#261
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 09:51:47 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: <No subject given>
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Greetings Colleagues Please share this alert with your listservs on 3 important, timely
health education events. For additional information, contact the Society for Public Health
Education (SOPHE) at 202/408-9804.
1) Fourth Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit, February 24-26, 2001
Holiday Inn on the Hill, Washington, DC
Hotel Deadline: Feb 10, 2001
Pre-registration Deadline: Feb 14, 2001
Act Now! Tune-up your advocacy skills and address important health education priorities in
the 107th Congress:
CDC appropriations for tobacco control, school health, and the preventive health services
block grant;
Tobacco legislation;
Appropriations support for the elimination of health disparities;
Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title IV Safe and Drug Free
Schools.
Summit participants will have first-hand experience to role play, participate in state
strategy sessions and intensive topical training sessions, and visit with Congressional
representatives. Included are many levels of skill training, from basic to advanced; CHES
credits available. Room block only available until February 10th ($119 sgl/double). For
more information check out the Summit Web Site
http://www.cast.ilstu.edu/hsc/summit2001.htm
2) Call for Abstracts: SOPHE 52nd Annual Meeting, "2001 Odyssey: Mentoring,
Partnering, Leading the Way", October 19-21, 2001, Atlanta, GA
Abstract Deadline: March 15, 2001
You are invited to submit a proposal for a paper, concurrent session, pre-conference
workshop, or poster at SOPHE s 52nd Annual Meeting. The meeting will reach back to Greek
mythology in exploring the role of mentoring and partnerships in five thematic areas. You
are invited to submit abstracts that relate to the following conference objectives:
Expand dimensions of health education mentoring involving students, new professionals,
researchers, seasoned practitioners and the opportunities for leadership development of
the future public health education workforce;
Explore theoretical foundations and best practices for building partnerships and
coalitions to strengthen community capacity and mobilization, including effective policy
advocacy strategies;
Stimulate science-based dialogue and skill-building for enhanced quantitative and
qualitative evaluation of coalitions and partnerships;
Explore the role of health educators in developing the public health workforce to address
Healthy People 2010 objectives and eliminate health disparities by using distance learning
and other emerging technologies; and
Expand the international dialogue of best practices in coalition building, community
development, and leadership capacities for improved global health.
Abstracts may be submitted online at: https://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/ABSTRACTS/Abstract.cfm
Full text of the Call for Abstracts is available at: www.sophe.org
3) SOPHE 2001 Midyear Scientific Conference May 3-5, Seattle,
"Celebrating Diversity in a Climate for Wellness", Renaissance Madison Hotel
Pre-registration Deadline: April 13, 2001
More than 50 workshops and plenary/concurrent presentations on eliminating health
disparities, policy advocacy, healthy aging, health information in the technology age, and
creative partnering. Featured speakers: Raynard Kington, MD, PhD, NIH Office of Behavioral
& Social Sciences; Meredith Minkler, DrPH, University of California, Berkeley; Lester
Breslow, MD, University of California; Robert Gold, PhD, University of Maryland; Mary Jo
Deering, PhD, DHHS; Maxine Hayes, WA Dept of Health; and the Honorable Reps. Michael Honda
(CA), Robert Patton (TN), Ted Bennett (VA), and more! Plus Exhibits, Gala Reception,
Chatrooms, and traditional Native American salmon bake on Blake Island! See preliminary
program: www.sophe.org
Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., FAAHB
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Southern Illinois University
Home Page: http://www.kittle.siu.edu
HEDIR: http://www.hedir.org
IEJHE: http://www.iejhe.org
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#262
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:39:42 -0500
From: Isabel Burk <izzibz@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: COA Week info
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MEDIA CAMPAIGN FLASH - February 8, 2001
FEBRUARY'S NATIONAL CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS WEEK AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS
OF IMPACT OF ADDICTION ON FAMILIES
**Annual Initiative Focuses on Effect of Parental Substance Abuse on
Children**
The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA), and its
affiliate organizations across the country, will observe National
Children of Alcoholics (COA) Week, February 11-17, 2001. COA Week
provides an opportunity to increase public awareness about the effect of
addiction on the family - especially on children.
More than 11 million children in the United States are affected by
parental addiction; the emotional and economic consequences are
immeasurable. Further, these children are the population at highest
risk for developing substance abuse problems and a host of related
emotional and behavioral problems.
