#563
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 08:24:11 +0200
From: Ansa Ojanlatva
Subject: March 1, 2000
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Hello again,
In the spring of 1972, I had been hired to implement a cigarette smoking
prevention program at a university student health center --as health
education secretary. It was my first official health education
assignment (planning, implementing, and evaluating, lasting 6 months).
As a part of the experiment, I did some planning for food habits (e.g.
salad plates) and the environment, e.g. suggesting that we control
smoking in the student cafeteria, by at least restricting the cashing
area of purchase and seating. Smoking was allowed everywhere then.
March 1, 2000 is the date when Finland is having the most restricted
smoking law, restricting smoking in the restaurants, e.g. bar area of
the restaurant providing the smoke cannot be controlled. One can make an
official complaint if the smoke is not being controlled. Now we have the
kind of restrictions only thought of in 1972. It has taken almost 30
years...
As a final note for March 1, there will be ceremonies for the new
president (woman in case you have not followed the news), and the new
civic law will take effect --eg. making new provisions for the president
to concentrate on the long term issues. Power is being delimited and
shared, however. "And, so it goes."
--
dos. Ansa Ojanlatva
Dept Public Health
University of Turku
20520 Turku/Finland
tel. +358-2-333-8513
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#564
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:46:18 +0200
From: Ansa Ojanlatva
Subject: Hot off the press
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Good morning again,
Leena Koivusilta (leena.koivusilta@utu.fi) just picked up the copies of
her dissertation (Health-related selection into educational tracks--a
mechanism producing socio-economic health differences) from the printer
today.
The date of her oral defense is March 10th, 2000 at 12 noon. (Anyone is
welcome to listen in. The opponent will be Professor Patrick West from
the University of Glasgow.
The purpose of the study was to "find out how health and health-related
lifestyle in adolescence contribute to the process of creating
socio-economic difference."
The study utilized three sets of data sets of the Adolescent Health and
Lifestyle Survey (data collected using self-administered structured
questionnaires, mailed to 12-, 14-, 16-, and 18-year old boys and girls
every second year).
The findings indicated that "selection by health -related lifestyle into
educational tracks is an important mechanism creating socio-economic
differences." Smoking was the strongest predictor when looking at the
unfavorable social prospects. She also reported that level of dental
hygience, coffee drinking, and taking part in physical exercise were
further strong predictors of educational career. The selection was
already evident at 12 yrs of age.
Good perceived health is a good indicator for later life as are high
social class and nuclear family type.
This dissertation is not available in electronic format but her work is
made up of articles published in Health Education Research and two
issues of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
--
dos. Ansa Ojanlatva
Dept Public Health
University of Turku
20520 Turku/Finland
tel. +358-2-333-8513
fax +358-2-333-8439
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#565
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:47:58 -0500
From: Bill Livingood
Subject: Re: Hot off the press
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Ansa:
Please explain the role and selection of the opponent in the dissertation
defense.
Bill Livingood
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Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 8:46 AM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: Hot off the press
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Good morning again,
Leena Koivusilta (leena.koivusilta@utu.fi) just picked up the copies
of
her dissertation (Health-related selection into educational
tracks--a
mechanism producing socio-economic health differences) from the
printer
today.
The date of her oral defense is March 10th, 2000 at 12 noon. (Anyone
is
welcome to listen in. The opponent will be Professor Patrick West
from
the University of Glasgow.
The purpose of the study was to "find out how health and
health-related
lifestyle in adolescence contribute to the process of creating
socio-economic difference."
The study utilized three sets of data sets of the Adolescent Health
and
Lifestyle Survey (data collected using self-administered structured
questionnaires, mailed to 12-, 14-, 16-, and 18-year old boys and
girls
every second year).
The findings indicated that "selection by health -related lifestyle
into
educational tracks is an important mechanism creating socio-economic
differences." Smoking was the strongest predictor when looking at
the
unfavorable social prospects. She also reported that level of
dental
hygience, coffee drinking, and taking part in physical exercise were
further strong predictors of educational career. The selection was
already evident at 12 yrs of age.
Good perceived health is a good indicator for later life as are high
social class and nuclear family type.
This dissertation is not available in electronic format but her work
is
made up of articles published in Health Education Research and two
issues of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
--
dos. Ansa Ojanlatva
Dept Public Health
University of Turku
20520 Turku/Finland
tel. +358-2-333-8513
fax +358-2-333-8439
** Submit to the IEJHE
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#566
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:55:22 -0800
From: Joe Zoske
Subject: Men's Health papers
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Colleagues,
Please note below the Call for Papers on Men's Health for a special
issue of the Journal of Men's Studies. This is an outstanding journal,
to which I am pleased to be an advisor.
Joe Zoske, MS,MSW
Men's Health Promotion Specialist
Albany NY
_____________________________________________________________________
CALL FOR PAPERS
Men's Health
The Men's Studies Press plans to publish a special issue of The Journal
of Men's Studies dealing with men's health issues. THE JOURNAL OF MEN'S
STUDIES is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to providing an
interdisciplinary forum for the critical discussion of issues involving
men and masculinities and for disseminating new knowledge about men's
lives to a broad audience that includes scholars, practitioners,
researchers, policy makers, and students. THE JOURNAL OF MEN'S STUDIES
is published in English three times each academic year (Fall, Winter,
and Spring). The Journal of Men's Studies is abstracted and indexed in
the American Psychological Association's PsycINFO online database,
Psychological Abstracts (print), the H. W. Wilson Humanities Abstracts,
the MLA International Bibliography, and the Sage Families Studies
Abstract.
For this special issue, we are seeking original papers that address
men's health in the broadest sense of the term from diverse theoretical
perspectives and disciplines. Possible topics include, but are not
limited to: various diseases and health problems for which men have
higher rates of morbidity or mortality than women; the biological,
psychological, behavioral, and sociocultural processes underlying male
health; prevention and treatment approaches to men's illnesses; sexual,
reproductive, and family planning concerns; men's bodies and body image;
health concerns of special populations of men and boys; and marketing to
and engagement of men in health care.
Multicultural, multidisciplinary, empirical, theoretical, applied, and
historical contributions, as well as critical reviews are all
encouraged. Original research and analyses that propose innovative
practice recommendations will be given high priority.
Authors interested in this project should submit a 250-300 word proposal
outlining their proposed paper (papers will be limited to a maximum of
7,500 words). A distinguished panel of men's health scholars will review
all proposals. Article guidelines will be sent to authors of accepted
proposals. Include author's name, affiliation, and e-mail address with
each proposal.
For more information contact: Dr. James Doyle, P.O. Box 32, Harriman,
TN 37748 or editor@mensstudies.com.
Project timeline:
Deadline for proposals: June 1, 2000
Authors contacted: July 15, 2000
Completed articles due: January 1, 2001
Publication date: Fall 2001
Send written proposals to:
Men's Studies Press
Attn: Men's Health Issue
PO Box 32
Harriman, TN 37748
Or via the Internet to:
Editor@mensstudies.com
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#567
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:51:50 -0600
From: Steve Lux
Subject: Re: college health education/wellness centers
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Hi Eric,
Great post! I work in a department of a university health service
(Health Enhancement Services) and have been there for over 17 years. I
think that both associations are viable and if I was deciding, it would
depend on several factors.
First, what are the relationships between the Wellness Center and the
health service and Campus Recreation? Is a negative relationship one of
the things that is spuring this possible move? I certainly see Health
Education/Health Promotion/Disease Prevention/Wellness (whatever you
call it) to be more associated with prevention and education than with
illness and treatment.
I'm not including nor trying to discount patient education, I just see
it as a separate issue (something that is done, or should be done
primarily by clinical staff). In other words, I think that there is more
than enough prevention and education to be done and too few resources to
spend any doing patient education (IMHO) For example, at our
institution, health promotion/disease prevention and wellness get only
about 3% of the uhs budget.
If I were on the staff of the wellness center, I'd want to be where
ever my program had the most support and the most freedom. Since I would
want my wellness program to support the academic mission of the
university, I would also want to be where I could conduct interventions
in a broad enough manner that even if I was a part of the Rec Center,
that I would have support to conduct interventions in cold/flu, injury
prevention, STD and pregnancy prevention, smoking prevention and
cessation, etc.(not limited to recreation and fitness issues - after
all, even the Rec Center should be committed to supporting the academic
mission).
I'd be open to continuing this dialog over email or the phone if you're
interested. My interest is in part because I have considered the option
myself of lobbying for a move to the Rec Center for our program. Good
luck,
Steve
Steve Lux, MS
Health Enhancement Services
University Health Service
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
slux@niu.edu
(815)753-9746
(815)753-9599 (fax)
>>> Eric Buhi 02/24/00 08:06PM >>>
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This is a question for all health educators -- or for
those who have worked at the college health level at
one point or another in their careers.
Our university administration is currently considering
the relocation of our Wellness Center from (being a
unit of) the Student Health Center to (being
affiliated with) Campus Recreation. My question is...
What is your impression of this move? Do you see
health education being linked more with the treatment
aspects of illness or with the promotion of
fitness/recreation?
Also, if I can ask another question, are your student
health centers/infirmaries (at your college) connected
(physically) with your health education centers? (ie,
where are most health education centers located on
campus?)
I see obvious co-relations with both departments -- we
refer students to the Student Health Center (which is
downstairs) and they refer students to us -- a student
may need medical advice (ie, the patch), and at the
same time, they may need psychosocial support for
smoking cessation. It is the same co-relation with
Campus Recreation.
Thank you in advance for your ideas.
Eric
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#568
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:24:48 -0600
From: Deb Gundmanis
Subject: (Fwd) Binge Drinking Teleconference
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Hello health educators: If not interested in alcohol and college
sites, delete now.
Perhaps there is a satellite downlink already set up locally, or you
could set up a site. This is all that I know--please visit the website
for further information. Thanks! -Deb Grundmanis
________
The following program is free (at the U of Minnesota) and there is
no need to register in advance (at the U of Minnesota). Please
pass on the information to others who may be interested:
Binge Drinking: From Understanding to Action
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health will be
sponsoring
a satellite downlink of the teleconference, "Binge Drinking: from
Understanding to Action" on March 16, 12:00-3:00 p.m. in the Bell
Museum Auditorium on the U of MN Minneapolis Campus.
Organized by the National Resource Center for The First-Year
Experience & Students in Transition, this seminar addresses "the
number one campus public health problem--binge drinking."
