7-3-01

#794
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 06:39:03 -0700
From: "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman" <rlgkdg@FLASH.NET>
Subject: Computer Training Wish List

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

I am in the happy position, over the next year, of being able to design and
coordinate a computer training program - maybe even a certificate program -
for health educators. What I'd like is your ideas as to what it is health
educators need to know about computers in order to achieve Traditional and
Nontraditional health education objectives.

For example, I was thinking along these lines as topics to be covered
assuming that there would be lots of people with no background interested
as well as the well seasoned:

Intro to the PC
Word processing (Word and/or WordPerfect)
Desktop Publishing
PowerPoint
E-mail system
SAS or SPSS: data analysis
GIS - Geographic Information Systems
Spreadsheets - Excel and/or Lotus
Databases - Access and/or Paradox
Literature/internet searching
Web page development - favorite program?

What else, please? Or what could be tossed out?

Thanks for your time!

kdg
********************************************************************
Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Studies, New York University
Health Education and Social Marketing Consultant
Coordinator, New York State Coalition for Health Education
and
Director, TSDC
Bureau of Personnel Development
NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
2 Washington Street, 21st floor
NY, NY 10004
Day Phone: 212-487-5640
Day Fax: 212-487-5620
Day Email: kgoldman@dcas.nyc.gov
Home Email: RLGKDG@flash.net
Home Fax: 718-855-1247
********************************************************************

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#795

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:43:46 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: Request for Help

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

Shelly has had trouble posting this...if you choose to reply individually,
make sure you do so to her at the email below...not to me. Thanks.
>X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.4
>Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 08:11:28 -0400
>From: "SHELLY MOORE" <SMOORE.CARE1.CFH@cfhnyc.org>
>To: <kittle@siu.edu>
>Subject: rejected message?
>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by saluki-mail.siu.edu
>id HAA35840
>
>
>Hello Everyone!
>
>I know that the HEDIR has discussed the issue of accepting charitable
>donations from tobacco companies in the past, but I'm having some trouble
>locating the debate in the archives online. I would like to describe a
>situation at my workplace, and receive feedback from others who have
>wrestled with this issue.
>
>I work for a health-related non-profit organization that serves a very
>vulnerable urban client population. One of our projects is a team of
>providers who serve mentally ill folks. The team receives funding for
>services, but we cannot use the funding to purchase incentives (such as
>clothing) that our clients need quite desperately. We have been offered a
>charitable donation from the employee fund of a tobacco company to
>purchase these needed items.
>
>Let me just say upfront that I am philosophically opposed to receiving any
>kind of tobacco money for health-related work. But I feel like I need help
>from others in constructing a compelling argument that will convince my
>employer that our policy should exclude these kinds of donations.
>
>I don't see a distinction between tobacco money that comes directly from a
>tobacco company versus money that comes from an "employee fund" by
>employees of the tobacco company-- but I'm going to need to defend my
>position. Any thoughts?
>
>Also, how have other folks defended a position of refusing money when it
>meant that you weren't able to obtain supplies that were needed to benefit
>your target population?
>
>I'm looking forward to learning from the feedback and experiences of others!
>
>Shelly Moore
>smoore@cfhnyc.org

Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Professor, Health Education
Graduate Director, Health Education & Recreation
Home Page:
www.kittle.siu.edu
The HEDIR Home Page:
www.hedir.org
The IEJHE:
www.iejhe.org

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#796

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:50:47 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: Fwd: Katie Koestner Presentation

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

Another memo that a subscriber can't send.
>From: "Ellen K. Hawkins" <ehawkins@premiernet.net>
>To: <kittle@SIU.EDU>
>Subject: Katie Koestner Presentation
>Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:25:39 -0500
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400
>
>Just wandering if anyone has heard Katie Koestner present on sexual
>assault/ violence issues. Our agency is considering sponsoring her
>presentation in our community. Just wanted some feedback from those who
>have seen her. Thanks
>
>Ellen Hawkins, MPH CHES
>Community Educator
>Hope Harbor: A Sexual Trauma Recovery Center
>913 Broadway Avenue
>Bowling Green, KY 42101
>(270)782-5014
>(270)782-5042 (fax)
><mailto:ehawkins@hopeharbor.net>ehawkins@hopeharbor.net

Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Professor, Health Education
Graduate Director, Health Education & Recreation
Home Page:
www.kittle.siu.edu
The HEDIR Home Page:
www.hedir.org
The IEJHE:
www.iejhe.org

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#797

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:04:05 -0500
From: "Marjorie E. Scaffa" <mscaffa@JAGUAR1.USOUTHAL.EDU>
Subject: Re: Computer Training Wish List

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

I also suggest

evaluation of health information websites
universal design in webpage development (accessiblity for persons
with disabilities)

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman wrote:

> ** Visit the American Association for Health Education
> ** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
> **
> ** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
> ** Written by Health Educators?
> ** http://www.abacon.com
> **
>
> I am in the happy position, over the next year, of being able to design and
> coordinate a computer training program - maybe even a certificate program -
> for health educators. What I'd like is your ideas as to what it is health
> educators need to know about computers in order to achieve Traditional and
> Nontraditional health education objectives.
>
> For example, I was thinking along these lines as topics to be covered
> assuming that there would be lots of people with no background interested
> as well as the well seasoned:
>
> Intro to the PC
> Word processing (Word and/or WordPerfect)
> Desktop Publishing
> PowerPoint
> E-mail system
> SAS or SPSS: data analysis
> GIS - Geographic Information Systems
> Spreadsheets - Excel and/or Lotus
> Databases - Access and/or Paradox
> Literature/internet searching
> Web page development - favorite program?
>
> What else, please? Or what could be tossed out?
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
> kdg
> ********************************************************************
> Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
> Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Studies, New York University
> Health Education and Social Marketing Consultant
> Coordinator, New York State Coalition for Health Education
> and
> Director, TSDC
> Bureau of Personnel Development
> NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
> 2 Washington Street, 21st floor
> NY, NY 10004
> Day Phone: 212-487-5640
> Day Fax: 212-487-5620
> Day Email: kgoldman@dcas.nyc.gov
> Home Email: RLGKDG@flash.net
> Home Fax: 718-855-1247
> ********************************************************************
>
> ** Advertise Jobs On The HEDIR
> ** http://www.hpcareer.net/hedir.cfm
> **
>

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#798

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:07:38 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: The HEDIR

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

I've gotten numerous memos from people who have received a memo that their
message to the HEDIR has been 'rejected'. I've tried to respond to each
person individually. Before I try to explain, let me reiterate the
recently modified HEDIR configurations.

Many of you recalled that last February we started receiving a series of
porno ads distributed over the HEDIR. The HEDIR at that time was
configured so that only those who subscribed could receive, but anybody
could distribute over the HEDIR. To avoid further advertisements I
reconfigured the system so that only those registered could distribute
messages. There is one drawback to this...the email system you are sending
the message from must match up EXACTLY with what you were registered
for. That means that if you were registered with your work email, but you
check your email at home with a different email, you will receive such
messages at home, but you cannot send the message.

For the vast majority this has been no problem. However, for a handful you
get rejected. For those people they need to decide whether to change their
email, only send HEDIR messages from the email they are registered under,
or add two or more different emails to the master HEDIR list. This would
then have you receive HEDIR messages more than once.

To give an example, I am registered under the HEDIR as
kittle@siu.edu. However, my email system on my computer shows me as
kittle@saluki-mail.siu.edu. Technically, they are the same email and if
you send me an email at either one I will get it. However, the HEDIR sees
the slight difference and will not allow me to send a email from any
mailing system that has me as kittle@saluki-mail.siu.edu
I have had to configure all of my emails systems so that my email is just
kittle@siu.edu. Most of the people who get rejected have a small
difference in their email. That difference prevents you from being posted.

There has been an increase of people who respond to me saying that their
HEDIR message has been rejected. Yet, when I look at the HEDIR messages
that particular message was indeed sent. After doing some investigation I
believe I have found the problem.
Make sure that when you compose a memo to the HEDIR that 1) you are sending
from the exact email system you are registered under; 2) make sure that
your email system is configured so that it's 'return address' is identical
to the HEDIR configurations; 3) do not cc yourself the memo. Any of these
three somehow alerts the HEDIR server that it should reject the message
(when in actuality it has sent it)

I believe that by following these steps you will not get this rejection.

