Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:45:27 +0100

From: "L. Suzanne Suggs" <suggs@SUGGS.INFO>

Subject: survey translation help

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If you have experience translating the general health status question responses into Italian, could you contact me?

The study I am working on is being conducted in English, French and Italian. My question is which Italian words best capture the meaning of the response options "fair" and "poor". My PhD student is a native Italian speaker and has provided me with these options: Non male = not bad with a positive connotation, Debole = weak or not very good with a negative connotation, Cadgionevole = very weak with a strong negative

connotation, Pessima = very poor with a strong negative connotation.

We are leaning towards using non male and debole.

We are testing the survey with our target audiences in a couple of weeks. Any help prior to that is greatly appreciated.

Grazie,

Suzanne

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L. Suzanne Suggs, PhD, CHES

Assistant Professor

Institute of Communication and Health

Faculty of Communication Sciences

University of Lugano

Via G. Buffi 13

CH 6900 Lugano

(e) suzanne.suggs@lu.unisi.ch

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President

Health X Change, "Consulting for Health & Wellness"

United States / Canada / Switzerland

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#230

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:24:27 -0600

From: "Amy L. Versnik Nowak" <aversnik@D.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Fwd: Story of Stuff and life and the end of life and stuff

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Mark,

Thanks for your response. I also have relatives that have avoided =20 becoming "pesky" and "costly" healthy old persons. I think you are =20 right about the question being over- simplified. Not only are we =20 talking about one complex system, but the interaction of many complex =20=

systems that influence health and related costs.

Here is a link to a recent article addressing the issue of medical =20 inflation. Perhaps it does currently cost more to keep people alive =20 longer. But perhaps that is limited to our current health care =20 system. If we can address the system's flaws, as discussed in the =20 article, hmmmm...

New England Journal of Medicine "Perspective"

Volume 358:549-551 February 7, 2008 Number 6 Market-Based Failure ? A Second Opinion on U.S. Health Care Costs

Amy

Amy L. Versnik Nowak, PhD

Assistant Professor of Health Education

University of Minnesota Duluth

Department of Health, Physical Education & Recreation

108 Sports & Recreation Center

1216 Ordean Court

Duluth, MN 55812-3032

218-726-8334

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#231

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:44:23 -0800

From: Mark Fulop <markfulop@YAHOO.COM>

Subject: Re: Fwd: Story of Stuff and life and the end of life and stuff

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Amy and I had this conversation offline but I want to add that I also wonder how much of the excessive healthy older adults living longer medical costs are accrued in the last 2-4 weeks of life when health fails and families consciously or unconsciously are choosing expensive medical interventions that do not prolong life with any hope of quality. The most recent deaths in my extended family involved people in their late 80s spending their last days in a hospital with machines in every orifice.

Unfortunately, I think the excessive costs associated with end of life care is really about the collapse of community and family. As a society we need to rediscover the continuum of life and embrace death and dying in our homes and not in hospital.

That, and the failure of the health care system as amy references : )

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Mark Fulop, MA, MPH

Portland, OR

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#232

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:03:26 -0500

From: "Edwards, Michael F CTR USAF AFSPC 45 ADOS/SGGZ"

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Subject: Re: Fwd: Story of Stuff and life and the end of life and stuff

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Agreed. Hospitals and medical "professionals" want to bleed families

dry. In the coming years we will need Dr. Kevorkian more than ever...

I've already got a commitment from friends that when I reach the end,

they will tie my Superman cape around my scrawny neck, push my

wheelchair to the highest cliff (or structure...Florida doesn't have

many cliffs) and give me a shove.

Michael F. Edwards, MA, CHES, RHEd, CHt

HAWC Health Education Program Manager

Specturm Healthcare Resources

45 ADOS/SGGZ Patrick AFB, FL 32925

Tel. (321) 494-2660 DSN 854-2660

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#233

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:06:49 -0500

From: Richard A Fee <professor@LOUISVILLE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Fwd: Story of Stuff and life and the end of life and stuff

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Hello Mark and others out there,

Mark, my sympathies for the loss of your family members.

My thought on the issue is that more folks need to plan for end of life

with Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care contracts and maybe a

very specialized Living Will, thought I don't like most of the forms

out there for the Living Wills because they are way too general and not

patient oriented.