Specific topics include:
Definition and history of the problem
Scope of the problem today
Impact on campus and community
Impact on drinkers, short and long term
Factors that encourage binge drinking
Impact of the media
The influence of local outlet density and pricing
Education efforts, prevention, treatment
Alternative events
Binge drinking and the first college year
Binge drinking's antecedents in high school
Role of campus CEO, staff and faculty
Legal aspects and case studies
Recomendations for further research and action
For more information about course content, speakers, etc., please
visit the web site at: http://www.sc.edu/fye For other questions, call
(the U of Minnesota) 612-625-7625.
Sponsored by the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Jeanne Freiburg, Ph.D.
Director of Communications and Alumni Relations
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Box 197 Mayo
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0381
612/625-7625 fax: 612/626-6931
Deborah Grundmanis, MBA
Professional Education Specialist
Minnesota Department of Health
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Unit
85 East Seventh Place, Suite #300
P.O. Box 64882
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0882
Ph: 651-281-9829
Fax: 651-215-8959
deb.grundmanis@health.state.mn.us
www.health.state.mn
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#569
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:42:36 -0800
From: William Cissell
Subject: [Fwd: Delivery Notification: Delivery has failed]
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Professor and Coordinator of Instructional Technology
Related Continuing Professional Development
Texas Woman’s University
Department of Health Studies
940-898-2861; Fax: 940-898-2859; email: wcissell@twu.edu
HEDIRs:
I always find it interesting that some people believe that the fact
a person performs some of the skills of a health educator they should be
recognized as a professional health educator. I practice many of the
skills of a mathematician virtually every day. Neither I nor my
mathematician friends consider me a professional mathematician. I am
currently teaching a course in epidemiology.
Neither I nor the professional epidemiologists that I know consider me a
professional epidemiologist. I practice some of the skills of an
accountant in managing my personal finances and preparing my income tax
return. Neither I nor professional accountants (nor professional tax
preparers) consider me a professional accountant.
Most parents perform some skills commonly performed in their
professional practice by nurses. Does this mean we should recognize the
parents who do some nursing activity to be professional nurses?
Security guards perform some of the skills of professional law
enforcement officers. Should we recognize security guards as
professional law enforcement officers? I don't think so.
A social worker without the proper preparation and credentials of a
professional health educator is a professional social worker. A
professional nurse without the proper preparation and credentials of a
professional health educator is a professional nurse. In spite of my
command of medical language, understanding of diseases, and willingness
to stick needles in other human beings, neither I nor any other health
or medical professional has ever recognized me as a nurse, a physician,
or even a medical records professional. Why should I recognize a nurse
or a social worker who has not prepared and been credentialed as a
health educator to be one?
Bill
--
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Professor and Coordinator of Instructional Technology
Related Continuing Professional Development
Texas Woman’s University
Department of Health Studies
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#570
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:21:36 -0500
From: Daniel Leviton
Subject: Last call for Intergenerational, Health Promotion,
Service-learning Training
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We shall provide an attenuated training program for potential directors
(must be faculty) of Adult Health & Development Programs (AHDP) at the
University of Maryland, April 14-15. Travel, per diem and hotel expenses
will be paid through the generosity of a John A. Hartford Foundation of
New York grant. Please read our web page at:
www.inform.umd.edu/HLHP/AHDP (use caps as indicated).
The 28 year old AHDP is an intergenerational, service-learning,
peer-taught, collaborative health promotion program and academic coursse
that has spread to over 25 colleges and universities.
Please contact me immediately if you wish an application. It can be sent
by email attachment in Wordperfect or Word format.
Dan
--
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Center on Aging
College of Health & Human Performance
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2611, Phone: (301) 405-2528
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#571
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 14:59:21 -0500
From: David Duncan
Subject: Re: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
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I am very much an advocate of alcohol service on-campus as a harm
reduction measure.
I doubt that the frequency that a student doesn't drink because it is
too much trouble to go off campus amounts to much at any college or
university in America unless it is in an incredibly isolated location. An
attractive on-campus bar reduces drunk driving and saves lives. In my
experience, it also encourages moderation in consumption since students are
subject to observation by faculty in an on-campus bar. An on-campus bar can
also be an excellent alcohol education site, modeling snacking with alcohol
and encouraging non-drinkers to feel welcome.
Of the schools where I have taught, SUNY Brockport had a bar in the
Student Center, SIUC's student union was in a dry township so they couldn't
legally serve alcohol (but in the past they did so anyway for some special
events), Trinity College served alcohol in the Commons, the University of
Cologne served alcohol in the cafeterias with meals and in "kiosks" in some
campus buildings, The German Academy of Public Health served alcohol in the
cafeteria, Brown had a bar in the Graduate Center which was open to all
students and faculty, and Harvard Med and SPH had no student union per se
and served no alcohol that I know of.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lupinski, Kirsten (LUPINSKG) [mailto:LUPINSKG@UCMAIL.UC.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 12:52 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
Hello everyone-
I have a request for information, that only requires a yes or no (more
information would be appreciated, but not needed). I am at the University of
Cincinnati in Ohio and we are in the process of planning construction of a
new student union. Currently there is an establishment in our union that
serves alcohol and a group (including me) is trying to eliminate this from
the new building. SO, what I am asking for is, does your university/ college
serve alcohol in the student union?
You can e-mail me directly at
kirsten.lupinski@uc.edu.
Thank you in advance for your help
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#572
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:59:23 GMT
From: Paula Goldman
Subject: Recommended nutrition books & resources
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I am interested in your recommendations for comprehensive books on nutrition
for the general consumer, and any additional nutrition-related resources
that you have found to be effective. Many thanks in advance.
Paula H. Goldman, M.S.
Health Educator
Georgetown University Medical Center
Lombardi Cancer Center
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#573
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:11:15 -0800
From: Nancy McKindsey
Subject: Re: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
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I ma a bit currious about David's information. Most college freshman, sophmores and juniors are
not of legal drinking age. Am I to assume that these establishments serve alcohol to under age
students. Binge drinking is high among the under 21 group. I can not see how bars on campus
will change that reality. Since David doubts that frequency is impacted by the inconvenience of
going off campus, I am not sure how compus bars help to reduce frequency of use.
The new stats show that both smoking and drinking are down on college campuses. I would be
hesitant to advocate campus bars as a way to harm resduction before looking at the new stats and
the programs instituted on campuses to achieve this decrease.
Nancy
>>> David Duncan 03/01/00 11:59AM >>>
I am very much an advocate of alcohol service on-campus as a harm
reduction measure.
I doubt that the frequency that a student doesn't drink because it is
too much trouble to go off campus amounts to much at any college or
university in America unless it is in an incredibly isolated location. An
attractive on-campus bar reduces drunk driving and saves lives. In my
experience, it also encourages moderation in consumption since students are
subject to observation by faculty in an on-campus bar. An on-campus bar can
also be an excellent alcohol education site, modeling snacking with alcohol
and encouraging non-drinkers to feel welcome.
Of the schools where I have taught, SUNY Brockport had a bar in the
Student Center, SIUC's student union was in a dry township so they couldn't
legally serve alcohol (but in the past they did so anyway for some special
events), Trinity College served alcohol in the Commons, the University of
Cologne served alcohol in the cafeterias with meals and in "kiosks" in some
campus buildings, The German Academy of Public Health served alcohol in the
cafeteria, Brown had a bar in the Graduate Center which was open to all
students and faculty, and Harvard Med and SPH had no student union per se
and served no alcohol that I know of.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lupinski, Kirsten (LUPINSKG) [mailto:LUPINSKG@UCMAIL.UC.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 12:52 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
Hello everyone-
I have a request for information, that only requires a yes or no (more
information would be appreciated, but not needed). I am at the University of
Cincinnati in Ohio and we are in the process of planning construction of a
new student union. Currently there is an establishment in our union that
serves alcohol and a group (including me) is trying to eliminate this from
the new building. SO, what I am asking for is, does your university/ college
serve alcohol in the student union?
You can e-mail me directly at
kirsten.lupinski@uc.edu.
Thank you in advance for your help
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#574
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 14:50:22 -0600
From: "Walter A. Hanks"
Subject: Re: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
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You make some interesting points Nancy. I was bothered by David's
comments as well. So, David, the balls in your court. Do you have
any data (publishable data) to support your statements?
Walt Hanks
>At 1:11 PM -0800 03/01/2000, Nancy McKindsey wrote:
>I ma a bit currious about David's information. Most college
>freshman, sophmores and juniors are not of legal drinking age. Am I
>to assume that these establishments serve alcohol to under age
>students. Binge drinking is high among the under 21 group. I can
>not see how bars on campus will change that reality. Since David
>doubts that frequency is impacted by the inconvenience of going off
>campus, I am not sure how compus bars help to reduce frequency of
>use.
>
>The new stats show that both smoking and drinking are down on
>college campuses. I would be hesitant to advocate campus bars as a
>way to harm resduction before looking at the new stats and the
>programs instituted on campuses to achieve this decrease.
>
>Nancy
>
> >>> David Duncan 03/01/00 11:59AM >>>
> I am very much an advocate of alcohol service on-campus as a harm
>reduction measure.
> I doubt that the frequency that a student doesn't drink because it is
>too much trouble to go off campus amounts to much at any college or
>university in America unless it is in an incredibly isolated location. An
>attractive on-campus bar reduces drunk driving and saves lives. In my
>experience, it also encourages moderation in consumption since students are
>subject to observation by faculty in an on-campus bar. An on-campus bar can
>also be an excellent alcohol education site, modeling snacking with alcohol
>and encouraging non-drinkers to feel welcome.
>
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Health is:
"An integrated method of functioning that balances the physical,
emotional, social, psychological, and spiritual dimensions
of life while seeking to maximize individual potential in each,
and not the absence of disease or infirmity."
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#575
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:12:00 -0500
From: Elbert Glover
Subject: Apology
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Approximately two to three weeks ago, I participated in an open Listserv discussion about the
NOT Program. I had hoped that my comments would contribute to the ongoing discussion about
adolescent smoking cessation. I based my comments on a publication provided to me by the ALA
regarding the NOT Program. I was unaware that this publication was based on preliminary data
and that many of my comments have been or are currently being addressed by the developers of
the NOT Program.
My intent was not to demean or cause harm to either the ALA or the NOT researchers; but, rather
to stimulate discussion regarding the issue of adolescent smoking cessation (the focus of a recent
meeting I attended). Unfortunately, it appears that I have caused problems; therefore, I wish to
publically apologize to both parties for my insensitivity and poor judgement. My intent was good
but unfortunately I created unnecessary problems for both the ALA and the NOT researchers. I
wish to retract my previous comments and again apologize to both the ALA and the NOT
researchers who unfortunately have had to deal with the result of my comments.
