHEC Address Change
Date: 01-04-96 05:08 EST
PRIORITY: R
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) is
relocating its national headquarters effective Monday, February 5, 1996. The
new address, telephone, FAX and e-mail contacts as of that date will be:
NCHEC
944 Marcon Blvd., Suite 310
Allentown, PA 18103
(610) 264-8200 (main line)
(800) 813-0727 (FAX)
cogs101w@wonder.em.cdc.gov (e-mail)
We look forward to serving you.
WBCosgrove
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#11
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 11:06:00 PST
From: "Brey, Rebecca Ann"
Subject: FW: Request for Teaching Ideas--1996 Teaching Techniques Forum
Request for Teaching Ideas
1996 Teaching Techniques Forum
Challenge for the Nation: Creating a Real Contract with America's Kids
70th National School Health Conference of the American School Health
Association
October 30 - November 3, 1996
The Health Educator Section of the American School Health Association is
soliciting abstracts of original, innovative, and dynamic teaching
techniques for presentation at the 1996 National School Health Conference of
the American School Health Association in St. Louis, Missouri. Published
material or techniques intended for commercial purposes will not be
considered.
Guidelines:
Abstracts must include a separate page with the title or the technique,
author's name and affiliation, mailing address, and telephone number. The
abstract must include:
1) A clear statement of the teaching technique's intended educational
objectives, 2) A clear statement of the teaching technique's appropriate
grade level, 3) A clear and detailed description of the content to be
presented as well as methods used to implement the technique, 4) Necessary
materials and aids for implementing and processing the technique, 5) A brief
curriculum vitae (two pages maximum for ALL authors), and 6) Four copies of
all application material.
Abstracts must be no longer than TWO, double-spaced typewritten pages.
Selection:
In evaluating the abstracts, a blind review system will give preference
to techniques that:
- Can be used in one class period,
- Are innovative and involve the active participation of the
learner,
- Are original and have never been published, and
- Can be presented at the Conference within a 20-minute period.
If not selected for a Teaching Techniques Forum presentation, abstracts
will be considered for a Poster or Roundtable format. Please indicate your
preference. No audiovisual equipment will be available for these sessions;
handout materials are strongly suggested.
Deadline:
Abstracts must be RECEIVED by February 1, 1996.
Submission:
Please send abstracts to:
Rebecca A. Brey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health, South Campus
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
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#12
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 11:28:51 CST
From: Joyce Morris
Subject: evaluation course
As I am finalizing plans for spring semester I would appreciate
suggestions of readings and activities for a course on program
evaluation. The students in the course will be graduate students
in an MPH program. I am using Windsor et al as the text.
TIA
Joyce Morris
Health Services Organization and Policy
Wichita State University
morris@islchp.uc.twsu.edu
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#13
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 20:21:00 EST
From: COGS101W@WONDER.EM.CDC.GOV
Subject: NCHEC Office Relocation
FROM: Cosgrove, William
TO: SMTP:hedir@siucvmb.siu.edu
SUBJECT: NCHEC Office Relocation
Date: 01-04-96 20:12 EST
PRIORITY: R
To all HEDIR subscribers:
Effective Friday, February 2, 1996 the National Commission for Health
Education Credentialing, Inc., national headquarters will relocate from New
York City to:
NCHEC
944 Marcon Blvd., Suite 310
Allentown, PA 18103
(610) 264-8200
(800) 813-0727 (FAX)
cogs101w@wonder.em.cdc.gov (e-mail)
The office will be open for business at the above address on Monday, February
5, 1996, for regular hours from 8:00am to 5:00pm EST daily. The FAX line will
be in operation 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week. Thank you for your
support.
WBCosgrove
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#14
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 23:05:43 -0500
From: Jill Blair
Subject: Re: On-line Crisis Intervention
have you searched the internet? in san francisco there was much talk aobut
this...i think at least one such program does exist.
jb
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#15
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 23:01:30 EST
From: johnson@DJSA.COM
Organization: Publisher Internet Guides
Subject: We invite you....
To get a FREE copy of DJSA's Who's Who Guide - 1996
This publication is packed with WWW Site listings of
companies, products and services on the Internet.
You'll be able to link directly to their WWW Pages
and browse in a convenient and easy to read Guide.
Just send us e-mail requesting the Who's Who Guide
and we will give you instructions on how to get this
great publication.
If you can't wait you can call DJSA Bulletin Board
and download the file WHOSWHO.EXE. Just set your
modem to 8/N/1 and dial DJSA BBS at 954-749-6458
You'll get all of the following:
Free Trial Access
DJSA's Who's Who Guide - 1996
The National Internet Directory
Internet E-Mail
Usenet Newsgroups
Software Opportunities Marketing Program
Windows Client/Server program
Teleconference/Chat
25,000+ Shareware Computer Programs
and much much more....
http://www.djsa.com
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#16
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:23:02 -0500
From: Dar0856@AOL.COM
Subject: Fall meetings
Is anyone aware of any meetings (besides school health) that are to be held
in or around the metro St. Louis area. The Midwest Regional Chapter of SOPHE
will have its annual meeting in St. Louis and I would like to piggyback in
on to another meeting. We can work with the planning committee to offer CHEC
for CHES through our Chapter.
You can contact me via e-mail DAR0856@aol.com or FAX (314) 977-8250.
Thanks! Darcy Scharff
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#17
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 09:40:11 -0700
From: "Andrew Jenkins (Central Washington University)"
Subject: Friday Inspiration
Friends and Fellows,
Welcome back for all the vacationeers and holiday revelers. I'm just now
finishing up reading all the HEDIR mail generated in December myself.
It seems to me that this little piece by Eric Hoffer is somehow timely:
"The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves:
We do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate
ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves.
We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. It is not love of self but
hatred of self that is the root of the troubles that afflict our world."
Nicely put.
Still keeeping the dream in '96!
Andy J :{)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++
"Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go." (Austin Dobson)
Andrew P. Jenkins, PhD
Health Education Programs
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-963-1041
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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#18
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:53:18 -0600
From: Laurie Schierer
Subject: Friday Inspiration Copycat
I ran across this poem and I thought it would make a good New Year's wish
for all of you. (Andy inspired me to inspire.)
May You Have...
Enough happiness to keep you sweet,
Enough trails to keep you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human,
Enough hope to keep you happy;
Enough failure to keep you humble,
Enough success to keep you eager,
Enough friends to give you comfort,
Enough wealth to meet your needs;
Enough enth7ussiasm to look forward,
Enough faith to banish depression,
Enough determination to make
each day better than yesterday.
--Unknown
Have a great weekend! Laurie
Laurie Schierer, MS, CHES
HIV Prevention Project
Illinois State University
fax: 309.438.3813
e-mail: lshierer@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
phone: 309.438.5435
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#19
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 14:43:53 -0500
From: "Donald B. Ardell"
Subject: Let's Us Praise Wellness Heroes
Dear Folks:
Examples of individuals embracing personal responsibility for their
situations, especially when things do not turn out so well, are rare. To
honor and promote such admirable and healthy behavior, I will post a daily
nomination for the Wellness Hall of Fame for the next few days. This may
give some an incentive to be more forthright in acknowledging
accountability for what goes well or poorly.
If I run out of heroes, I'll post nominations for the Worseness
Hall of Shame!
Here goes. (This is from ARDELL WELLNESS REPORT #27)
Don
THE WELLNESS HALL OF FAME
Unlike the Nobel or Pulitzer Prizes, the WELLNESS HALL OF FAME is
open to the common man, the non-genius types who act in a manner
consistent with wellness values. But, to get there, Mr. Common
Man (or Ms. Common Woman) must act in a manner consistent with
wellness values when it is least expected that he or she would do
so!
Chances are, an example would be real nice about now. Ok, try
this.
Would it surprise you to learn that this quarter's honoree for
the WELLNESS HALL OF FAME earned his way into the pantheon of
wellness heroes by consuming 38 soft-boiled eggs in 29 seconds, a
feat which precipitated a stroke? Well, that's part of how he
became a hall of famer.
For bringing this story to you, I am indebted to ace WELLNESS
REPORT correspondent Julie Lusk of Salem, VA., plus Associated
Press wire service reports and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It
seems that WELLNESS HALL OF FAME winner Mort Hurst of
Robertsonville, NC, easily broke the Guinness Book of Records
standard for soft-boiled egg consumption (38 eggs in 75 seconds)
at the Virginia State Fair a few months ago. But, doing so
precipitated a stroke!
Hurst was quoted as follows: "I knew I was pushing myself beyond
my limitations"...but "in order to be the greatest, I had to beat
the greatest record. Now I will focus on beating this stroke,
which I have every intention of doing." He also stated that he
planned no legal action against anybody, saying: "I knew what I
was doing, in fact I told the sponsors not to feel responsible,
I'm the one taking the chance." He added that he learned a
lesson: "I got my last world's record. I am finished." Hurst
also owns the speed-eating record for Moon Pies--one in eight
seconds, but canceled a Moon Pie-eating engagement in Alabama.
This record-setting feat, by itself, would hardly put Hurst in
the running for a WELLNESS HALL OF FAME berth. In fact, other
things being the same, eating 38 soft-boiled eggs in less than
half a minute (or in a few months, for that matter!) might
disqualify him. What makes Hurst a big winner in more ways than
one is his attitude, his wellness attitude in particular.
Did Hurst make excuses for what he did? Did he sue the State
Fair? Did he fail to make the most of his talents? Was he
without challenging goals? No on all counts! While his choice
of goals may have been simply awful, he manifested an attitude we
might all admire and emulate. To quote Julie Lusk, he "strove to
be the best in the world, he reached his goals, he took personal
responsibility for his actions and he learned from his mistakes."
What a guy. Congratulations to Mort Hurst, our first inductee to
the WELLNESS HALL OF FAME.
Donald B. Ardell Details/embellishments/exaggerations are found at
9901 Lake Georgia Dr. these two web sites:
Orlando, FL 32817 http://www.angelfire.com/free/dba265.html
(407) 823-2453 fax www.ns.net:80/cash/topics.html#ardell
"It's a magical world, Hobbes, Ol'Buddy...let's go exploring!" (Calvin's
last words,12/31/95)
Good luck, kid. You're going to be missed.
