#763
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 08:39:55 PST
From: Connie Milland
Subject: Re: Not a Friday Inspiration
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Re: CPR and primary prevention
As a certified CPR instructor for the American Red Cross and the National
Safety Council, I'd like to point out that the Red Cross does include
segments in their curricula on "healthy lifestyles," and preventing
accidents and illnesses. (I should have the page numbers memorized at this
point!). It's part of the either the half-day or full-day course.
Connie Milland, MA, CHES
>From: Eric Buhi
>Reply-To: Eric Buhi
>To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
>Subject: Re: Not a Friday Inspiration
>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:34:23 -0500
>
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>Unfortunately not much prevention information gets in to CPR training
>programs. The Red Cross, American Heart Association, and others mainly
>focus on what rescuers can do if someone is experiencing cardiac arrest or
>has a life threatening emergency. They have several sections in their
>(CPR/first aid) training books on prevention (ie, preventing heart disease,
>injury, etc), but instructors really don't emphasize this in the classes.
>
>With regards to the success (or failure rate) of CPR, the NYC study has a
>minor problem associated with it. That problem is response time from
>EMS. I can't think of a worse place to be if there's a life threatening
>emergency situation: too many cars, huge/complex buildings (the right
>recipe for EMS to get stuck in traffic or get lost on the way to
>help). The national average for CPR success is around 7%. This of course
>means that it's better in some areas (like the Seattle area, because they
>have a more advanced response system) and worse in some (like NYC and
>Chicago).
>
>The article is correct about CPR not really being able to restart a
>heart. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are needed to analyze the
>hearts rhythm (or lack of) and prompt the rescuer to press a button which
>delivers a shock to the victim. AED training sounds scary because of the
>technology being used, however, I have helped in the evaluation of this
>type of training and participants say that it is easier than they ever
>believed. The movement is now going in the direction of placing AEDs in
>all major public buildings and in airplanes. Many corporations are now
>investing in AEDs and AED training (is it a liability for the company if
>someone they employ has a cardiac arrest and no one is trained, or if no
>one has the tools to save the victim?).
>
>A lot of money is going into the development of these programs -- it's
>unfortunate we live in such a band-aid society.
>
>Eric
>
>At 01:47 AM 3/31/2000 -0500, Donald B Ardell wrote:
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>>Margo
>>
>>This sounds like an "upstream/downstream" fable.
>>
>>I have had CPR courses and examined many more. Rarely was any attention
>>given
>>to staying well in the first place with healthy lifestyle promotions as
>>part of
>>the course content. I wonder how much attention personal responsibility,
>>exercise and the rest gets in the training of 25,000 people each month on
>>how to
>>use defibrillators?
>>
>>
>>Don
>>
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>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Eric Buhi, MPH, CHES
>Health Educator
>Georgia Tech Wellness Center
>275 5th Street, NW
>Atlanta, Georgia 30332
>(404) 385-0375
>http://www.wellness.gatech.edu
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#764
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:24:04 EDT
From: Mary Fridley
Subject: free teen pregnancy prevention video
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Hello. I am writing at the suggestion of Robert Strack of the Center for
Adolescent Health at Johns Hopkins University, who thought members of this
list would be interested in a teen pregnancy prevention video produced by
the East Side Institute for Short Term Psychotherapy called "Sexperts:
Miscommunication About Teen Pregnancy" (which Mr. Strack has seen and
liked). Sexperts is a special investigative report narrated by Dr. Lenora
Fulani which explores the particular difficulties that teens and adults
experience in talking and listening to each other on the topics surrounding
teen pregnancy. In producing Sexperts, we are suggesting that the need for
young people and adults to create new and more growthful conversations
instead of having the "same" conversation over and over again. This is
because we believe that no small part of the "problem" of teen pregnancy
stems from a communication gap between adults and young people.
The East Side Institute is a research and trainig center for performance
social therapy and other new approaches to human development and community.
We are located in New York City. (If you would like more information on the
Institute, our web site is www.eastsideinstitute.org)
Through the generosity of the Cabot Family Charitable Trust, we are able to
distribute Sexperts free of charge to both individuals and institutions. If
you would like a copy of the video, please email me at this address or
contact me by phone at 212 941-8906. I look forward to hearing from you.
Mary Fridley
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#765
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 18:53:31 -0500
From: Patti Cost
Subject: poster sessions
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Happy April everyone! Has anyone compiled a "fact sheet" or a "how to create a great poster" for students that
will help them format their projects/research for poster sessions? Thanks in advance for your help! Patti
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#766
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#767
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 10:32:28 -0500
From: "Dr. Brian Colwell (by way of \"Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.\"
)"
Subject: spam response
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Brian asked if I thought it was appropriate to send this...I agree with
it...have fun with it. My advertising person (Michaela Conley) is
aggressively pursuing a $1500 fee for this unauthorized ad.
======================
If anyone is interested in voicing their opinions to the spammers that keep
hitting the listserv, they graciously provided their toll-free number to
allow us to do so. It's snipped from the spam & listed below. They might
enjoy a quick call from each of us. It's 30 seconds out of your day &
several hours out of theirs.
Obviously, I would hope that none of us would buy from them.
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#768
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:04:29 -0500
From: Jim Ginder
Subject: Information
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My office has justed moved and my Healthy People 2000 has disappeared. Can any one tell me where I can get another copy?
Thanks
Jim Ginder, EMT,PI,BS, CHES
Education/Training
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One Hamilton County Square, Suite 30
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#769
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:05:13 -0400
From: Kenneth Packer
Subject: Re: Information
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Jim,
You can buy it from the US Government Printing office, or ask your US
Congressman or Senator. They can often get publications for free.
Ken Packer
Jim Ginder wrote:
>
> My office has justed moved and my Healthy People 2000 has disappeared. Can any one tell me where I can get another copy?
>
> Thanks
> Jim Ginder, EMT,PI,BS, CHES
> Education/Training
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> One Hamilton County Square, Suite 30
> Noblesville, IN 46060
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#770
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:27:20 -0500
From: Judith Luebke
Subject: Thanks
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Thanks much to all Hedir members who graciously completed email
interviews for my graduate students. I appreciate your time and
efforts. You contributed greatly to the course.
Thanks to all Hedir members who offered to be interviewed. We had an
abundancy of riches--many to interview, not enough students.
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#771
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:57:24 -0700
From: Andrew P Jenkins
Subject: Re: Not a Friday Inspiration
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Hi Folks,
As a Wellness Advocate, EMT and First Aid instructor with a health education
background, I have several feelings and opinions about the CPR and AED debate.
First of all, the comments made regarding the effectiveness of citizen CPR are
correct. Basically, CPR must be started within 4 minutes and no more than 8
minutes should elapse before the first shock and ALS drugs are delivered. Outside
of that 12 minute window and the chances of brain damage increases and the chances
of survival decrease rapidly.
As an EMT I can not tell you how frustrating, saddening, and pathetic it is to
arrive on-scene at a "code" and hear a panicked spouse comment, "I wanted to do
something but I thought I’d do something wrong" or "I didn’t know what to do." They
look at you for reassurance and we always say, "You did the right thing by calling
911." (What more could you say at that point?) But the health educator in me knows
there’s more they could’ve done-CPR--to maybe, just maybe, buy Dad a few minutes
till we got there.
Friends, I tell my students that , "On God’s Green Earth there’s no worse condition
for you to be in than to have no pulse and no breathing! Flatout, you can't make
things any worse! It’s a scratch-the-lottery-ticket-chance at life you’re giving
them but heck, it helps often enough to make it worth a try. Walk away knowing
that you at least tried to help" If only people would learn CPR and learn not to
fear trying it we might have just a few, not many, just a few more code saves each
year. Fear stops them and most fears are based on ignorance.
Teach them the realities: 1) Ribs crunch, snap and pop but people survive broken
ribs. 2) Mouth(or mask)-to-mouth breathing results in patient vomiting most of the
time but rescuers survive being vomited on. 3) Most importantly, most "codes" die
anyway but ALL codes will die if no one does anything to help. Don’t fear items 1
and 2 but fear number 3.
Regarding the widespread distribution of AEDs: The statistical likelihood of making
a "code save" with an AED is dependent on two things, a) the patient. having a
"shockable rhythm." AED will only shock V-tach and V-fib, and b) the amount of
time lapsed before the first shock is administered. The AED’s, for those who have
not used one, are safe, simple, and virtually dummy-proof. They have recorded
voices that walk you through the whole thing. I’m all for laypersons such as
flight attendants, cops, bus drivers, etc. being trained in them. Training of
laypersons in AED may reduce the time lapse but in most cases other than on
airliners, it is citizens who will need to begin CPR and initiate mobilization of
advanced life support (calling 911). We will always need CPR and hopefully, the
widespread distribution of AEDS won’t cause more complacency and reluctance to
initiate CPR before the AED and trained person arrives.
My wellness slant on the whole debate: Each AED costs between $3000 and
$5000-think how much education that’d bring. Let’s put half the budget into
prevention education and the other half into AEDs. Let’s put at least 20% of our
First Aid instruction into boosting our client’s confidence that they should do
something and not fear being wrong or being sued. Wellness is about prevention and
decisions making and wellness is about self-responsibility and feeling powerful
enough to help one’s self and others.. Our CPR and 1st Aid classes ought to
reflect that-they ought to include a great deal of self-efficacy training along
with citizen medical training. Education truly is power-power to the people.
‘Nuff said!
Andy J :{)
Donald B Ardell wrote:
> ** Thanks for supporting the HEDIR by Advertising Jobs!
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>
> Margo
>
> This sounds like an "upstream/downstream" fable.
>
> I have had CPR courses and examined many more. Rarely was any attention given
> to staying well in the first place with healthy lifestyle promotions as part of
> the course content. I wonder how much attention personal responsibility,
> exercise and the rest gets in the training of 25,000 people each month on how to
> use defibrillators?
>
> Don
>
> ** Check Out the New HEDIR Directory (Names Only for now):
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"sure-thing-taking"!
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Health Education Programs
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509-963-1041
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#772
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:10:48 -0400
From: Glenna Schindler
Subject: Re: Not a Friday Inspiration
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Andy,
As usual, Amen.
>>> Andrew P Jenkins 04/03/00 02:57PM >>>
Hi Folks,
As a Wellness Advocate, EMT and First Aid instructor with a health education
background, I have several feelings and opinions about the CPR and AED debate.