Glover
Elbert D Glover PhD FAAHB
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#576
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:25:10 -0500
From: David Duncan
Subject: Re: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
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Nancy McKindsey posted,
>>I ma a bit currious about David's information. Most college freshman,
sophmores and juniors are not of legal drinking age. Am I to assume that
these establishments serve alcohol to under age students. <<
When I taught at SUNY Brockport the drinking age was 18, not 21, so
most Freshmen were of legal age to drink. During the school's notorious
Spring In celebration each May, beer was served to anyone of any age who
brought a container of any size to be filled at one of the beer trucks
parked in the campus quadrangle. This occasion definitely did not advance
the cause of moderation and harm reduction. I have been told that this
cherished old tradition has been discontinued. I certainly hope so.
There is no drinking age in Germany. In fact, lack of a drinking age
seems to be a general characteristic of cultures with low rates of
alcoholism, such as Germany. I believe the legal age in Ireland was 18 and
in any case students at Trinity were older on average than at American
colleges. It is common practice to serve alcohol to minors in private (they
call them Public)British (including Irish) schools anyway -- port with the
housemaster is an accepted practice for sixth form students and a loving cup
of brandy is pased around to all on certain special occasions and after
athletic victories, so I doubt that the masters of Trinity College cared
whether their students were of age or not.
Brown checked ID at the bar at the Graduate Center and I suppose
they do the same at SUNY Brockport's Rathskellar if it still operates. I
don't see how this differs from any off-campus bar.
>>Binge drinking is high among the under 21 group. I can not see how bars
on campus will change that reality.<<
The observation I heard often at Brockport was that students drank
less and engaged in less rowdiness when they drank at the on-campus bar. It
was the only bar patronized by both students and faculty in significant
numbers which I believe encouraged temperance. It was also the only bar
where you might be subject to disciplinary action (other than being thrown
out) for drunken misbehavior. Both would tend to discourage bingeing.
I can tell you that during the time I taught in Cologne I never saw
a student drunk on campus despite beer being widely sold on campus and beer
and wine being served in the cafeterias. I couldn't say the same about any
American college campus where I spent any prolonged time.
>>Since David doubts that frequency is impacted by the inconvenience of
going off campus, I am not sure how compus bars help to reduce frequency of
use. <<
My stated view that it didn't increase frequency significantly
clearly indicates that I don't think it reduces it at all. I do believe it
reduces: 1) amount consumed, 2) misbehavior while drunk, 3) driving while
intoxicated, and therefore 4) deaths. I find those reasons more than
sufficient. I can support them, however, only with logic and anecdotal data.
>>The new stats show that both smoking and drinking are down on college
campuses. I would be hesitant to advocate campus bars as a way to harm
resduction before looking at the new stats and the programs instituted on
campuses to achieve this decrease.<<
Whether drinking is down on campuses or not depends on which statistics you
look at. It is clear that the declines reported in some studies are less
than the decline in the general population, which tells me that the programs
instituted on campus are for the most part failing. If they were succeeding,
the campus decline would be greater than the genral population decline in
drinking. Also, binge drinking seems to be up on campuses. Thus, if there is
a decline it is apparently a decline in moderate drinking accompanied by an
increase in unhealthy drinking. Of course, this is based on Wellisch's
definition of bingeing which I find over-inclusive.
David F.
Duncan
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#577
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:16:02 +0200
From: Ansa Ojanlatva
Subject: P.S.
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Hi,
I have had a few comments and questions in response to the last two
(equal opportunity, smoking)
As post scriptum, a couple of further notes. Thank you for the
congratulations.
(A minor correction: the new constitution of course, not a civic law.)
It was interesting to view how the honorary company greeted the leaving
president (Good day, Mr. President) and after the change of the "guard"
the new one (Good day, Mrs. President).
The new generation of children will know both male and female
presidency, and young women grow up wanting to include presidency among
potential future assignments.
Tarja Halonen is going to concentrate on equality issues, among other
things, she said. Women are expecting a lot. Thus far, equality has been
formal, not necessarily seen in real life. It has been gender neutrality
and improvement of men's issues as a part of improvements more than
concentrating on gender equality.
(In case you wish to see what I have said about Finnish women and
health, you may view it --when ready-- at
[http://www.Gesundheit-Nds.de]. It is a European Women's Health Network
located in Germany --for which I did work in May 1999, and I have been
told, the work will be available for reading soon.)
A newspaper article related a story of an elderly woman who first used a
bicycle for 10 kms to get to the station and then took a train for half
an hour, went to purchase a Finnish flag and stationed in front of the
presidential building to see a glimpse of the new president. She will
place the flag next to her own children's pictures.
As to the cigarette smoking, now the talk is concentrating in trying to
remove balcony smoking in housing units. Perhaps one day, we can choose
to live in a non-smoking building! Ansa.
--
dos. Ansa Ojanlatva
Dept Public Health
University of Turku
20520 Turku/Finland
tel. +358-2-333-8513
fax +358-2-333-8439
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#578
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 06:15:02 PST
From: laurie schierer
Subject: Re: Recommended nutrition books & resources
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I have used "The Nutrition Desk Reference" written by Robert Garrison, Jr.
and Elizabeth Somer. My copy is the Third Edition,published by Keats in
1995. The have probably come out with a more recent edition. I have found
it to be a wonderful resource.
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
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#579
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 08:50:21 -0600
From: "Black, Anne"
Subject: Nutrition Resources - reply
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Paula,
A list of nutrition resources for consumers and professionals,
including a Reading List, is available from the American Dietetic
Association at their website, eatright.org, under Nutrition Resources.
Anne Black
Anne K. Black, PhD, RD
Department of Health and Human Performance
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN 37044
blacka@apsu.edu
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#580
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:29:39 -0500
From: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman"
Subject: Re: Overlap in the Universe of Health Educators
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Well said, Margo. I have often thought that maybe part of what we need to be
doing more of is acknowledging the health education functions of our
professional colleagues in other specialties and help them improve their
health
education skills. An even more outrageous idea that I've had percolating
in my
head is that health education organizations might want - now put on year seat
belt or body restrainer for this one - to expand their memberships to include
other health education practitioners...such as physicians, social workers,
nurses, and the whole world of allied health professionals... I'm not sure
how
this could be done (for example, I am an associate member of ASTDPHE -
initials
are wrong, right? - and that doesn't bother me at all...I'm just glad to be in
that loop and get the information and education that comes with membership).
Imagine the attention (and additional respect?) health education might get if
all the thousands of people who do it were more visible to consumers,
administrators, grant funders, politicians, etc.
Now understand that I say that while having a very firm commitment to
certification. I do not think the two ideas are incompatible. Clarence
Pearson and John Allegrante have been telling us for years that we need to
think about broadening out perspective and our approach to organizational
membership. For me, the penny has finally dropped.
My hard hat is on in anticipation of responses. This could be interesting...
Take care,
kdg
At 09:00 AM 2/29/00 -0800, you wrote:
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>
>I'm not convinced that the overlap is small as Connie suggests. I was
>talking with a colleague last night about the health
>promotion-education-communication fields and how they overlap. We both
>reviewed an interesting research project ongoing at the University of
>Washington School of Social Work. While the project is called Managing
>Health and Illness, and I see it as a strong health education program, the
>remarkable and substantial overlap between health education and social work
>was very apparent. Clearly, the School of Social Work defined it as a
>social work program. I've known Fran Marcus Lewis for a number of years,
>and her work is done in the UW's School of Nursing. Again, you see
>substantial overlap with health education and nursing. As the co-author of
>Health Behavior and Health Education, she recognizes this on a daily basis.
>
>Health education is a remarkable and eclectic field. It doesn't surprise me
>at all that many (doctors, nurses, social workers, teachers, etc.) consider
>themselves to be health educators. There is strong application and overlap
>of health education in all those fields and more. There are also rich
>opportunities for professional health educators to collaborate with these
>other professionals. I'm not sure there is merit in deciding who is and who
>isn't a health educator. Just as I think counting health educators in this
>country is probably an impossible task. Margo
>
>Margo Harris
>Harris Training & Consulting Services, Seattle, WA
>Email: margo@htcs.com
>Web: http://www.htcs.com/
>"If not for STRESS, I'd have no energy at all."
>
>** Submit to the IEJHE
>**
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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 Education - use above address and
numbers to contact the coalition
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#581
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:33:54 -0500
From: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman"
Subject: Quiery re: National health Council
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Does anyone have any information on a group that might or might not be called
the National Health Council that (all) voluntary nonprofit health
organizations
belong to, or have I just made this up?
kdg
********************************************************
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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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:33:41 -0500
From: "Valerie A. Ubbes, PhD, CHES"
Subject: Re: Nutrition Resources - reply
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Another nutrition resource.....
Ubbes, VA. & Spillman, DM. (2000). Literature links for nutrition and
health. Needham Hts, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
The purpose of our book is to provide elementary teachers and teacher
preparation faculty with an integrated curriculum model for teaching
nutrition and health to elementary children. Teachers will learn how to
teach health education at the same time as they are developing literacy.
Children's picture books (n = 227) are used as a medium for teaching about
nutrition through four thematic units: Building the Food Pyramid for
grades 1, 2, and 3; Let's Make a Meal for grades 1, 2, and 3; Cycle of
Life for grade 2; and World of People for grade 3. The National Health
Education Standards are used as a framework for curriculum design, and
multiple intelligences theory is used as a framework for pedagogical
design. Literature-based lesson plans (n = 31) engage children in solo,
small group, and whole-class activities, including connections across the
curriculum for seven other academic disciplines. Health-related concepts
include moderation, variety, serving sizes, energy, time, patterns, age,
culture,
behavior, and prevention. To preview a copy, contact Allyn and Bacon at
http://vig.abacon.com/catalog/abbooks/0,2371,0205309542,00.html
Black, Anne wrote:
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>
> Paula,
> A list of nutrition resources for consumers and professionals,
> including a Reading List, is available from the American Dietetic
> Association at their website, eatright.org, under Nutrition Resources.
>
> Anne Black
>
> Anne K. Black, PhD, RD
> Department of Health and Human Performance
> Austin Peay State University
> Clarksville, TN 37044
> blacka@apsu.edu
>
> ** Submit to the IEJHE
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#582
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:54:36 -0500
From: Steve Nagy
Subject: Assistantships for students
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Colleagues - please bring this to the attention of qualified
students.
I am looking for two applicants who are interested in
becoming actively involved in a federally funded award targeting a
rural minority community. The awards will cover full tuition with a
competitive stipend. This award covers a full twelve month
assistantship. Starting date is July 15, 2000.