The COA Week theme allows caring adults throughout the community to
identify and address issues of parental addiction without stigmatizing
or alienating family members. NACoA's goals for COA Week are to:
**educate parents about the effect of abusive drinking and drug use;
**impress upon teachers, faith leaders, coaches, youth workers,
counselors and other adult influencers the impact they have in the lives
of kids affected by family addiction; and
**give children clear messages that they are not to blame for their
parents' abusive alcohol or drug use, that they are not alone, that
there are many children just like them and that help is available.
COA Week materials for use by community groups, including feature
articles, public service announcement scripts and fact sheets, and ideas
for events and activities - such as NACoA's third annual poster contest
for kids - are available online at www.nacoa.net.
National COA Week provides an opportunity to speak openly about the pain
and confusion, as well as the resilience and hope experienced by
families affected by parental substance abuse. For additional ideas and
resources for publicizing the COA Week messages in your community, or
more information on NACoA, please contact Sis Wenger, executive director
of NACoA, at (888) 554-2627, visit the organization's Web site at
www.nacoa.net, or send an e-mail message to nacoa@erols.com.
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Isabel Burk, M.S., CHES, CPP
The Health Network
(845) 638-3569 fax: (845) 638-1928
E-mail: isabel@healthnetwork.org
www.healthnetwork.org
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#263
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:01:50 -0500
From: Don Ardell <donardel@TAMPABAY.RR.COM>
Subject: All Men Are Created Equal But...
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Speaking of "Health Education Advocacy," this excerpt from today's
electronic ARDELL WELLNESS REPORT (#63) may be of interest to some of you.
Enjoy.
Comments welcomed, constructive or otherwise. :-)
Don
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This week's essay offers a wellness outlook on the sacrosanct notion that
all men (and women, of course) are created equal and the related but
lamentable tradition of one man (woman), one vote. For self-management
purposes and to encourage a healthier nation, I suggest that we need a few
more equal voters (MEV's)!
SURE, ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL BUT. . .
A decade or so ago, James McGregor Burns appeared at the University of
Central Florida in Orlando. I was there and I heard him say that the
presidential election of that year (1988) convinced him that our country was
in intellectual and political decline. I don't know what the good man would
say about the just concluded election, but the evidence is clear that
intellect and politics aside, a good percentage of the nation's inhabitants
are definitely in physical decline. Maybe all men (and women, of course)
are created equal (though I doubt it in the literal sense of the word equal
for some infants get more capable parents than others) but they don't stay
equal very long.
The practical effects of inequalities (after creation or birth) are
manifested in every imaginable dimension of being, including intelligence,
health, opportunities and so on. Yet, there is an admirable quality to the
hypothetical notion of equality. The conservative Wall Street Journal
editors now and again reprint an affirmation of the equality notion from an
editorial that appeared on election day in 1952 to this effect about how at
least our votes count equally: ...the freckled teenager or most ordinary
toiler counts as much as a Roosevelt, an Einstein or a Rockefeller.
That is the real meaning of equality-that we are created with an equal vote.
Of course, most poor and disadvantaged would happily trade that equality for
an equal or even improved chance at a healthy environment, loving parents,
good schools and the like, but making such arrangements has proven far too
complex for social engineers and others, at least to date.
All of which brings me to the wild and crazy idea that maybe we should
consider messing around with that sacrosanct idea of equality insofar as
voting is concerned!
Maybe, just maybe, we should revisit the idea of one man (i.e., one person),
one vote. Perhaps some persons should have more than one vote! No, I'm not
recommending that we change the Constitution to give a few extra votes to
Roosevelt, Einstein, Rockefeller or, since they're not around, Bush, Gates
or Clinton- or even to the celebrities we Americans seem to adore so. I
have something else in mind. I have a plan to modify the one man (person),
one vote rule in order to do something about the country's physical decline!
(Someone else will have to step in to attend to the intellectual and
political declines-I've got my hands full seeking to arrest the physical
decline.)
I suggest we look into the idea of continuing to safeguard one vote for
everybody, but let's look into awarding several votes for some bodies!
Here's how my plan would work.
If you are a living citizen, you get to vote, one time, if you choose to do
so-providing you go to the trouble to exercise your franchise every now and
then. If you do NOT vote for years, you lose the right. Say, after you
miss two or three years of elections without a good excuse (e.g., I didn't
know there was a presidential election going on!). But, here is the really
neat part of my plan to make some people more equal than others in order to
stop the Nation's physical decline: You can vote lots of times if you are
certified as deserving to be a More Equal Voter or MEV!