My mother's death from Parkinson's disease was a good example for me

and my siblings. She died with family around her in prayer. She had

made it really clear she wanted no extraordinary care, not even a

feeding tube when she could no longer swallow. I thought she planned

well for that day and was a model to me of how to live and die. :)

Just my 2 cent's worth....

Regards,

Richard Fee, Ph.D.

502-852-0549 FAX 852-4534

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cannot lose!" - Jim Eliot

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#234

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:39:42 EST

From: "Alice R. McCarthy" <BridgeComm@AOL.COM>

Subject: Healthy Teens review

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I am so grateful to the response I had from professionals on this web site as

they responded to my request to review my book Healthy Teens: Facing the

Challenges of Young Lives.

I am in the process of trying to locate a publisher and updating the book.

This will be its fourth edition. If you wish to have a review copy and make

suggestions to assist me in updating Healthy Teens, please send me your contact

information.

Again, with thanks to this web site, all of you, and Dr. Mark Kittleson.

Alice R. McCarthy, Ph.D.

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#235

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:51:05 -0600

From: "Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>

Subject: Need some help

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Greetings HEDIRites:

I am asking for your help in a study that I am conducting. I am assessing

students’ attitudes toward the use of Social Network systems (i.e.,

MySpace/Facebook). This is an exploratory study and thus I just need a

group of students to complete this survey. If you are teaching any

undergraduate or graduate level courses, would you please ask your students

to consider completing the survey?

and will take about 5-10 minutes.

I thank you for your help.

The information below my name/information can be copied and given to your

students.

Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB

Southern Illinois University

Professor, Health Education

Director of Graduate Studies

Health Education & Recreation

618-453-1841 Office

618-453-1829 FAX

SKYPE ID:  mark.j.kittleson

618-912-4445 SKYPE Phone

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To be shared with students:

Dr. Mark Kittleson of Southern Illinois University is seeking volunteers to

participate in an on-line survey regarding the use of Social Network systems

(i.e, MySpace). If you are interested in participating, please go to

is entirely voluntary and anonymous.

Thanks for your help.

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#236

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:49:21 -0800

From: Daniel Perales <Daniel.Perales@SJSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Certification in Public Health (CPH) exam

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Dear Colleagues

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I am responding to a recent HEDIR thread related to the impending =

Certified Public Health (CPH) exam.=20

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On December 13, 2007, the Council of Accredited MPH Programs =

Goldstein, chair of the National Board of Public Health Examiners, =

(BPHE) discussed the CPH exam. Doctor Goldstein provided a PowerPoint =

overview of the rationale and purpose for the exam that you may find =

very interesting. A short question and answer period followed his =

presentation.

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The presentation was hosted on the Elluminate Live online platform that =

is used by the San Jose State University Master of Public Health =

Distance Education Program. Dr. Edward Mamary, the overall SJSU MPH =

Program Director and a member of the BPHE, was the host for this =

presentation.=20

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A recording of this presentation is available online through the URL =

link below.

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Instructions: Once you click on the URL and get into the Elluminate live =

Manager, click on the Council of Accredited MPH Programs link. Allow =

your browser to download the JNLP file =E2=80=93 its a Java script file =

necessary for Elluminate to open the recording. It will not harm your =

computer.=20

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1197619199999&sort_column=3Ddate&change_direction=3Dfalse&page=3D0=20

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I hope you find this presentation useful. The exam has created =

controversy in health education circles and its effect on the quality of =

public health service delivery may not be determined for a very long =

time - if ever. =20

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Dan Perales

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Daniel Perales, DrPH, MPH

MPH Distance Education Program Director

Department of Health Science

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA 95192-0052

email: Daniel.Perales@sjsu.edu

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#237

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:21:38 -0500

From: Michael Ludwig <Michael.J.Ludwig@HOFSTRA.EDU>

Subject: Service Learning Syllabus

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Hello!

I have proposed adding a one credit service learning course

(repeatable

up to three times) to get our community and school health students

involved

in the university community and the community at large.

Is anyone willing to share a sample syllabus?

Thanks.

Michael Ludwig

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