The following message comes from Irv Rootman, with additional comments and information from Alison Stilring. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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]> -------------------------------------- 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 ********************************** 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 <[log in to unmask]>