Location
The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa - metropolitan area of
approximately 100,000 located in mid-western Alabama.
Duties
Two graduate assistants will assist in the development,
implementation and evaluation of a federal award funding an
intervention designed to modify risky behaviors among junior high
school students. Current plans call for hiring a male and female
student. Duties may commence as early as January 2000. Minorities
are strongly encouraged to apply.
Qualifications
1. Must have experience in working with young people.
2. Background in health education or a similar social science.
3. Desire to pursue master's and doctoral work in the program of
Health Science at the University of Alabama.
4. Must have reliable transportation.
5. Must have an acceptable test score to gain graduate school
admission.
6. Must have experience working with minority
populations.
For further information please contact
Dr. Steve Nagy
snagy@ches.ua.edu
Steve Nagy
The University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870311
Moore Hall
Tuscaloosa AL 35487
Ph. 205-348-8373
Fax -7568
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#583
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:14:11 -0500
From: Chrystyna Kosarchyn
Subject: Disease text
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After a long hiatus, I will once more be teaching a Human Disease course
next fall and need to select a text before the semester is over. Since
it's been awhile that I've reviewed such a text, I was wondering if there
any others that HEDIR land inhabitants might share? I have a copy of the
Crowley text, "Introduction to Human Disease" and the Hamann text,
"Disease Identification, Prevention and Control". If anyone can provide a
recommendation for other texts suitable for undergraduate level, I
would be much obliged. Chrys
==========================================================
Chrystyna Kosarchyn, PhD, CHES
Professor of Health Education
Longwood College
Farmville, VA 23909
phone: 804-395-2543
FAX: 804-395-2568
e-mail: ckosarch@longwood.lwc.edu
www: http://web.lwc.edu/staff/ckosarchyn/home.htm
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#584
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:30:16 -0700
From: Linda Rankin
Subject: Research Textbook
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In the fall, I will be teaching "Research and Writing in Health" for the
first time. I would appreciate textbook suggestions. Thanks:-)
--
********************************************
Linda Rankin, PhD, RD, FADA
Associate Professor
Idaho State University
Department of Health & Nutrition Sciences
Campus Box 8109
Pocatello, ID 83209-8109
Phone: (208) 236-3054
FAX: (208) 236-4903
email: ranklind@isu.edu
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#585
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:51:28 -0600
From: "Michael E. Young"
Subject: Re: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
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no - mike young - university of arkansas
=====================================================================
======
meyoung@comp.uark.edu
575-5639
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Lupinski, Kirsten (LUPINSKG) wrote:
> Hello everyone-
> I have a request for information, that only requires a yes or no (more
> information would be appreciated, but not needed). I am at the University of
> Cincinnati in Ohio and we are in the process of planning construction of a
> new student union. Currently there is an establishment in our union that
> serves alcohol and a group (including me) is trying to eliminate this from
> the new building. SO, what I am asking for is, does your university/ college
> serve alcohol in the student union?
> You can e-mail me directly at kirsten.lupinski@uc.edu
> .
> Thank you in advance for your help
>
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#586
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:10:48 -0800
From: Margo Harris
Subject: National Health Council
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Nope, Karen, you didn't make it up! Margo
http://www.spry.org/NHC.HTm
Margo Harris
Harris Training & Consulting Services, Seattle, WA
Email: margo@htcs.com
Web: http://www.htcs.com/
"If not for STRESS, I'd have no energy at all."
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#587
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:16:20 PST
From: Connie Milland
Subject: Re: Overlap in the Universe of Health Educators
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A point to all about my comments concerning exams at public health agencies:
I wasn't saying that there was small overlap between health educators and
social workers/case managers; rather, the exams given to potential health
educators are not geared toward the subject matter frequently taught in
health ed courses. There's alot of confusion within our own county health
departments about testing criteria for health educators because there ain't
no match between these exams and say, the exam for the CHES certification.
Connie
>From: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman"
>Reply-To: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman"
>To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
>Subject: Re: Overlap in the Universe of Health Educators
>Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:29:39 -0500
>
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>
>Well said, Margo. I have often thought that maybe part of what we need to
>be
>doing more of is acknowledging the health education functions of our
>professional colleagues in other specialties and help them improve their
>health
>education skills. An even more outrageous idea that I've had percolating
>in my
>head is that health education organizations might want - now put on year
>seat
>belt or body restrainer for this one - to expand their memberships to
>include
>other health education practitioners...such as physicians, social workers,
>nurses, and the whole world of allied health professionals... I'm not sure
>how
>this could be done (for example, I am an associate member of ASTDPHE -
>initials
>are wrong, right? - and that doesn't bother me at all...I'm just glad to be
>in
>that loop and get the information and education that comes with
>membership).
>
>Imagine the attention (and additional respect?) health education might get
>if
>all the thousands of people who do it were more visible to consumers,
>administrators, grant funders, politicians, etc.
>
>Now understand that I say that while having a very firm commitment to
>certification. I do not think the two ideas are incompatible. Clarence
>Pearson and John Allegrante have been telling us for years that we need to
>think about broadening out perspective and our approach to organizational
>membership. For me, the penny has finally dropped.
>
>My hard hat is on in anticipation of responses. This could be
>interesting...
>
>Take care,
>
>kdg
>
>
>At 09:00 AM 2/29/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
> >** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ads
> >
> >I'm not convinced that the overlap is small as Connie suggests. I was
> >talking with a colleague last night about the health
> >promotion-education-communication fields and how they overlap. We both
> >reviewed an interesting research project ongoing at the University of
> >Washington School of Social Work. While the project is called Managing
> >Health and Illness, and I see it as a strong health education program,
>the
> >remarkable and substantial overlap between health education and social
>work
> >was very apparent. Clearly, the School of Social Work defined it as a
> >social work program. I've known Fran Marcus Lewis for a number of years,
> >and her work is done in the UW's School of Nursing. Again, you see
> >substantial overlap with health education and nursing. As the co-author
>of
> >Health Behavior and Health Education, she recognizes this on a daily
>basis.
> >
> >Health education is a remarkable and eclectic field. It doesn't surprise
>me
> >at all that many (doctors, nurses, social workers, teachers, etc.)
>consider
> >themselves to be health educators. There is strong application and
>overlap
> >of health education in all those fields and more. There are also rich
> >opportunities for professional health educators to collaborate with these
> >other professionals. I'm not sure there is merit in deciding who is and
>who
> >isn't a health educator. Just as I think counting health educators in
>this
> >country is probably an impossible task. Margo
> >
> >Margo Harris
> >Harris Training & Consulting Services, Seattle, WA
> >Email: margo@htcs.com
> >Web: http://www.htcs.com/
> >"If not for STRESS, I'd have no energy at all."
> >
> >** Submit to the IEJHE
> >**
>http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/g
>uide.htm
> >
>
>********************************************************
>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
>********************************************************
>
>** Submit to the IEJHE
>** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
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#588
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 12:19:32 -0500
From: Richard Fee
Subject: Re: ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS
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No and there are very strict rules about the presence and use of alcohol
at functions of RSO (registered student organizations) However it is served
in the University Alumni Club University of LOuisville
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>no - mike young - university of arkansas
>
>====================================================================
=======
> meyoung@comp.uark.edu
> 575-5639
>
>On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Lupinski, Kirsten (LUPINSKG) wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone-
>> I have a request for information, that only requires a yes or no (more
>> information would be appreciated, but not needed). I am at the University of
>> Cincinnati in Ohio and we are in the process of planning construction of a
>> new student union. Currently there is an establishment in our union that
>> serves alcohol and a group (including me) is trying to eliminate this from
>> the new building. SO, what I am asking for is, does your university/ college
>> serve alcohol in the student union?
>> You can e-mail me directly at kirsten.lupinski@uc.edu
>> .
>> Thank you in advance for your help
>>
>
>** Submit to the IEJHE
>** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
Regards,
Dick, Chair, Health Promotion Physical Education Sports Studies Department
fax 502-852-4534 <> vox 502-852-6645
See our Web pages: http://www.louisville.edu/edu/hpes/
See our Athens Program WWW Pages:
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#589
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:51:15 -0800
From: William Cissell
Subject: Professional organization membership & mission
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HEDIRs:
In response to Karen Denard Goldman's comments, I believe that a
professional organization's membership criteria should be based on its
mission. The American School Health Association includes in its
membership nurses, docs, professional health educators, and a variety of
other professionals interested in the health of school children.
ASTDHPPHE and APHA have long included in their membership a wide range
of professionals interested in the health of the public; I recall that
in the early 1970s APHA recognized a section called "new professional,"
which was made up of public health workers without college degrees.
AAHE has
physical educators, recreators and dancers among its members. The idea
that a professional organization would include members that are not
prepared or credentialed in a narrow way has been around for a long time
and broadly practiced.
Frank Stellings, during his years as president-elect and president
of the Texas Chapter of SOPHE, promoted the recruitment of a variety of
professionals , including nurses, nutritionists, and social workers, as
members of this chapter. Our chapter has wrestled with ways to increase
communications and collaboration among professional health educators and
other professionals who have an interest in health education. However,
we never suggested that membership in the chapter would qualify a person
for recognition as a professional health educator.
If a professional organization has as part of its mission and its
strategic plan to promote the health education profession, it needs to
have membership eligibility criteria that assure a sustained support of
this focus. Otherwise, the organization will redefine itself in concert
with the changing characteristics of its membership.
Bill
--
William B. Cissell, PhD, MSPH, CHES
Professor and Coordinator of Instructional Technology
Related Continuing Professional Development
Texas Woman’s University
Department of Health Studies
940-898-2861; Fax: 940-898-2859; email: wcissell@twu.edu
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#590
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 14:03:16 -0500
From: Eric Buhi
Subject: Clinton Puts GHB into Schedule I
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Sorry for any cross postings...
> >Clinton Puts GHB into Schedule I
> >
> >President Clinton signed legislation making it illegal under federal law to
> >possess the drug GHB, the Detroit News reported Feb. 20.
> >
> >Clinton signed a bill named after two Michigan teens who fell victim to the
> >"date rape" drug, including Samantha Reid, who died last year after GHB was
> >slipped into her soft drink at a party.
> >
> >Under the law, GHB will be added to the category of strictly regulated
> >drugs that includes cocaine and heroin. Anyone possessing, manufacturing or
> >distributing GHB could face up to 20 years in prison. "Making GHB a
> >Schedule I controlled substance appropriately reflects the Congress'
> >judgment that possession and distribution of GHB should be prohibited and
> >that violators should be subject to stringent criminal sanctions," said
> >Clinton.