Finally, I would encourage you to occasionally go to the HEDIR web page
(www.hedir.org) and check to see if you are registered in the directory
(click the 'find your fellow health educator link'). You can locate
yourself via your name or your state (use the two letter post office search
for states). If you are not there, please enter your information. If your
data is there, please double check to make sure it is accurate. You can
re-subscribe/modify by clicking the 'subscribe' link on the HEDIR web page.

Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Professor, Health Education
Graduate Director, Health Education & Recreation
Home Page:
www.kittle.siu.edu
The HEDIR Home Page:
www.hedir.org
The IEJHE:
www.iejhe.org

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#799

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 07:36:04 -0700
From: Michele Goldschmidt <michele_goldschmidt@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Computer Training Wish List

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

I'd like to add sophisticated web programs such as
cold fusion, which allow interactive responses and
data collection on the web. Along those lines,
internet security is an extremely important factor for
consideration.

Michele H. Goldschmidt, EdD, CHES
Research Assistant Professor
Oregon Health & Science University
Div of Health Promotion & Sports Med
goldschm@ohsu.edu
michele_goldschmidt@yahoo.com

"Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman" wrote: **
Visit the American Association for Health Education**
at www.aahperd.org/aahe**** Whoa! A Mental Health
Book** Written by Health Educators?**
http://www.abacon.com**I am in the happy position,
over the next year, of being able to design
andcoordinate a computer training program - maybe even
a certificate program -for health educators. What I'd
like is your ideas as to what it is healtheducators
need to know about computers in order to achieve
Traditional andNontraditional health education
objectives.For example, I was thinking along these
lines as topics to be coveredassuming that there would
be lots of people with no background interestedas well
as the well seasoned:Intro to the PCWord processing
(Word and/or WordPerfect)Desktop
PublishingPowerPointE-mail systemSAS or SPSS: data
analysisGIS - Geographic Information
SystemsSpreadsheets - Excel and/or LotusDatabases -
Access and/or ParadoxLiterature/internet searchingWeb
page development - favorite program?What else, please?
Or what could be tossed out?Thanks for your
time!kdg********************************************************************Karen
Denard Goldman, PhD, CHESAdjunct Associate Professor,
Dept. of Health Studies, New York UniversityHealth
Education and Social Marketing ConsultantCoordinator,
New York State Coalition for Health
EducationandDirector, TSDCBureau of Personnel
DevelopmentNYC Department of Citywide Administrative
Services2 Washington Street, 21st floorNY, NY 10004Day
Phone: 212-487-5640Day Fax: 212-487-5620Day Email:
kgoldman@dcas.nyc.govHome Email: RLGKDG@flash.netHome
Fax:
718-855-1247**********************************************************************
Advertise Jobs On The HEDIR** http://www.hpcareer.net/hedir.cfm**

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#800

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:13:52 -0500
From: Steve Lux <F40SEL1@WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Computer Training Wish List

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

Good Morning Karen & HEDIRs,

Things that could be added to your list could include the ability to
develop short and simple web based interactive surveys. I saw a great
presentation at ACHA from Nancy Reynolds, University of Rochester on
"using the Internet to Conduct Alcohol Surveys. Also familarity with
photographic and other graphic manipulation can be very helpful when
putting web pages together. I also would recommend a very user-friendly
HTML editor for creating web pages. It is called "Arachnophilia" It is
"careware" and it is available at the following web site,
www.arachnoid.com click on the little spider icon and follow the
prompts.

But I think one of the most important issues for health educators and
computers is the process of how one decides which computer/internet
tasks are best developed and which ones are best left to others
(programmers, students, designers, web masters, etc.) I think that there
is a tremendous inclination to become not only computer literate, but to
think that the computer/internet can solve or do everything. Again, as
with any new technology, theory, or intervention, there is a great
"bandwagon effect." I think health educators need to take time and
energy to assess the need, usefulness, impact, interest, and ability of
their populations before spending a lot of time and money on developing
internet/computer based interventions.