First of all, the comments made regarding the effectiveness of citizen CPR are
correct. Basically, CPR must be started within 4 minutes and no more than 8
minutes should elapse before the first shock and ALS drugs are delivered. Outside
of that 12 minute window and the chances of brain damage increases and the chances
of survival decrease rapidly.
As an EMT I can not tell you how frustrating, saddening, and pathetic it is to
arrive on-scene at a "code" and hear a panicked spouse comment, "I wanted to do
something but I thought I*d do something wrong" or "I didn*t know what to do." They
look at you for reassurance and we always say, "You did the right thing by calling
911." (What more could you say at that point?) But the health educator in me knows
there*s more they could*ve done*CPR--to maybe, just maybe, buy Dad a few minutes
till we got there.
Friends, I tell my students that , "On God*s Green Earth there*s no worse condition
for you to be in than to have no pulse and no breathing! Flatout, you can't make
things any worse! It*s a scratch-the-lottery-ticket-chance at life you*re giving
them but heck, it helps often enough to make it worth a try. Walk away knowing
that you at least tried to help" If only people would learn CPR and learn not to
fear trying it we might have just a few, not many, just a few more code saves each
year. Fear stops them and most fears are based on ignorance.
Teach them the realities: 1) Ribs crunch, snap and pop but people survive broken
ribs. 2) Mouth(or mask)-to-mouth breathing results in patient vomiting most of the
time but rescuers survive being vomited on. 3) Most importantly, most "codes" die
anyway but ALL codes will die if no one does anything to help. Don*t fear items 1
and 2 but fear number 3.
Regarding the widespread distribution of AEDs: The statistical likelihood of making
a "code save" with an AED is dependent on two things, a) the patient. having a
"shockable rhythm." AED will only shock V-tach and V-fib, and b) the amount of
time lapsed before the first shock is administered. The AED*s, for those who have
not used one, are safe, simple, and virtually dummy-proof. They have recorded
voices that walk you through the whole thing. I*m all for laypersons such as
flight attendants, cops, bus drivers, etc. being trained in them. Training of
laypersons in AED may reduce the time lapse but in most cases other than on
airliners, it is citizens who will need to begin CPR and initiate mobilization of
advanced life support (calling 911). We will always need CPR and hopefully, the
widespread distribution of AEDS won*t cause more complacency and reluctance to
initiate CPR before the AED and trained person arrives.
My wellness slant on the whole debate: Each AED costs between $3000 and
$5000*think how much education that*d bring. Let*s put half the budget into
prevention education and the other half into AEDs. Let*s put at least 20% of our
First Aid instruction into boosting our client*s confidence that they should do
something and not fear being wrong or being sued. Wellness is about prevention and
decisions making and wellness is about self-responsibility and feeling powerful
enough to help one*s self and others.. Our CPR and 1st Aid classes ought to
reflect that*they ought to include a great deal of self-efficacy training along
with citizen medical training. Education truly is power*power to the people.
*Nuff said!
Andy J :{)
Donald B Ardell wrote:
> ** Thanks for supporting the HEDIR by Advertising Jobs!
> ** More info: http://www.hpcareer.net/hedir.htm
>
> Margo
>
> This sounds like an "upstream/downstream" fable.
>
> I have had CPR courses and examined many more. Rarely was any attention given
> to staying well in the first place with healthy lifestyle promotions as part of
> the course content. I wonder how much attention personal responsibility,
> exercise and the rest gets in the training of 25,000 people each month on how to
> use defibrillators?
>
> Don
>
> ** Check Out the New HEDIR Directory (Names Only for now):
> ** http://www.hedir.siu.edu
> ** Submit to the IEJHE
> ** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
--
***********************************************************************
"Of course risk-taking is marked by failure*otherwise it*d be called
"sure-thing-taking"!
Andrew P Jenkins, Ph.D. CHES
Health Education Programs
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-963-1041
Website http://www.cwu.edu/~jenkinsa/
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#773
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:29:48 -0700
From: jean henry
Subject: Rapid Assessment Interview Procedure
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Several years ago, in a graduate class, i was given guidelines for
conducting something called the "Rapid Assessment Interview Procedure."
i seem to have misplaced the info somewhere in the course of 4 moves.
does anyone in HEDIRland have information, guidelines, references, etc.
for this technique?
any and all info would be greatly appreciated.
jean
***************************
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Dept. of Health and Physical Education
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
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#774
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:35:04 -0700
From: Mark Fulop
Subject: Re: Rapid Assessment Interview Procedure
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I doubt this is exactly what you are looking for but Allison Rossett's First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis is very practice oriented with lots of summaries, charts and tools for rapid needs assessments.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787944386/qid=954797457/sr=1-1/102-6946556-4966460
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>>> jean henry - 4/3/00 2:29 PM >>>
** Thanks for supporting the HEDIR by Advertising Jobs!
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Several years ago, in a graduate class, i was given guidelines for
conducting something called the "Rapid Assessment Interview Procedure."
i seem to have misplaced the info somewhere in the course of 4 moves.
does anyone in HEDIRland have information, guidelines, references, etc.
for this technique?
any and all info would be greatly appreciated.
jean
***************************
Jean Henry, Ph.D.
Dept. of Health and Physical Education
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
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#775
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:50:58 -0600
From: "Scott D. Winnail"
Subject: Graduate Teaching Assistantship
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The Health Education program at the University of Wyoming currently has one
3/4 time graduate Teaching Assistantship available for the 2000-2001
academic year. Qualified applicants should complete their bachelors degree
by the Summer of 2000 and send application materials ASAP.
Responsibilities may include teaching an undergraduate course and assisting
faculty with research.
Interested applicants should send materials to Dr. Mark Byra, Graduate
Coordinator, 107 Corbett Building, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming,
82071-3196. Information packets can be requested from Ms. Jean Eickbush
(307) 766-5449. http:www.uwyo.edu
If you have questions about the program, contact Dr. Scott Winnail (info
below).
Scott D. Winnail, MSPH,PhD,CHES
Assistant Professor of Health Education
University of Wyoming
Division of Kinesiology and Health
114-A Corbett Building
Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3196
Phone: 307-766-4190 Fax: 307-766-4098
e-mail: swinnail@uwyo.edu
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#776
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:58:34 -0400
From: Bill Livingood
Subject: Re: Rapid Assessment Interview Procedure
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Michael Quinn Patton has a few pages on rapid reconnaissance in Qualitative
Evaluation & Research, Sage. He also has quite a bit on interviewing in the
same book. Bei Nio Ong has a few pages specifically on interviewing in the
book, Rapid Appraisal and Health Policy, Chapman & Hall, London, 1996.
Bill Livingood
-----Original Message-----
From: jean henry [SMTP:jhenry@NEVADA.EDU]
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 5:30 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: Rapid Assessment Interview Procedure
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Several years ago, in a graduate class, i was given guidelines for
conducting something called the "Rapid Assessment Interview
Procedure."
i seem to have misplaced the info somewhere in the course of 4
moves.
does anyone in HEDIRland have information, guidelines, references,
etc.
for this technique?
any and all info would be greatly appreciated.
jean
***************************
Jean Henry, Ph.D.
Dept. of Health and Physical Education
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
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#777
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:42:02 -0400
From: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman"
Subject: Save the Date: Social Marketing Conference
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Dear Colleagues:
Due to limited funding, we are not only promoting this program via this
announcement but also asking your help in publicizing the event on your
websites, through your electronic mailing lists, and through listings in
the calendar section of your newsletters. Thank you.
kdg
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Friday, June 23, 2000 - 9:00am-5:00pm
Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY) presents a one day
interdisciplinary conference
"Social Marketing Tools for Tackling Today's Public Health Challenges"
The speakers are dynamic, the campus beautiful, parking plentiful and free,
and bus and subway stops are only a block away.
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Social marketing tools have been shown to increase client attendance,
participation and retention, facilitate health behavior change and improve
client satisfaction. We also believe marketing tools can help reduce
disparities in access to health care and close the gap in the difference in
health status among population groups.
By the end of the conference attendees should be able to apply fundamental
social marketing tools to specific community health challenges.
WHO SHOULD COME
Anyone involved in program design, delivery and/or evaluation:
Case workers
EAP counselors
Health care administrators
Health educators
Health teachers
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Nutritionists
Physical education teachers
Physicians
Program/service evaluators
Program/service planners
Recreation therapists
Social workers
Students
Other allied health specialists
SUPPORTERS
The conference is truly multi-disciplinary as reflected in the list of 12
supporting organizations:
(1) Association for State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and
Public Health Education
(2) Bronx Community College
(3) Bronx Borough President's Office
(4) Bronx Information Network
(5) Greater New York Society for Public Health Education
(6) Lehman College's departments of : Food, Dietetics and Nutrition; Health
Education and Promotion; Health Services Administration; Nursing,
Psychology; and Recreation Education
(7) New York State Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and
Dance
(8) New York State College Health Association
(9) New York State Department of Health
(10) Public Health Association of New York City
(11) Society for Public Health Education
(12) Statewide Advocacy for School Health.
CONFERENCE AGENDA AND SPEAKERS
Keynote presentations on "Social Marketing 101" and "Implementing Social
Marketing" will be given by Nedra Kline Weinreich, author of Hands-On
Social Marketing: A Step-By-Step Guide.
The program also includes plenary sessions on "Facilitating Change" by
Richard Gitlin and "Do-able Client Research" by Boaz Mourad.
Participants will be able to attend two workshops from two sets of six
concurrent afternoon workshops. The workshop topics are:
Session 1 Workshops ( Tentative Titles)
Making Change Happen in Your Agency - repeated twice and broadcast
Developing a Marketing Mix - repeated twice and broadcast
Marketing Patient Compliance
Well Funded and "Shoestring" Research
More on Market Segmentation and Client Levels of Demand
Positioning Your Organization and Programs in Your Client's Mind
Session 2 Workshops ( Tentative Titles)
Making Change Happen in Your Agency - repeated twice and broadcast
Developing a Marketing Mix - repeated twice and broadcast
Applying Social Marketing Tools to Child Health Challenges
Applying Social Marketing Tools to Adolescent Health Challenges
Applying Social Marketing Tools to Senior Health Challenges
Applying Social Marketing Tools to Cancer Care
BROADCAST PLANS
The plenary sessions of the conference and two workshops will be broadcast
live. Broadcast information will be available shortly.
