#368
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:07:34 -0400
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: CHHCS News Alert, May 12, 2006 -- In Preschoolers, Inhaled Medication
Does Not Prevent Later Asthma
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The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) News Alert -- May 12,
2006
In Preschoolers, Inhaled Medication Does Not Prevent Later Asthma:
Treatment with inhaled corticosteroids "is associated with significant
improvement in various measures of asthma control" in school-age children, and
researchers wondered if receiving an inhaled corticosteroid would also reduce
the likelihood of asthma in preschoolers who have frequent wheezing or other
risk factors for asthma.
http://www.healthinschools.org
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.healthinschools.org
202-466-3396 fax: 202-466-3467
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#369
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:54:56 -0400
From: KDG Consulting <kdgconsulting@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Request for help in finding HRAs
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This is a fine program - Real Age - but the emails that follow are just
overwhelming - but maybe worth the inconvenience. My students loved the Real Age
experience...almost all 160 of them in four general health classes.
kdg
Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
Co-author, Health Education Tools of the Trade: Tools for Tasks That Didn't Come
with the Job Description
Dept. of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Kingsborough Community
College
2001 Oriental Boulvard
Brooklyn, NY 11235
kgoldman@kbcc.cuny.edu
718-368-5716
President, KDG Consulting
Training and Development for Health Education and Promotion Organizations and
Specialists www.kdgconsulting.net kdgconsulting@verizon.net
184 Columbia Heights, Suite 3C
Brooklyn, NY 11201
917-715-0928
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From: HEDIR-L List [mailto:HEDIR-L@LISTSERV.SIU.EDU] On Behalf Of Randolfi,
Ernie
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:17 PM
To: HEDIR-L@LISTSERV.SIU.EDU
Subject: Re: Request for help in finding HRAs
** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
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http://www.realage.com/ This is one of the few worthwhile assessments that is
still available online for free. Not sure if there is any way to get a group
summary if that is needed.
On 5/11/06 1:19 PM, "Mary and Gary Zahler" <gzahler@RAEX.COM> wrote:
> ** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
> ** www.aaheinfo.org
> **
>
> Hi All,
> Does anyone know of any free (or pretty inexpensive) Health Risk
Appraisals
> that are still available for public use as paper and pencil assessments?
Of
> the ones that I currently know about, most of them seem to be
computer-based
> these days and fairly costly as well for an organization.
> Thanks so much for any feedback that any one you can give me related
> to this. I truly appreciate any assistance, suggestions, or advice
> that I can get!
> Sincerely,
> Mary Lynne Zahler, MA, CHES
> gzahler@raex.com
>
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Ernesto A. Randolfi, Ph.D.
Department of Health and Human Performance 1500 University Drive Billings, MT
59101
Phone: 1-406-657-2123 Fax: 1-406-657-2399
E-mail: randolfi@msubillings.edu
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#370
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:15:39 -0400
From: Jessica Brueggeman <jessica.brueggeman@MICROMASS.COM>
Subject: Re: Request for help in finding HRAs
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A couple of HRA's that I looked into at one point are:
http://www.healthcalc.net/index.htm
http://www.haelan.net/ocs/index.htm
I can't honestly recommend either one because we never ended up implementing an
HRA...so I don't have direct experience.
Jessica Brueggeman RN, MPH CHES
Senior Behaviorist
MicroMass Communications, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: HEDIR-L List [mailto:HEDIR-L@LISTSERV.SIU.EDU] On Behalf Of KDG Consulting
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 10:55 AM
To: HEDIR-L@LISTSERV.SIU.EDU
Subject: Re: Request for help in finding HRAs
** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
** www.aaheinfo.org
**
This is a fine program - Real Age - but the emails that follow are just
overwhelming - but maybe worth the inconvenience. My students loved the Real Age
experience...almost all 160 of them in four general health classes.
kdg
Karen Denard Goldman, PhD, CHES
Co-author, Health Education Tools of the Trade: Tools for Tasks That Didn't Come
with the Job Description
Dept. of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Kingsborough Community
College
2001 Oriental Boulvard
Brooklyn, NY 11235
kgoldman@kbcc.cuny.edu
718-368-5716
President, KDG Consulting
Training and Development for Health Education and Promotion Organizations and
Specialists www.kdgconsulting.net kdgconsulting@verizon.net
184 Columbia Heights, Suite 3C
Brooklyn, NY 11201
917-715-0928
-----Original Message-----
From: HEDIR-L List [mailto:HEDIR-L@LISTSERV.SIU.EDU] On Behalf Of Randolfi,
Ernie
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:17 PM
To: HEDIR-L@LISTSERV.SIU.EDU
Subject: Re: Request for help in finding HRAs
** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
** www.aaheinfo.org
**
http://www.realage.com/ This is one of the few worthwhile assessments that is
still available online for free. Not sure if there is any way to get a group
summary if that is needed.
On 5/11/06 1:19 PM, "Mary and Gary Zahler" <gzahler@RAEX.COM> wrote:
> ** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
> ** www.aaheinfo.org
> **
>
> Hi All,
> Does anyone know of any free (or pretty inexpensive) Health Risk
Appraisals
> that are still available for public use as paper and pencil
assessments?