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#20
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 14:50:54 -0500
From: Michael Pejsach
Subject: Initial and additional HEEF CHES CECH NEEDS Assess
Thank you all for your input. This is the preliminary data, before
categorizing and ranking:
1. Marketing yourself
2. Marketing Health Education
3. Cost Benefits and Cost Effectiveness of Health Education Efforts
4. Case studies of behavioral change theory-based programs
5. Case studies course (AIDS preventive behaviors, eating behaviors and
stress management)
6. Strategic Planning
7. grant writing
8. management and leadership skills
9. negotiation/arbitration skills
10. budgeting
11. Measuring readability
12. multimedia production
13. Sexuality Fairs - what to include, how to organize,
sample events
14. Orientation - starting health promotion from day one
- sharing ideas, events, etc.
15. Program evaluation - how to get the most feedback
- ways to pre and post test with large numbers
of campus students
16. Peer Educator Programs - how to keep them strong,
how to organize, etc.
17. Funding proposals - how to write a successful
proposal for outside funding
18. Time Management
19. Resouce Lists - how to generate a list that
works for you. (including email resources)
20. Specific topics for discussion/up-dates re recent
research - ex.
nutritional status of university/college students,
level of sexual knowledge
21. Thinking out of the box- Visions of the future of Health Education.
22. Desktop publishing.
23. Program Evaluation
24. applying theory to practice.
Please offer your comments on categorizing and then rank order.
If you would like to add to this list, please do so as soon as possible.
Thank you all for your comments.
Since we've "talked," I am seriously thinking about moving the HEEF from the
Department of Education (Louisiana) to a commercial server. We're
experienceing a significant drop in reliability of access to the INTERNET
since they've "upgraded." (MY APOLOGIES FOR THOSE TRYING TO GET IN.) Now I
need to know, from everyone, if you would be willing to take courses within
the next three months @ $5-$10 per Continuing Education Contact Hour ("CEU")?
I and a few other health educators are willing put up the money (actually the
bank would) and hope to get enough activity to pay it off.
Let me know what you think. Can you answer the following questions:
1. How many CECHs would you take on the HEEF?
2. When would you be ready to take a CECH by computer and modem or INTERNET
connection?
3. Are you willing to pay $5 per CECH?
4. Are you willing to pay $10 per CECH? (Depeding on course and
materials/software).
5. Are you willing to pay (no more than $5)for mailing a diskette of pre-set
First Class Client software (given that you already have a TCP/IP
connection)?
6. Are you going to take one of the potential CECH courses listed above?
Which one?
Thanks, in advance, for all of your help!
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#21
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 16:40:00 EST
From: Isabel Burk
Subject: Friday perspiration
FROM: Burk, Isabel
TO: SMTP:HEDIR%SIUCVMB.BITNET@UBVM.C
SUBJECT: Friday perspiration
Date: 01-05-96 16:31 EST
PRIORITY:
Lots of Friday Inspiration and perspiration today! Here's my contribution:
"A teacher affects eternity; no one can tell where his influence stops."
Henry Adams
Sometimes it's important for us to remember how powerful our influence can be,
for positive or negative. A flip, hurtful comment may reverberate inside a
student's head long after we've forgotten it. And a personal smile of praise
can be a motivator, too.
Enjoy the new year! ;-D
Isabel Burk
Putnam/No. Westchester BOCES
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#22
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 13:48:07 -0800
From: Robert Collins
Subject: Results of Occupational Outlook survey
Hi again and Happy New Year!
I hope the new year is off on a positive note for everyone. As I
promised in my e-mail request during the holidays, I'm sharing the
suggestions received about my question:
"What is the occupational outlook for health educators with an MPH degree?"
I heard from eight people. Five from universities, two students and one
health education consultant in private practice. What follows is an
edited version of peoples' comments:
1. School health ed. majors (k-12) job market is getting bleaker
2. Health promotion is growing & there is a steady market for graduates,
especially those who are flexible in their academic preparation, i.e.,
willing to look beyond just fitness & nutrition or AIDS and drugs.
3. If graduates are willing to relocate, that's a plus.
4. Graduates with an MPH would be marketable in both private & public
sectors.
5. Occupational outlook is fascinating with a number of opportunities,
but they may not be "traditional" health education/public health
positions or have the title of health education.
6. There are potential roles for health educators in managed care, third
party payors, and employee assistance programs.
7. Patient education re: info about specific diseases, when & how to use
the health care system, etc.
8. MPH students have the skills to find or make jobs in a variety of
settings.
9. Private consulting is a viable option for many and could even be
combined with paid employment.
10. Master's degree graduates are working in various community agencies,
hospital-based programs, corporate programs and a small number have been
in the school track and have jobs.
11. The longest it took one of our graduates to find a good job in the
field was about four months.
12. Salaries ranged from 22 - 32K.
13. It's harder to keep track of undergraduates when they leave the program.
14. Most of the jobs in our area (southeast) are asking for a Master's
degree.
15. Overall the job market is OK.
16. Do students who intern fair better than those who don't?
17. Is grant writing deemed valuable to a student's degree plan?
18. What are the opportunities, and what do students need to be able to
"cash in"?
19. Both graduate and undergrduate programs differentiate between the
school and the community health education requirements.
20. One university has tracks at the Masters level in Worksite Health
Promotion and in Injury and Accident Prevention (i.e., Safety Management)
21. Don't have many school majors, but have a good reputation in state so
both our graduate and undergraduate students get jobs.
22. Some get jobs as health ed specialists at the elementary level, often
with responsibility for two or more schools.
23. Many undergraduates are not sure what they want to do, but find our
major interesting & fun. Hard to know where they end up.
24. Up until this quarter one institution had rolling admission but they
will now only admit Masters and Doctoral students for Fall quarter,
because enrollment was getting out of control and classes too large.
25. Students feel a need to tackle the job-searching demons by
encouraging multiple volunteer experiences during their program and by
walking them through the CV design and interview process with them.
26. One student graduates with an MPH this Spring with a health education
degree which is a switch for her from basic scientific research and is
curious about the job market in her new arena.
That's all folks! One thing that came to mind as I was compiling this
information was the need for all of us to become more active advocates
for the profession and more aggressive marketers of our graduates.
Maybe this will trigger further discussion about other
related questions. Since I didn't seek approval from respondents to
share sources of any of this info, I've paraphrased what I received and
kept it anonymous.
Hope it is useful to some of you. Thanks for your responses and questions.
Bob Collins 206-545-3586
Center for Studies in Health Education collinsb@u.washington.edu
University of Washington
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#23
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 19:03:49 -0500
From: Harriet Barr
Subject: Re: Initial and additional HEEF CHES CECH NEEDS Assess
1. I'm retired so do not need to take any specific number of hours.
2. Any time
3. Yes
4. Depends
5. probably
6. If I do, it would be the one on evaluation.
harriet_barr.unc.edu
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#24
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 12:44:00 -0640
From: Claudia Chaufan
Organization: LancerNet/Eds * E-Mail & Newsgroups * info@lancernet.com
Subject: Don Ardell's e-mail
In- <231lf172@hvelez.sld.ar>
Don,
I received your e-mail and answered it a week ago, but it keeps coming
back with an |unknown host" message! So I am trying now through the
list...would you send me your e-mail address again?
Regards,
Claudia
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
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#25
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 12:44:00 -0640
From: Claudia Chaufan
Organization: LancerNet/Eds * E-Mail & Newsgroups * info@lancernet.com
Subject: checking
In- <238lf836@sser.sld.ar>
I haven't been getting any messages from the list for more than two
days. I would like to know wether there is any trouble with my
subscription in particular, with the list in general or technical
trouble with my service.
Thank you.
Claudia Chaufan
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
claudia.chaufan@lancernet.com
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#26
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 11:32:59 -0500
From: Michael Pejsach
Subject: Re: Initial and additional HEEF CHES CECH NEEDS Assess
Thank you for your input!
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#27
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 11:43:39 -0500
From: Michael Pejsach
Subject: Re: Let's Us Praise Wellness Heroes
Great stuff!
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#28
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:27:26 -0500
From: "Donald B. Ardell"
Subject: A More Powerful Vocabulary
WELLNESS VOCABULARY (AWR 42, Spring, 1996)
Though a rather unpromising youth on the mean streets of
Philadelphia given to sports, imagined debaucheries and mumble
peg (don't ask), I did have a fateful brush with intellectual
stimulation at an early age (around ten). On my way down the road
to nowhere one afternoon, I found, lying in the street, a
minuscule, battered but intact paperback book entitled "30 Days
To A More Powerful Vocabulary." I read a page, then another and
decided then and there I would read and master the entire work--
in 30 days! Amazingly, it was a propitious time for me when, to
paraphrase Woody Allen, I faced a critical crossroad--one road
led to ruination and despair; the other to annihilation and
hopelessness--I knew I had to choose wisely. Thanks to this little book,
I found another way. Yes, "30 Days..." made all the difference, for it
truly delivered on the promise of a better vocabularly--and more.
The concept of this book was that anybody could, through diligence and
practice, develop a more powerful vocabulary. By studying the
definitions of a few key words daily, as well as their roots and, most
important, actually using these power words in original sentences, I made
each of the treasures a part of my verbal armamentarium. Even better, the
reaction I got from using such "big words" as my friends called
them sparked interest in leaning more like them, and each word
opened up new areas of awareness and curiousity. Of course, I was
slightly (ok, very) obnoxious at first. I loved to unload what I
thought at the time were astonishingly witty sentences at home
("My, dear brother, but don't you look cadaverous today!"). It
was easy to wow my friends ("Hey, Joe-baby, make a prodigious
effort and exacerbate the situation here, would you?"), confound
my enemies ("We appreciate your prevarications but no thanks")
and impress my teachers ("But, the dog masticated my homework").
Not a lot of attention was given to the sensibility of the
sentences, the extent to which they followed logically or led to
desired behaviors on the part of the listener. It was just a
power trip for a little kid to have such high explosive language.
The bottom line was that having a bit of knowledge could be
useful, not to mention a bit dangerous.
So, you are probably wondering, "Why is he telling us this?"
Well, the reason is that I have a word for everyone interested in
wellness to consider. Practice using this word and you, too, will
have a more powerful vocabulary. Maybe you, too, will be able to appear
astonishingly witty, wow your friends, confound your enemies and impress
your teachers. Well, at least you might think so.
