#54
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:37:19 -0500
From: Colleen Mahoney <cmahoney@WADSNET.COM>
Subject: early childhood
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This might be of interest to those involved/interested in early =
childhood development....
Learning From Starting Points: Findings from the Starting Points =
Assessment Project - Starting Points is a comprehensive four and =
one-half year systems change initiative which began in 1995 to foster =
the well-being of very young children and their families by promoting =
responsible parenting, ensuring good health and protection, guaranteeing =
child care choices, and mobilizing communities to support young children =
and their families. The report (supported by the Carnegie Corporation =
of New York) reveals how funders can provide the momentum for conceptual =
networking and activities that can change the threshold of expectation, =
communication, vision, policy, and practice around key aspects of young =
child well-being - early childhood development, child health, and family =
support - and describes lessons for the next generation of projects for =
funders and policymakers. The Starting Points initiative tested a =
variety of strategies for system change, program enhancement, and =
community mobilization and developed a cadre of new leaders who have =
become deliberate change agents.
The report is online at =
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/stpts2.html or can be purchased =
for $5.00 (payable to Columbia University) from NCCP, 154 Haven Avenue, =
New York, NY 10032; (212) 304-7100; Fax (212) 544-4200=20
Colleen Mahoney, Ph.D.
Owner, Mahoney Consulting Group
301 Windfall Lane
Wadsworth, OH 44281
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#55
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:39:05 -0500
From: "stricga@swbell.net" <stricga@SWBELL.NET>
Subject: surveys
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What is the HEDIR policy about posting surveys? Is there a charge? Can we refer
to a web site where a survey is posted? What's the scoop?
George Strickland
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#56
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:33:19 -0500
From: Rick Petosa <petosa.1@OSU.EDU>
Subject: doctoral student
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In my experience of graduating 25 doctoral students I offer the following
observations:
1. It is difficult to monitor the degree to which an individual develops
each of the many skills involved in successful scholarship and research.
But, the students who pursue the dissertation with a keen interest in
developing skills; do, and contribute to the field.
Students who do not pursue the dissertation as an opportunity to develop
skills make few to zero contributions to research and scholarship after,
"the hurdle."
The defining events occur largely after the dissertation experience.
Mama always said, "Stupid is, as stupid does" W. Groom
I suppose the converse is also true.
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#57
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:36:43 -0600
From: Michael Ballard <michael.ballard@WKU.EDU>
Subject: Southern/Eastern District AAHPERD
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Colleagues:
Just a friendly reminder that the joint convention of Southern/Eastern
District of AAHPERD is just around the corner. The dates are Febraury 13-16,
2002 in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendees will have numerous health sessions and
workshops to choose from. Please contact me if you have any questions or need
assitional information.
Hope to see you in Baltimore.
Respectfully,
Mike Ballard
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#58
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:36:43 -0500
From: Becky Smith <BSmith@AAHPERD.ORG>
Subject: Health Education Teachers needed
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Job Possibilities: Baltimore County Maryland is seeking health certified
applicants for health education positions at the middle and high school
level. Currently there are very few names on file. If interested, please
contact Barbara Sullivan, Health Education Supervisor bsullivan@bcps.org
or access the county website http://www.bcps.org/
Please contact the source above directly
Thank you.
B. Smith
AAHE
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#59
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:02:26 -0600
From: "Kenneth R. McLeroy" <kmcleroy@SRPH.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: New RWJ Foundation Initiative
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=20
Active for life national program office launched
=20
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We are pleased to announce the launch of Active for Life: Improving =
Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older. The four-year, =
$8.7-million grants program, administered through the School of Rural =
Public Health (SRPH), part of The Texas A&M University System Health =
Science Center, is supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Under =
the direction of Marcia Ory who has recently joined the faculty at the =
SRPH, the National Program Office will provide technical assistance and =
support for up to eight grants to be awarded to local, state, or regional =
organizations who respond to the Active for Life Call for Proposal.=20
=20
Over a four-year period, Active for Life grantee sites will recruit 1,000 =
people age 50 and older to participate in programs that will test, =
replicate, and expand a research tested method to increase physical =
activity among mid-life and older adults at the community level. The =
grantees will work with one of two model strategies that help participants =
incorporate physical activity into their daily routines. =20
=20
These are models that have been successful in highly controlled research =
settings. We are eager to investigate how effective the interventions are =
for mid-life and older adults when implemented in real-world community =
settings with more diverse populations.=20
=20
More information about Active for Life is available on the web at =
www.activeforlife.info or through our email address activeforlife@srph.tam=
u.edu. Specifically we refer you to the Call for Proposal which was =
released on January 23, 2002.