Of
> the ones that I currently know about, most of them seem to be
computer-based
> these days and fairly costly as well for an organization.
> Thanks so much for any feedback that any one you can give me related
to
> this. I truly appreciate any assistance, suggestions, or advice that I
can
> get!
> Sincerely,
> Mary Lynne Zahler, MA, CHES
> gzahler@raex.com
>
> **
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Ernesto A. Randolfi, Ph.D.
Department of Health and Human Performance 1500 University Drive Billings, MT
59101
Phone: 1-406-657-2123 Fax: 1-406-657-2399
E-mail: randolfi@msubillings.edu
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#371
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:00:45 -0400
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: CHHCS Second News Alert, May 12, 2006 -- Study Finds Delays in
Diagnosing Autism
** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
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The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) Second News Alert --
May 12, 2006
Study Finds Delays in Diagnosing Autism:
Children are often first diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
after they display language or general developmental delays, and 24 percent of
the children diagnosed with ASDs are identified at schools, according to a study
reported in an April supplement to the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral
Pediatrics.
http://www.healthinschools.org
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.healthinschools.org
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#372
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:42:15 -0700
From: "William M. London" <wlondon@CDREWU.EDU>
Subject: Re: HEDIR-L Digest - 10 May 2006 to 11 May 2006 (#2006-103)
** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
** www.aaheinfo.org
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>
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:19:31 -0400
> From: Mary and Gary Zahler <gzahler@RAEX.COM>
> Subject: Request for help in finding HRAs
>
> ** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
> ** www.aaheinfo.org
> **
>
> Hi All,
> Does anyone know of any free (or pretty inexpensive) Health Risk
> Appraisals that are still available for public use as paper and pencil
assessments?
> Of
> the ones that I currently know about, most of them seem to be
computer-
> based
> these days and fairly costly as well for an organization.
> Thanks so much for any feedback that any one you can give me related
to
> this. I truly appreciate any assistance, suggestions, or advice that I
can
> get!
> Sincerely,
> Mary Lynne Zahler, MA, CHES
> gzahler@raex.com
>
> **
> ** The HEDIR is Supported by Paid Advertising
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>
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:17:11 -0600
> From: "Randolfi, Ernie" <randolfi@MSUBILLINGS.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Request for help in finding HRAs
>
> ** AAHE--the Future of Health Education
> ** www.aaheinfo.org
> **
>
> http://www.realage.com/ This is one of the few worthwhile assessments
that
> is still available online for free. Not sure if there is any way to
get a
> group summary if that is needed.
I suggest being wary of realage.com, which includes such hype as:
"With regard to nutrition, for example, FDA guidelines cover minimal nutrient
requirements to avoid a deficiency. RealAge recommendations provide the optimal
nutrient requirements for longevity, disease prevention, and good health."
Can anybody find any actual scientific evidence to validate RealAge's method of
appraisal at RealAge's "Science and Philosophy" page at
http://www.realage.com/company_info/ra_faqs.aspx?pg=6#6 ? Where's the algorithm
for providing assessments? Is it a trade secret?
Consider this from p. 496 of the new edition of CONSUMER HEALTH: A GUIDE TO
INTELLIGENT DECISIONS, which I coauthored:
"Some Web sites, books, and expensive health spas purport to be able to
determine your true 'biological age' by ccomparing various physical and
lifestyle variables to statistical norms. This can differ from your
chronological age (time elapsed since birth) and supposedly indicates how much
you have truly aged. However, there is no agreed-upon, validated standard for
measuring biological age. A WALL STREET JOURNAL reporter in her mid-30s who took
two Web site tests scored 'age 17' at one site and 'age 46' at the other.
[Bright B. Body language. The Wall Street Journal. Oct 11, 2004.] Butler has
stated that those who claim to measure 'biomarkers of aging' and favorably
affect them are not scientifically based and should not be marketed to the
unwitting public." [See http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/antiaging.html
]
******
The Code of Ethics of the Health Education Profession in Article I, Section 3
states: "Health Educators accurately communicate the potential benefits and
consequences of the services and programs with which they are associated." When
HRAs are administered as part of health education services, what do health
educators actually do to communicate the potential benefits and consequences of
suggesting that consumers take seriously the results reported from their scored
HRAs?
Bill
William M. London, Ed.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of General Studies Interim Director,
Master of Public Health in Urban Public Health Program College of Science and
Health Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
201 Keck Building
1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone: 323-563-4874
Fax: 323-357-3601
wlondon@cdrewu.edu
Urban Public Health M.P.H. Program:
http://www.cdrewu.edu/cosh/public_health/public_health.htm
College of Science and Health: http://www.cdrewu.edu/cosh/index.htm
Dr. London is co-host of Credential Watch (http://www.credentialwatch.org ),
associate editor of Consumer Health Digest, a free weekly e-newsletter available
by subscription at http://www.quackwatch.org/00AboutQuackwatch/chd.html , and a
co-author of Consumer Health: A Guide to Intelligent Decisions, Eighth Edition
(http://www.chsourcebook.com ).
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