Just as a quick example, We started asking students on our annual
health behavior survey if they had accessed any health information on
the internet. In 1996, only 13.4% responded positively. This number
climbed steadily each year to where it finally passed the 50% mark in
2000 (52.4%). Now we feel that we can justify taking some resources away
from traditional media channels to improve our previous very perfunctory
web page.

Thanks for starting this discussion thread.

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)

>>> "Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman" <rlgkdg@FLASH.NET>
07/03/01 08:39AM >>>
** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

I am in the happy position, over the next year, of being able to design
and
coordinate a computer training program - maybe even a certificate
program -
for health educators. What I'd like is your ideas as to what it is
health
educators need to know about computers in order to achieve Traditional
and
Nontraditional health education objectives.

For example, I was thinking along these lines as topics to be covered
assuming that there would be lots of people with no background
interested
as well as the well seasoned:

Intro to the PC
Word processing (Word and/or WordPerfect)
Desktop Publishing
PowerPoint
E-mail system
SAS or SPSS: data analysis
GIS - Geographic Information Systems
Spreadsheets - Excel and/or Lotus
Databases - Access and/or Paradox
Literature/internet searching
Web page development - favorite program?

What else, please? Or what could be tossed out?

Thanks for your time!

kdg
********************************************************************
Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Studies, New York
University
Health Education and Social Marketing Consultant
Coordinator, New York State Coalition for Health Education
and
Director, TSDC
Bureau of Personnel Development
NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
2 Washington Street, 21st floor
NY, NY 10004
Day Phone: 212-487-5640
Day Fax: 212-487-5620
Day Email: kgoldman@dcas.nyc.gov
Home Email: RLGKDG@flash.net
Home Fax: 718-855-1247
********************************************************************

** Advertise Jobs On The HEDIR
** http://www.hpcareer.net/hedir.cfm
**

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#801

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:17:03 -0600
From: J S Henderson <J.S.Henderson@M.CC.UTAH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Computer Training Wish List

** Visit the American Association for Health Education
** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
**
** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
** Written by Health Educators?
** http://www.abacon.com
**

Karen: Consider sharing our health educator listserves with them.
You & I obviously know the professional benefits of being on HEDIR.
Another idea: Assign them to do a search on the term "health education"
or a specialty of the field to discover the variety of sites there are out
there. Taking a tour of the job sites would be very beneficial for
their job searches. How about WebCT? Good luck with the class!
Julie Henderson
University of Utah

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Karen Denard Goldman & Robert L. Goldman wrote:

> ** Visit the American Association for Health Education
> ** at www.aahperd.org/aahe
> **
> ** Whoa! A Mental Health Book
> ** Written by Health Educators?
> ** http://www.abacon.com
> **
>
> I am in the happy position, over the next year, of being able to design and
> coordinate a computer training program - maybe even a certificate program -
> for health educators. What I'd like is your ideas as to what it is health
> educators need to know about computers in order to achieve Traditional and
> Nontraditional health education objectives.
>
> For example, I was thinking along these lines as topics to be covered
> assuming that there would be lots of people with no background interested
> as well as the well seasoned:
>
> Intro to the PC
> Word processing (Word and/or WordPerfect)
> Desktop Publishing
> PowerPoint
> E-mail system
> SAS or SPSS: data analysis
> GIS - Geographic Information Systems
> Spreadsheets - Excel and/or Lotus
> Databases - Access and/or Paradox
> Literature/internet searching
> Web page development - favorite program?
>
> What else, please? Or what could be tossed out?
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
> kdg
> ********************************************************************
> Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
> Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Studies, New York University
> Health Education and Social Marketing Consultant
> Coordinator, New York State Coalition for Health Education
> and
> Director, TSDC
> Bureau of Personnel Development
> NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
> 2 Washington Street, 21st floor
> NY, NY 10004
> Day Phone: 212-487-5640
> Day Fax: 212-487-5620
> Day Email: kgoldman@dcas.nyc.gov
> Home Email: RLGKDG@flash.net
> Home Fax: 718-855-1247
> ********************************************************************
>
> ** Advertise Jobs On The HEDIR
> ** http://www.hpcareer.net/hedir.cfm
> **
>

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