You can be an MEV with TWO VOTES if you can name the President and
Vice-President, at least one of the Senators from your state OR identify two
of the three branches of the federal government. My test for two votes is
not that hard. Maybe a short essay should also be required, perhaps one
that addresses a basic concept that a voter should be expected to
comprehend. An example might be Describe in 25 words or less why you prefer
a democratic form of government to a dictatorship-assuming you do?)
It's when a person organizes his/her life to qualify for MORE THAN two votes
that the physical decline of Americans will be halted. Here is how the
system might work. Let's say you want to be an MEV with LOTS OF VOTES.
Check out my plan:
More Equal Voter (MEV) Standard # of Votes Awarded
18 years old and still alive 1 vote
Pass the conscious voter test 2 votes
Non-smoker 3 votes
Physically fit 4 votes
Ecologically-conscious 5 votes
Good sense of humor 6 votes
Regular reader of the E-AWR 7 votes
* If you get certified as being a non-smoker (plus all the
above), you get three votes.
* Physically fit and all the previous qualities? Four votes.
* Ecologically conscious (e.g., no littering violations, a
whale rescuer, that sort of things and all the rest)--five votes.
* Certified as meeting all the above plus having a good sense
of humor, six votes.
* A regular reader of the E-AWR (or the AWR)? Seven votes.
And so on. Teams of wellness and self-management experts can work on
government commissions for a year or so to develop the standards, criteria,
the infrastructure for certifications and so on to guide the awarding of MEV
prerogatives.
Just think of the status that will attach to being a MEV. It might be
enough to improve citizenship as well as the health of the populace.
How do you like my idea? Comments welcomed, as always.
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#264
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:33:06 EST
From: Gretchen Leffler <Lefflergr@AOL.COM>
Subject: Teen Sexuality Facts
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Hello HEDIRs!
I've been asked to provide a teen sex and STI "fact sheet" for middle school
parents. I have heard discussion that many adolescents engage in
"alternative" sex (oral, etc.) to avoid pregnancy. While I've heard people
discuss this before, I've never seen it documented. I'd like to give the
impression that students may be sexually active and thus at risk for STI's
even if they are not having the kind of sex these parents are thinking of.
Could someone point me in the right direction? Also, any other statistics on
frequency/prevalency of teen sex or STI rates would be appreciated. I'd like
to add a little "shock value" to this handout.
Your help is sincerely appreciated. Thanks!
Gretchen
Gretchen A. Leffler, Health Research Associate
Calhoun County Health Department
190 E. Michigan Avenue, Suite A100
Battle Creek, Michigan 49014
Phone: (616) 969-6492
Fax: (616) 966-1520
Email: lefflergr@aol.com
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#265
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:08:14 -0500
From: Bill Taverner <edu345@ECLIPSE.NET>
Subject: Re: Teen Sexuality Facts
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Gretchen,
See the last edition of Family Planning Perspectives (Jan, I think) for
quite a bit of info on this.
Bill
Bill Taverner, M.A.
Director of Education
The Center for Family Life Education, PPGNNJ
196 Speedwell Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey 07960
(973) 539-9580, x149
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From: The HEDIR--Where It All Began! [mailto:HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU]On Behalf
Of Gretchen Leffler
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 4:33 PM
To: HEDIR-L@SIU.EDU
Subject: Teen Sexuality Facts
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Hello HEDIRs!
I've been asked to provide a teen sex and STI "fact sheet" for middle school
parents. I have heard discussion that many adolescents engage in
"alternative" sex (oral, etc.) to avoid pregnancy. While I've heard people
discuss this before, I've never seen it documented. I'd like to give the
impression that students may be sexually active and thus at risk for STI's
even if they are not having the kind of sex these parents are thinking of.
Could someone point me in the right direction? Also, any other statistics
on
frequency/prevalency of teen sex or STI rates would be appreciated. I'd
like
to add a little "shock value" to this handout.
Your help is sincerely appreciated. Thanks!
Gretchen
Gretchen A. Leffler, Health Research Associate
Calhoun County Health Department
190 E. Michigan Avenue, Suite A100
Battle Creek, Michigan 49014
Phone: (616) 969-6492
Fax: (616) 966-1520
Email: lefflergr@aol.com
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#266
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:01:07 -0500
From: Sharon Fisher <SHARON@ACHA.ORG>
Subject: ACHA Requests Members' Feedback
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ACHA is asking its members for their input about potential over-the-counter
access for emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs). Recently, some health
organizations have joined a petition to request that the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) switch the status of ECPs from prescription to
over-the-counter. The association is asking for feedback from its members to
help examine its position on this issue.