> >
> >The law includes an exception for studies to determine if GHB helps treat
> >narcolepsy, a sleep disorder. It also contains a requirement for the
> >federal government to initiate a nationwide public-awareness campaign to
> >educate young adults, educators, school nurses and emergency-room personnel
> >about the dangers of the drug.
> >
> >Source: http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=52192&O=262138
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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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#591
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:13:56 -0800
From: jodi reid
Subject: Kick-Butts Day
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Several days ago, I received an email from the
list-serve regarding the Kick-Butts Day. The email
included a sample letter that kids could write to the
future president of the United States regarding
winning a trip. If anyone has that email could you
send it to me again? I have a request for a tobacco
activity for a non-profit children's group and thought
this would be a good idea.
Please reply to jodilreid@yahoo.com
Thank you!
Jodi Reid
Lorain City Health Department
__________________________________________________
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#592
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 14:49:07 -0600
From: Dianne Blaydes/CH/Hennepin
Subject: New Topic Areas
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We are a health promotion unit in a large county health department. One of
our primary audiences is health promotion coordinators at various
corporations throughout the county. We provide a variety of health
education topics in train the trainer format. It seems we are in a cycle
of presenting the same topics over and over again. So, we are searching
for topics, which will invigorate our presentation repertoire. Any
suggestions would be appreciated. Thank- you for your time.
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#593
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:12:14 -0500
From: Michaela Conley
Subject: Re: New Topic Areas
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Hello Dianne,
Have you done a needs assessment? Let them tell you what they want & need
to know about.
Michaela
At 02:49 PM 3/2/00 -0600, Dianne Blaydes/CH/Hennepin wrote:
>** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
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>
>We are a health promotion unit in a large county health department. One of
>our primary audiences is health promotion coordinators at various
>corporations throughout the county. We provide a variety of health
>education topics in train the trainer format. It seems we are in a cycle
>of presenting the same topics over and over again. So, we are searching
>for topics, which will invigorate our presentation repertoire. Any
>suggestions would be appreciated. Thank- you for your time.
>
>** Submit to the IEJHE
>** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
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#594
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 19:18:38 -0800
From: Cassandra Barnes
Subject: Re: Thank you!
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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:39:50 -0600
From: Mark Temple
Subject: Fwd: Press Release - "Just the Facts"
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FYI:
>Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 15:15:38 -0500
>From: Family Research Council
>Subject: Press Release - "Just the Facts"
>To: Press Releases
>Reply-to: Family Research Council
>List-Unsubscribe:
>
>Here is our latest press release. To see the on-line
>version, please visit:
>
>
>http://www.frc.org/press/030200.html
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2000
>CONTACT: Kristin Hansen, (202) 393-2100
>FOR RADIO: Sharon Sampson
>
>FRC EXPOSES THE REAL FACTS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY;
>SENDS RESPONSE TO "JUST THE FACTS" PRIMER TO
>AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
>
>"Now FRC is telling the full story that teachers and school
>officials need to hear and the homosexual lobby failed to
>tell," FRC's Parshall says.
>
>WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council has sent copies
>of its new paper, "The Facts About 'Just the Facts'" to
>every school district in the country to counter the
>misinformation contained in "Just the Facts about Sexual
>Orientation & Youth" which the homosexual activist
>organization, the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network
>(GLSEN), and a coalition of other groups mailed to school
>districts earlier in the school year.
>
>"The facts about homosexuality should be told, and that's
>why we had to respond to the fallacies of 'Just the Facts'
>with the full story on the health risks of homosexuality and
>the real option individuals have to leave the lifestyle,"
>FRC's Chief Spokesperson Janet Parshall said Thursday. "The
>facts that school officials need to know are that
>homosexuality is a dangerous and destructive lifestyle, that
>research shows there is no 'gay gene,' and that thousands of
>people have walked away from the homosexual lifestyle."
>Other false claims in the "Just the Facts" primer are that
>counseling is ineffective to help people who want to leave
>homosexuality, that mainline denominations accept homosexual
>behavior as moral, and that school officials cannot legally
>permit speakers who oppose homosexual behavior.
>
>"The 'Just the Facts' primer was not about facts or
>education, but about using school schoolchildren as pawns to
>promote homosexuality," Parshall said. "It was produced by
>a homosexual activist group that wants to indoctrinate
>children with its own views on homosexuality and silence the
>majority of Americans and major religions of the world who
>believe that homosexuality is immoral behavior.
>
>"Parents should not have to send their kids to school in the
>morning and worry about their children being taught pro-
>homosexuality propaganda. If such material is going to be
>sent to America's schools by the homosexual lobby, then the
>least Family Research Council can do on behalf of America's
>families is provide schools with the facts-and that's what
>FRC's 'The Facts About 'Just the Facts'' aims to do. FRC is
>telling the full story that teachers and school officials
>need to hear and the homosexual lobby failed to tell."
>
>FOR COPIES OF "THE FACTS ABOUT 'JUST THE FACTS,'"
>MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA MAY CONTACT THE FRC PRESS
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________________________________
Health Education at Illinois State University
Leadership Compassion Courage Innovation
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matempl@ilstu.edu
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/menu.htm
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world;
indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Meade
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#596
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:58:11 -0500
From: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman"
Subject: Re: New Topic Areas
** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ads
Have you thought about or ever offered a presentation on social marketing: a
process for influencing human behavior on a large scale, using marketing
principles for the purpose of societal benefit rather than commercial profit?
See American Journal of Health Behavior, 24(1) - a special social marketing
issues.
kdg
At 02:49 PM 3/2/00 -0600, Dianne Blaydes/CH/Hennepin wrote:
>** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
>** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ads
>
>We are a health promotion unit in a large county health department. One of
>our primary audiences is health promotion coordinators at various
>corporations throughout the county. We provide a variety of health
>education topics in train the trainer format. It seems we are in a cycle
>of presenting the same topics over and over again. So, we are searching
>for topics, which will invigorate our presentation repertoire. Any
>suggestions would be appreciated. Thank- you for your time.
>
>** Submit to the IEJHE
>**
http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/g
uide.htm
>
********************************************************
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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#597
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:17:31 -0500
From: "Donald L. Calitri"
Subject: [Fwd: Hints for Life]
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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 19:11:25 -0600
From: Cheryl Harlow
Subject: Hints for Life
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The top 11 Hints for Life
1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return,
But what is more painful is to love someone and
never find the courage to let that person know how
you feel.
2. A sad thing in life is when you meet
someone who means a lot to you, only to find out
in the end that it was never meant to be and you
just have to let go=20
3. The best kind of friend is the kind
you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a
word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best
conversation you've ever had.
4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it,
but
it's also true that we don't know what we've been
missing until it arrives.
5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour =20
to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a
lifetime to forget someone.
6. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; =20
even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you =20
smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day =20
seem bright.
7. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; =20
be what you want to be, because you have only one life and=20
one chance to do all the things you want to do.
8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it
hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.
9. A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a
life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal
and bless.
10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything they just make the most of everything =20
that comes along their way.
11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a
tear.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. =
Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone =
around you is crying.
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#598
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:48:11 -0500
From: Susan Wooley
Subject: FW: OHIO
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The Ohio legislature has frozen funding
Ohio received from CDC for HIV prevention as well as for
school health (infrastructure).
The attached files provide some background information
on the issues, as well as some things to watch
for. This will not be the last state or issues to face
challenges. The files were prepared by NEA.
If you have questions or comments, please feel free to
contact me or the NEA contact person listed below.
Susan Wooley, Ph.D., CHES
American School Health Association
7263 State Route 43
P. O. Box 708
Kent, OH 44240
330-678-1601; 330-678-4526 FAX
e-mail: swooley@ashaweb.org
-----Original Message-----
From: VHarrison@nea.org [SMTP:VHarrison@nea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 5:05 PM
To: mjames@amchp.org; mrubin@ashaweb.org; jhenry@astho.org;
dsteinberg@astho.org; NoraH@ccsso.org; shannonj@ccsso.org;
carlosv@nasbe.org; sslazas@amchp.org; sroschwalb@amchp.org;
nicole.kendell@ncsl.org; bdatema@aahperd.org; kelliec@nasbe.org;
louise.bauer@ncsl.org; bgreene@nsba.org; jharvey@nsba.org; regen@pfaw.org;
swooley@ashaweb.org; patrickm@ohea.org; DShust@nea.org
Cc: kayla@advocatesforyouth.nea.org; efrankford@edc.org;
rtagle@publiceducation.org; SNousen@nea.org; PSathrum@nea.org;
ALopez@nea.org; JNewberry@nea.org
Subject: OHIO
Attached please find 3 documents that have been created as a result of the
meeting NEA pulled together a couple of weeks ago regarding the situation
currently taking place in Ohio. Thanks to those of you who attended the
meeting on such short notice. These documents are for your information and
use
as you and your organization so desire. We at the NEA have forwarded them
on
to our internal communications staff with the hope that they will be shared
with our state affiliates, as appropriate.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, including needing the
attachments sent in a different format.
Thank you.
Vicki
202/822-7783
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#599
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:43:46 -0600
From: Patricia Goodson
Subject: SOPHE 2000 Midyear Scientific Conference
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Have any of the HEDIR members submitted proposals for the upcoming 18th National
ASTDHPPHE Conference and the SOPHE 2000 Midyear Scientific Conference? If so, have you
been notified of acceptance/rejection? The original announcement said we should know by
February 15, 2000. I haven't received any notice, yet, and have been wondering....
Pat
**********************************************
Patricia Goodson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Dept. of Health & Kinesiology
158 Read
College Station TX 77843-4243
phone: 409-845-1756
fax: 409-847-8987
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#600
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:11:23 -0500
From: David Duncan
Subject: Re: New Topic Areas
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Yes, I have. John Bonaguro, of the University of Ohio, has been
writing, speaking and organizing conferences on this topic for years now.
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman [mailto:rlgkdg@FLASH.NET]
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 8:58 AM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: Re: New Topic Areas
** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
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Have you thought about or ever offered a presentation on social marketing: a
process for influencing human behavior on a large scale, using marketing
principles for the purpose of societal benefit rather than commercial
profit?
See American Journal of Health Behavior, 24(1) - a special social marketing
issues.
kdg
At 02:49 PM 3/2/00 -0600, Dianne Blaydes/CH/Hennepin wrote:
>** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
>** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ads
>
>We are a health promotion unit in a large county health department. One of
>our primary audiences is health promotion coordinators at various
>corporations throughout the county. We provide a variety of health
>education topics in train the trainer format. It seems we are in a cycle
>of presenting the same topics over and over again. So, we are searching
>for topics, which will invigorate our presentation repertoire. Any
>suggestions would be appreciated. Thank- you for your time.
