The following message comes from Irv Rootman, with additional comments and
information from Alison Stilring.

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You might want to try to get a copy of the new borrk by Nancy Milio on
Information Technology and Health. I'm not sure who is the publisher, but
you could find
out by contacing her at the University of North Corolina.

Irv Rootman <[log in to unmask]>
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Alison adds:

Here's the reference - a book that I've meant to order for some time!

RA425 .M485 1996                         1996
  Engines of empowerment : using information technology to create healthy
  communities and challenge public policy / Nancy Milio.
  Milio, Nancy.
       price: $36.00 (U.S.) from Health Administration Press, American
College of Health Care Executives
     http://www.ache.org/pubs/12.html

How will the information superhighway change healthcare delivery in your
neighborhood? This  book shows you how information technologies can be used
to deliver health services and create healthier communities. Case studies
involving different types of organizations and communities, populations and
purposes, illustrate the benefits of IT for building social and economic
renewal in communities and fostering healthier styles of living.
     Highlights Include:
          An overview of the possibilities and potential pitfalls of using
IT to deliver healthcare services
          Case studies of community information networks and how they can
educate children, involve the elderly, and serve the disadvantaged
          Recommendations for building a national IT policy that encourages
healthier communities

An earlier article:
N. Milio "New tools for community involvement in health" in  Health
Promotion International 7(3), 209-217 1992, Oxford University Press


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NOTES

Irv Rootman's message 'bounced back' to the list owners because of a common
problem experienced when using the "reply" function when responding to
messages.  Please remember to *remove* the headers, and unnecessary text
from the original message that you are responding to.  The computer
list-server has trouble recognizing the "To" and "From" fields in the
original message, and reads them as addresses. To repeat Sam Lanfranco's
recent 'technical tips on posting'

 Most email software allows you to CLICK&CUT parts of a message so
   you can PASTE only that which you want to have in your REPLY. (The
   QUICKLINK package -in some versions- doesn't have this service.
   (Why Not? Good question!)

 If you have to include the message in a REPLY - a practice which
   imposes a burden on others - you can DELETE lines
   (Ctrl-K in PINE, EDIT,CUT in Windows Packages). That is
   the best solution. The other is to simply place a ">" in front of
   the 'risky lines'. The computer will never take a line with > in
   the first spot to be a command.


Keep those postings coming!  Tthe list facilitators will try and sort out
any problems that crop up.

Alison Stirling, co-facilitator CLICK4HP
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