REGISTRATION
Organizations are encouraged to send teams of personnel to the conference
so that they can take advantage of the wide variety of workshop topics.
Please take advantage of the early registration fees for members of
supporting organizations as well as the student and "organizational team"
registration discounts. Early bird registration fees range from $15
student fees, to $35 for members of supporting agencies, to $50 for others.
Later pre-registration is a bit higher, and on-site is much higher. Our
objective is to make this as accessible as possible.
Continuing education credit applications for various professions are pending.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Participants wishing to make overnight arrangements are advised to contact
the New York City Convention Center (212) 567-7777 http://www.nycvisit.com
or http://www.hoteldiscounts.com 1-800-715-7666 or www.nytoday for
moderately priced Manhattan based accommodations. Request hotels near the
D or 4 trains for convenient public transportation to Lehman College.. The
NYC Visitor Information Center at 810 Seventh Avenue between 52nd and 53rd
Streets is open M-F 8:30am-6:00pm (212- 484-1222) The Center is the city's
official source for information on everything there is to do and see in New
York including culture, dining, shopping, sightseeing, events, attractions,
tours, and transportation. The Center offers free maps and brochures,
discount coupons to attractions and theaters, multilingual visitor
information counselors and an ATM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For registration forms and pre-registration deadlines, please check the
Lehman College website www.lehman.cuny.edu/socmktgconference in mid-April.
For additional information please contact Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
(conference coordinator) at (718) 960-8673 or socmktg1@lehman.cuny.edu.
Registration Materials Will Be Available Shortly
Members of all supporting organizations will receive a conference brochure
with registration materials in the mail or through this website or
electronic mailing list in late April.
June: a great time of year to treat yourself to a weekend in New York City!
Here is copy for your newsletters or website calendars.
Thanks for forwarding it to organizations interested in promoting this
conference:
June 23, 2000: "Social Marketing Tools for Tackling Today's Public Health
Challenges"
Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY
Contact: Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
(718) 960-8673
socmktg1@lehman.cuny.edu
Lehman College
Health Services Department
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, New York 10468
www.lehman.cuny.edu/socmktgconference
********************************************************
Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
Director, Undergraduate Health Education and Promotion Program
Lehman College, CUNY, 422-C Gillet Hall
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: 718-960-8673
email: kgoldman@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu
Fax: 718-960-8908
New York State Coalition for Health Education - use above address and
numbers to contact the coalition
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#778
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 07:48:09 -0700
From: "Baker, Judith"
Subject: Re: Rapid Assessment Interview Procedure
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I introduced Dr. Jean Henry to Rapid Assessment Procedures in her graduate
level "Program Evaluation" course.
The citation is:
Scrimshaw, Susan, C.M., & Hurtado, Elena. (1987). Rapid Assessment
Procedures for Nutrition and Primary Health Care. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA
Latin American Center Publications.
A videotape on RAP is also available.
Another citation is an article published in the (1984) Food and Nutrition
Bulletin 6(2), 27-45.
Judy Baker
Instructional Technology Consultant
Technology and Learning Program
CSU, Chico
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#779
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:08:20 -0400
From: "Robert J. Bensley"
Subject: AAHPERD presentation
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This is a request from Michael Cleary that may also be of interest to
others on hedir. If not, then just delete.
Mike,
You requested info pertaining to a sesison I conducted at AAHPERD titled
"Moving Theory to Practice: Creating Internet-Based Learning Modules"
(which had to be moved to a different day due to an error in room
assignment). Please go to the web site http://hper.wmich.edu/~bensleyb
where you can view the powerpoint presentation (with all links available
for the examples I used). Check out some of the example sites--they were
created by students at WMU. The powerpoint works perfectly (runs just
like a powerpoint--click on screen for transitions, etc.--but also has
the built in advantage of a web page with an index frame on left) if
viewed in Internet Explorer, and may be okay with the most recent
version of Netscape Communicator. Let me know if I can answer any
questions.
Bob
Robert J. Bensley, Ph.D. (616) 387-3081
Associate Professor (616) 387-2704 fax
Western Michigan University bensley@wmich.edu
Department of HPER
4024-5 SRC
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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#780
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:24:36 -0400
From: "Judith D. Murphy"
Subject: Re: AAHPERD presentation
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Thank You!!!
I too couldn't accommodate the time change and really wanted to be there!
Judith Dwyer Murphy, EdD, CHES Improving Vermont's
Executive Director public health by
Champlain Valley Area Health Education Center establishing
3 Home Health Circle, Ste 3 educational partnerships
St. Albans, VT 05478 with Vermont communities,
802-527-1474, Fx 802-527-1632 health professionals, and its
http://www.together.net/~cvahec health training programs.
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Robert J. Bensley wrote:
> ** Thanks for supporting the HEDIR by Advertising Jobs!
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>
> This is a request from Michael Cleary that may also be of interest to
> others on hedir. If not, then just delete.
>
> Mike,
>
> You requested info pertaining to a sesison I conducted at AAHPERD titled
> "Moving Theory to Practice: Creating Internet-Based Learning Modules"
> (which had to be moved to a different day due to an error in room
> assignment). Please go to the web site http://hper.wmich.edu/~bensleyb
> where you can view the powerpoint presentation (with all links available
> for the examples I used). Check out some of the example sites--they were
> created by students at WMU. The powerpoint works perfectly (runs just
> like a powerpoint--click on screen for transitions, etc.--but also has
> the built in advantage of a web page with an index frame on left) if
> viewed in Internet Explorer, and may be okay with the most recent
> version of Netscape Communicator. Let me know if I can answer any
> questions.
>
> Bob
>
>
> Robert J. Bensley, Ph.D. (616) 387-3081
> Associate Professor (616) 387-2704 fax
> Western Michigan University bensley@wmich.edu
> Department of HPER
> 4024-5 SRC
> Kalamazoo, MI 49008
>
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#781
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 13:04:51 -0500
From: Mark Temple
Subject: FRC challenge to publication about sexual orientation and youth
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The Family Research Council has begun another attack the publication =93Just=
the
Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators &
School Personnel.=94
Check out their "Ideas & Energy" page aimed and marketed to youth. Qouting=
the
FRC, "'Just the Facts' is a thinly disguised attempt to promote=
homosexuality
through the public schools. Its claims are misleading and
ungrounded=97characteristics that make =93Just the Facts=94 full of fiction.=
"
http://www.frc.org/ie/important/important0400b.html=20
=93Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth: A Primer for=
Principals,
Educators & School Personnel=94 has been endorsed by the following groups:
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Counseling Association
American Association of School Adminsitrators
American Federation of Teachers
American Pyschological Association
American School health Association
The Interfaith Alliance
National Association of School Pyschologists
National Association of Social Workers
National Education Association=20
________________________________=20
Health Education at Illinois State University
Leadership Compassion Courage Innovation
Mark A. Temple, PhD, CHES=20
matempl@ilstu.edu=20
http://www.cast.ilstu.edu/temple
/menu.htm=20
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world;=20
indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Meade
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#782
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 13:06:03 PDT
From: laurie schierer
Subject: Trash to Treassure
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I don't know about all of you, but I get a MOUNTAIN of junk mail. One of
the things I get, at least once a week it seems, are mailers from
promotional companies wanting me to order coloring books, stickers, etc.
with a "Put Your Logo Here" message. I have been throwing those away for
years. (I used to keep them thinking I would entertain some child with them
one day and never did. So I starting pitching.) Last week our office
decided to decorate a basket with flowers and a "Help Yourself" sign. We
have started to put those materials in the basket for our health department
clients to take. Our clients regularly clean out the basket. Now I don't
feel quite so bad about the waste. I know here on the HEDIR we usually
discuss much more "weighty" subjects, but it's an idea I wish I would have
thought of sooner.
Laurie Schierer
Woodford County Health Dept/
Eureka Community Hospital
109 S. Major
Eureka, IL
(309) 467-2371 ext. 4213
fax (309)467-5104
laurieschierer@hotmail.com
"When I dare to be powerful, to use my
strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less important
whether or not I am afraid." Audre Lorde
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#783
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:40:43 -0500
From: Jeff Schulz
Subject: Re: FRC challenge to publication about sexual orientation and youth
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Could someone please explain how the FRC is associated with the HEDIR?
Jeff Schulz, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor of Health Education
Dept. of HPERS
Box 6186
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-7231 (O)
662-325-4525 (F)
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#784
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:36:08 -0600
From: "Walter A. Hanks"
Subject: Re: FRC challenge to publication about sexual orientation and youth
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The FRC is overtly trying to control a very important part of the
role of a health educator - sexuality education. Everything they do
impacts the future of our profession. Therefore, I see no reason why
their press releases wouldn't be appropriate topics of discussion for
the HEDIR. I am personally grateful that Dr. Temple takes the time to
post them.
Walt Hanks
At 3:40 PM -0500 04/04/2000, Jeff Schulz wrote:
>
>Could someone please explain how the FRC is associated with the HEDIR?
>
>Jeff Schulz, Ph.D.
>Asst. Professor of Health Education
>Dept. of HPERS
>Box 6186
>Mississippi State, MS 39762
>662-325-7231 (O)
>662-325-4525 (F)
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#785
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 07:23:52 -0400
From: Donald B Ardell
Subject: A Wellness Perspective on Travel
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> Greetings--Here is the essay for Wednesday's wellness how
> (http://www.yourhealth.com)
Enjoy, if you like this sort of thing. If not, well, what can I say? :)
Don
=============================
The theme this week is "travel and your health: staying healthy while away from
home." There are two ways to approach this theme. The first is from a
traditional medical perspective, which is how 99.9 percent of people would view
the question. From a medical standpoint, the focus is how NOT to become
unhealthy during one's travels. However, from a wellness perspective, the
outlook is quite different. In the eyes of a wellness enthusiast, the focus
when contemplating significant travel is how do I become optimally fit for the
experience! The wellness mindset is less concerned about avoiding a negative
and more intent on achieving a positive. In this case, it means focusing not so
much on steps to prevent having a business or vacation junket ruined by illness
or disease but instead upon how to derive maximum satisfaction and joy from
travel adventures. Some of the preparations will be the same in either case,
such as having immunizations if planning a trip to an unfamiliar foreign
destination like, for example, Cape Town, Taipei or Miami.* However, the
wellness devotee will want to be as physically fit as possible for the journey.