All that said, here is my wellness word for the day, for your
consideration. Maybe someone else can come up with a word for tomorrow,
and someone else the day after and so on for the next month. Then we will
all have more powerful vocabularies.
My suggested word is the noun "panpsychist." As Mr. Rogers might
say, "Can you pronounce panpsychist, boys and girls?" A panpsychist is
one who believes that everything, whether animal, vegetable or mineral,
has a soul. Quoting from my source (The Superior Person's Second
Book of Weird and Wondrous Words by Peter Bowler, Godine Publisher,
Boston, 1992, pp. 74-75):
"Perhaps today's paradigmatic panpsychist is the young lady
who gives her hatchback a Christian name and speaks affectionately of it by
that name. On the other hand, there are also people who play
music to flowers. And the gamblers who harangue their dice. And
the homemakers who stand at their front doors, shouting `Grow,
you bastard, grow!' at a newly seeded lawn. But perhaps the
ultimate in panpsychism is a case know to the author--a person
whose idealism was so unstinting that he once attempted to have a
conversation with a certified public accountant."
Donald B. Ardell Details/embellishments/exaggerations are found at
9901 Lake Georgia Dr. these two web sites:
Orlando, FL 32817 http://www.angelfire.com/free/dba265.html
(407) 823-2453 fax www.ns.net:80/cash/topics.html#ardell
"It's a magical world, Hobbes, Ol'Buddy...let's go exploring!" (Calvin's
last words,12/31/95) Good luck, kid. You're going to be missed.
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#29
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:18:17 -0600
From: John Harvey R
Subject: Re: FW: Request for Teaching Ideas--1996 Teaching Techniques Forum
In- <199601041651.KAA20086@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
Rebecca,
You've got me interested. I will send you the requested
information for the Teaching Forum ASHA meeting . . . fall of 1996 to be
held in St. Louis.
I have developed a Unique experience for classes I teach on Drug Use
and Abuse here at Western Illinois University. This class experience
called "You have been Selected" involves traveling and establing a new
civilization on the planet Zeta. It deals with the affective domain and
value systems.
Thanks, for letting us know about this.
John R. Harvey, Ph.D. MPH
Professor of Health Education and Promotion
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#30
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 21:23:26 -0800
From: Margo Harris
Subject: Sorry, No!
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#31
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 08:48:56 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D."
Subject: Welcome Back
HEDIRs...
Happy 1996. There have been some changes to the HEDIR list, e-mail
directories, and the e-mail home page.
HEDIR List:
There has increasingly more "abuses" of the HEDIR list in which people are
sending personal messages via the HEDIR instead of to the person directly.
Again, the HEDIR should have information sent that is of relevance to
everybody. Thus, if somebody requests information, you have the choice of
either responding to the entire HEDIR or to the individual themselves. This
sometimes is a gray line...I'm not overly concerned about this. But, there
are many instances in which people are clearly sending a message that should
be sent to the individual. I am asking that each of you to think before you
"send" your message...is this something that everybody on the list will
benefit from? Also, be careful in hitting the "reply" button...your message
will be sent back to the "sender"...the sender in this case is the "HEDIR
list". We all make mistakes occassionally, but I'm asking that you take
extra time and caution to correct this.
Directories:
I have added a third directory and that directory will be forthcoming to you
under separate file. This directory lists subscribers by state. Thus, we
now have three directories: one that lists subscribers by job site by
state; one that lists subscribers by subscribers alphabetically; one that
lists subscribers by name by state. Hope you find this of value. That file
will be sent to you tomorrow.
Also, I'm sending you tomorrow updated copies of the job site and the name
directories. If you don't need them, just delete them. I am asking a favor
for some of you. Regarding the job site directory, would the first person
in each job site look over their list and inform me if the people listed are
still at your institution?---especially the graduate student section. I'm
not asking that you check their e-mail addresses, just let me know if a
person is no longer at your institution. I'll follow it up at that point.
Thanks.
EMail Home Page:
As you may know, the email services have a home page on the world wide web.
The address is listed below. You'll note two things: one, directories are
available to be downloaded at your convenience. Also, I'm put all the HEDIR
messages of 1994 and 1995 onto the web. Thus, you can look at all messages
sent via HEDIR. For those of you that have access to the www, let me know
what you think.
Finally, SIU's computer system is slowly making it's way into the 1900's.
Although I'm still not connected with fiberoptics, we have easier
connections with phone modems. Thus, I'll be slowly converting my
conversational e-mail address to kittle@siu.edu
Hope you have a great new year. Keep spreading the word of the hedir.
________________________
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Owner and Founder of HEDIR
Personal Home Page:
http://www.siu.edu/departments/coe/hedrec/faculty/kittleson
Email Home Page:
http://www.siu.edu/departments/coe/hedrec/HEDIR/Menu.html
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#32
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 10:58:06 -0500
From: Dar0856@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: We invite you....
Please send info about how to get Who's Who Guide.
Thanks.
Darcy Scharff
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#33
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 12:47:07 EST
From: Lucy Stroble
Organization: University of Maine at PI
Subject: Abstinence revisited
Has anyone any information about Federal money being set aside for
abstinence education/promotion, possibly under Title V, Maternal
Block Grants -- $75M in a Federal set aside program as part of
welfare reform? My question is, is it a done deal or is there still
an opportunity to lobby legislators?
Lucy Stroble 211 Normal Hall
E-mail address: STROBLEL@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Telephone: (207) 768-9425 Box 237
University of Maine at Presque Isle
Presque Isle, Maine 04769
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#34
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 12:48:20 +0100
From: Donna Stauber
Subject: Products of the National Center for Health Education
We are previewing some products from the National Center for Health
Education for possible inclusion in our catalog. I am requesting input
from educators who may have or are now using the Growing Healthy K-6=AE,
Preventing Violence: Parents and Caregivers Can Make a Difference=AE, and
Adolescent Health Issues Guidebook=AE products in their classrooms. If you
have used any of these in your classrooms please send comments to
wrs@wrsgroup.com. Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely
Donna Stauber, Ph.D., CHES
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#35
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 16:23:54 -0500
From: Shirley Haberman
Subject: Re: Help requested
In- <9601031045.aa15981@humfrey.humfrey.medarts.upmc.edu>
In <9601031045.aa15981@humfrey.humfrey.medarts.upmc.edu>, Carole A. Jordan 512-2
45-8027 FAX: 512-245-3819 wrote:
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>
>
>Recently while reviewing the evaluations from our last health fair, we came
>across a problem that I hope some of you can help us with.
>
>Basically, we have limited space and too many off-campus participants that woul
d
>like to set us booths. (I know there could be worse things!) Therefore, we
>discussed the possibility of doing the following to help in the selection of
>booths that are based on our student's wants and needs.
>
> 1.) Develop an application for potential booth participants and select
> participants based on our criteria.
>
> 2.) Charge a fee to for-profit organizations.
>
>My questions to you are:
> 1. ) Have you developed an application or selection criteria? Did it
> work? Would you be willing to share?
>
> 2.) What did you charge for booth rental? Did you charge for and
> non-profit? Did it work? Problems, benefits? How much did you charge?
>
>Thanks for any help you can provide to our committee.
>
>Please send correspondence to Carole Jordan-Belver
> Southwest Texas State University
> Jowers Center Room A142
> San Marcos, TX 78666
> (512) 245-8027
> 1-800-782-7653 ext 243
> E-mail address: cj08.a1.swt.edu
>
>--Boundary (ID qaJ/PylY9l5TP+qJLfdUGw)--
>
Carole,
We have avoided charging exhibitors at our health fair and in turn ask
that they not charge our participants for their services or materials
at the health fair. Our office sends out letters of invitation each
year to selected exhibitors. Our health fair committee decides which
organizations and groups to invite and re-invite each year. We
basically use the following criteria:
1) How relevant is the health issue the group/organization addresses
to college students?
2) Is the theme more prevention oriented or disease oriented?
3) Is the exhibit interactive or passive? (Can students get involved
in a learning experience or is it just literature?)
I hope this feedback is helpful.
Shirley Haberman, Ph.D., CHES
University of Pittsburgh Student Health Service
3708 Fifth Ave - Suite 500 TEL (412) 383-1830
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 FAX (412) 383-1845
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#36
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:41:00 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
This was version 1 of the E-Mail Directory that was mailed to all subscribers. The actual
directory has been eliminated to save space.
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#37
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:41:04 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
This was version 2 of the E-Mail Directory that was mailed to all subscribers. The actual
directory has been eliminated to save space.
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#38
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:41:09 CST
From: "Mark J. Kittleson (GA3748@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU)"
This was version 3 of the E-Mail Directory that was mailed to all subscribers. The
actual directory has been eliminated to save space.
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#39
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 11:21:34 -0500
From: Patti Lubin
Subject: subscribe
Please subscribe p-lubin@nwu.edu to the hedir@siucvmb.siu.edu.
*******************************************
Patti Lubin, R.N.
Co-Director, Health Education
Northwestern University Health Service
633 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208-4000
Voice: 708/491-5909
Fax: 708/467-3090
E-mail: p-lubin@nwu.edu
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#40
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 18:44:49 -0500
From: Andrea Frank
Subject: Credentialing System
Today I came across a news item that provides some food for thought for our
health education profession. It seems there's a movement afoot in Wisconsin
to create a credentialing system for "Prevention Specialists." Particularly
troubling is that this movement has apparently failed to acknowledge the
value or even existence of a college degree in health education as a bonafide
credential for a career in disease prevention/health promotion.
I can find only two explanations for the invisibility of the health education
profession in this matter. Either 1) we are professionally invisible because
our academic preparation programs and professional organizations at the
state, local and national levels have done a poor PR job of informing others
about who we are and what we can do; and/or 2) we are politically naive and
thus take little initiative to secure spokespeople for our profession at the
highest political levels where disease prevention and health promotion policy
decisions are made.
Past HEDIR discussions demonstrate that we -- as health education
professionals -- have differing views about the potential potency of our
health education professional organizations and the merits or demerits of our
own CHES credentialing processes. I offer this commentary NOT to further fan
the flames of professional in-fighting, but instead as food for thought.