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>>> Ansa Ojanlatva <ansoja@UTU.FI> 01/19/02 05:20AM >>>
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Regards from this end... Different fields apparently have different
requirements for writing a disseration.
In the fields of medicine it is common to write disserations with a
committee (3 individuals, often senior faculty) these days and the
requirements at this medical school specify several (4-6) articles in
journals with the highest possible impact factors. By the time of the
dissertation orals, four papers should have been written, with a minimum
of two published, one accepted and one being considered...if I remember
correctly.
Often it is a question of innovations and inventions together with
faculty members. A statistician on a dissertation committee is not at
all unusual and in order to write in English, a student either has to
know the language, has to have a faculty memember on committee who can
help, or hire a person to translate the text or edit it. A bigger
question in my mind whether or not the writer is being acknowleged. A
translator must be mentioned unless he/she does not want to be
mentioned, normally in the acknowledgement section. The person could be
on the writing team if it is a question of a substantial writing
endeavor.
Journals require that everyone serving as a writer has had a part in the
writing and journals also specify that the corresponding author may be
responsible for coordinating the authorships and changes within the
committee.
So, is it a question of writing or some other issue?
--
dos. Ansa Ojanlatva
Dept Public Health
Lemminkaisenkatu 1
20014 University of Turku/Finland
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fax +358-2-333-8439
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#60
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:09:00 -0600
From: "Watts, Parris" <WattsP@APSU.EDU>
Subject: Earlier Deadline
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In a conversation with Susan Wooley earlier today, I was asked to
communicate an earlier deadline of FEBRUARY 1 as the date by which proposals
for Health Educator Section sponsored manuscripts must be submitted to Janet
Long. Because this year's ASHA Conference is early in October, the practice
followed during the past two years of accepting HES-sponsored session
proposals until February 15, has been superseded by the necessary to have
all presentation proposals in by 02/01/02. Again, Janet's mailing address
is :
Janet Long
116 Hawthorne Drive
Barrington, IL 60010
Parris R. Watts, Chair
Health Educator Section
American School Health Association
Voice: (931) 221-7415
Fax: (931) 221-7641
E-mail: wattsp@apsu.edu
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#61
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:34:20 -0500
From: Carol Parks Bani <parksban@EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Helping Doctoral Students perform a lit review
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Spoke like the true veteran that you are. Thanks, Bill!!!!
Carol Parks Bani - who received LOTS of help and support during the
dissertation process!!!!!
"William B. Cissell" wrote:
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>
> Fellow HEDIRS concerned about doc students getting help :
>
> I have 24 years of experience as a faculty member in higher education. During
> that time I have served on research advisory committes of over ninety
students,
> most of them now alums. Before that, I had the glorious experience of
completing
> a master's thesis and dissertation. While performing the work on the thesis
> and dissertation, I discussed with my cohorts in the degree programs their
experiences
> in getting help and support from a wide array of folks.
>
> I learned that in the enterprise of performing research there are all kinds
> of patterns of support sought and received. Mark Fulop is right in suggesting
> that assistance is sought and received in a variety of forms. Data crunching
> consultations, word processing and editing services, and copying, printing,
> and binding are the most commponly contracted support services. Of course,
> many mentors/research committee chairs provide lots of guidance and support.
> Some have reportedly done substantial write and rewrite work for their
protoges.
>
> The key factors for which the doctoral candidate should, and generally is,
rquired
> to take responsibility are: ownership of the research problem (accepted and
> embraced it), knowledge of the research protocol (can defend it),
understanding
> and explaining the results, and making worthwhile recommendations for use of
> the findings and future directions in which related research might be
directed.
> As long as the doctoral candidate or master's researcher can demonstrate
competence
> in these areas of responsibility, they have achieved the level of an able
researcher.
