From wildavid@isr.umich.edu Fri Jan 23 13:08:52 1998 Received: from runningman.rs.itd.umich.edu (runningman.rs.itd.umich.edu [141.211.144.15]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id NAA09866 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:08:50 -0700 (MST) Received: from smtp-gw.src.isr.umich.edu (isr.umich.edu [141.211.207.225]) by runningman.rs.itd.umich.edu (8.8.5/2.3) with SMTP id PAA04370 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:08:45 -0500 (EST) Received: by smtp-gw.src.isr.umich.edu with Microsoft Mail id <34C8F8CC@smtp-gw.src.isr.umich.edu>; Fri, 23 Jan 98 15:08:44 EST From: David Williams To: Medical Sociology List Subject: Recruitment of High Level Staff at NCHS Date: Fri, 23 Jan 98 15:07:00 EST Message-ID: <34C8F8CC@smtp-gw.src.isr.umich.edu> Dear Colleages: The National Center for Health Statistics is recruiting directors for the national Health Interview Survey, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health Care Survey. 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INformation on the positions and application process is available on the NCHS Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/nchshome.htm David Williams From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Thu Jan 29 09:44:42 1998 Received: from golden.brown.edu (golden.brown.edu [128.148.128.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id JAA01919 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:44:33 -0700 (MST) Received: from PPP-75-10.BU.EDU (PPP-75-10.BU.EDU [128.197.7.158]) by golden.brown.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA06758 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:44:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:44:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801291644.LAA06758@golden.brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: Health Geographics Conference Some of you may be interested in this conference: >First International Health Geographics Conference >October 16-18 1998 > >Venue: The Maritime Institute of Technology, Baltimore, Maryland > >Sponsors: >The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health >Environmental Systems Research Institute, (ESRI) Inc. >(Additional Sponsors/Supporters Invited) > > >Background: The broad field of health care is increasingly intertwined >with global information issues, and thus involves the integration of >many disciplines. A significant and important characteristic of health >and medical information is the geographic relevance on the macroscale >(e.g., nationwide access to health care, control of malaria, or climatic >effects on disease), at the mesoscale (e.g., regional emergency >services, local access to health facilities), and microscale (e.g., >managing the treatment of melanoma on the human body). As the needs of >the various health fields have grown in size, scope and complexity, so >too has the information technology necessary to capture/acquire, manage, >analyze, present and otherwise support the information in ways that >increase our knowledge base of the problems and issues confronting us, >and inform sound actions based on this information. > >Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have evolved as an empowering >technology, enabling the health geographics professional to use, analyze >and present information in ways not possible with textual and numerical >information systems (e.g., word processors, data bases, spreadsheets). >With GIS, the user is able to analyze the spatial and pattern >information inherent in the geographically based health data. In >comparison with other relevant technologies, GIS offers greater >awareness and ability to respond to health care, medical and research >issues at the appropriate scale. The robustness of GIS is illustrated >best by a diverse variety applications: space/time cluster analysis, >spatial trends, siting of facilities, modeling heterogeneity with >covariates, optimizing delivery of goods and services, predicting risk, >exposure assessment, identifying at-risk populations and defining >corrective interventions, image classification, spatial reasoning and >cognition, spatial multimedia, animation, visualization, correlations >and so on. > >Purpose of Conference: The First International Health Geographics >Conference (IHGC) will comprehensively bring together for the first time >people from many different disciplines who share a common foundation: >the geographic aspects of health. The IHGC will foster dialogue between >health care providers, researchers, managers, and policy analysts, i.e >doctors, medical researchers, epidemiologists, environmental scientists, >geographers, geologists, computer scientists, statisticians, >hydrologists, entomologists, toxicologists, ecologists, business >managers, regulators, and indeed, all those appreciative of the links >between GIS and health. > >Our focus is unrestricted within the domain of GIS and health; we seek >to promote international dialogue and shared learning through the >presentation and discussion of high-quality research and applications. >There are a variety of disciplines already identified to lead us towards >this aim; case examples from Managed Care, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, >Epidemiology, Demography, Environmental Health, >Infrastructure/Facilities