He or she will also think of ways to maintain healthy routines while traveling,
including daily workouts, continuing wise food patterns and stress management
practices and all the rest. The wellness seeker, in short, does not leave these
matters to chance or convenience but plans for them before a trip and attends to
them during days away from home.
Wherever you are, wherever you're going, you will be taking your body with you,
so look after it before, during and after travel. As George Eliot put it quite
some time ago, "Our deeds still travel with us from afar and what we have been
makes us what we are." (Middlemarch, 1871) Just so, George.
SPECIAL SITUATIONS. It's nice if you can choose a hotel that has exercise
facilities on-site, but it is far better to have a capacity to workout wherever
you are, regardless of facilities available. Runners and walkers, for example,
can do their thing just about anywhere on earth, though of course some places
are safer and more attractive than others. Life is not fair, as I'm sure you
have noted by now, so it should be acknowledged that women have a much harder
time exercising and staying stress free and safe away from home, and in familiar
environs, as well. Most women learn to deal effectively with the added risks
associated with their perceived vulnerability with a variety of strategies
(e.g., running with others, carefully selecting routes, being vigilant and so
on) that promote safety while still enabling the pursuit of continued high
fitness levels. Even in this day and age, most hotels do not have exercise
rooms, and the equipment in most that do is pitiful, though your chances of
finding accommodations with adequate facilities or a YMCA or other club nearby
are much better than in the past. In my opinion, you have to have some kind of
world-class discipline, immense commitment and a great immunity to boredom to
actually do the routines needed to gain worthy exercise from jogging in-place in
your hotel room or using one of the many elastic band type resistance exercise
devices. These things are convenient to pack and even easier to ignore.
TRAVEL PRECAUTIONS OF A MEDICAL NATURE. In this third millennium, I suppose it
is still possible to find places to go where you need to take vaccinations and
other precautions against tsetse flies or related pestilent horrors and ghastly
sanitation conditions, environmental hazards, hostile natives, warring ethnic
and religious groups and so on. But, why on earth would you want to go to such
places anyway? Just kidding--there are lots of good reasons why some devoted,
brave and resolute sojourners put themselves in harm's way and otherwise risk
their health, wellness and life itself and we should be grateful to and
appreciative of them, for what kind of a world would we have today if everyone
demanded the comforts and attractions of Paris, Geneva, Vancouver, Sydney and
the like or else stayed home?
But, personally, being given to self indulgence, creature comforts and serenity
and calm, I feel a kinship with Martha Zimmerman, who said, "If God had meant us
to travel tourist class, he would have made us narrower."
What kinds of travel-related lifestyle questions might be on your mind this
week? Do you have any curiosities about the nature of wellness? Or, perhaps
you might like to entertain a few specific suggestions from me as to how you
might overcome or go around an obstacle or two in your path? Send a question if
you want a few ideas as to how you might sustain good intentions to become
really and truly fit and otherwise be as well as possible. Let's go to the
questions already at the site. Glad you are here--the Cyberville lines are
open, so to speak.
CLOSE (HEDIRites take note-this has to be written BEFORE the program. Weird,
but that's show business.)
Myrtle Reed wrote, "Penetrate deeply into the secret existence of anyone about
you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you will come upon
things they spend all their efforts to hide. Fair as the exterior may be, if you
go in, you will find bare places, heaps of rubbish that can never be taken away,
cold hearths, desolate altars, and windows veiled with cobwebs." All of this is
true of Paris, Geneva, Vancouver, Sydney and the earth's garden spots of
civilized comforts and high art. Sure they are beautiful and romantic and
wonderful in countless ways, but they, too, have their bare places, uncollected
rubbish, cold hearths and desolate altars. And, conversely, even the grimmest
spots on Earth have their charms and enticements, if you know where and how to
look. It is all in the mindset you take on the journey.
So consider that the critical variable for mental, emotional and psychological
health and wellness in all your travels, in first/second/third or any world
country on this planet, may well be the attitude you pack for the trip. Try to
be positive, upbeat, considerate and flexible and expect the unusual and make
the best of all situations. Enjoy your travels--and your life. I'll try to
keep all this in mind myself, as I depart in a couple weeks for Sydney and
Brisbane, Australia for a series of lectures and to compete on April 30th as a
member of Team USA in the World Triathlon Championship in Perth.
All the best. Wherever you are and wherever you go, please be well.
Donald B. Ardell
>
> * Speaking of Miami, my vote for the best sarcasm of the week goes to
> columnist Maureen Dowd for the following excerpt in her weekend column about
> "the Battle Over Elian."
>
> "Many argue that it is an outrage to expect Elián González to live in a place
> that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. But I don't
> think Miami is so bad."
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#786
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:12:20 EDT
From: Murphey Patti
Subject: STD statistics
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To All:
I have recently been challenged to the validity of the reporting of CDC's health statistics concerning STD's. The student was concerned that the information from the CDC is acquired through county health departments where usually low-income persons have access to health care. I understand the student's concern of biased reporting. Can anyone give an explanation of how these statistics are compiled and the validity of these statistics? Also, if possible, give another website where reputable statistics on STD's are given?
Thanks in advance,
Patti Murphey
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#787
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:49:16 -0500
From: Tim & Diana Ruschhaupt
Subject: Youth Advisory Councils
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We are in the process of developing a youth advisory council. We could =
use some help in this development. If you have worked with or have a =
youth advisory council and would be willing to share information, please =
contact me. Thank you in advance for your help.
Diana Ruschhaupt
Ruth Lilly Health Education Center
2055 N. Senate Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46250
317-924-0904
dianar@iquest.net
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#788
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 04:36:41 -0400
From: "Nowak, Bonnie"
Subject: ANF Publications
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* Snapshots of Child Care: Arrangements, Hours in Care, and Use of
Multiple Arrangements
* Why Did Medicaid Enrollment Fall in 1996?
Child Care Arrangements for Children Under Five: Variation Across States;
Policy Brief B-7; March, 2000; Jeffrey Capizzano, Gina Adams, Freya
Sonenstein. Three quarters of all children younger than five with employed
mothers are in nonparental child care while their mothers work regardless of
income according to this brief based on the 1997 National Survey of
America's Families. The finding was true for children from both low- and
higher-income families. While the high use of child care is consistent
across states, states vary significantly in the type of child care parents
use. The brief examines the use of center-based care, family child care,
relative care, nanny or babysitter care, and parent care in 12 states.
http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b7.html
The Hours that Children Under Five Spend in Child Care: Variation Across
States; Policy Brief B-8; March 2000; Jeffrey Capizzano, Gina Adams.
Nationally, 41 percent of children younger than five with employed
mothers are in child care full-time (35 hours or more per week). Another 25
percent are in child care from 15 - 34 hours per week. Three- and
four-year-olds are in child care more hours per week than those younger than
three. Children in higher income families spend slightly more time in care
than low-income children. Use of full-time care in the 12 states studied
varies from 59 percent and 56 percent in Mississippi and Alabama to 29
percent in California and Massachusetts.
http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b8/b8.html
The Number of Child Care Arrangements Used by Children Under Five:
Variation Across States; Policy Brief B-12; March 2000; Jeffrey Capizzano,
Gina Adams. 38 percent of children in nonparental care have more than one
regular child care arrangement each week. Most of these children are in two
arrangements. Low-income and higher-income families are equally likely to
use multiple arrangements. Three- and four-year-olds were more than three
times as likely to be in three or more arrangements than children younger
than three. Of those children that use two or more arrangements, two-thirds
are in a combination of formal centers and family child care homes) and
informal (relatives and baby-sitters) arrangements.
http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b12/b12.html
How Welfare Reform and Economic Factors Affected Medicaid Participation:
1984-1996; Discussion Paper 00-01; March 2000; Leighton Ku and Bowen
Garrett. In 1996, the number of people on Medicaid fell for the first time
in recent history. This report presents the results of an econometric
analysis of the factors that affected state Medicaid participation from
1984-96 and applies these results to estimate which factors contributed to
the 1995-96 downturn. The principal finding is that welfare reform and the
economy both significantly affected the Medicaid caseload decline at roughly
similar levels.
http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/discussion00-01.html
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#789
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:55:43 -0400
From: ronjohn
Subject: webpage design contest
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Hello,
Does anyone out there have experience with holding a webpage design contest
for teens? I'm looking for insight/advice. We are thinking about
developing the contest as a way of both getting the word out about our youth
program and gaining a teen-friendly webpage. We think large numbers of
teens in this target audience will have at least basic experience with
creating websites.
Comments?
-Roni Neff
Roni Neff
Assistant Director
CHANA: Counseling, Helpline & Aid Network for Abused Women
101 W. Mount Royal Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 234-0030
rneff@jcfb.org
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#790
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:06:37 -0400
From: Elbert Glover
Subject: Verifying Smoking
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HEDIR
I was asked about verifying smoking abstinence on The Academy Listserv and have been asked a similar question on the HEDIR, so I thought I forward this message to interested persons on the HEDIR as well. If you don't have a need to verify smoking abstinence for either adolescents or adults then delete.
The orginal question was about how do you go about verifying smoking abstience.
You've got many options for verifying smoking abstinence. You can verify smoking via self-report (not reliable nor acceptable in quality research) or chemically verify using CO or nicotine/cotinine assays via saliva, plasma, or urine. We tend to use plasma or urine with a CO as a backup and as secondary verification. If you want something non-invasive, cheap, and easy, the NicCheck is also acceptable, it's a urine dip test and costs about $1.50 per test, very simple, clean.
For NicCheck, contact
Sarah Nochur
781-890-0021
However, if you 've got money in a budget, a CO monitor is nice and can be used for years. A CO monitor can be ordered from Bedfont (I don't have the address handy but can find it for you). It costs around $1000-1200 and you'll need calibrating gas and mouth pieces. In addition to a CO, we like a NicCheck, or saliva, plasma, or urine cotinines.
Saliva can be analyzed at the Behavioral Endocrinology Lab at Penn State does these, but I'm not sure of their cost. Contact Douglas Granger at psubel@psu.edu, tel (814) 863-8402 or 862-5577. Tell him I sent you.
You can use LabStat in Kitchener Ontario,. You might get saliva cotinines done cheaper there, given the US-Canadian dollar exchange rate. They charge about $30 Canadian per sample. Contact Jan Zavitski, tel (519 )748-5409. (And check out the FedEx rules re trans-border shipment of human bio samples before you ship -- you need to iron out the details first, especially for bios with dry ice or gel packs).