> Most accomplished researches hire assistants and consultants to get most of
> the less glamorous research work done. They contribute comprehensive, or at
> least broad-based, knowledge of the research problem, knowledge of previous
> and contemporary research on the problem, selection of the research protocol,
> understanding and explaining the results, and making recommendations about
using
> the findings and the directions in which future research related to the
problem
> might take.
>
> Pat, I would not be so apologetic about the request you made. Just because
> someone else conducts certain lit review tasks does not mean your doctoral
candidate
> friend would fail to understand or be able to defend the content or parameters
> of the literature gathered. I assume the librarian would inquire as to the
> types of content to be gathered and the parameters within which to search.
> The librarian can collate and provide summaries of documents gathered or
identified
> through the data retrieval process. The researcher still has to review the
> literature collected to determine which of it meets the requirements of the
> research problem being addressed, the protocol for data gathering and
analysis,
> and contributing to the understanding necessary to explain the results of the
> data analysis. Where the initial literature search falls short, the reseacher
> would need to fill in the holes. The research has to defend the review of
literature
> written into the dissertation, as well as the entire document, to experienced
> research mentors and professional colleagues.
>
> Many professors/mentors have spent exhausting hours prodding their protoges
> to think through the lierature review they are reporting in their dissertation
> to assure that they gain the insights necessary to select the data collection
> and analysis protocol and to, in turn, understand the rsults of the analysis
> and make reasonable and appropriate recommendations. Hiring help to gather
> literature documents or abstracts, collate, and summarize clusters of these,
> does not strike me as being much different than hiring someone to enter data
> and instruct a data analysis software package to spit out the results. As the
> researcher needs to be able to defend the results of the data analysis, she
> or he needs to be able to defend the literature reviewed and summarized in the
> disseration.
>
> Bill
>
> William B. Cissell, Ph.D., MSPH, CHES
> Visiting Professor and Coordinator
> Behavioral Health Promotion and Education
> Department of Public Health
> Jackson State University
> 350 W. Woodrow Wilson, Suite 320
> Jackson, Mississippi 39213-7681
>
> Ph 601-979-1137 Fax 601-368-2081
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#62
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:14:35 -0800
From: Margo Harris <margo@PNWHEALTH.COM>
Subject: Another thought on alternative medicine
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Although I haven't yet read the article on trends in utilization of herbal
medicine that Mark mentioned, our community in Seattle is buzzing on the
issue of alternative medicine. Seattle is the home of John Bastyr
University, a naturopathic university; so alternative medicine is a common
topic of discussion. An article appeared in the December 2001 issue of
Academic Medicine titled, "Why Alternative Medicine Cannot be
Evidence-Based." The same issue contained a commentary titled, "What is
This Nonsense That Complementary and Alternative Medicine Is Not Amenable to
Controlled Investigation of Population Effects?" The debate rages!
The commentary included these figures:
"Increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is fueling
these debates. Between 1990 and 1997, users of CAM practitioners in the
United States grew by over 20%, while annual visits grew about one third to
629 million, more than the number of visits to all primary care physicians
during the same period. CAM expenditures were estimated at $27 billion,
with 78.5% for professional services."
Academic Medicine is published by the Association of American Medical
Colleges. The monthly journal is devoted to issues related to the training
of physicians - http://www.academicmedicine.org/ You can read the abstract
of the article here, but you must be a subscriber to access full text
articles. Margo
Margo Harris
Seattle, WA
206/932-1273
Email: margo@pnwhealth.com
Internet: www.pnwhealth.com
PNW SOPHE Job Bank: www.pnwhealth.com/jobbank.htm
"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle.
I just wish (s)he didn't trust me so much." Mother Theresa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, Ph.D., FAAHB" <kittle@siu.edu>
To: <IEJHE-L@SIU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 10:32 AM
Subject: new release
> Just a brief note to let you know of a recent release on the
> IEJHE. "Trends in Utilization of Herbal Medicine: Implications for
> Health Education" by Behjat A. Sharif, Ph.D., CHES is an excellent article
> dealing with alternative health care and medicine.
>
> To enter, go to www.iejhe.org, click the Subject / Author index and you
can
> click the 2002 Table of Contents. You can then enter the article without
a
> password.
>
>
>
>
> 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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#63
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:27:09 -0500
From: Carol Parks Bani <parksban@EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Helping Doctoral Students perform a lit review
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That's is "spoken"!!!! Sorry about that - smile!!!