>
>** Submit to the IEJHE
>**
http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/g
uide.htm
>
********************************************************
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
********************************************************
** Submit to the IEJHE
** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
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#601
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:16:11 -0500
From: Bill Livingood
Subject: Re: SOPHE 2000 Midyear Scientific Conference
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I have been asked to post the following related to the SOPHE-ASTDHPPHE
meeting.
RE: Notification of Individuals who Have Submitted Papers to the
SOPHE/ASTDHPPHE Meeting in Denver.
Thank you to all who have submitted papers to the "Call for Abstracts" for
the SOPHE/ASTDHPPHE/CDC Meeting May 17-19 in Denver. Response to the "Call"
was greater than anticipated and we appreciate your patience.
Letters of notification have gone out to all those whose papers have been
accepted for an oral presentation or as a roundtable. Those whose papers
have been accepted for posters and those whose papers were not accepted will
be mailed in the next week.
Any further questions should be directed to Barbara Hager at
bhager@mail.doh.state.ar.us
We look forward to seeing you at the conference!
-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Goodson [SMTP:pgoodson@HLKN.TAMU.EDU]
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 12:44 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: SOPHE 2000 Midyear Scientific Conference
** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ads
Have any of the HEDIR members submitted proposals for the upcoming
18th National ASTDHPPHE Conference and the SOPHE 2000 Midyear Scientific
Conference? If so, have you been notified of acceptance/rejection? The
original announcement said we should know by February 15, 2000. I haven't
received any notice, yet, and have been wondering....
Pat
**********************************************
Patricia Goodson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Dept. of Health & Kinesiology
158 Read
College Station TX 77843-4243
phone: 409-845-1756
fax: 409-847-8987
**********************************************
** Submit to the IEJHE
** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/iejhe/guide.htm
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#602
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:23:21 -0500
From: Karen Monaco
Subject: American Lung Association N-O-T Teen Smoking Cessation Program
** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
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There was a message posted here on February 24 by Elbert Glover of West
Virginia University. He used this forum to air a series of criticisms
about the N-O-T teen smoking cessation program of the American Lung
Association. Unfortunately, Dr. Glover should have discussed his
criticisms with his colleagues there at West Virginia University as he
was confused about the data, e.g., confusing end of program data with 6
month post program data. To our knowledge, Dr. Glover has not seen the
N-O-T program nor been trained in its use. The 6-month preliminary data
was presented at a recent managed care conference and he either
misunderstood or misinterpreted what was said. In addition, it seems
that he tried to make assumptions about teen smoking cessation based on
his work with adult cessation in a clinical model.
In any event, the research team at WVU that has been conducting the
evaluation of N-O-T over the past three years would be pleased to discuss
with interested parties any aspects of their studies and provide a
point-by-point refutation of Dr. Glover's comments. Both the
American Lung Association and West Virginia University support and are
confident in the scientific quality of the research. For any
information about the N-O-T program, please contact Karen Monaco,
Manager, Tobacco Cessation Programs, American Lung Association at
kmonaco@mindspring.com or 919 929-0792. We request that you not
ask Dr. Glover to comment further on a program with which he is not
involved. Any queries already addressed to him should be rerouted
to Karen Monaco. Thank you.
-------------------------------------
Karen Monaco - kmonaco@mindspring.com
100 Deerwood Ct
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919.929.0792 (Tel)
919.929.0491 (Fax)
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#603
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:18:30 -0500
From: neil
Subject: Viramax
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Recently, we have been hearing radio promotions for a product called =
Viramax (pronounced Veer a max) which is touted as an "all natural =
product" which is meant to restore and enhance sexual potency in men and =
women alike.
I anticipate that our health department may be receiving a considerable =
number of telephone inquiries about it from the public and the media. =
Have any of you heard of this product? Who manufactures it and what are =
its herbal (I assume) constituents?=20
Any assistance you can give is most appreciated.
Neil H. Altman, M.P.H., R.S.
Health Commissioner
Youngstown City Health District
Youngstown, Ohio
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#604
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:48:58 -0500
From: Adriane Griffen
Subject: women's resources on healthfinder.gov
** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
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March is National Women's History Month.
healthfinder(r) puts the spotlight on women's health, an important part of
every woman's history! Check out resources for women at
http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/women/default.htm
For a list of National Health Observances and other special events, go to
http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/Special.htm
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#605
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Thanks for all of the Teen violence resources. Great Materials!
cassandra
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#595
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 07:18:36 -0600
From: Terry Pamela
Subject: Re: Disease text
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I have used the Crowley book the last year and I would not recommend
it--it has no peripheral material except for a handful of slides. It
also has no test bank, etc. I have had to use overheads from the
Physiology and Anatomy text I used when I taught that course. I am
looking for another text. I am looking at Boyd right now. Anything
would be better than Crowley!
Pam Terry
Western Illinois University
(309) 298-1416
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#596
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:39:49 -0800
From: Jim Grizzell
Subject: Health Reasons for Low Exam Grades
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CROSS POSTED TO HLTHPROM, HEDIR, STUDHEAL
I would like your ideas, information/experiences and journal references you
may know of for an essay I've been asked to write. I have only found a few
journal references and they related to secondary education and have a
little data about our students.
The essay is for my university's academic journal (Journal of Integrative
Studies). The topic, suggested by the editor because of its relevance to
the University mission, is the reasons students get low grades on exams and
major projects. This topic relates to one of the questions on the ACHA
National College Health Assessment.
Please let me know of any:
1. Research results you can share,
2. How the results have been or will be used,
3. References you've come across, and
4. Any other thoughts that could be used in the essay.
Thanks, Jim
Jim Grizzell - MBA, MA, Certified Health Education Specialist
Student Heatlh Services - Cal Poly Pomona
3801 W. Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768
909-869-4339
CPP - SHS: http://www.csupomona.edu/~health
Email: mailto:jvgrizzell@csupomona.edu
Web Page: http://www.csupomona.edu/~jvgrizzell
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#597
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 22:40:20 -0600
From: "Walter A. Hanks"
Subject: Something We Might Want To Support
** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
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On May 14, Mother's Day, a march will take place in Washington D.C.
It is being billed as "The Million Mom March." The purpose of the
march is to support gun control. Here is an portion of their web
site:
"Please join the hundreds of mothers already involved to recruit
mothers and others of all ages, races, religions, and political
parties to mobilize for the "Million Mom March" on Mothers' Day, May
14th 2000. With thousands of mothers and others on the National Mall,
we will put Congress on notice that common sense gun policy --
specifically licensing and registration -- is the will of the people.
For too long we have ignored the gun violence epidemic because it was
always in somebody else's backyard. We cannot afford to ignore it any
longer. Our children's lives are far too precious."
The get more details, go to:
http://millionmommarch.com/
Walt Hanks
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Health is:
"An integrated method of functioning that balances the physical,
emotional, social, psychological, and spiritual dimensions
of life while seeking to maximize individual potential in each,
and not the absence of disease or infirmity."
Walter A. Hanks, C.H.E.S.
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#598
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:34:37 -0500
From: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman"
Subject: Re: New Topic Areas
** New Advertising Policy for January 1, 2000:
** http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ads
I think there might have been a misunderstanding in a previous communication.
Asking if an HEDIR inquirer had considered social marketing as a topic for
conferences, I was replying to a message from Diane Blaydes who requested
presentation topics. Regardless of how this was read or misread, David,
yes, I
agree, John Bonaguro has been a long-term and important contributor to
promoting social marketing! I think that Diane and others would benefit from
referring to his work and, as I was suggesting to Diane, to spread the word
about social marketing.
kdg
At 02:11 PM 3/3/00 -0500, David Duncan wrote:
> Yes, I have. John Bonaguro, of the University of Ohio, has been
>writing, speaking and organizing conferences on this topic for years now.
>
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>From: Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman
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>Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 8:58 AM
>To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
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>Have you thought about or ever offered a presentation on social marketing: a
>process for influencing human behavior on a large scale, using marketing
>principles for the purpose of societal benefit rather than commercial
>profit?
>See American Journal of Health Behavior, 24(1) - a special social marketing
>issues.
>
>kdg
>
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>>We are a health promotion unit in a large county health department. One of
>>our primary audiences is health promotion coordinators at various
>>corporations throughout the county. We provide a variety of health
>>education topics in train the trainer format. It seems we are in a cycle
>>of presenting the same topics over and over again. So, we are searching
>>for topics, which will invigorate our presentation repertoire. Any
>>suggestions would be appreciated. Thank- you for your time.
>>
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>250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
>Bronx, NY 10468
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#599
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 17:31:32 -0500
From: Peggy Kovac
Subject: Re: Viramax
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Neil
I located information about Veromax from the Whole Health Discount Center web page:
www.health-pages.com/
---------------------------------------------------------------
Peggy Kovac, M.S., CHES
Coordinator, Health Education
West Virginia University Health Service
304-293-7181/304-293-6972
fax: 304-293-2713
pkovac@hsc.wvu.edu
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#600
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:58:50 -0500
From: SHANA PACK
Subject: listserve
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hi please add me to your listserve. i have also requested that my former
address be deleted twice as i got duplicate messages, but it hasn't been
done. the old e-mail is sp6b@virginia.edu
my new e-mail
spack@rhcc.com
Shana S. Pack, M.S.
Employee Wellness Coordinator
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
235 Cantrell Avenue
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
(540)433-4699
fax (540)564-5446
spack@rhcc.com
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#601
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 10:07:05 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D."
Subject: 2000 HEDIR Award Recipient
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I am pleased to announce that Alyson Taub (alyson.taub@nyu.edu) has been
selected as the recipient for the Year 2000 HEDIR Award. Dr. Taub has led
the profession with her innovative strategies regarding technology. She
will receive her official award at HEDIR Awards Luncheon. This luncheon,
sponsored by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, is held in conjunction with
APHA--this year it's in Boston November 12-16, 2000. The time scheduled
for this luncheon has yet to be determined...but in the past it has usually
been on Tuesday or Wednesday. Dr. Taub will deliver her acceptance speech
at that time.
Congratulations Dr. Taub.
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D.
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Southern Illinois University
Home Page: http://www.kittle.siu.edu
HEDIR: http://www.hedir.siu.edu
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#602
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 11:03:04 -0500
From: Karen Caldwell
Subject: Stress management curriculum
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Can anyone direct me where to look for a good stress managment/reduction =
curriculum that could be used for a one time workshop? =20
Thanks for any advise.