There is one company, Salimetrics, that specializes in salivary biomarker determination and also performs salivary cotinine testing. Their laboratory staff has extensive experience with performing these assays, and because of this, you can be assure that you would receive the highest quality results. If so, you may respond via e-mail
or call the 800 number below.
Jeremy Trexel
Salimetrics, LLC
P.O. Box 395
State College, PA 16801
voice: 800-790-2258
fax: 814-234-1608
www.salimetrics.com
Also, the cost depends on what kind of test you want to run (which method). If you only need to differentiate smokers from nonsmokers, you might consider Judy Fitzpatrick's method, the Nicometer, which is a strip that you place in the saliva and it give you a reading. It's very easy...and inexpensive at about $400-$500 per box of 100 strips. They have a web page (www.serexinc.com). Judy's # is 201-368-5700, if you have specific questions that aren't answered on the web. For differentiating between smokers and nonsmokers, we always use NicCheck, it safe and cheap ($1.50 per test). However, it's a qualitative and not a quantataive reading; consequently, we always include a uring or plasma nicotine/cotinine assay (as noted above).
Using cotinine assays, for plasma, are difficult to use because not everyone can analyze them, therefore I suggest Benowitz's lab; however, they want the samples in batches for a cheaper price. If you have small batches, contact your local hospital, medical center, there is a small chance they do them but almost anywhere you take them there will be a delay to receive results because they almost all use the same national labs to analyze because it is not a common test but as monies flow in to tobacco cessation (adolescent and adult) they are becoming more common. Agaian, for immediate verification, I use NicCheck (urine) as my qualitative measure and send out the remainder of the urine for a qualitative measure which comes back in a week to 10 days.
You've got remember several things, first, if you're using NRT to help smokers quit and you perform a NicCheck, the test will register positive for the smoker because the smoker is receiving nicotine via the product (gum, patch, nasal sprary, oral inhaler, or if the smoker is using other forms of tobacco, he/she will register positive). This is when you need the more sophisticated test because it can detect the difference in nicotine from smokeless tobacco vs. nicotine from smoking, etc. and always include a CO because COs can catch the person who is inhaling incomplete combustion (smoking cigs, pipes, cigars, etc.) Therefore to be really safe you need a combiniation of tests. There are so many options to think about that if anyone is interested, it is so much easier to talk to you then to attempt to write it out (it takes too long and can be confusing). So give me a call 304-293-7597.
Finally, there is a tendency for health educators to conduct primarily prevalence and survey research. We ask a tobacco usage question on whether a person uses tobacco without verification which is a limitation of these types of studies, therefore, we almost never verify smoking in huge populations due to costs. However, a sub-sample of the population will provide more accurate data, then just self-report. Verifying smoking or smokeless is used primarily in cessation studies and in these types of studies, self-report is not acceptable.
glover
Elbert D Glover PhD FAAHB
Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center
West Virgina University School of Medicine
1 Medical Center Dr (POB 9300)
Morgantown WV 26506-9300 USA
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#791
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:48:49 -0500
From: "Michael P. McNeil"
Subject: AOD Policy and Athletes
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Please forgive the cross posting - trying to reach as many institutions
as possible.
Oswego State University is considering revisions to campus policies and
procedures regarding the use of alcohol and other drugs by athletes. We
are interested in receiving copies of policies or procedures that
institutions have adopted supplemental to a campus-wide AOD policy.
Please mail, fax or e-mail any you can share to:
Michael P. McNeil
Health Promotions Coordinator
LifeStyles Center, WHC #10
Oswego State University
Oswego, NY 13126
Fax (315) 341-5409
mcneil@oswego.edu
Thanks in advance for your assistance!
In health,
Michael
--
Michael P. McNeil, M.S.
Health Promotions Coordinator
Lifestyles Center, Oswego State
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#792
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 04:18:04 -0700
From: Kathleen Middleton
Subject: Re: Youth Advisory Councils
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Diana
One of the things that my company does is assist agencies and organizations
to develop materials for use in their work. We has assisted an agency in
California that is focused on increasing the capacity of local agencies to
create youth advocacy councils -- the agency is called California Youth
Advocacy Network. Although the focus of this organization is on tobacco --
the strategies are very generic and can be used in a broader situation. We
distribute two publications that we helped them create:
1. The Youth Advocacy Guide is a binder full of strategies and information
about creating and maintaining youth groups.
2. The College Advocacy Guide is a binder with specific strategies for
collage-age youth who are coordinating activities.
Both are around $25.00 (I don't have the exact information as I am at home
responding to this message. Contact us and my staff will be happy to send a
flier about these materials.
Kathleen Middleton
Director and Publisher
ToucanEd
888 3 TOUCAN or 888 386-8226
kathleen@toucaned.com
or
info@toucaned.com
-----Original Message-----
From: The HEDIR--operated by Southern Illinois University/Mark J.
Kittleson, PhD [mailto:HEDIR-L@siu.edu]On Behalf Of Tim & Diana Ruschhaupt
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 7:49 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: Youth Advisory Councils
We are in the process of developing a youth advisory council. We could
use some help in this development. If you have worked with or have a youth
advisory council and would be willing to share information, please contact
me. Thank you in advance for your help.
Diana Ruschhaupt
Ruth Lilly Health Education Center
2055 N. Senate Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46250
317-924-0904
dianar@iquest.net
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#793
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 11:35:32 -0400
From: Elbert Glover
Subject: CO Monitor
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Julie Denning of the East Carolina University Student Health Service in Greenville, NC forwarded the following message to me, so you don't need to contact me for the info on the CO moniotr for she had the info readily available.
This Bedfont address is:
30 Jackson Road, Suite B-3
Medford, NJ 08055-9280
phone (609) 654-5561
fax (609) 654-9878
email: bedfont@bedfont-usa.com
Glover
Elbert D Glover PhD FAAHB
Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center
West Virgina University School of Medicine
1 Medical Center Dr (POB 9300)
Morgantown WV 26506-9300 USA
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#794
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:07:20 -0400
From: Robert Strack
Subject: test
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Please forgive this test.
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#795
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:59:41 -0400
From: David Duncan
Subject: Re: STD statistics
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The CDC statistics are not based on persons seeking health care from
the local health departments but on persons seeking health care from any
physician anywhere. There is a list of diseases, which includes the major
STDs, known as notifiable diseases. Any physician diagnosing any patient as
having one of those diseases must report thecase to the local public health
authority (city, county or state) which reports the numbers to the CDC.
In the past, some physicians were reluctant to report cases of
venereal disease while they readily reported rabies or parrot fever. This is
much less common today. The CDC statistics are the best available and
probably represent only a slight undercount of the number of cases of STDs
which are being treated. Of course, they don't reflect unrecognized or
otherwise untreated cases.
David F. Duncan
-----Original Message-----
From: Murphey Patti [mailto:Patika99@AOL.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 9:12 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: STD statistics
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To All:
I have recently been challenged to the validity of the reporting of
CDC's health statistics concerning STD's. The student was concerned that
the information from the CDC is acquired through county health departments
where usually low-income persons have access to health care. I understand
the student's concern of biased reporting. Can anyone give an explanation
of how these statistics are compiled and the validity of these statistics?
Also, if possible, give another website where reputable statistics on STD's
are given?
Thanks in advance,
Patti Murphey
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#796
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:55:49 -0400
From: "Milsten, Susan A"
Subject: Stress assessment for college students
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Is anyone aware of any stress management programs/workshops designed
specifically for college students. Thank you
Caree Oslislo
Lecturer, Health Department
Anne Arundel Community College
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#797
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:36:19 -0400
From: Robert Strack
Subject: **Conference Reminder**
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**Conference Reminder**
The deadline for conference early registration is coming up - April
17th.
and
The hotel reservation cut-off date with special conference rates at the
Denver Adams Mark is available until only April 13th.
DON’T DELAY!
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" Health Promotion Excellence in the New Century: Ascending New Heights
"
18th National ASTDHPPHE Conference on Health Education and Health
Promotion and the SOPHE 2000 Mid-Year Scientific Conference
May 17 - 19, 2000, Denver, Colorado
Register on line at
www.astdhpphe.org or www.sophe.org
Join us in Denver, Colorado from May 17 - 19, 2000 for the 18th National
ASTDHPPHE Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion and the
SOPHE 2000 Mid-Year Scientific Conference focusing on "Health Promotion
Excellence in the New Century: Ascending New Heights." This national
conference is the joint effort of the Association of State and
Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education
(ASTDHPPHE), the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This joint effort has
resulted in an exciting conference that will address the issues facing
health education and health promotion today and into the future. Five
plenary and twenty concurrent sessions will include strategies for
effective health promotion policy and advocacy, essential workforce
training needs of tomorrow’s health promotion and health education
professionals, how cutting edge technologies are impacting public health
practice, and the emerging issues and global trends impacting health
promotion and health education. Two post-conference workshops will be
offered to update your skills in social marketing and in the application
of the latest communications technologies. In addition, up to 13.5 CHES
credits will be available for certified health education specialists.
To register on line go to the SOPHE www.sophe.org and ASTDHPPHE
www.astdhpphe.org web sites!
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#798
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:04:33 -0400
From: Elbert Glover
Subject: Smoking
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Someone asked me a good question and that is "when you say ...You can verify smoking via self-report (not reliable nor
acceptable in quality research)," don't you mean clinically based research versus population based research?
RESPONSE
Now, clinical and population based are merging. What is being done in the better studies to verify smoking is that one takes the population at-large does self-reports with a sub-sample of the population in which you verify smoking then you extrapolate to the larger population. This makes it much more accurate then just doing self-reports.
Actually, in clinical research you are verifying smoking abstinence (looking at successes) whereas with population based studies you are typically trying to identify tobacco users to report prevalence/incidence. Typically, one is exclusion (clinical) of smokers and the other is including smokers (population). I'm generalizing but you should be able to discern the difference.
glover
Elbert D Glover PhD FAAHB
Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center
West Virgina University School of Medicine
1 Medical Center Dr (POB 9300)
Morgantown WV 26506-9300 USA
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#799
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:53:01 -0400
From: Adriane Griffen
Subject: Healthy People in Public Health Week
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Please forward to your colleagues:
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Healthy People in Public Health Week
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
This week is Public Health Week (April 3-9) - "Healthy People in Healthy
Communities". How are you using Healthy People in your activities?