To me, the key issue in this particular Wisconsin matter is not whether
credentialing prevention specialists in Wisconsin (or anywhere else for that
matter) is a good idea, but WHY IS THIS ISSUE BEING TAKEN UP AT ALL WHEN
THERE ARE ALREADY TWO CREDENTIALING SYSTEMS FOR "PREVENTION
SPECIALISTS" IN
PLACE IN WISCONSIN: A) nationally acclaimed bachelors and masters degree
programs in community and school health education at the University of
Wisconsin - La Crosse; and B) the CHES credentialing process and exam.
A partial text of the article describing the development of the prevention
specialist movement in Wisconsin follows. Any comments from the peanut
gallery?
Andrea Frank, MS, ABD
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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TASK FORCE SEEKS INPUT ON PROPOSED CREDENTIALING SYSTEM
*******************************************************
Source: Prevention Outlook (Wisconsin Clearinghouse Prevention Resource
Center), Volume 5, Number 3, Winter, 1996
Throughout the fall, hundreds of Wisconsin prevention advocates took the
opportunity to review progress thus far and add their voices to the ongoing
dialogue surrounding a prevention credentialing process.
After distributing a draft document of the six domains in the certification
process and seeking input last summer, the Prevention Credentialing Task
Force and Wisconsin Certification Board stepped up efforts to encourage
feedback by hosting five town meetings throughout the state in November. The
two groups also distributed copies of a draft manual outlining the proposed
process. One of those meetings ... drew about 30 people. ...
Town meeting participants raised questions about costs, quality and
availability of training needed to step through proposed levels of
certification. Some people wanted to know how a voluntary system could
enforce a disciplinary procedure included in the draft manual. Others said
they would like to see the process better reflect the philosophies of
prevention.
One participant raised the question of whether credentials would be required
under state administrative rules for funding prevention programs. State
prevention specialist Lou Oppor said the administrative rules do not require
certification.
(The co-chair of the credentialing task force) said her sense is that
Wisconsin's prevention community has not yet reached agreement on the
question of certification. ... "I think a lot of people think it's time to
professionalize the field, and some strongly oppose that," she added. "My
feeling is that some of our best people are grassroots community people, and
we don't want to exclude them by requiring a lot of college-level courses and
tests."
The credentialing task force was scheduled to meet in mid-December to review
input from the prevention community and decide on its next step. Jeff
Pearcy, executive director of the Wisconsin Certification Board, said putting
the proposal on hold or incorporating suggestions gained from the town
meetings and forging ahead were two options before the task force. If the
task force chooses the latter option, the credentialing process could be in
place by this summer. ...
Under the draft proposal, prevention workers could apply for credentials on
one of three levels as they gain experience under 6 domains: program design
and coordination, education and training delivery, community organization,
public policy, professional growth and responsibility, and planning and
evaluation. Requirements for basic credentials would be 25 hours of training
and a $25 fee, for midlevel credentials 50 hours of training, 1,000 hours of
experience and a $50 fee, and for certification as a prevention specialist
100 hours of training, 2,000 hours of experience, completion of an exam which
includes a $70 fee and a $100 fee for certification. Credentials must be
renewed annual.
For more information contact: Cindy Rewolinski (414-264-2660) or Jeff Pearcy
(414-774-7729).
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#41
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 12:49:43 -0500
From: Billie Lindsey
Subject: Position Announcement
In- <199601091612.LAA14237@mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu>
HEALTH EDUCATOR
University Health Service
Columbia University
New York, New York
Within the Division of Health Education, this individual works with a
team whose mission is to promote the health and well-being of Columbia
students through a variety of educational programs and services.
Duties and Resonsibilities:
Design and implement educational programs, including presentations and
trainings, concerning the issues of sexual assault and acquaintance rape
prevention. Coordinate campus-wide events, including first-year
orientation, for this issue.
Coordinate the health question and answer service Go Ask Alice!, the
award winning World Wide Web site of Healthwise. This requires
sophisticated computer skills, outstanding writing skill, and a solid
background in health content.
Assist with other Division needs, such as newsletter, brochure, and
audiovisual development; research and evaluation; peer education training
and supervision.
Keep accurate records of students seen, referrals, programs presented,
and other projects and activities. Submit monthly reports. Attend
regularly scheduled meetings. Serve on committees and task forces as
needed.
Qualifications:
Master's degree in Health Education, CHES strongly preferred.
Outstanding public speaking, teaching, computer, written communication
skills. Sound understanding of college students' developmental issues.
Knowledgeable in the area of sexual assault prevention and other health
topics such as body image and eating disorders. Ability to work in a
close office with a team of educators and researchers. Two years
work-related experience.
To apply:
Letter, cv, transcripts (copy OK), and name...address...phone
number...email of 3 references to:
Dr. Billie Lindsey
Healthwise Director
University Health Service
519 West 114th Street
Columbia University
New York, New York 10027
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#42
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:05:25 -0500
From: Michael Pejsach
Subject: Re: Credentialing System
Andy,
I have not given up on AHEA as I see that it's formation, as the "one"
cohesive professional organization, is one part of the solution. The other
part is what AHEA would do as a professioal organization, including marketing
(much more than mere PR) the profession. Marketing is a significant part of
the draft AHEA business plan and pro-forma.
Part of the problem is that we are divided. One SOPHE member, minutes before
your presentation in San Diego, told me that she liked SOPHE as it was:
exclusive and small. She "didn't want any of those 'so-called health
educators' who walk around in shorts and exercise all the time," being at the
same meetings with her. I'm paraphrasing, of course, but seem to remember
her comments as even worse than I've written here, because I was so
overwhelmed I was speechless (hard for anyone to believe). I was so suprised
at this testimonial, I couldn't even speak even when the issue was brought
forth by Rebeca and company during their workshop.
This is an early sign of impeding demise. It boils down to this, I believe:
we've got to find a way to bring all of the parties who want to do health
education, think they're doing health education and are doing health eduction
in all kinds of settings. I propose that we have and support one organiation
for this. SOPHE would be fine if they would get off of the "society" stuff
because some members actually believe that concept (see above), and even
worse, non-mmebers (potential members) believe it. We have yet to apply what
we know and practice in terms of health education theory and techniques (ie.
social marketing) for the profession. We keep on attacking each other
instead of promoting unity. We say things like "different professional
groups are good for the profession because it represents competition and
competition is good," without explaining that competition works only if the
product is in demand, understood and necessary; we are not as hot a commodity
as soap so the competition is only hurting us. AHEA may be a solution.
I'll bet that the "credentialing system for 'Prevention Specialists' you
speak about is being backed by some very powerful organizations in WI. Do
you know who's behind it?
[This reply was inetntionally sent to all on the Health Eduation directory. I
hope you all don't mind but this hot issue needs to be revitalized! Thank
you Andy.]
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#43
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:22:36 -0600
From: Rodney Bowden
Subject: Internship
We are in the process of "upgrading" our internship program at Stephen F.
Austin and need your help. We are looking for an evaluation tool that can
be used at the internship site to evaluate our interns by their
supervisors. Any suggestions would be helpful. If possible, please feel
free to send information with attachments to me at the e-mail address
below.
Thanks in advance.
Rodney
Rodney Bowden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Stephen F. Austin State University
Health Science
Voice: x 409-468-1614
Fax: x 409-468-1850
E-mail f_BowdenRG@titan.sfasu.edu
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#44
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:09:25 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D."
Subject: Re: Credentialing System
Andy and others,
It's been a few years, but I believe Ohio has had a prevention specialist
"credentialiting" or certification. Perhaps some of the Ohio hedir people
can speak more clearly. Not that I am supportive of it, but this is what I
remember.
You had to take some type of exam and complete certain courses. Your major
could be in a number of areas (psychology, social work, health ed, etc) but
the important thing was that you had to complete certain courses. I believe
the majority of the people who were going after this were alcohol and other
drug educators.
The people I knew in Ohio who were supportive of this certification
certainly acknowledged the value of the health educator. As with most
states, many people get into health education without a degree, find it
fulfilling and rewarding, and need some type of certification.
People from Ohio, please share with HEDIR what you know about the prevention
specialist certification.
>Today I came across a news item that provides some food for thought for our
>health education profession. It seems there's a movement afoot in Wisconsin
>to create a credentialing system for "Prevention Specialists." Particularly
>troubling is that this movement has apparently failed to acknowledge the
>value or even existence of a college degree in health education as a bonafide
>credential for a career in disease prevention/health promotion.
>
>I can find only two explanations for the invisibility of the health education
>profession in this matter. Either 1) we are professionally invisible because
>our academic preparation programs and professional organizations at the
>state, local and national levels have done a poor PR job of informing others
>about who we are and what we can do; and/or 2) we are politically naive and
>thus take little initiative to secure spokespeople for our profession at the
>highest political levels where disease prevention and health promotion policy
>decisions are made.
>
________________________
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Owner and Founder of HEDIR
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#45
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:55:55 -0600
From: mal goldsmith
Subject: Re: Credentialing System
At 06:44 PM 1/9/96 -0500, Andrea Frank expressed concern about the
prevention specialist movement in Wisconsin:
Andrea, I am also very concerned about this movement, as it is very strong
in Illinois and several other States. The Prevention Specialist movement is
primarily rooted in the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention population.
A lot of the money filtered down from the State Offices of Substance Abuse
Prevention has gone to community agencies and coalitions that work with
schools. As these groups/individuals have sought a stronger presence in
schools to address substance abuse related health issues (violence, conflict
management, stress management, suicide, etc.) they needed to establish some
credibility. Hence the Prevention Specialist movement.
My concern centers primarily around the potential of this movement to
further diminish the role of the school health educator. If administrators
and state departments of education see that health issues can be addressed
through a community group, it might make it easier for them to continue
hiring basketball coaches and avoid hiring full-time health educators.
The lessons that we have learned over the past thirty years about
comprehensive school health programs and particularly comprehensive school
health education , all can be lost when a new group moves in. On a more
positive note, many of the trainings and activities that are put on by the
"preventionists" are outstanding. Several of my graduates have been hired
by agencies that are involved with this prevention movement. They still
require them to go through the certification process to become a prevention
specialist (which I think is unwarrented), but the additional training does
strengthen their skills and knowledge.