Karen
*****************************************
Karen Caldwell, Health Educator
Toe River Health District
Yancey County Health Department
Burnsville, NC=20
karenecaldwell@hotmail.com
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#603
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:18:01 -0500
From: Valorie Nybo
Subject: Re: Listserv discussions
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I must field this one. Doug, I agree with your statement to an extent. I would
modify it to say that "professional preparation, and experiential background,"
do not necessarily does not make one a better professional.
I have worked with numerous self-identified "health educators" who have biology,
nursing or other backgrounds. The talented ones could all have benefited for
professional preparation. Few of them have full knowledge of the resources
available, methods that have already been found to be useless or even harmful,
methods we already know work well and they often lack skill development they
would have had as a trained professional health educator. Those who are not
talented harm our professions reputation.
To be sure there ARE people who work as health educators who come from other
fields and who do a good job and are a credit to our profession, but if our
professional preparation does not make us better professionals why do we bother?
Valorie Nybo, EDD
Director of Employee Health and Wellness
Maine Department of Transportation
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Author: hippler@RESCOMP.WUSTL.EDU
Date: 2/24/2000 7:15 PM
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Hey Andy J.,
In regards to your comments to Mark, you were very polite, but
professional preparation, and experiential background, does not make one a
better professional.
Doug Hippler
Washington University-St. Louis
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#604
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:54:53 EST
From: Sarah Knebel
Subject: Re: Hepatitis B vaccination
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Cheryl (and HEDIR):
As a worksite health promotion specialist I can tell you that I had to learn
how to perform finger sticks once on the job. Part of our program includes
health screenings and comprehensive health risk assessments for new
participants. We contract with a national organization to perform most of
the health screenings. However, since we have over 40 locations around the
state of WI and in the Upper Peninsula of MI it is not cost effective to send
the vendor to sites with less than 20 participants. Hence the client
requested I along with my staff become trained in implementing finger sticks.
We purchased the technology, are covered under CLIA, and are now trained in
Cholestech technology. This year alone we performed over 50 health
screenings for 3000 of our participants. I share this with you to show
support for students learning how to perform finger sticks and for to you
share with your critic that worksite health professionals, at least, are
using this skill. In fact, I recently hired a Wellness Coordinator and one
of our "preferred qualities" included experience implementing finger sticks
and/or Cholestech. I'm not sure about requiring the Hepatitis B vaccine, I
already had it from my prior job as a life guard as did my staff.
Just wanted to share my .02 with you and hope it can help you continue a
great idea which will most likely be used in the corporate worksite health
promotion setting. As health educators become more integrated with all areas
of the corporation as well as more cost effective/efficient in implementing
our programs, the more diversified we will need to be in our knowledge and
skills.
In health,
Sarah Knebel, MPH
Health Promotion Specialist - Senior Project Manager
Milwaukee, WI
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#605
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:32:33 -1000
From: NANCY ATMOSPERA-WALCH
Subject: Stress management curriculum -Reply
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Aloha,
Try the American Institute for Preventive Medicine Currculum. Theur phone number is 1 800 -
345 - 2476. Their web address is www.aipm.healthy.net Their curriculum can be diveided in any
way you want. Ask for Sue Jackson.
Nancy Walch
The Queen's Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
nwalch@queens.org
>>> Karen Caldwell 03/06/00 06:03am >>>
Can anyone direct me where to look for a good stress managment/reduction curriculum that could
be used for a one time workshop?
Thanks for any advise.
Karen
*****************************************
Karen Caldwell, Health Educator
Toe River Health District
Yancey County Health Department
Burnsville, NC
karenecaldwell@hotmail.com
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#606
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 19:07:13 -0500
From: gman
Subject: [Fwd: Listserv discussions]
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Dear Valorie
As a professional nurse (Ph.D. candidate) and self proclaimed "health educator" I
can not help but take offense to your broad statement. Granted I do not have a
"professional degree" in health education, my educational training as a nurse in all
realms has focused on health education. Health education is a vital part of nursing.
The promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health requires that nurses provide
clients with a practical understanding of health related information. Because
nurses see clients with varying needs and abilities in a variety of settings, they
are in key positions to deliver health education. Nurse educators empower consumers
by educating them about ways to manage their own health process more effectively.
The nurse educator does not perform this process at random but rather by applying
education theories from various sources.
Rather than argue over the "rightful title as a professional health educator" why
not join forces to learn and compliment one another.
Sherry Roper MS, MPH and PhD candiate
Nursing Instructor
Waynesburg College
Valorie Nybo wrote:
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> I must field this one. Doug, I agree with your statement to an extent. I would
> modify it to say that "professional preparation, and experiential background,"
> do not necessarily does not make one a better professional.
>
> I have worked with numerous self-identified "health educators" who have biology,
> nursing or other backgrounds. The talented ones could all have benefited for
> professional preparation. Few of them have full knowledge of the resources
> available, methods that have already been found to be useless or even harmful,
> methods we already know work well and they often lack skill development they
> would have had as a trained professional health educator. Those who are not
> talented harm our professions reputation.
>
> be sure there ARE people who work as health educators who come from other
> fields and who do a good job and are a credit to our profession, but if our
> professional preparation does not make us better professionals why do we bother?
>
> Valorie Nybo, EDD
> Director of Employee Health and Wellness
> Maine Department of Transportation
>
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> Subject: Re: Listserv discussions
> Author: hippler@RESCOMP.WUSTL.EDU
> Date: 2/24/2000 7:15 PM
>
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> Hey Andy J.,
>
> In regards to your comments to Mark, you were very polite, but
> professional preparation, and experiential background, does not make one a
> better professional.
>
> Doug Hippler
> Washington University-St. Louis
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#607
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:14:19 -0500
From: David Duncan
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Listserv discussions]
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In this age of viruses, it is extremely poor etiquette to send attached
files without any explanation. Your file has been discarded unopened as are
all such files I receive. If you want to post to HEDIR you should write your
posting as an email message. I you want to attach something you can't paste
into the message, then write a message explaining what it is. Attached files
that come exactly like yours are the most common virus problem in computers
today.
David Duncan
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From: gman [mailto:gman@QCOL.NET]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:07 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
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#608
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 22:02:14 -0500
From: Tim & Diana Ruschhaupt
Subject: Nipple Piercing
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I have a colleague who received this question from a high school =
student. Does anyone know of any information out there? "After having =
your nipple pierced, is there any scar tissue and how might it affect =
breastfeeding in the future?" Please forward any information/resources =
you may have. Thank you in advance!
dianar@iquest.net=20
Diana Ruschhaupt
Ruth Lilly Health Education Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
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#609
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:45:24 -0800
From: Margo Harris
Subject: Fw: Listserv discussions
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Actually, I think the word is complement. I'm giving a presentation to a
large medical group on Friday, and I start with health education and what it
is. In fact, nurses are educators, and they will comprise a large part of
my audience. But I hesitate to call them health educators, and after we
discuss some definitions and skills, they generally agree. I admire
Sherry's statements about nurses, but it is still more common to have nurses
and other health care providers tell or teach patients what to do, according
to a number of theories, and then despair over poor compliance data. I was
on a medical program two years ago, and the last presentation on the second
day of the 2-day program was titled, "Why Don't Patients Do What I Teach
Them?" I actually thought the question was rhetorical and the answer quite
obvious, but the nurses did not. They truly were looking for an answer and
suggestions of how to make patients do what they thought patients should do.
There are several very interesting and important articles in the most recent
issue of the British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com). One is an editorial by
Kate Lorig and Halsted Holman from Stanford, and the other is by Noreen
Clark and Molly Gong from the University of Michigan. Actually, there is a
third by Ed Wagner from Group Health in Seattle. All note the remarkable
changes in health care and the incredible shift from a system focused on
acute care to a system that is approximately 70% chronic care. In the
Lorig/Holman editorial, the authors include an important table titled,
Differences between acute and chronic diseases. The authors compare the two
on eight criteria: onset, duration, cause, diagnosis & prognosis,
technological intervention, outcome, uncertainty, and knowledge. For me,
knowledge was the most interesting criterion. The table notes that for
acute disease, "Professionals knowledgeable; patients inexperienced." For
chronic illness, the table notes, "Professionals and patients have
complementary knowledge."
Personally, I don't really care about the labels or who is or isn't a health
educator. I think some health care providers who are not health educators
still struggle with the idea that patients might actually have complementary
knowledge and something to offer in the patient/provider interaction. I may
be flattering health educators, but I think we have learned that lesson, and
that is reflected by Lorig and Clark, both of whom are remarkable health
educators. I think the development of the JAMA Patient Page shows a shift
toward greater understanding of and interest in patients' needs. But when
it is produced at a literacy level that exceeds 12th grade, I think the
folks at JAMA need a health educator. Margo
Margo Harris
Harris Training & Consulting Services, Seattle, WA
Email: margo@htcs.com
Web: http://www.htcs.com/
"If not for STRESS, I'd have no energy at all."
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#610
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 07:55:28 +0200
From: Ansa Ojanlatva
Subject: equal opportunity research
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I am quickly learning that finding research evidence on selected issues
of equal opportunity is possible only by word of mouth. As a part of a
5-month project on the issue I will be interviewing three companies.
Those companies which have 30 or more employees have to have an annual
plan for equal employment opportunity and some already have tentative
assessments.
Reija Lilja has analyzed like men and women in the banking field and
suggested that the male "bonus" for being promoted is 8%. I wonder if
any other professional field has similar findings to show for. Any
health educator who might have completed similar research?
--
dos. Ansa Ojanlatva
Dept Public Health
University of Turku
20520 Turku/Finland
tel. +358-2-333-8513
fax +358-2-333-8439
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#611
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 07:48:33 -0500
From: Valorie Nybo
Subject: Re: Listserv discussions
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Since the message below was sent to me personally, I have removed the name of
the sender. I am certain there are others who would hold a similar position,
and I would like to reply publicly to this position.
I do not doubt that there are nurses who are EXCELLENT health educators. I have
worked with any number of them in Maine. One is Claire Drew who is now mostly
retired. Claire has made a huge impact on school health education in Maine. I
would argue, however, that Claire also made it her business to learn more about
school health education than a nurse normally gets taught.
While I hold a doctorate in health education and have taught numerous first aid
and safety classes, I would certainly not presume that I can function as well as
a trained EMT or a nurse in that capacity.
I have studied carpentry enough to build my own greenhouse and my own chicken
coop and storage sheds, but I would not presume that I can function as well as
trained architects, contractors or carpenters in their fields.
While I do not presume to judge the writers ability to perform her role as
health educator well, possibly even exceptionally well,in the setting in which
she works, I can not believe that adding a couple of years of formal preparation
as a health educator could not enhance her skills. And, I certainly stand
behind my statement among untrained people functioning as "health educators" --
"Those who are not talented harm our professions reputation."