ACHA Members are encouraged to voice their opinions during a 14-day comment
period, open until February 23, 2001. Please e-mail all comments directly to
feedback@acha.org <mailto:feedback@acha.org>.
We appreciate your feedback on this important issue.
Sharon Fisher
ACHA Communications Coordinator
(410) 859-1500, ext. 234
fax (410) 859-1510
sharon@acha.org
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Join us in Las Vegas for our Annual Meeting,
"Healthy Campus... Not By Chance."
Visit our website at www.acha.org for details!
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#267
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:25:59 -0500
From: Shadia Garrison <shadia_g@WWW.AMSA.ORG>
Subject: grants workshop
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Hi everyone,
I am looking for either an individual or an organization that specializes in
workshops for grant writing/finding funding. I need this person or
organization to be in or near the Washington DC area and able to do a
customized two-day workshop in late April. If you have any ideas, please
email me. Thanks!
Shadia
Shadia Garrison, MPH, CHES
Project Director
AMSA Foundation
703.620.6600 ext. 214
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#268
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:40:12 -0800
From: William Cissell <wcissell@VENUS.TWU.EDU>
Subject: More Info on Texas SOPHE Conference
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Health Without Borders.....Who's Educating Whom?
Saturday, March 24, 20001
Camino Real Hotel
El Paso, TX
Sponsor - Texas Society for Public Health Education (TSOPHE)
Co-Sponsors - School of Public Health, UNT Health Science Center Texas;
Department of Health Public Health Promotion Program, TDH Minority
Health Program, TDH Texas Volunteer Health Corps, Paso Del Norte Health
Foundation, Health Education Training Center Alliance of Texas-West
Region
This conference is a rare opportunity to learn from experts at the
national, state, and local levels about strategies to maximize a
valuable community asset - community health workers! Community health
workers/advisors, also known as promotoras have a long history of
serving individuals and communities on the Texas/Mexico border. House
Bill 1864 was passed in the 76th Texas Legislative Session and charged
the Texas Department of Health to establish a committee to study the
feasibility of standardizing training and certification of community
health workers. HB 1864 offers us an opportunity to maximize this The
conference will focus on the development of the skills of public health
professionals, community outreach health educators, promotoras, and
community health workers to be more effective in their work in
communities.
Highlights include:
* A look at the how promotoras work in communities;·
* A review of training curricula used for promotoras and community
health workers; and
* Building community skills through successful program models.
For further information contact Claudia Coggin (ccoggin@hsc.unt.edu) or
817/735-2360 or FAX 817-735-0324
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William B. Cissell, PhD, MSPH, CHES
Professor and Director, Statewide
Coordinated Statement of Need Project (SCSN)
Texas Woman’s University
Department of Health Studies
P.O. Box 425499
Denton, Texas 76204-5499
940-898-2861; Fax: 940-898-2859; email: wcissell@twu.edu
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#269
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:41:29 -1000
From: McCurty Owen MSG USARPAC DCSLOG <McCurtyO@SHAFTER.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: FW: Information
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Can you please forward this to Mr. Kenneth Packer. I tried emailing him,
but it came back undeliverable. Thanks!
MSG Owen McCurty
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From: McCurty Owen MSG USARPAC DCSLOG
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:32 PM
To: 'pack100w@WONDER.EM.CDC.GOV'
Subject: Information
Mr. Packer,
My name is Master Sergeant Owen McCurty and I am stationed in Honolulu,
Hawaii. I am currently attending Hawaii Pacific University. The reason why
I'm writing you is because, I'm taking a Humanities Upper Division level
course and wrote a term paper on HIV/AIDS.
I used information out of your book, HIV Infection: The Facts That You Need
To Know. The information was referenced from chapter 1 of your book. You
wrote: HIV, the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS), is a member of a family of viruses. The first member of this
family, HTLV-1, was found in Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. It
was related to STLV-I, a virus found in African Monkey. Reports of an
AIDS-like illness in central Africa dates to the early 1970s. Antibodies to
this virus, HTLV-III, were found in stored African blood.
My instructor gave me a "C" because she said that the information I used was
inaccurate. I told her that I would bring your book to our next class so
that she may review it. Can you please write me back concerning this! I
would like to bring your comments with me to my next class meeting. Thank
you for your time.
Owen McCurty Jr.
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