It seems to make sense that we begin to talk with the leaders of this
movement in order to cooperate more effectively, and to better meet the
needs of today's children and youth. School health educators need as much
support as they can get, and the more emphasis on prevention the better.
The key is integrating efforts and avoiding working in isolation. Thanks
for your message! I would also be interested in hearing from others on this
issue.
*******************
Mal Goldsmith, Ph.D., CHES
Coordinator of Health Education
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, IL 62026
(618) 692-3253
(618) 692-3369 FAX
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#46
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 11:06:08 -0400
From: "NAME \"Bonni Hodges, Ph.D\""
Subject: Current issues in community health
Happy New Year Folks,
I am planning my spring graduate seminar, "Current Issues in
Community Health" and thought it would be interesting to throw out to
the list the question "What do you think are the current issues in
community health?"
Please respond to me at HODGESB@SNYCORVA.CORTLAND.EDU. I will
pst a tally of reponses in a few days.
Bonni C. Hodges Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Health
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, New York 13045
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#47
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:57:00 EST
From: Isabel Burk
Subject: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
FROM: Burk, Isabel
TO: SMTP:HEDIR%SIUCVMB.BITNET@UBVM.C
SUBJECT: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
Date: 01-10-96 10:48 EST
PRIORITY:
Hello from the snow-bound New York area. This came across my screen and is an
unfortunately apropos item at this time of Congressional budget battles. In
the most recent "New York" magazine, an article points out that there is now a
battle between states, particularly adjoining states, to compete with the
*lowest* welfare/ADFC subsistence grants. Why? To "encourage" poor families
to migrate elsewhere! The reasoning is, if NY (for example) lowers its
welfare subsidy below (for example) Connecticut (which, by the way, our
Governor is proposing) poor families would be drawn to Connecticut for fatter
subsidies. This may result in states outbidding each other to be the state
with the lowest subsidies--and, of course, in very little money for feeding
and clothing the poorest of our citizens.
What a miserly lot! Whether or not you agree with the current welfare system,
isn't it counterproductive to systematically starve children, disabled,
mentally ill, or chronically ill citizens? The current political climate
emphasizes "personal responsibility." Does that work? Are non-custodial
parents with the financial means living up to their current obligations for
child support? Sporadically at best. So, 'splain to me how the indigent, the
disabled, the mentally ill can hope to use their personal responsibility if
the financially able can't or won't?
Dialogue is welcome, colleagues.
Isabel Burk
Putnam/No. Westchester BOCES
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 17:27:18 -0500
> Harel Barzilai
> Activists Mailing List
>From: Harel Barzilai
>Subject: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
>To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L
>
>Guess who's gotten richer? Mostly the top 5%. The top 1% even more
>(another article) of a money-grab.
>
>Here is information from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>Percent Share of Aggregate Household Income by Quintile: 1974-1994
>------------------------------------------------------------------
> Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top
> Quintile Quintile Quint Quint Quint 5%
>1974: 4.3 10.6 17.0 24.6 43.5 16.5
>
>1984: 4.0 9.9 16.3 24.6 45.2 17.1
>
>1994: 3.6 8.9 15.0 23.4 49.1 21.2
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I calculated the % increase/decrease from '74 to '94:
>
>Lowest Quin: -16%
>Second Quin: -16%
>Middle Quin: -11.7%
>Fourth Quin: -4.9%
>Top Quin: +12.9%
>
>That's an incredible 80% of the population in decline, while the top
>get richer. It's even more tilted than that, though, because I looked
>at what "the bottom 15% of the top 20%" gained by subtracting the
>share of the top 5% from that of the top 20%:
>
>Up from 27.0% to 27.9% or only a 3% increase -- the rest of the
>increase for the top 20% is concentrated only in the top 5%.
>
>The distribution of wealth in this society is even more obscene (and
>like no other industrialized country in the world that I know of)
>one percent (1%) own 40% of the wealth. That means even if we took
>back 3/4 of what the top 1% hold, (a) they would still own 10 times as
>much as their proportion of the population and (b) the other *99%*
>would each be able to get 3/2 as much (from 60% to 90%). Of course if
>we did this fairly people at the bottom would gain more than those who
>are in the second top one percent.
>
>(See Holly Sklar, Nov '95 Z magazine, "Back to the Raw Deal")
>##################################################################
>
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#48
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 11:18:19 -0500
From: Patti Lubin
Set HEDIR to Mail
*******************************************
Patti Lubin, R.N.
Co-Director, Health Education
Northwestern University Health Service
633 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208-4000
Voice: 708/491-5909
Fax: 708/467-3090
E-mail: p-lubin@nwu.edu
*******************************************
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#49
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 11:44:37 EST
From: "Stu Fors (University of Georgia)"
Subject: basic health and wellness course requirement
The School of Health and Human Performance at the University of Georgia is
considering whether the basic "Health and Wellness" course should be a
requirement for all or most UGa students. It currently is not. We would
appreciate receiving information from colleges and universities that have
such courses that are required for all (or most) students pursuing under-
graduate degrees. Ideally, the following information would be most
helpful: 1) a brief description of the course; 2)information on credit hours
(including sem or qtr), format, responsible dept; 3) whether the course is
part of the univ. undergraduate core, PE activity program, or a special
wellness requirement; and 4) brief background on how the requirement came
into being.
Thanks alot for your help!!
send email to : stufors@uga.cc.uga.edu
If you want to write, my address is: Dept of Health Promotion and Behavior
315 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3422
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#50
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 12:06:36 EST
From: "Steve G. Gabany"
Organization: Indiana State University
Subject: Research Class
We're offering a new undergraduate Research Methods class for
Community Health and Health Education students. My search for a text
has been less than satisfactory. If you've found one you like, can
you give me the info? If I think about writing such a text, would you
have any suggestions on content or format?
***************************
Steve G. Gabany, Ph.D.
Indiana State University
Dept of Health & Safety
812/237-3108
HPRGABY@SCIFAC.INDSTATE.EDU
***************************
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#51
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:02:02 -0500
From: "Michael P. McNeil-Tapia"
Subject: Subscribe
I would like to subscribe to the list hedir. Please contact me with
information regarding subscription procedure.
Many thanks,
Michael P. McNeil
Student Trustee
BACCHUS & GAMMA Peer Education Network
University of Central Florida
mpm54241@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
"Be a person of pride and pride the person you are."
- Mickey Neil
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#52
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 12:15:03 -0600
From: Pete LeRoy
Subject: Re: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
>FROM: Burk, Isabel
>TO: SMTP:HEDIR%SIUCVMB.BITNET@UBVM.C
>SUBJECT: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
Date: 01-10-96 10:48 EST
>PRIORITY:
>
>
>
>Hello from the snow-bound New York area. This came across my screen and is an
>unfortunately apropos item at this time of Congressional budget battles. In
>the most recent "New York" magazine, an article points out that there is now a
>battle between states, particularly adjoining states, to compete with the
>*lowest* welfare/ADFC subsistence grants. Why? To "encourage" poor families
>to migrate elsewhere! The reasoning is, if NY (for example) lowers its
>welfare subsidy below (for example) Connecticut (which, by the way, our
>Governor is proposing) poor families would be drawn to Connecticut for fatter
>subsidies. This may result in states outbidding each other to be the state
>with the lowest subsidies--and, of course, in very little money for feeding
>and clothing the poorest of our citizens.
>
>What a miserly lot! Whether or not you agree with the current welfare system,
>isn't it counterproductive to systematically starve children, disabled,
>mentally ill, or chronically ill citizens? The current political climate
>emphasizes "personal responsibility." Does that work? Are non-custodial
>parents with the financial means living up to their current obligations for
>child support? Sporadically at best. So, 'splain to me how the indigent, the
>disabled, the mentally ill can hope to use their personal responsibility if
>the financially able can't or won't?
>
>Dialogue is welcome, colleagues.
>
>Isabel Burk
>Putnam/No. Westchester BOCES
>
>
>
>>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 17:27:18 -0500
>
>
>> Harel Barzilai
>> Activists Mailing List
>>From: Harel Barzilai
>>Subject: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L
>>
>>Guess who's gotten richer? Mostly the top 5%. The top 1% even more
>>(another article) of a money-grab.
>>
>>Here is information from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Percent Share of Aggregate Household Income by Quintile: 1974-1994
>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top
>> Quintile Quintile Quint Quint Quint 5%
>>1974: 4.3 10.6 17.0 24.6 43.5 16.5
>>
>>1984: 4.0 9.9 16.3 24.6 45.2 17.1
>>
>>1994: 3.6 8.9 15.0 23.4 49.1 21.2
>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>I calculated the % increase/decrease from '74 to '94:
>>
>>Lowest Quin: -16%
>>Second Quin: -16%
>>Middle Quin: -11.7%
>>Fourth Quin: -4.9%
>>Top Quin: +12.9%
>>
>>That's an incredible 80% of the population in decline, while the top
>>get richer. It's even more tilted than that, though, because I looked
>>at what "the bottom 15% of the top 20%" gained by subtracting the
>>share of the top 5% from that of the top 20%:
>>
>>Up from 27.0% to 27.9% or only a 3% increase -- the rest of the
>>increase for the top 20% is concentrated only in the top 5%.
>>
>>The distribution of wealth in this society is even more obscene (and
>>like no other industrialized country in the world that I know of)
>>one percent (1%) own 40% of the wealth. That means even if we took
>>back 3/4 of what the top 1% hold, (a) they would still own 10 times as
>>much as their proportion of the population and (b) the other *99%*
>>would each be able to get 3/2 as much (from 60% to 90%). Of course if
>>we did this fairly people at the bottom would gain more than those who
>>are in the second top one percent.
>>
>>(See Holly Sklar, Nov '95 Z magazine, "Back to the Raw Deal")
>>##################################################################
>>
Greetings. My first offering on HEDIR is lengthy, yet timely, and although
I wish the thoughts and writings were original, they come from the sources
listed. At the risk of insulting rather than informing, I nevertheless
submit these excerpts from five recent articles intended to compliment the
information and statistics provided by Isabel Burk and Harel Barzilai.
This information is intended to provide food for thought as we continue to
work with prospects of dimishing resources.