For more information on how you utilize Healthy People in your Public Health
Week or general planning, go to:
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/whatsnew/default.htm
Healthy People is the health promotion and disease prevention agenda for the
Nation and is updated every ten years. The new Healthy People 2010 goals and
objectives were launched in January. For more information, go to:
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/
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#800
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:05:33 -0400
From: Beverly Mahoney
Subject: Call for Nominations/ESG Executive Committee
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This message contains two Call for Nominations Announcements for two
positions on Eta Sigma Gamma's National Executive Committee. If you are
not a member of ESG, you may want to delete (or, consider joining the
honorary and get involved!) One position is for Member at Large, and
the other is for a Student Member. Please feel free to share these with
colleagues. Thanks!
Call for Nominations
Eta Sigma Gamma, the National Professional Health Education Honorary, is
accepting nominations for Member-at-Large of our National Executive
Committee.
The elected representative will serve as a voting member of the National
Executive Committee and will also assume various sub-committee
responsibilities during the three year term of office. ESG's newly adopted
strategic plan serves as the framework for Honorary activities. This is a
three year commitment, beginning September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2003.
In addition to contributing to Executive Committee work throughout the
year, the successful candidate will be expected to attend the Executive
Committee's Annual meeting each year, which is held at National
Headquarters at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
The current ESG National Executive Committee is comprised of: Dr. Susan
Ward (President), Dr. Mal Goldsmith (Vice President), Dr. Jim McKenzie
(Secretary/Treasurer), Dr. Mohammad Torabi (Editor of the Health Education
Monograph Series), Dr. Judy Luebke (Editor of The Health Educator), Dr.
Kathleen Mullen Conley (Member-at-Large), Dr. Brian Colwell
(Member-at-Large), Denise Seabert (Student Member), Dr. Loren Bensley
(Historian), and myself (Immediate Past President). Mr. Jay Javed serves
as ESG Executive Director.
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for ESG Member at
Large, please send me your nomination by May 15, 2000. I will need the
nominee's name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and fax number.
Each nominee will be contacted to see if he or she is interested. Each
nominee will be asked to provide a 1-2 page biosketch, as well as a short
statement as to why he or she would like to serve on Eta Sigma Gamma's
Executive Committee. The nominations committee will review the nominees
and determine the candidates that will go forward in a national election
held during the summer of 2000.
If you have any questions, please contact me directly.
Beverly Saxton Mahoney, Ph.D., CHES
Immediate Past President, Eta Sigma Gamma
814/732-2220
bmahoney@edinboro.edu
Call for Nominations
Eta Sigma Gamma, the National Professional Health Education Honorary, is
accepting nominations for Student Member of our National Executive
Committee.
The elected student representative will serve as a voting member of the
National Executive Committee and will also assume various sub-committee
responsibilities during the two year term of office. Since its inception,
the Vision, our biannual newsletter, has been the responsibility of the
student member, and the person elected to this office will serve as the
Editor of the Vision. The student member is actively involved in
student-related activities at the annual meetings of ASHA and AAHE. This is
a two year commitment, beginning September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2002.
In addition to contributing to Executive Committee work throughout the
year, the successful candidate will be expected to attend the Executive
Committee's Annual meeting each year, which is held at National
Headquarters at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
The current ESG National Executive Committee is comprised of: Dr. Susan
Ward (President), Dr. Mal Goldsmith (Vice President), Dr. Jim McKenzie
(Secretary/Treasurer), Dr. Mohammad Torabi (Editor of the Health Education
Monograph Series), Dr. Judy Luebke (Editor of The Health Educator), Dr.
Kathleen Mullen Conley (Member-at-Large), Dr. Brian Colwell
(Member-at-Large), Denise Seabert (Student Member), Dr. Loren Bensley
(Historian), and myself (Immediate Past President). Mr. Jay Javed serves
as ESG Executive Director.
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for the position of
student representative, please send me your nomination by May 10, 2000. I
will need the nominee's name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and
fax number. Each nominee will be contacted to see if he or she is
interested. Each nominee will be asked to provide a 1-2 page biosketch, as
well as a short statement as to why he or she would like to serve on Eta
Sigma Gamma's Executive Committee. The nominations committee will review
the nominees and determine the candidates that will go forward in a
national election held during the summer of 2000.
If you have any questions, please contact me directly.
Beverly Saxton Mahoney, Ph.D., CHES
Immediate Past President, Eta Sigma Gamma
814/732-2220
bmahoney@edinboro.edu
Beverly Saxton Mahoney, PhD, CHES
Department of Health and Physical Education
140 Faculty Annex
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2220
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#801
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:12:05 -0400
From: "Richard E. Cain"
Subject: Call for Programs
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CALL FOR PROGRAMS
Eastern District Association Convention of AAHPRED
Newport, Rhode Island
March 6 - 11, 2001
The EDA convention leadership team is seeking proposals that are discipline
specific and
cross disciplines. Also, those disciplines where HPERD disciplines relate
to math, reading,
social studies, and science, movement-learning connections, sport skill
development, fitness,
health, project adventure, coaching techniques and technology.
Submissions are due by September 1, 2000.
For a copy of the proposal submission form, contact:
Richard E. Cain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Education
Rhode Island College
Room 129 HPEA Complex
Providence, RI 02908
401-456-9692
email: rcain@ric.edu
__________________________________
Richard E. Cain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Education
Rhode Island College
Room 129 HPEA Complex
Providence, RI 02908-1991
401-456-9692 - Office
401-456-8875 - FAX
401-946-6413 - Home
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#802
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 07:28:30 -0400
From: Valorie Nybo
Subject: Questions
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I am preparing to participate in interviews, and of course, would like to be as
well prepared as possible. Would any of you be willing to contribute interview
questions that you would consider important when interviewing a prospective
faculty member? What are Deans likely to ask that would be different from the
interview committee? What might students ask that Deans would not think of?
I will be happy to compile the questions and send them on to any prospective
interviewers or interviewees.
Thanks
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#803
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:47:47 -0500
From: "Kenneth R. McLeroy"
Subject: Re: STD statistics
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I would suggest contacting the the Epidemiology Program Office at CDC. Many people consider STD's to be underreported since many private physicians may not submit required reports.
-Ken McLeroy
>>> David Duncan 4/5/00 12:59:41 PM >>>
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The CDC statistics are not based on persons seeking health care from
the local health departments but on persons seeking health care from any
physician anywhere. There is a list of diseases, which includes the major
STDs, known as notifiable diseases. Any physician diagnosing any patient as
having one of those diseases must report thecase to the local public health
authority (city, county or state) which reports the numbers to the CDC.
In the past, some physicians were reluctant to report cases of
venereal disease while they readily reported rabies or parrot fever. This is
much less common today. The CDC statistics are the best available and
probably represent only a slight undercount of the number of cases of STDs
which are being treated. Of course, they don't reflect unrecognized or
otherwise untreated cases.
David F. Duncan
-----Original Message-----
From: Murphey Patti [mailto:Patika99@AOL.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 9:12 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: STD statistics
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To All:
I have recently been challenged to the validity of the reporting of
CDC's health statistics concerning STD's. The student was concerned that
the information from the CDC is acquired through county health departments
where usually low-income persons have access to health care. I understand
the student's concern of biased reporting. Can anyone give an explanation
of how these statistics are compiled and the validity of these statistics?
Also, if possible, give another website where reputable statistics on STD's
are given?
Thanks in advance,
Patti Murphey
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** http://www.hedir.siu.edu
** Submit to the IEJHE
** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
** Check Out the New HEDIR Directory (Names Only for now):
** http://www.hedir.siu.edu
** Submit to the IEJHE
** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
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#804
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:11:21 -0700
From: Jill Kendra Gross
Subject: Re: Stress assessment for college students
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Yesterday, I accidentally (there are no accidents,
right?) ran across some material from the McKinley
Health Center at the University of Illinois. The
website is titled, "Stress Management Strategies for
the College Student" and the URL is
www.uiuc.edu/departments/mckinley/health-info/stress/str-mngt.html
Good luck!
In good health,
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#805
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:39:59 -0400
From: Robert Strack
Subject: test
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#806
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 14:11:05 -0500
From: Jodi
Subject: please unsubscribe
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#807
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 13:56:12 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D."
Subject: 2002 AAHE Scholar of the Year
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I've just found out that, Dr. Randy Black, Purdue University, has been
selected as the 2002 AAHE Scholar of the Year. Congratulations to a very
deserving individual. The 2001 scholar is Mohammad Torabi, Indiana
University and will presenting his talk next year in Cincinatti. Again
congrats to Mo....
the question I have is whether the state of Indiana has anything special in
its water.... :)
Also, as many of you know, Bob McDermott also delivered a phenomenal talk
for the 2000 AAHE Scholar.
It is interesting that all three are active members on the HEDIR....hmmmm....
congrats to the three of them...you've made us proud to be health
educators.....
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Southern Illinois University
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#808
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:18:08 -0400
From: Elbert Glover
Subject: Re: 2002 AAHE Scholar of the Year
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Great comments Mark but all 3 AAHE scholars this millennium are founding members of The Academy.
2000 Bob McDermott
2001 Mo Torabi
2002 Randy Black
glover
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>>> "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D." 04/06/00 02:56PM >>>
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I've just found out that, Dr. Randy Black, Purdue University, has been
selected as the 2002 AAHE Scholar of the Year. Congratulations to a very
deserving individual. The 2001 scholar is Mohammad Torabi, Indiana
University and will presenting his talk next year in Cincinatti. Again
congrats to Mo....
the question I have is whether the state of Indiana has anything special in
its water.... :)
Also, as many of you know, Bob McDermott also delivered a phenomenal talk
for the 2000 AAHE Scholar.
It is interesting that all three are active members on the HEDIR....hmmmm....
congrats to the three of them...you've made us proud to be health
educators.....
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Southern Illinois University
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#809
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:52:37 -0400
From: William Reger
Subject: Identification of public relations/advertising agency
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I need assistance.
I have between $30,000 and $40,000 to develop radio, television and print ads to promote walking. Do you know of any public relations and/or advertising agencies that can produce high quality radio and television ads? If so, please send me the contact information or have them contact me.
Thank you.