Management, Emergency Systems, Medicine, >Web-based GIS, MIS, Community Health and others will be integrated with >Methods and Processes focusing on Data Creation/Acquisition, Spatial & >Statistical Analysis, Data Dissemination/Presentation, Automated >Systems, and Health Information Management to provide a uniquely >informative and enjoyable experience for attendees. > >Keynote Speakers: > >Jack Dangermond, Chairman, Environmental Systems Research Institute, >Inc. >Alfred Sommer, MD MHSc, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public >Health - invited >Robert Lawrence, MD, Associate Dean, Professional and Graduate >Education, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health >John Wennberg, MD MPH, Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, >Dartmouth Medical School -invited >Patrick Gerland, UNSTAT >Edward Tufte PhD, Yale University - invited >Geoffrey M. Jacquez, PhD, President, BioMedWare >Others TBA > >Conference Format > >Day 1 > >Welcome and conference overview (Ric Skinner, The EADS Group and Omar >Khan, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Co-chairs, International >Health Geographics Conference) > >Keynote speaker -TBA > >Workshop I- Statistical Issues (Chair: Subhash Lele, Johns Hopkins >School of Public Health) > >Workshop II -- Community Health Status Assessment and Interventions >(Robert Aronson, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health - invited) > >Workshop III * Data to Decision Making (media types, formats, Atlases) >(Bruce Campbell, UNFPA/Royal Tropical Institute) > >Workshop IV * Information technology and Web-based GIS (Bill Davenhall, >ESRI; others TBA) > >Workshop V- Applications for Public Health Using GIS (Jayanth >Devasundaram, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Patrick >Gerland, UNSTAT) > >Workshop VI -Design requirements of health GIS (Geoffrey M. Jacquez, >BioMedWare) > >Workshop VII * GIS and Health Care Applications (Bill Timmins, >Scientific Technology Corporation) > >Others TBA > >Orientation: evening (IHGC Organizing Committee) > > >Discussion Groups: >- GIS and Geographical Targeting for Poverty Reduction and Rural >Development (Facilitator: David Bigman, The World Bank) > - Case studies from GIS in developing countries (Facilitator: Richard >Mroczynski, Third World Foundation- invited) >- NASA discussion group on GIS and Remote Sensing (Facilitator: Byron >Wood, NASA) >Others TBA > >Day 2 > >General Session2: Welcome/keynote: TBA > >Concurrent Sessions: >A. I, II, III, IV: Public Health (Environmental Health, Health >Statistics, Epidemiology, Health Policy, International Health, >Microbiology) >Chairs: Greg Gurri-Glass, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health > Martin Hugh-Jones, Lousiana State University/WHOCC on Remote Sensing > Isabelle Nuttall, WHO HealthMap Project > Donald Roberts, USUHS > Linda Pickle, NCHS/CDC >B. Infrastructure/Facilities Management (Bill Davenhall, ESRI; others >TBA) >C. Medicine/ Veterinary Medicine (Peter Cowen, North Carolina State >University) >D. Emergency Systems (Kevin Tonat, FEMA) > >12:00 - 1:30 p.m. -- Luncheon & Speaker > >1:30 * 4: 30 -- Concurrent Sessions Continue > >4:30 - 6:00 p.m. -- Sponsored Mixer > >6:00 - 7:00 p.m. -- Dinner & Speaker > >7:00 * 9:00 p.m. -- Late Breakers, Discussion Groups: >- GIS and Development (Facilitator: Omar Khan, Johns Hopkins School of >Public Health) >- Considerations for GIS in developing countries (Facilitator: Michael >McDonald, BASICS -invited) > >Others TBA > > >Day 3 > >Keynote speaker *TBA > >8 * 12 : Concurrent sessions > >A. Public Health, I, II, III, IV >B. Social Services >C. Community Health (Chair: Joseph Lovett, CSU) >D. Managed Care and the private health provision sector (Invited Chair: >Blue Cross) > >12:00 - 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch (informal interaction) > >Discussion Group: GIS and Epidemiologic applications (Facilitator: Bill >Hoffman, ESRI) >Discussion Group: Johns Hopkins Working Group on GIS > 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. -- Concurrent Sessions Continue > >3:00 - 4:30 p.m. -- General Session: Conference Wrap-up > >IHGC Organizing Committee (confirmed to date; others to be invited): > >Omar Khan, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (Co-chair) >Ric Skinner, The EADS Group (Co-chair) >Subhash Lele, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health >Jayanth Devasundaram, State of Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental >Hygiene >Bill Davenhall, ESRI >Kim Anderson, ESRI >Tom Usselman, National Academy of Sciences >Barb Tempalski, University of Washington >Rowland Tinline, Queen's GIS Lab, Ontario >Martin Hugh-Jones, Louisiana State University/WHO Collaborating Center >on Remote Sensing >Stephanie Wiegel, Colorado State University >Joe Lovett, CA State-San Bernadino >Susan Lambert, State of Kentucky >Wilfred Cuff, Health Canada, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control >Jim Burdine, Felix, Burdine & Associates > >Others to be added between now and final program, Jan 31 1998. We >invite participation and content reviewers from all relevant fields. > > >Submission of papers and posters (deadline: April 30, 1998) > > Please forward an abstract of your proposed paper to the below address >for earliest consideration. Abstracts