1. Alan Ehrenhalt states in "No Conservatives Need Apply," The New York
Times, National Edition, 11-19-95, Section 4, p. 15:
"The issue that underlies our politics and our society in the 1990s
is the moral, social and cultural erosion of the past quarter-century in
American life. It is the gradual disapperance of safe streets, stable
families, secure employment, and the enduring relationships with relative,
neighbors, merchants and co-workers that make an ordered life possible. It
is the unravelilng of the strands of community---of what many are now
calling civil society. This unraveling is not a figment of middle-aged
Baby Boom nostalgia. It is real"
2. Ronnie Dugger, founding editor of the Texas Observer, described what is
happening as well as anyone could in "Real Populists Please Stand Up," The
Nation, 8-14-95, p. 159:
"We are ruled by Big Business and Big Government as its paid
hireling, and we know it. Corporate money is wrecking popular government
in the United States. The big corporations and the centimillionaires and
billionaires have taken daily control of our work, our pay, our housing,
our health, our pension funds, our bank and savings deposits, our public
lands, our airwaves, our elections and our very government. It's as if
American democracy has been bombed. Will we be able to recover ourselves
and overcome the bombers? Or will they continue to divide us and will we
continue to divide ourselves, according to our wounds and our alarms, until
they have taken the country away from us for good?"
3. Alison Mitchell in "President Offers Prosperity Plan, Challenging
G.O.P.," The New York Times, National Edition, 9-5-95, p. 1, writes:
"Falling real wages have put the traditional American family into
play, as the one-earner middle-class family becomes extinct. With children
needing evermore-costly educations for ever-longer periods of time, the
cost of supporting a family is rising sharply just as earnings plunge.
Thirty-two percent of all men between 25 and 34 years of age earn
less than the amount necessary to keep a family of our above the poverty
line. Mothers [when they can find a job] have to work longer hours if the
family is to have its old standard of living.
Children exist but no one takes care of them. Parents are spending
40 percent less time with their children than they did 30 years ago. More
than two million children under the age of 13 have no adult supervision
either before or after school. Paying for day care would use up all or
most of a mother's wages."
4. Lester C. Thurow writes in "Companies Merge; Families Break Up," The
New York Times, National Edition, 9-3-95, Section 4, p. 11:
"Wages of white men are falling slightly faster than those of black
men, and the young have been clobbered: wages are down 25 percent for men
25 to 34 years of age. Median wages for women didn't start to fall until
1989, but are now falling for every group except college-educated women.
The pace of decline seems to have doubled in 1994 and early 1995."
and finally, 5. Jeremy Rifkin writes in "Vanishing Jobs," Mother Jones,
Sep/Oct-95, p. 58:
"More than one-fifth of the workforce is trapped in temporary
assignments or works only part-time. Millions of others have slipped
quitely out of the economy and into an underclass no longer counted in the
permenent employment figures. A staggering 15 percent of the population
now lives below the official poverty line."
Thanks for reading....
Pete LeRoy, Ph.D.,CHES
e-mail: unchl@ttacs.ttu.edu
phone: 806-742-2940 (w)
FAX: 806-742-1688
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#53
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:03:37 -0600
From: Monika Massie
Subject: Removal from list
Dear Mark,
Please remove me from your list temporarily.
Thank you.
Monika Massie
University of Arkansas
mmassie@comp.uark.edu
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#54
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:58:46 EDT
From: "Dr. M.S. Davidson"
Subject: Text for Hlth/Computer
About a year ago I asked if anyone could suggest a text (or other materials)
for my course "Health Education and the Computer." At that time Bob Gold's
book on Microcomputers in Health Education (1990) was about the only thing
anyone could recommend. Has anyone found anything new since then? What about
articles on the subject? I'm still searching.
Mike Davidson
Dept. of Health Professions/PERLS
Montclair State University
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#55
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:24:14 -0800
From: Holly Lenz
Subject: Request for trend data
The Department of Public Health at Oregon State University is interested
in obtaining current trend data on careers in health promotion and
health education. Any information that you would be willing to share with
us would be most appreciated. Please respond directly to Dr. Susan Prows
at prowss@ccmail.orst.edu.
Thanks!
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#56
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:35:51 -0600
From: "Dr. James Robinson"
Subject: Re: Internship
Rodney, we had the kind of tool you are looking for at the University of
Northern Colorado when I was there. Call 303-351-2755. Ask for Dr. William
Parkos. If he is not there, the secretary, Cheryl, may be able to help you.
We had two versions. One the student used for self-evaluation, the other
was the agency form. Tell him or her that you are an Aggie that was
referred by me. Good luck. Jim
>We are in the process of "upgrading" our internship program at Stephen F.
>Austin and need your help. We are looking for an evaluation tool that can
>be used at the internship site to evaluate our interns by their
>supervisors. Any suggestions would be helpful. If possible, please feel
>free to send information with attachments to me at the e-mail address
>below.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Rodney
>
>Rodney Bowden, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor
>Stephen F. Austin State University
>Health Science
>Voice: x 409-468-1614
>Fax: x 409-468-1850
>E-mail f_BowdenRG@titan.sfasu.edu
>
James Robinson
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4243
(409) 862-3230
Fax (409)847-8789
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#57
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:37:59 -0500
From: "Donald B. Ardell"
Subject: RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE--
Having recently enjoyed a spectacular stage production of the
musical thriller "Jekyll and Hyde," I thought a few questions to
wellness-oriented readers might be in order. Such as, might we
all have a dual nature, a tendency to sway back and forth from
wellness to worseness in a manner that would make Robert Louis
Stevenson proud? Is there not a life-long tension between
opposing forces within us all, including but not at limited to
the feminine/masculine, the fit/fat, the disciplined/lazy, the
selfless/indulgent and, ultimately the body/soul and good/evil?
Naaaah. Just thought I'd ask.
On the other hand, Vladimir-Nabokov has suggested that the author
himself asserted that "Hyde is a part of Jekyll, not foreign to
Jekyll," so don't be so quick to rush to judgement, like me.
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#58
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 18:00:53 -0500
From: Patti Lubin
set HEDIR to mail
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Patti Lubin, R.N.
Co-Director, Health Education
Northwestern University Health Service
633 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208-4000
Voice: 708/491-5909
Fax: 708/467-3090
E-mail: p-lubin@nwu.edu
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#59
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:29:01 CST
From: Bill Cissell
Subject: Anddrea Frank's Food for Thought
Andrea Frank raises a very important question. In California and New Jersey, I
believe, the MPH degree was established as a minimum credential for becoming
employed as a professional health educator in government health agencies. CHES
was extablished to serve as a standard for other prospective empolyers to view
as signifying that an individual has at least entry level skills as a
professional health educator. Finally, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board published in 1993 a set of guidelines on the preparation of professional
health promoters; these indicate that the baccalaureate degree is the entry
level degree in Texas.
If a group identifies themselves as prevention specialists in Texas, they will
need to establish distinctive skills from the professional health promoter. If
they can do so and indicate that their training is clearly distinct and
separate from preparation of health promoters, they can probably get approval
to operate a credentialing process for this occupational group. However, if
they wish to prepare these specialists at the college or university level, the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will require that they meet all the
standards published in the guidelines of 1993.
Other state regulatory agencies like the coordinating boards need to be made
aware of the appropriate professional preparation of health education or health
promotion specialists. I have no problem with some group claiming to be
prevention specialists as long as the public is informed of the limitations of
the skills and how these compare with those of the professional health
educator. There are dental assistants, dental hygienists, and dentists. Most
consumers probably have some sense of the distinctions among these occupational
groups. We do have a major public information task to make sure the public can
distinquish between the skill levels of the prevention specialist and the
health education specialist.
Bill D_Cissell@venus.twu.edu
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#60
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 03:08:49 -0500
From: Andrea Frank
Subject: Re: Credentialing System
Open reply to Michael Pejasch's posting of 1/10/96 to Andy Frank:
The Wisconsin Prevention Network is behind the prevention specialist
credentialing movement. Its focus includes AODA, teenage pregnancy, STD
prevention, and gang violence. The organization serves a lobbying and
prevention advocacy function, and also sponsors an annual conference, with a
50% focus on prevention services targeting youth.
I do not know which other organizations are collaborating with the Wisconsin
Prevention Network to develop the proposed prevention specialist
credentialing system, though I did discover that the Wisconsin Clearinghouse
on Alcohol and Drug Abuse has a representative on the WPN Board. (The
Wisconsin Clearinghouse has recently broadened its focus beyond drugs and
alcohol)
I talked to Cindy Rewolinski, the co-chair of the credentialing committee
today (1-10-96), and she said that a concerted, statewide effort was made
over a period of months to publicize the credentialing proposal. She said the
aim of the WPN is to draw in as many representatives from prevention fields
as possible. Nonetheless, they never received any feedback from health
educators in the State or from UW-La Crosse. I did not get the impression,
however, that any health educators or health education professional
organizations were knowingly or intentionally contacted by the WPN, though
Cindy said she was aware of the existence of the CHES exam.
According to her, the idea behind the prevention specialist credentialing
process is not to keep people out of the prevention profession, but to invite
people in, and to upgrade the competence of those already doing prevention
work at the grassroots level. The credentialing committee approached the
State of Wisconsin Licensing/Credentialing Board, and state officials said
they had no desire to create yet another new professional certification, as
this would require substantial state funds and oversight. However, state
officials were very supportive of the idea of creating of a voluntary
credentialing process which might involve continuing education courses
provided via the statewide vocational-technical school system and the 2 and 4
year state college campuses.
Apparently, a meeting will be held on Friday to decide whether or not the WPN
will proceed with creation of a prevention specialist credentialing process.
Cindy's sense is that the proposal is very likely to gain approval then.
I appreciated your thoughtful posting, Michael, and it triggered a few more
questions in my mind. Perhaps you could find the time to consider these
questions and post your replies over the HEDIR:
1) You emphasize the importance of marketing and suggest that it is
different from "PR." Clearly, despite WPN's professed outreach publicity
efforts, the Wisconsin prevention specialist credentialing movement took
shape without the apparent knowledge of or input from SOPHE, AAHE,
academicians at UW-La Crosse, or health educators statewide. Imagine for a
moment that your visionary health ed professional organization, AHEA, was
fully operational. What is it about your national AHEA organization that
would make it any more likely than these other groups to: A) be aware of the
activities of "competing" professional movements, such as the
afore-mentioned, on state or regional levels; and B) to take effective action
against the competition? What form, exactly, would that action take? Who
would be responsible/accountable for taking this action?
