We’re Back
Last month the NIMDA computer virus hit the Department of Health’s computer system taking us off-line for nearly two weeks. We are pleased to announce the web site is now working at full capacity. While we were off-line we could not receive incoming email including forms from our web pages. If you attempted to contact us and have not heard back, please resend your message. Our email is HERE@doh.wa.gov. If you tried to submit a community project, health education material, or sign up for the rolodex, the forms are now working, so try again.
Due to the disruption from the virus, the launch of the camera-ready art project has been pushed back at least a month. We will provide more information in next month’s newsletter.
Department of Health
2001 Health Education Publications Catalog
The 2001 edition of the Health Education Publications Catalog is now available. The new catalog incorporates many updates and changes. Replace your old copy soon by using the DOH Publications Request Form. The catalog publication number is Pub 130-019.
Bioterrorism
Web Resources and Publications
www.brainpop.com/health/diseases/anthrax/index.weml
http://kidshealth.org/misc_pages/K_squarebanner.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Yahooligans/USAttack
The constant media focus on anthrax and antibiotics raises public health concerns about the misuse of antibiotics. The Office of Health Promotion developed several publications for parents and health care providers as part of an ongoing campaign to encourage judicious use of antibiotics. Send a message to
HERE@doh.wa.gov if you'd like to receive samples and an order form for these materials.
Teach a Feature
Medline, PubMed and your Local Library
The HERE web site provides you with links to the latest health information from scientific journals. Our "Other Web Sites" section contains a list of links for Health Information Search Sites. Among these is the National Library of Medicine Medline, which provides 11 million indexed journal citations and abstracts, covering nearly 4,500 journals published in the United States and more than 70 other countries. You can use our link to go to your local library to request a copy of the full text articles. Libraries will usually provide one article per journal at no cost to you. This usually takes three days to two weeks.
PubMed provides access to abstracts of current journals. Go to PubMed, then click on "journal browser" on the left side of the screen, then choose the journal and year that you want. This will bring up abstracts of major articles for your chosen topic.
Don’t hesitate to ask for assistance from your local library reference section. Staff there are familiar with using these web sites, and can offer you invaluable help in obtaining the information that you need.
Mentor of the Month
Ellen Phillips-Angeles
Ellen Phillips-Angeles is the manager for the Women’s Health Unit/Breast and Cervical Health Program at Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC). She earned a BS from the University of Michigan and an MS in Community Health Education from the University of Washington.
Ellen's interest in health education began while working as a VISTA volunteer. She coordinated a free health clinic and facilitated a women's health education group to ensure neighborhood access to health care. Here she learned the positive impact that health education has upon both individuals and communities. After college Ellen became a health educator for Ballard Community Hospital. She’s been a health educator with PHSKC for the past 20 years. As a lead health educator, she has developed health education programs, policies, services and materials. For six years she prepared and implemented courses in school-based sexuality education programs for Seattle Pacific University. Currently she directs the Breast and Cervical Health Program (BCHP) for a 5-county region and integrates primary prevention programs. She’s a clinical faculty member for UW Department of Health Sciences, Health Behavior and Health Promotion, and co-principal Investigator for a qualitative research project to identify reasons why African American women, found eligible for BCHP services through outreach and education programs, refuse mammography services.
Ellen's advice to those new to health education is, "Stay flexible to meet rapidly changing public health needs. Develop strong and effective work relationships within and outside the organization. Jump in with both feet. Your skills in group process, training, program planning, implementation and evaluation will keep you afloat. Join health education professional associations like SOPHE and serve on the board and on committees."
Ellen believes sustaining the infrastructure of public health is a continuing challenge for health education. She says, "Budgets shrink every year, particularly for local and unobligated funds that support the organization's core. For health education the challenge will be implementing all the great programs that have been proven effective during the past couple decades, particularly those that address the root causes of disease and death."
Ellen enjoys jogging, bike riding, movies, reading, and gardening. Her expertise includes program planning and implementation, training, materials development, coalition development and community organizing and direct education. Topics she’s focused on include women's health, breast and cervical health, breastfeeding promotion, and sexuality education. Ellen is easiest to reach in the fall and spring and can be contacted by email at ellen.phillips-angeles@metrokc.gov.
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