#679
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:10:22 -0400
From: Liz O'Grady <LizO@WRHHS.ORG>
Subject: Re: HEDIR-L Digest - 19 Oct 2005 to 20 Oct 2005 (#2005-229)
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I will be out of the office on Friday, October 21. I will reply to your message
on Monday, october 24.
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#680
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:08:45 -0500
From: "Perko, Mike" <mperko@CHES.UA.EDU>
Subject: Introducing new Associate and Adjunct faculty at University of Alabama
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It's my pleasure to introduce two new faculty members in the College of Human
Environmental Sciences Dept. of Health Science at the University of Alabama:
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Dr. Stuart Usdan comes to us as Associate Professor after a successful tenure at
the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of S.
Carolina. Dr. Usdan, this years winner of APHA's PHEHP Section's Early Career
Award, comes to UA with national research expertise in Alcohol studies,
particularly high risk drinking perceptions among young adults.
Dr. Usdan brings with him NIAAA, NCAA, and USDOE funded projects, as well as
many other project ideas. Extremely student-centered, Dr. Usdan was instrumental
in founding the APHA Student Caucus, and served as President of that group, as
well as having served on numerous dissertation and thesis committees while at
USC. For such a young researcher, he is author of numerous articles, including
the lead article in the most recent ACHA Journal, book chapters, published
abstracts and NIDA Monographs, as well as serving on national boards and review
panels in the area of substance abuse. His arrival at UA has positioned the
College and department to take a highly active role in campus and community wide
substance use initiatives. =20
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Dr. Toya Russell has joined us for one year as Adjunct Professor after some
world-class experience as a commissioned officer in the US Public Health Service
(actively deployed to Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina). She currently serves
as Associate Director, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of
Medicine Department of Family & Community Medicine Division of Research. Dr.
Russell brings with her research expertise in reducing tobacco use in pregnant
women (With Windsor and Crawford), HIV/AIDS education, and spirituality and
stress reduction. Besides her work with the USPHS, Toya has served as an
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, CDC Surveillance Branch, NCI Pre-doctoral
Fellow, and has had post-graduate training at Harvard, Duke, and NIH. Teaching
and or Director Post's include Morehouse School of Medicine and Meharry Medical
College.
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The Department of Health Science at UA, which offers the 7th ranked nationally
Joint Ph.D. program in Health Education and Promotion with UAB, as well as MA
and BA degrees in Health Education, is proud to welcome both of these
outstanding people to the growing department. =20
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Mike Perko, Ph.D., CHES
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Health Science <http://130.160.212.112/health/>=20
PO Box 870311
University of Alabama <http://www.ua.edu/>=20
Tuscaloosa, Al 35487-0311
mperko@ches.ua.edu <mailto:mperko@ches.ua.edu>=20
205-348-2956
(f) 205-348-7568
Distance Masters in Health Studies
<http://130.160.212.112/health/distance/>=20
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#681
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:08:03 -0400
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: CHHCS News Alerts, October 21, 2005 --Former FDA Women's Health
Director Comments on Plan B\ Food Allergy in Schools
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The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) News Alerts -- October
21, 2005
Former FDA Women's Health Director Comments on Plan B:
In comments published in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine,
the former director of the Office of Women's Health at the federal Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) says she resigned from the FDA August 31 after the agency
delayed indefinitely a decision about whether emergency contraception-Plan
B-should be switched to nonprescription status.
http://www.healthinschools.org
Bill Would Set Federal Policy for Food Allergy in Schools:
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives October 17 directs
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national policy for
managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools.
http://www.healthinschools.org
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.healthinschools.org
Nancy Eichner
Senior Program Manager
202-466-3396 fax: 202-466-3467
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#682
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 09:27:43 +1000
From: Renee Veksler <reveksler@GUAM.NET>
Subject: program survey advice please
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Dear Health Educator Collegues,
I am still looking for help with a survey: I would like to make a tool that will
predict which people will improve their body composition more, after
participating in a 6 week educational/exercise program, if final measurements
are taken 2 1/2 months after the program is over, compared to initial
measurements and measurements at the end of the program. Another survey I would
like to make would measure participant's ratings of self-esteem and self-efficacy.(to
be given 3 times also)
Please point me in the right direction if you have heard of a similar program. I
would greatly appreciate any help; I'm very limited with people resources on
this small island.(and I have tried!) Thank you, Renee Veksler Guam Memorial
Hospital Health Educator III
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