2) When you say that the "competition is only hurting us," you imply that a
professional monopoly is a preferable condition. In what way does a
professional monopoly by health educators in the area of prevention education
serve the PUBLIC's (not our own) best interest? Are there any drawbacks to
the general public if health education maintained a professional service
monopoly?
Looking forward to hearing your reply.
Andrea Frank, MS, ABD
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#61
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 01:51:00 -0640
From: Claudia Chaufan
Organization: LancerNet/Eds * E-Mail & Newsgroups * info@lancernet.com
Subject: temporary unsubscription
In- <231lf172@hvelez.sld.ar>
Please would it be possible to unsubscribe me only temporarily until
january 29?
Thank you.
Dra. Claudia Chaufan
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
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#62
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 01:51:00 -0640
From: Claudia Chaufan
Organization: LancerNet/Eds * E-Mail & Newsgroups * info@lancernet.com
Subject: ref: RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
In- <199601102257.SAA07229@un1.satlink.com>
Good thought...we probably do.
There Anybody remembers the lyrics shared both by Hair and Shakespeare?
"What a piece of work is man...etc, etc." (my english gets pretty lousy
at this time of the evening".
TI> Such as, might we all have a dual nature, a tendency to sway back
TI>and forth from wellness to worseness in a manner that would make
TI>Robert Louis Stevenson proud?
...even envious..?
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#63
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:34:11 EST
From: "Stu Fors (University of Georgia)"
Subject: Post to Dist. List (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 17:39:26 EST
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Steve,
Please put out on distribution list. As you can see I've sent
this to a couple of other people, so can you tear out the
headers, and this junk?
Ishee, Please pass on to your former student at UT.
Stu, can you send this on to those two lists in Health, or
will you send me the email address to post on those lists?
Thanks. Bill Forbus
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Responsibilities: Teach graduate, undergraduate and activity
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Qualifications: A doctorate in HEALTH EDUCATION is required.
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#64
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:23:03 -0500
From: Sally Robilotto
Subject: Re: RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
In- <199601102141.QAA29567@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
You know, Don, you have raised some interesting thoughts in my mind. I
think that, yes, we all experience the tension between "two selves"--to a
greater and lesser extent. Taking that thought further, I think that
perhaps someday, a "couch potato" gene will be identified. Now before you
die laughing--think of the traits that have been isolated in genes in
specific topics such as language acquisition. All I'm saying is that some
people may
inherit a gene(s) that "allows" or "enables" them to enjoy movement, while
others inherit a different gene or set of genes that causes them to
process "results of movement" differently. If this is so, then the
internal tension between the two groups regarding "should/shall I
exercise or not" would be very different. The group for whom exercise is
enjoyable would be more likely to answer "yes". The group for whom
exercise is not so pleasurable, would be more likely to answer "no"-- and
then suffer guilt because they know they should!!
Oh well, just a thought.
Sally Robilotto
SUNY Utica
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#65
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:14:50 CST
From: Joyce Morris
Subject: Anddrea Frank's Food for Thought
In- note of 01/10/96 20:32
The requirements to be a health educator in a local health department
in New Jersey are:
1) a master's degree in health education OR
2) a bachelor's degree in health education with at least 4 years
of experience OR
3) a bachelor's degree with supervision from a master's prepared
health educator - this supervision may be by contract with a
master's prepared health educator
I'm not sure what the requirements for a health education assistant
are; I don't think there are any. For a health department to be
certified as meeting minimum standards, they must have a health
educator who meets one of the standards above. This person does not
have to be full-time and may be someone or a group that contracts to
provide services with the health department.
That said, the person is the director of the division that certifies
health departments as meeting the minimum standards told me when I
argued for a question on the health officer licensing exam about the
necessary qualifications for a health educator that he will certify a
health department as meeting that standard if they have a nurse. I
unfortunately was not thinking quickly enough or I would have replied
"Oh, then if they have a health educator but no nurse you would
certify them as meeting that standard?" I did partially win the
battle; the question became a part of the new exam.
Joyce Morris
Health Services Organization and Policy
Wichita State University
Wichita KS 67260-0043
(316) 689-3978, x5460
morris@islchp.uc.twsu.edu
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#66
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 10:49:00 EST
From: dl16
Subject: Re: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
In- <9601101824.AA20065@umailsrv1.umd.edu>
>>Isabel Burk and others are rightly concerned about the disparity between rich
and poor. Burk, I believe, wrote, "What a miserly lot! Whether or not you
agree with the current welfare system, isn't it counterproductive to
systematically starve children, disabled,
>>mentally ill, or chronically ill citizens? The current political climate
>>emphasizes "personal responsibility." Does that work? Are non-custodial
>>parents with the financial means living up to their current obligations for
>>child support? Sporadically at best. So, 'splain to me how the indigent,
the
>>disabled, the mentally ill can hope to use their personal responsibility if
>>the financially able can't or won't?
>>
>>Dialogue is welcome, colleagues.
>>
>>Isabel Burk
>>Putnam/No. Westchester BOCES
>>
>>>The distribution of wealth in this society is even more obscene (and
>>>like no other industrialized country in the world that I know of)
>>>one percent (1%) own 40% of the wealth. That means even if we took
>>>back 3/4 of what the top 1% hold, (a) they would still own 10 times as
>>>much as their proportion of the population and (b) the other *99%*
>>>would each be able to get 3/2 as much (from 60% to 90%). Of course if
>>>we did this fairly people at the bottom would gain more than those who
>>>are in the second top one percent.
>>>
>>>(See Holly Sklar, Nov '95 Z magazine, "Back to the Raw Deal")
>>>##################################################################
Pete Leroy writes:
>Greetings. My first offering on HEDIR is lengthy, yet timely, and although
>I wish the thoughts and writings were original, they come from the sources
>listed. At the risk of insulting rather than informing, I nevertheless
>submit these excerpts from five recent articles intended to compliment the
>information and statistics provided by Isabel Burk and Harel Barzilai.
>This information is intended to provide food for thought as we continue to
>work with prospects of dimishing resources.
>
>Pete LeRoy, Ph.D.,CHES
>e-mail: unchl@ttacs.ttu.edu
>phone: 806-742-2940 (w)
>FAX: 806-742-1688
This is just the sort of economic issue that health education should be
concerned with. The increasing economic disparity as well as other economic
stresses is related to a host of health problems most of which are social in
their etiology. As prospects for the future lessen (in terms of the
economy, environment, racial-ethnic hostilities, etc.) one can expect increases
in homicide, suicide, internal terrorism, and other manifestation of social
chaos.
On the other hand, the opportunity for my profession, health education,
to participate in, or possibly lead, such a grand endeavor presents itself.
That is, to act to deal with some of the "root causes" of people-caused forms
of death.
Some economic issues other than a more equitable distribution wealth include
reconversion, job-training, development of manufacturing rather than a
service or war-based economy, etc. Related to economic issues are education,
values (work, communitarian, reduction of greed, etc.). Domains of
power and influence need to be involved the process: They include:
[central] banks-[multinational] corporations-finance-industry, education,
government-politics, religion, the media, the military, medicine-public
health, philanthropy, science, labor, and the community. Their motivation?
Their representatives (include their families) and constituencies need a health
a sanguine environment in which to best develop and prosper. It is in their
best interests.
Am I wrong in the perception that no health education organization including
AAHE, ASHA, APHA, AMA, CDC, etc. has taken *action* to get at the root
causes of these forms of people-caused death? There is a glut of research of
the causes of homicide, war, etc. When is it to be applied?
Dan Leviton, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Health & Human Performance
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2611
(301) 405-2528, fax (301) 314-9167
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#67
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:34:50 -0800
From: srwilliams@CSUPOMONA.EDU
Subject: Ad copy
We would appreciate this ad placed in your directory:
The Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona is accepting applications for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Responsibilities include
teaching and developing courses in Health Promotion/Wellness,
engaging in scholarly activity, student advising, and committee work.
Request a full position description from (909) 869-2767, FAX (909)
869-4797.
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#68
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:00:29 -0800
From: Mark Fulop
Subject: Re: Text for Hlth/Computer
If you are interested in a text that moves beyond just health and the
computer but also looks at health and emerging
collaborative/interactive/multi-media technologies plural, I would
recommend the very recent HEALTH AND THE NEW MEDIA: TECHNOLOGIES
TRANSFORMING PERSONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH. It is edited by Linda Harris,
Center for Health Policy Research and National Center for Communication
Studies at George Mason U. Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, (201)
666-4110 about $60 cloth and $25 paper.
_________________________________________________
Mark Fulop, MPH, CHES
fulop@mail.sdsu.edu
Co-Director, Health Promotion and Education Projects
California College Health 2000 &
Collegiate Health Care
6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 226
San Diego, CA 92120
Phone: 619.594.2846
FAX: 619.594.8707
WEB: http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/health/cchpage.html
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#69
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:11:35 -0600
From: David Remmert
Subject: Re: Research Class
In a grad. level class we used a great research methods text
that I think would be good for undergrad as well. It is:
Aday, L.A. (1989). Designing and conducting health
surveys. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
dremmert @prairienet.org
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#70
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:07:15 EST
From: "Welsh, Valerie A"
Subject: No Subject
Hi, Mark.
Just to let you know of a change in my e-mail address
because of government "reinvention": new address is:
vwelsh@osophs.ssw.dhhs.gov
Also, will be sending you a copy of a "Miss Manners" article
from the W. Post on e-mail etiquette which you may want to
share with subscribers. I thought I had it with me today,
but must've left it at home. Will send/fax/e-mail when I'm
next in (barring weather or further furloughs!).
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#71
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 14:25:43 -0600
From: Rodney Bowden
Subject: Re: Internship
>Rodney, we had the kind of tool you are looking for at the University of
>Northern Colorado when I was there. Call 303-351-2755. Ask for Dr. William
>Parkos. If he is not there, the secretary, Cheryl, may be able to help you.
> We had two versions. One the student used for self-evaluation, the other
>was the agency form. Tell him or her that you are an Aggie that was
>referred by me. Good luck. Jim
>
Thanks for your help Jim. I talked to Larry (I have forgotten his last
name) who was the deparment head.
