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Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 16:23:52 -0400
Subject: Alternatives Journal Call for Papers: * Health & the Environment*
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ALTERNATIVES JOURNAL - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Alternatives Journal is Canada's foremost environmental journal. It adopts
a broad definition of "environment," encompassing the social, political and
cultural as well as ecological dimensions of environmental issues. It is
also committed to exploring a wide range of critiques, initiatives, and
future options. As an independent, peer-reviewed journal, Alternatives is
devoted to critical and informed analysis of environmental issues, engaging
an intelligent but non-specialized audience.

Alternatives Journal is interested in receiving high quality manuscripts on
all aspects of environmental issues. Articles should provide a unique blend
of practical information and theoretical perspectives from across Canada
and abroad. Each issue contains feature articles (3,000-4,000 words),
reports (500-1,000 words), and notes (up to 500 words) on topics of
immediate importance and emerging concern. The editors welcome
submissions
in any of these forms.

For upcoming issues, to appear in 1999, we are especially interested in
feature article submissions in the area of

******HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT******

Human health has long been a central environmental concern but a multitude
of new concerns and controversies have arisen to replace the health threats
reduced over the past century.

We invite submissions on these concerns and controversies

*  the extent to which the most serious health threats in Canada and the
world today are caused or worsened by environmental factors
*  current knowledge about environmental contributions to specific problems
such as immune system weaknesses
*  whether and how the production of persistent toxic chemicals could be
eliminated
*  the main current and emerging concerns about occupational exposure to
environmental hazards, and the most promising responses to these concerns
*  how much of the established link between poverty and inferior health can
be attributed to increased exposure to environmental hazards
*  the role of experts, government officials, corporations, non-government
organizations, and citizens in health and environment decision making
*  integration of preventative approaches to health care with other
initiatives for ecological and community improvement
*  the role of risk assessment in guiding personal and public decisions
about health protection
*  the effects of globalization on the nature and distribution of threats
to human health, and responses to those threats (e.g. spread of new
diseases, occupational health hazards, loss of traditional knowledge)
*  lessons to be drawn from highly-publicized health concerns (e.g., mad
cow disease, Ebola virus, declining sperm counts, increasing skin cancer)
*  whether the environmental movement's strategic focus on human health
may
compromise efforts to promote broader ecological integrity or to recognize
the intrinsic value of nature


SUBMISSION DETAILS

Proposals are encouraged immediately, preferably by the end of May, to help
us determine interest and develop a publishing schedule on this and other
selected topics.  The first deadline for feature submissions is June 15.
Manuscripts submitted by this time will influence which topics/themes we
pursue.

Authors considering submission should request a copy of our "Guidelines for
Contributors" for details on style and format, or see our web site at
http://www.fes.uwaterloo/alternatives

For further information and Guidelines for Contributors, contact:
Suzanne Galloway
Managing Editor
Alternatives Journal
Faculty of Environmental Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
phone (519) 888-4567 x 6783
fax (519) 746-0292
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   Transforming a state
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Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Acting Director,
Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
Department of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Community Health
University of Toronto
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Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A8
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