Bill Reger
Bill Reger, Ed.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Medicine
West Virginia University
School of Medicine
P O Box 9190
Morgantown, WV 26506-9190
Phone: (304) 293-0764
Fax: (304) 293-6685
E-mail: wreger@hsc.wvu.edu
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#811
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 19:06:31 -0400
From: Ruth Tunick
Subject: textbook
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Hi,
Does anyone have any suggestions for an undergraduate text for a
Contemporary Health Issues course? Right now the text is an Allyn and
Bacon text called Health: The Basics. Has anyone used this text? Any
suggestions/comments appreciated.
Ruth Tunick, Ph.D.
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#812
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:36:19 -0400
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#813
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:49:27 -0400
From: Michael Pejsach
Subject: Re: Identification of public relations/advertising agency
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Dr. Reger,
I would spend the money buying strategic air time. I would recommend, then, that you look for an advertising company that would produce the ads (ads, not ad, as it takes more than one hit on the air) pro bono as community service. While I was in New Orleans, I was working with the ACS
chapter and they had about the same amount for a School Health Education ad campaign. The advertising company produced two very high quality ads, at cost. ACS then partnered with a TV station, 2nd most popular in the Metro New Orleans area, to air the ads during "The Today Show,' in the am
and other prime time shows (NBC), at night. They did saturate, albeit I'm not sure how strategic it was. Using one channel is not the best choice, but it was free prime time air time.
I also suggest that you use a local ad company or tv station to produce your ads. They will have a better idea of what will work, going on, and have a good sense of targeting/channel strategies in the community. If you use a tv station, you should know that they're the same folks (producers)
who produce those used car ads for local tv; kind of like hacking an ad--- they're not advertisers
You probably will want to write an RFP type app for potential producers/ad agencies and include the theory behind the ad you want (Reasoned action: moving and walking is the norm, staying still on your butt all the time is not, etc.). Also, I suggest a strong emotional element (funny, sad,
love, sexy) to your message.
One of the health education programs I managed was, for a while, part of a marketing department. We worked with very talented people. It was always a challenge to produce tv, radio and print media ads. In almost all situations, tv ads were produced externally via a local, or close
(Lafayette, LA, for example) professional ad agency with award-winning credentials. It was a process though, working the media message to get the health education message home. We didn't go to New York or Houston. Most of the companies we worked with were able to work with us to produce
messages for all mediums, radio, tv, internet, and print.
Sorry I can't give you the name of a company in West Virginia. I would probably look at Charleston, or maybe, as far as Pittsburgh(?). You may want to pick up Advertising Week, online, at http://www.adweek.com/ as hey often list agencies.
Have you thought about partnering with a hospital or worksite so you can stretch the money and turn the effort into a campaign?
Hope this helps, FYI.
Michael
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> I need assistance.
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> I have between $30,000 and $40,000 to develop radio, television and print ads to promote walking. Do you know of any public relations and/or advertising agencies that can produce high quality radio and television ads? If so, please send me the contact information or have them contact me.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Bill Reger
>
> Bill Reger, Ed.D
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Community Medicine
> West Virginia University
> School of Medicine
> P O Box 9190
> Morgantown, WV 26506-9190
> Phone: (304) 293-0764
> Fax: (304) 293-6685
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>
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#814
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:53:55 EDT
From: Deanna Pereira
Subject: Tobacco-related resources
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I came across two interesting tobacco-related resources that I would like to share with everyone.
The World Health Organization, the world leader in health promotional activities, recently published its World Health Report 1999 outlining its major priorities for the year. As cited in this report, the WHO recognizes that tobacco use has reached epidemic proportions. Subsequently, the WHO launched the Tobacco-Free initiative and acknowledged the tobacco epidemic as a global problem with serious repercussions.
To get more details about the WHO’s Tobacco-Free initiative, please visit
http://www.who.int/whr/1999/en/report.htm
Over the years, our government has imposed substantial taxes and regulation on tobacco use in order to reduce tobacco consumption. And, countless reports have proven that tobacco is an addictive substance and produces harmful effects. We all agree that alcohol, tobacco, and other drug overuse produce detrimental effects on an individual’s health and are topics of concern to health education professionals, government officials, university professors, and health program directors. One publication that addresses alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse is Substance Abuse Funding News. This leading national digest provides the latest news affecting substance abuse professionals and offers federal and private grant announcements for substance abuse programs.
Each twice monthly issue has corporate and foundation grant opportunities as well as just-released federal funding notices from agencies such as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Department of Education. Each grant announcement includes complete contact information for quick follow up.
It also provides insights on federal budget proposals and agency actions, new research findings, developments in treatment, and valuable grant seeking tips from grant officials.
I wanted to let you all know that in celebration of National Public Health week, members of the HEDIR group can receive $50 off their subscription to Substance Abuse Funding News.
To view a sample issue of Substance Abuse Funding News, please visit and download the most recent issue:
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If you know of other tobacco-related resources or web sites, please let me know.
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#815
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:21:32 -0700
From: Andrew P Jenkins
Subject: Controversial Issues textbook
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Ruth and others,
Sorry about the shameless plug but hey, she asked! ;)
I have just come out with an excellent text designed specifically for
use in undergraduate courses on controversial issues in health and
health education. It's title is "STAND: Health" published by
Coursewise. For the book description go to this address
http://www.coursewise.com/disciplines/health/jenkins.html
or go to
http://www.coursewise.com/
for a complete review of all the nifty ancillaries and other titles.
The book comes with a strong web-based component including web-based
quizzes and web-based student activities. They also offer syllabus
help, on-line postings, and other nifty add-ons. The entire book and
its ancillaries are designed to encourage CRITICAL THINKING and INFORMED
OPINION. Most of the issues and articles are not simply pro/con,
black/white comparisons but special effort was made to select readings
that allowed students to escape dichotomous thinking in order to view
multiple and contrasting viewpoints.
Best of all, the book is discounted to $9.95 right now and the students
can order on-line!
I've attached the Table of Contents at the bottom of this page.
Andy J :{)
Ruth Tunick wrote:
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> Hi,
> Does anyone have any suggestions for an undergraduate text for a
> Contemporary Health Issues course? Right now the text is an Allyn and
> Bacon text called Health: The Basics. Has anyone used this text? Any
> suggestions/comments appreciated.
> Ruth Tunick, Ph.D.
>
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1: CONSUMER HEALTH
ISSUE 1: Are Sunscreens Really
Safe & Effective for
Preventing Skin Cancer?
1 Sunscreens, Suntans, and Skin
Cancer, J.M. McGregor and
A.R. Young. Student British
Medical Journal, August 1996.
2 Too Little Sun? Consumer Reports
on Health, July 1997.
3 New Sunscreens, Christine
Gorman. Time, June 29, 1998.
ISSUE 2: How Safe Are Herbal Drugs
and Food Supplements?
4 The Naturals, Patricia Long.
Health, June 1995.
5 The Herbal Minefield, Stephen
Barrett. [www.quackwatch.com]
6 Herbal Energizers: Speed by Any
Other Name, Andrew P.
Jenkins. JOPERD, February 1997.
ISSUE 3: Is Vegetarianism Really
Healthful?
7 Position Statement of the ADA:
Vegetarian Diets. Journal
of the American Dietetic
Association, November 1993.
8 Why I am Not a Vegetarian. Dr.
William T. Jarvis. Priorities,
Volume 9, Number 2, 1997.
SECTION 2: MEN'S HEALTH ISSUES
ISSUE 4: Is Viagra a Benefit or
Bane to Human Sexuality In
America?
9 The Viagra Craze, Bruce Handy.
Time, May 4 1998.
10 Viagra's Power Could Pressure
Marriages. Karen S.
Peterson. USA Today, April 30,
1998.
ISSUE 5:Routine Circumcision for
Baby Boys: Is It Hygiene or
Mutilation?
11 Separated at Birth, Mark
Jenkins. Men's Health,
July/August 1998.
12 Advantages and Disadvantages of
Neonatal Circumcision.
JAMA (Letters to the Editor), July
16, 1997.
SECTION 3: WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES
ISSUE 6:Is Hormone Therapy for
Women Safe, Effective, and
Healthful?
13 Love's Labor's Lost? Rosie
Mestel. Health, July/August
1998.
14 Hormone Replacement Therapy:
Weighing the Benefits and
Risks. Harvard Health Letter,
October 1997.
15 Is Progesterone Good for Your
Breasts? Christane
Northrup. Health Wisdom for Women,
December 1997.
ISSUE 7: Are Mammograms for
Younger Women Necessary?
16 Hard Won Consensus on Screening
Younger Women.
National Alliance for Breast
Cancer Organizations, 1998.
17 The Mammogram Debate. Consumer
Reports Online, April
1997.
[http://www.consumerreports.org]
18 Concerns about Recommending
Routine Screening
Mammograms for Women Age 40 to 49,
Jacquelyn Paykel and
William H. Wolberg.
[http://www.surgery.wisc.edu/wolberg/paykel2.html]
19 Deceiving Numbers: Breast
Cancer Risk often
Overestimated, Jim Ritter. Chicago
Sun-Times, January 22,
1999.
SECTION 4: SEXUALITY
ISSUE 8: Which Is More Effective:
Abstinence-Based or
Contraception-Based Sexuality
Education Programs in
Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies
and STDs?
20 The Failure of Sex Education,
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead.
Atlantic Monthly, October 1994.
21 What's Wrong with Abstinence
Only Sexuality Education
Programs? Debra W. Haffner. SIECUS
Report, April/May 1997.
SECTION 5: DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
ISSUE 9: Caffeine: Harmless Drug
or Serious Health Concern?
22 Caffeine: Not So Bad for Your
Bones after All. Tufts
University Health & Nutrition
Newsletter, September 1997.
23 What Caffeine Can Do for You
and to You. Consumer
Reports On-Line, September 1997.
24 Caffeine: The Inside Scoop, D.
Scharldt and S. Schmidt.
Nutrition Action Newsletter,
December 1996.
25 Study Finds Coffee May Help
Battle Colon Cancer, Michael
Lasalandra. Boston Herald, January
22, 1999.
ISSUE 10: Addicted Pregnant Women:
Are They Victims or
Criminals?
26 Abuse Law Covers Fetus, a High
Court Rules, Tamar Lewin.
New York Times, October 30, 1997.
27 Why the Supreme Court Should
Rule against Mandatory
Treatment: Five Good Reasons.
Canadian Women's Health
Network Newsletter. (Adapted from
"Considering the 'G' Case:
Second Thoughts on Compulsory
Treatment Orders for
Women, their Families and
Society," Womanly Times, the
Newsletter of Women's Health
Clinic in Winnipeg, Spring1997)
ISSUE 11: Should the Legal Limit
for Blood Alcohol
Concentration for Drunk Driving be
Lowered?