Have a great semester.
P.S. I saw in the paper about the murder of an individual with the last
name of Ballard who was from Center. Is he related to Danny? If so,
please send her my regards. Sorry we couln't talk more at the wedding. It
seems I didn't get to talk to many people that day. We just got shuffled
from one place to the other all day. Thank you so much for coming.
Rodney
Rodney Bowden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Stephen F. Austin State University
Health Science
Voice: x 409-468-1614
Fax: x 409-468-1850
E-mail f_BowdenRG@titan.sfasu.edu
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#72
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:00:31 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D."
Subject: Email Services on the Web
For those of you who have access to the world wide web, you may know that
the e-mail directories have been available at the address listed below. I
have now configured the system so that you can download each of the three
directories onto your own computer in either ASCII format or in Word Perfect
6.0 format.
________________________
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Owner and Founder of HEDIR
HEDIR Home Page:
http://www.siu.edu/departments/coe/hedrec/HEDIR/Menu.html
Personal Home Page:
http://www.siu.edu/departments/coe/hedrec/faculty/kittleson
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#73
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:24:00 EST
From: Isabel Burk
Subject: Interesting stuff--scroll through!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 13:26:14 -0600 (CST)
From: -
To: KEESLER
Cc: Cathy , Hamza ,
Kathy Locke , Rodger ,
alek , groo@knuth.mtsu.edu,
me , Mythrar ,
"Julie M. Maples" ,
"Stephanie D. Simmons" ,
Darrell Sides ,
Joseph Shulam ,
Misty Renece Shrum ,
"@>--`--- Sharon" ,
Robin D Sellars ,
Jay B Parker ,
Sister Hill ,
Scott Gilmer ,
Student Christian Fellowship ,
"Mark E. Miller" , eng20003@frank.mtsu.edu,
unde000b@frank.mtsu.edu, Torey ,
Matt ,
Jennifer Hardiman ,
Gina , Troy DeMonbreun ,
Wayne Mehl ,
Tracey Holt ,
Jennifer Thweatt ,
Mike Stroud ,
Patrick Hayden Morgan ,
Bill McNew ,
Denis' McGinnis ,
Alicia Jean Luton ,
Scott A Link ,
Nicole Lester ,
Klay Jaeger <74130.1332@compuserve.com>,
Nick A Horton ,
Ruth Guin ,
Tommy Forrest-KE4PYM ,
Troy DeMonbreun ,
Jackie Cook ,
Courtney Lynn Blooding ,
"Samuel T. Baker" ,
Darlene Baker
Subject: aids (fwd)
Sorry, guys! This isn't a chain letter... read on to the last
message to find out the cool project you are involved in. :)
Please forward WITH headers.
-James Baker
P.S. I sent you a copy, KEESLER, to see how it's going.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 18:00:41 -0600 (CST)
From: Carl Flynn
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [Fwd: FW: aids (fwd)READ ALL & FORWARD] (fwd)
Listers,
This is a really long message, but it is part of an experiment to
prove a good point. Read the last message in this long list.
Carl F Flynn
cflynn@pepperdine.edu
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 09:40:18 EST
From: "Dr. Kim Murray"
To: canang-l@pdomain.uwindsor.ca, ecchst-l@bgu.edu, neilha@cancerboard.ab.ca
Cc: bmedding@direct.ca, Robin_P._Murray@enabel.ccinet.ab.ca,
meddings@acs.ucalgary.ca, CEVE@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
Subject: [Fwd: FW: aids (fwd)READ ALL & FORWARD]
Good morning,
Apologies for the length of this post, but if you read the message at
the end I think that you will understand and assist.
Cheers,
Kim
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#74
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 16:05:00 EST
From: Isabel Burk
Subject: Managed "foodcare"
FROM: Burk, Isabel
TO: SMTP:HEDIR%SIUCVMB.BITNET@UBVM.C
SUBJECT: Managed "foodcare"
Date: 01-11-96 16:04 EST
PRIORITY:
The managed care debate rages on. And with a wonderful perspective:
The Wall Street Journal of 1/10/96 OpEd page has a terrific piece called
"Blueprint for Managed Foodcare"by Karl-Otto Liebmann, professor of psychiatry
at Yale University School of Med. Here are excerpts:
The time has come for the eating public to face a stark reality: The
consumption of food, if allowed to grow at the present rate, will bankrupt our
great nation. Production of food has risen from 10% to more than 30% of the
gross domestic product since 1945. The Cogressional Budget Office projects
that by the year 2010 Americans will spend more money and time on eting than
on working, vacationing and being sick combined. To counter this threat, a
junio4r US senator (whose name has been withheld upon request) has begun to
draft legislation designed to fundamentally reform the way Americans consume
food. The proposal, preliminarily dubbed "Managed Foodcare" promotes the
cost-efficient consumption orf food by regulating access to stores and
restourants. It preserves the principles of consumer choice and free
competition.
A brief outline will illustrate how the reforms benefit the average eater.
Each year, during the last week of December, consumers have the choice of
signing up at their preferred grocery store or restaurant for the year to
come. These two main retail markets for the distribution of food are referred
to as Primary Food Providers. Employers will by law be required to offer
employees a choice among at least three so-called Food Benefit Plans. FBPs
describe what stores, restaurants, kinds of food and menus will be covered by
the plan........
The lawmakers anticipate that the opportunity to choose only once a year what
to eat for the next 12 months will save families innumerable hours of time now
spent on gazing at store shelves or menus and comparing brands and
pruices........There will be a designated copayment, and together with their
employer, they will also pay a monthlyt premium to a Food Management
Organization.
FMOs....control the production and manage the distrivbution of food based on a
highly variable Cost Efficiency Quotient, whose numerical value is directly
proportional to the value at which the FMOs' stocks are traded on the open
market....
The key element of the refor is known as "capitation." Basically stores and
restaurangs will receive a fixed annual amount of money from their FMO for
each enrolled customer, regardless of how much or little he consumes during
the year...
the FMOs will maintain personal customer records listing all purchases,
creating an "Individual Consumption Profile (ICP)" for each member.....People
with excessive ICPs are considered "high risk" and may eventually lose their
right to be re-enrolled in any FMO. (Soup kitchens and self-help groups will
no doubt assist these misfits.).....
Ultimately, Managed Foodcare will accelerate the accumulation of capital in
the hands of those who know best how to promote a healthier and leaner
America.
----------It's a "tongue in cheek" scenario well worth our time to read and
ponder!----------
Isabel Burk
Putnam/No. Westchester BOCES
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#75
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 16:25:35 -0700
From: "Andrew Jenkins (Central Washington University)"
Subject: Friday Inspiration
Friends and Fellows,
It seems to me that:
In the aftermath of the Great Snowstorm of '96 we've all heard our share
of stories, complaints, and anecdotes. Some are positive but most are
negative and I suppose it's all a matter of "framing." None-the-less, we
have all been a part of something much, much bigger than ourselves and
something which has lasted the milennia and will continue on long after
we are gone and our legacies forgotten. I find that fascinating, awe
inspiring, and romantic!
"The cold air that holds cities in its icy grip is a messenger from harsh
and distant places.
This is the same air that, a few days ago, snowy owls glided through, musk
oxen drew close to protect against, Arctic foxes padded through in silvery
nights.
It is the breath of life held in common by timber wolves, caribou----and you."
(Barbara Stanton)
What imagery!
Still Dreaming!
Andy J :{)
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"Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go." (Austin Dobson)
Andrew P. Jenkins, PhD
Health Education Programs
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-963-1041
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#76
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 23:01:07 -0500
From: Andrea Frank
Subject: Re: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
Dan Leviton gives us all pause to rethink our definition of "primary
prevention," and he raises two crucial questions for us all to ponder: 1) How
effective can we be as a profession if we do not advocate primary prevention
in the most fundamental sense of the word? 2) What is our social
responsibility as health educators?
Thanks Dan.
Andrea Frank
Milwaukee, Wis
>>>The increasing economic disparity as well as other economic
stresses is related to a host of health problems most of which are social in
their etiology. As prospects for the future lessen (in terms of the economy,
environment, racial-ethnic hostilities, etc.) one can expect increases in
homicide, suicide, internal terrorism, and other manifestation of social
chaos. On the other hand, the opportunity for my profession, health
education, to participate in, or possibly lead, such a grand endeavor
presents itself. That is, to act to deal with some of the "root causes" of
people-caused forms of death. ... There is a glut of research of the causes
of homicide, war, etc. When is it to be applied?>>>
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#77
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 03:34:58 -0500
From: Donna Kuttner
Subject: Re: No Subject
Mark et al:
Please change my email address from dkuttner@aol.com to dkuttner@proaxis.com
I found a cheaper and more efficient provider.
Thanks
DHKuttner
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#78
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:56:00 EST
From: dl16
Subject: Re: Managed "foodcare"
In- <9601120537.AA14048@umailsrv1.umd.edu>
Isabel Burke, you do put some good material on HEDIR with special reference to
"foodstuffs" and "economic disparity." My feeling is that health education
and health educators (and everyone else for that matter) have avoided acting to
eliminate these *root causes* of many social problems like the plague. Keep up
the good work.
Dan Leviton, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Health & Human Performance
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2611
(301) 405-2528, fax (301) 314-9167
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#79
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 09:09:00 EST
From: dl16
Subject: Re: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
In- <9601120847.AA18974@umailsrv1.umd.edu>
Andrea Frank, thanks for your supportive message. Unfortunately, health
education and health educators are not alone in avoiding dealing with root
causes. It is hell getting anyone, whether a member of the community or other
"domain of influence and power," to address the issues. Those who do respond
are those who have suffered the effect of people-caused deaths. This leads to
one of the most salient survival questions of our time: Is suffering the
preventable death of a beloved (or coming very close ourselves) the only way
to get us to act in our best health interests?
My hypothesis is that the denial of personal vulnerability and mortality is
a step in the process. The bottom line is always action to remove the root
causes of people-caused death.
Best wishes.
Dan Leviton, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Health & Human Performance
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2611
(301) 405-2528, fax (301) 314-9167
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#80
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 11:27:59 EST
From: sah05@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US
Subject: Re: Stats: wider rich-poor gap
In- note of 01/12/96