Carol Parks Bani wrote:
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> ** AAHE--Official Sponsor of the HEDIR
> ** www.aahperd.org/aahe
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>
> Spoke like the true veteran that you are. Thanks, Bill!!!!
>
> Carol Parks Bani - who received LOTS of help and support during the
> dissertation process!!!!!
>
> "William B. Cissell" wrote:
>
> > **
> > ** AAHE--Official Sponsor of the HEDIR
> > ** www.aahperd.org/aahe
> > **
> >
> > Fellow HEDIRS concerned about doc students getting help :
> >
> > I have 24 years of experience as a faculty member in higher education.
During
> > that time I have served on research advisory committes of over ninety
students,
> > most of them now alums. Before that, I had the glorious experience of
completing
> > a master's thesis and dissertation. While performing the work on the thesis
> > and dissertation, I discussed with my cohorts in the degree programs their
experiences
> > in getting help and support from a wide array of folks.
> >
> > I learned that in the enterprise of performing research there are all kinds
> > of patterns of support sought and received. Mark Fulop is right in
suggesting
> > that assistance is sought and received in a variety of forms. Data crunching
> > consultations, word processing and editing services, and copying, printing,
> > and binding are the most commponly contracted support services. Of course,
> > many mentors/research committee chairs provide lots of guidance and support.
> > Some have reportedly done substantial write and rewrite work for their
protoges.
> >
> > The key factors for which the doctoral candidate should, and generally is,
rquired
> > to take responsibility are: ownership of the research problem (accepted and
> > embraced it), knowledge of the research protocol (can defend it),
understanding
> > and explaining the results, and making worthwhile recommendations for use of
> > the findings and future directions in which related research might be
directed.
> > As long as the doctoral candidate or master's researcher can demonstrate
competence
> > in these areas of responsibility, they have achieved the level of an able
researcher.
> > Most accomplished researches hire assistants and consultants to get most of
> > the less glamorous research work done. They contribute comprehensive, or at
> > least broad-based, knowledge of the research problem, knowledge of previous
> > and contemporary research on the problem, selection of the research
protocol,
> > understanding and explaining the results, and making recommendations about
using
> > the findings and the directions in which future research related to the
problem
> > might take.
> >
> > Pat, I would not be so apologetic about the request you made. Just because
> > someone else conducts certain lit review tasks does not mean your doctoral
candidate
> > friend would fail to understand or be able to defend the content or
parameters
> > of the literature gathered. I assume the librarian would inquire as to the
> > types of content to be gathered and the parameters within which to search.
> > The librarian can collate and provide summaries of documents gathered or
identified
> > through the data retrieval process. The researcher still has to review the
> > literature collected to determine which of it meets the requirements of the
> > research problem being addressed, the protocol for data gathering and
analysis,
> > and contributing to the understanding necessary to explain the results of
the
> > data analysis. Where the initial literature search falls short, the
reseacher
> > would need to fill in the holes. The research has to defend the review of
literature
> > written into the dissertation, as well as the entire document, to
experienced
> > research mentors and professional colleagues.
> >
> > Many professors/mentors have spent exhausting hours prodding their protoges
> > to think through the lierature review they are reporting in their
dissertation
> > to assure that they gain the insights necessary to select the data
collection
> > and analysis protocol and to, in turn, understand the rsults of the analysis
> > and make reasonable and appropriate recommendations. Hiring help to gather
> > literature documents or abstracts, collate, and summarize clusters of these,
> > does not strike me as being much different than hiring someone to enter data
> > and instruct a data analysis software package to spit out the results. As
the
> > researcher needs to be able to defend the results of the data analysis, she
> > or he needs to be able to defend the literature reviewed and summarized in
the
> > disseration.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > William B. Cissell, Ph.D., MSPH, CHES
> > Visiting Professor and Coordinator
> > Behavioral Health Promotion and Education
> > Department of Public Health
> > Jackson State University
> > 350 W. Woodrow Wilson, Suite 320
> > Jackson, Mississippi 39213-7681
> >
> > Ph 601-979-1137 Fax 601-368-2081
> >
> > ** Advertise Jobs On The HEDIR
> > ** http://www.hpcareer.net/hedir.cfm
> > **
> > ** Check Your HEDIR Info...
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> > **
>
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