28 Reducing the Definition of
Drunk Driving to .08% BAC.
Empire State Restaurant and Tavern
Association.
[www.esrta.org/advocacy.html]
29 House Rules Committee under
Influence of Alcohol and
Hospitality Industries, Strikes
Down .08 BAC Drunk Driving
Amendment. MADD.
[http://www.madd.org/news/08-98rule.shtml]
30 The .08 Debate: Social Drinking
vs. Drunk Driving.
American Beverage Institute.
[http://www.abionline.org/index.htm]
ISSUE 12: Is It Time to Reexamine
Our Approach to
Addictions?
31 The End to Addictions, Richard
Leviton. Alternative Medicine
Digest.
32 Half Steps vs. 12 Steps, Michel
Marriott. Newsweek, March
27, 1995.
33 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence,
Lester Grinspoon and
James B. Bakalar, with Paul S.
Appelbaum, Herbert Fingarette,
Marc A. Schuckit, and George E.
Vaillant. The Harvard Medical
School Mental Health Review.
SECTION 6: HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA
ISSUE 13: Is Physician Assisted
Suicide a Viable Treatment
Option for the Terminally Ill?
34 Rushing Heaven's Door, Jayne
Garrison. Health, May/June
1997.
35 Legalizing Physician Assisted
Suicide: Some Thoughts and
Concerns, Harold G. Koenig. The
Journal of Family Practice,
Volume 37, Number 2, 1993.
ISSUE 14: Are Alternative Medicine
Practices Viable Health
Care Options or Quackery?
36 Why Unconventional Medicine?
Edward W. Campion. New
England Journal of Medicine,
January 28, 1993.
37 An Interview with Andrew Weil:
Natural Medicine, Natural
Health, Dan Redwood.
[www.wholeliving.com]
38 Be Wary of Alternative Health
Methods, Stephen Barrett.
[www.quackwatch.com]
ISSUE 15: Who Benefits from
Managed Health-Care?
39 Problems with Managed Care.
NCPA.
[www.public-policy.org/~ncpa/health/pdh19.html]
40 Dispelling Managed Care Myths,
American Association of
Health Plans. [www.aahp.org]
41 Preserving the Best Health Care
Possible, Paul R. Ehrmann.
The HMO Page.
[www.hmopage.org/preserving.html]
SECTION 7: SPIRITUAL HEALTH
ISSUE 16: Can Spirituality Affect
Your Physical Health?
42 Faith and Healing: Making a
Place for Spirituality. Harvard
Health Letter, February 1998.
43 Can Spirituality Uplift Your
Health? Consumer Reports on
Health, June 1998.
44 Health and Spirituality:
Medicine Ponders How the Two May
Interact. Mayo Clinic Health
Letter, November 1996.
45 Can Prayer Heal? Peter Jaret.
Health, March 1998.
--
***********************************************************************
"Of course risk-taking is marked by failure-otherwise it’d be called
"sure-thing-taking"!
Andrew P Jenkins, Ph.D. CHES
Health Education Programs
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-963-1041
Website http://www.cwu.edu/~jenkinsa/
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#816
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:22:12 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D."
Subject: updated state directory
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My assistant, Gretchen Lingle, has completed the state/job directory and is
now on the web at both my home page (www.kittle.siu.edu) and the hedir web
page (www.hedir.siu.edu)
Please take a look to see if items are correct. If they are not correct,
please go back to the hedir web page and re-register, indicating that this
is a corrected format. I had a slight problem and most of the people who
have registered since mid-March have been lost in cyberspace...so please go
and re-register....again, indicating that this is an update.
My thanks to Gretchen for her hard work.
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Southern Illinois University
Home Page: http://www.kittle.siu.edu
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#817
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 17:10:24 -0400
From: Isabel Burk
Subject: child development, trauma and violence
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NLINE RESOURCE: HOW TRAUMA AFFECTS CHILDREN
Hello,
The following may be of interest to you. I don't have further
information; please see the website referenced for more information on
these subjects. Isabel
Scholastic is offering a free online resource for teachers interested in
learning more about child development, the brain, and the impact of
trauma and violence on children and families. "Meet Dr. Perry"
(http://scholastic.com/bruceperry ) features articles by Dr. Bruce
Perry,child psychiatrist and expert on child development and children in
crisis.
The site offers in-depth information on a variety of topics, including
* The Child's Loss: Death, Grief, and Mourning
* Biological Relativity: Time and the Developing Child
* The Impact of Abuse and Neglect on the Developing Brain
* Principles of Working with Traumatized Children
--
Isabel Burk, M.S., CHES
The Health Network
11 Adam Place
New City, NY 10956
(914) 638-3569 fax: (914) 638-1928
E-mail: iburk@idt.net
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#818
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 14:50:11 -0700
From: "Nakamura,Ron B"
Subject: Search
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> I am looking to get in touch with Larry Chapman,MPH of Summex Corporation
> and Karen Glanz. I would like to be sent their phone # and email address.
> If you can help I would greatly appreciate it.
>
Ron
Ronald B. Nakamura, MPH, CHES
Director of Health Education, Health Promotion and Prevention
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
393 E. Walnut St.
Pasadena, CA 91188
Phone: 626-564-3636
fax: 626-564-3647
email: ron.b.nakamura@kp.org
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#819
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:20:13 -0400
From: Karen Denard Goldman
Subject: Fwd: Could this be for real?
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Does anyone know if there is anything to this? This came through family
email.
kdg
kd>From:
>Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:59:24 EDT
>Subject: Could this be for real?
>To: rlgkdg@flash.net, kgoldman@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu, LDenard@aol.com,
> lad118@juno.com
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>This is scary!
>
>Please read the following: I find this personallydisturbing and alarming, I
>believe that there is certain essence of truth in this, do check the labels
>of the sanitary pads or tampons that you are going to buy the next time,
and
>see whether you spot any of the familiar signs stated in this email......no
>wonder so many women in the world suffer from cervical cancer and womb
>tumors.......scary!!!!! Please pass on to as many women as possible if.
.you
>use pads, but especially if you use tampons,read this and pass on to your
>friends (for the men receiving this email,please forward it to your friends,
>significant others, sisters, mothers,daughters,etc.) thanks!
>
> Have you heard that tampon makers include asbestos in tampons? Why would
>they do this? Because asbestos makes you bleed more .. . if you bleed more,
>you're going to need to use more. Why isn't this
>against the law since asbestos is so dangerous? Because the powers that be,
>in all their wisdom(not), did not consider tampons as being ingested, and
>therefore wasn't illegal or considered dangerous.This month's Essence
>magazine has a small article about this and they mention two manufacturers
of
>a cotton tampon alternative. The companies are Organic Essentials @ (800)
>765-6491 and Terra Femme @>
> (800)755-0212. A woman getting her Ph.D. at University of Colorado @
Boulder
>sent the following: "I am writing this because women are not being informed
>about the dangers of something most of us use tampons.I am taking a class
>this month and I have been learning a lot about biology and woman, including
>much about feminine hygiene.Recently we have learned that tampons are
>actually dangerous (for other reasons than TSS). I'll tell you this, after
>learning about this in our class, most of the females wound up feeling angry
>and upset with the tampon industry, and I for one, am going to do something
>about it.
>To start, I want to inform everyone I can, and email is the fastest way that
>I know how. Here is the scoop:
>Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmful: Rayon (for
>absorbency), and dioxin (a chemical used in bleaching the products). The
>tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white
>products- in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem here
is
>that the dioxin produced in this bleaching process can lead to very harmful
>problems for a woman. Dioxin is potentially carcinogenic
> (cancer-associated) and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems. It
>has also been linked to endometriosis and lower sperm counts for men- for
>both, it breaks down the immune system. Last September the Environmental
>Protection Agency (EPA) reported that there really is no set "acceptable"
>level of exposure to dioxin given that it is cumulative and slow to
>disintegrate. The real danger comes from
>repeated contact (Karen Houppert "Pulling the Plug on the Tampon Industry").
>I'd say using about 4-5 tampons a day, five days a month, for 38
menstruating
>years is "repeated contact", wouldn't you? Rayon
>contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because it is a highly
>absorbent substance. Therefore,
> when fibers from the tampons are left behind in the vagina (as it usually
>occurs), it creates a breeding ground for the dioxin. It also stays in a lot
>longer than it would with just cotton tampons. This is also the
> reason why TSS (toxic shock syndrome) occurs. WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?
>Using feminine hygiene products that aren't bleached and that are all
cotton.
>Other feminine hygiene products (pads/napkins) contain dioxin as well, but
>they are not nearly as dangerous since they are not in direct contact with
>the vagina. The pads/napkins need to stop being bleached, but obviously
>tampons are the most dangerous. So, what can you do if you can't give up
>using tampons?Use tampons, that are made from 100% cotton, and that are
>UNBLEACHED. Unfortunately, there are very, very few companies that make
these
>safe tampons. They are usually only found in health food stores. Countries
>all over the worl (Sweden,German, British Columbia, etc.) have demanded a
>switch to this safer tampon, while the U.S. has decided to keep us in the
>dark about it. In 1989, activists in England mounted a campaignagainst
>chlorine bleaching. Six weeks and 50,000 letters later, the makers of
>sanitary products switched to oxygen bleaching (one of the green methods
>available). (MS magazine, May/June 1995). WHAT TO DO NOW: Tell
>people.Everyone. Inform them. We are being manipulated by this industry and
>the government, let's do something about it! Please write to the companies:
>Tampax (Tambrands), Playtex, O.B., Kotex. Call the 800 numbers listed on the
>boxes. Let them know that we demand a safe product - ALL COTTON UNBLEACHED
>TAMPONS. Reminder: P.S. In order not to lose the impact of this email, I
>suggt that anyone who want to forward to your friends, PLEASE copy this mail
>and paste to a NEW message. That way will not distort the whole message with
>all the forward arrows. Please do this with consideration and seriousness.
> Thanks Nicole Caverly, Forwarded by Jen Gray
>
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Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
Director, Undergraduate Health Education and Promotion Program
Lehman College, CUNY, 422-C Gillet Hall
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: 718-960-8673
email: kgoldman@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu
Fax: 718-960-8908
New York State Coalition for Health E