I have not and do not suggest that nurses (or others) can not also function as
health educators. Is it truly believable, however, to suggest that my 8 years of
training in health education have not better prepared me to work in my chosen
profession while not preparing me at all to be a nurse?
Valorie Nybo
Director of Employee Health and Wellness
Maine Department of Transportation
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Author: gman@qcol.net
Date: 3/6/2000 7:10 PM
Dear Valorie
As a professional nurse (Ph.D. candidate) and self proclaimed "health educator"
I can not help but take offense to your broad statement. Granted I do not have
a "professional degree" in health education, my educational training as a nurse
in all realms has focused on health education. Health education is a vital part
of nursing.
The promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health requires that nurses
provide clients with a practical understanding of health related information.
Because nurses see clients with varying needs and abilities in a variety of
settings, they are in key positions to deliver health education. Nurse
educators empower consumers by educating them about ways to manage their own
health process more effectively.
The nurse educator does not perform this process at random but rather by
applying education theories from various sources.
Rather than argue over the "rightful title as a professional health educator"
why not join forces to learn and compliment one another.
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#612
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:40:30 -0500
From: Ruth Tunick
Subject: listserve discussion
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Bravo Sherry. You said exactly what I was thinking. No one is disputing
that individuals with a health education degree learn some information
that health educators in other fields do not and that they do a good
job, but health educators seem to have difficulty admitting that other
individuals involved in health fields also learn about health education
in the course of their studies. Most allied health students take Health
Psychology and learn about the Health Belief Model, Stages of Change,
research related to interventions that have worked and those that have
not, etc. In addition, they have their own areas of expertise such as
exercise, nutrition, etc. Believe me, it's just as difficult for us when
someone with presumably very little background in exercise asks for back
exercises that they can hand out to individuals involved in a worksite
health education program because I am aware of all the possible problems
that could be involved. For me this would be done in a one on one
situation where I would have evaluated the individual's history, current
muscle strength and flexibility before I would presume to prescribe
exercises for them, then the teaching would also be one on one so that I
could evaluate whether they were doing these exercises correctly or
possibly putting themselves in a situation where they could injure
themselves. I think we all need to lighten up if there is any hope that
we're going to be able to work together.
Ruth Tunick, Ph.D
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#613
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 09:14:55 -0500
From: gman
Subject:
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Margo
Thank you for your response. I agree with your statement concerning the
idea that it is still more common to have nurses and other health care
providers tell or teach patients what to do. I see that in practice
daily. However, I think this in part could be attributed to the lack of
cohesiveness among nursing schools across the country. My training
(Penn State) focused not only on the clinical aspects of nursing but
strongly emphasized the complementary relationship between the health
care professional and the client. Focus was upon understanding how
people learn and in designing and implementing client education. I
believe this type of educational approach is becoming more and more
popular in nursing schools today. However, like Valorie stated "those
who are not
talented harm our profession reputation" (I am, however, referring to
nurses performing the health educator role).
The statements you made about acute vs chronic care were excellent (I am
familiar with two of the three articles).. As lifespan increases,
people are more likely to experience the chronic illnesses related to
aging that require complex changes in diet, exercise, life-style, and
medical treatments. Therefore, health education is and will continue to
play a crucial role in health care.
In regards to literacy levels: much of my clinical practice is in WV,
therefore, I have a very good understanding of the difficulties with
educational material. In fact, Dr. Carlton from WVU (public health)
has been working extensively with congress addressing this problem. As
a nursing instructor, my students are required to select educational
material for each health topic discussed in class and determine it's
literacy level. In addition, they are required to "rewrite" the
material.
I by no means meant to down grade anyone trained in the field of health
education. I do however, believe nursing and health education are
inseparable!! My statements were merely directed to the fact that many
nurses receive excellent training to serve as health educators (while
yet others do not). However, I am sure nurses could learn a great deal
from those "specialized" in the field health education; just as nurses
continue to learn from those "specialized in nursing". However,
regardless of how well trained, nurse are placed in the health arena to
serve as educators daily and many do so exceptionally well. Sherry
Margo - yes your right the word is complement (thanks).
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#614
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 09:37:07 -0800
From: slw
Subject: Re: Fw: Listserv discussions
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Margo,
I agree with you. If we consider nurses health educators, then would health
educators be qualified to be nurses?
I doubt there are many nurses who would feel comfortable with a health
educator taking over nursing responsibilities. Some of our knowledge and
skills overlap, as with social workers and other mental health
professionals, but the professions are distinct.
Shannon Whalen
Adelphi University
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From: Margo Harris
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:52 PM
Subject: Fw: Listserv discussions
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>
>Actually, I think the word is complement. I'm giving a presentation to a
>large medical group on Friday, and I start with health education and what
it
>is. In fact, nurses are educators, and they will comprise a large part of
>my audience. But I hesitate to call them health educators, and after we
>discuss some definitions and skills, they generally agree. I admire
>Sherry's statements about nurses, but it is still more common to have
nurses
>and other health care providers tell or teach patients what to do,
according
>to a number of theories, and then despair over poor compliance data. I was
>on a medical program two years ago, and the last presentation on the second
>day of the 2-day program was titled, "Why Don't Patients Do What I Teach
>Them?" I actually thought the question was rhetorical and the answer quite
>obvious, but the nurses did not. They truly were looking for an answer and
>suggestions of how to make patients do what they thought patients should
do.
>
>There are several very interesting and important articles in the most
recent
>issue of the British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com). One is an editorial by
>Kate Lorig and Halsted Holman from Stanford, and the other is by Noreen
>Clark and Molly Gong from the University of Michigan. Actually, there is a
>third by Ed Wagner from Group Health in Seattle. All note the remarkable
>changes in health care and the incredible shift from a system focused on
>acute care to a system that is approximately 70% chronic care. In the
>Lorig/Holman editorial, the authors include an important table titled,
>Differences between acute and chronic diseases. The authors compare the
two
>on eight criteria: onset, duration, cause, diagnosis & prognosis,
>technological intervention, outcome, uncertainty, and knowledge. For me,
>knowledge was the most interesting criterion. The table notes that for
>acute disease, "Professionals knowledgeable; patients inexperienced." For
>chronic illness, the table notes, "Professionals and patients have
>complementary knowledge."
>
>Personally, I don't really care about the labels or who is or isn't a
health
>educator. I think some health care providers who are not health educators
>still struggle with the idea that patients might actually have
complementary
>knowledge and something to offer in the patient/provider interaction. I
may
>be flattering health educators, but I think we have learned that lesson,
and
>that is reflected by Lorig and Clark, both of whom are remarkable health
>educators. I think the development of the JAMA Patient Page shows a shift
>toward greater understanding of and interest in patients' needs. But when
>it is produced at a literacy level that exceeds 12th grade, I think the
>folks at JAMA need a health educator. Margo
>
>Margo Harris
>Harris Training & Consulting Services, Seattle, WA
>Email: margo@htcs.com
>Web: http://www.htcs.com/
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 09:10:19 -0600
From: Carla Cheatham
Subject: FRC Press Release re: "Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation and
Youth"
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I found the Press Release from the Family Research Council sent on the
HEDIR last week to be
concerningly alarmist and a distortion of the facts. The Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education
Network was credited by the FRC as having written and mailed "Just the
Facts" to the Nation's school
districts along with "a coalition of other groups". In fact, the "other
groups" that helped to write,
disseminate and endorse "Just the Facts" included the following:
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Counseling Association
American Association of School Administrators
American Federation of Teachers
American Psychological Association
American School Health Association
The Interfaith Alliance Foundation
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Social Workers
National Education Association
You can get a copy of "Just the Facts" at
http://www.glsen.org/pages/sections/news/alerts/rep.html
You can get a copy of the GLSEN Press Release at
http://www.glsen.org/pages/sections/news/natlnews/
1999/nov/1123.article
To be fair, I have ordered the FRC response to "Just the Facts" and will
read it as well. I know
that as professionals, taking a moral stand on a controversial issue is not
always seen as being
appropriate. That does not mean, however, that we should allow distorted
facts to go unchallenged.
Carla Cheatham, M.A., CTRT
Ph.D. Student-Health Education
Texas A&M University
(409) 845-2587
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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 15:15:38 -0500
From: Family Research Council
Subject: Press Release - "Just the Facts"
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Here is our latest press release. To see the
on-line version, please visit:
http://www.frc.org/press/030200.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2000
CONTACT: Kristin Hansen, (202) 393-2100
FOR RADIO: Sharon Sampson
FRC EXPOSES THE REAL FACTS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY;
SENDS RESPONSE TO "JUST THE FACTS" PRIMER TO
AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
"Now FRC is telling the full story that teachers
and school officials need to hear and the
homosexual lobby failed to tell," FRC's Parshall
says.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council has
sent copies of its new paper, "The Facts About
'Just the Facts'" to every school district in the
country to counter the misinformation contained in
"Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation & Youth"
which the homosexual activist organization, the
Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network
(GLSEN), and a coalition of other groups mailed to
school districts earlier in the school year.
"The facts about homosexuality should be told, and
that's why we had to respond to the fallacies of
'Just the Facts' with the full story on the health
risks of homosexuality and the real option
individuals have to leave the lifestyle,"
FRC's Chief Spokesperson Janet Parshall said
Thursday. "The facts that school officials need to
know are that homosexuality is a dangerous and
destructive lifestyle, that research shows there
is no 'gay gene,' and that thousands of people
have walked away from the homosexual lifestyle."
Other false claims in the "Just the Facts" primer
are that counseling is ineffective to help people
who want to leave homosexuality, that mainline
denominations accept homosexual behavior as moral,
and that school officials cannot legally permit
speakers who oppose homosexual behavior.
"The 'Just the Facts' primer was not about facts
or education, but about using school children as
pawns to promote homosexuality," Parshall said.
"It was produced by a homosexual activist group
that wants to indoctrinate children with its own
views on homosexuality and silence the majority of
Americans and major religions of the world who
believe that homosexuality is immoral behavior.
"Parents should not have to send their kids to
school in the morning and worry about their
children being taught pro-homosexuality
propaganda. If such material is going to be
sent to America's schools by the homosexual lobby,
then the least Family Research Council can do on
behalf of America's families is provide schools
with the facts-and that's what FRC's 'The Facts
About 'Just the Facts'' aims to do. FRC is
telling the full story that teachers and school
officials need to hear and the homosexual lobby
failed to tell."
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#616
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:36:33 -0500
From: Kenneth Packer
Subject: Attachments
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