should be less than 450 words. >Please also indicate your preference for a paper or poster. In >addition, if you have a discussion group you would like to form, or be >part of, from the information in this announcement, write a short letter >to this effect. > >As all the content topics have not been determined, we welcome papers >pertaining to GIS in health. Following your submission the review >committee will contact you to make recommendations on sessions and >presentation format. > > More information on the IHGC will be sent in late January, 1998. > > >Address for correspondence, paper submission and general inquiries: > > >International Health Geographics Conference Committee >C/o Omar A. Khan, Co-Chair >1600 Ruxton Road, Suite B7 Email: okhan@jhuccp.org >Baltimore, Maryland 21204 PH: 410-659-6149 >USA FAX: 410-659-6266 > > >International Health Geographics Conference >16-18 October, 1998 >Maritime Institute, Baltimore, MD >Mapping health into the future > >REGISTRATION FORM >for Participants and Presenters >Please provide us with the information requested below > >Name: > > >Organization: > > >Title: > > >Address: > > >City >State Zip > >Phone: >Fax: > > >Email: > > >Name as you like to appear on your conference badge: > > >If you need additional copies of this form to register other people from >your organization, please xerox and complete. Multiple forms may be >mailed with one check and in the same envelope. > >Early Registration Discount > >A discount is available for forms sent in by June 30, 1998. On-site >registration is also available. Students can register at any time. It >is strongly recommended that you register as early as possible since >space at the conference is limited. > > >Registration Fees: > >Early registration for conference $ 145 >Late registration (after June 30, 1998) $ 170 >Student registration $ 40 > >Conference Registration Fees Includes: > > - Three days of presentations/technical sessions >- Conference Proceedings >- Exhibits from a variety of GIS software developers and users >- Morning and break refreshments. >- On site facsimile and computer facilities > >Payment of Fees > >Please send in check or money order made payable to the International >Health Geographics Conference or IHGC to: > >IHGC >1600 Ruxton Road, Suite B7 >Towson, Maryland 21204 >(410) 659-6169 (day) / (410) 821-8703 (eve) >(410) 659-6266 (fax) > >E-mail:okhan@jhuccp.org > > >Cancellation Policy for Conference > >Prior to August 30, 1998: Full refund >After August 30, 1998: $ 50 refund > >Hotel Accommodations > >A block of single rooms have been reserved at the following: > >Maritime Institute $109 single per night (includes 3 meals) > $159 double per night (includes 3 meals for each) >AmeriSuites $ 89 per night >Marriot $ 85 per night >Comfort Suites $ 79 per night > >Please call between January 15 and September 15, 1998 and mention the >International Health Geographic Conference for 1998 for reservations. >Please call (410) >659-6169 if you have any problems reserving rooms or would like other >arrangements. > >Travel >Shuttle service will be available at specific times from each hotel to >the conference site and >back. At the time of your reservation, please arrange with the hotel of >your stay for shuttle >service from the airport. > > Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213 From magee@chass.utoronto.ca Thu Jan 29 12:27:15 1998 Received: from bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (bebop.chass.utoronto.ca [128.100.160.4]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id MAA10390 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:27:13 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (magee@localhost) by bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA07522 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:27:11 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: bebop.chass.utoronto.ca: magee owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:27:11 -0500 (EST) From: William Magee To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Subject: any undergrad accessible resources on "third world medicine/ systems"? In-Reply-To: <199801291644.LAA06758@golden.brown.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear Colleagues, I give students in my 200 level course on Sociology of Health & Medicine a chance to choose a topic to cover during the last two weeks of the course. This year they have chosen the topic of health & medicine in the "Third World". I am hoping you can advise me on papers or book chapters that might be useful for them to read, as well as something that would be useful for me to read in preparing for the class. They are interested in - current problems & unique soultions (they know about HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. I'm thinking a success story emphasizing local alternatives to hi-thech/ hospital med. might be interesitng - role of N. American Govts., Intl Agencies & Companies (e.g.Nestles)... I've already got one useful resource in mind -- The first chapter of _World Mental Health: Problems & priorities in Low-Income Countries_ by Desjalais, Eisenberg, Good & Kleinman (this deals with much more than mental health). Thanks in advance for any additional leads, Bill Magee U. of Toronto From SCHEID@ssc.wisc.edu Thu Jan 29 14:21:01 1998 Received: from robin.ssc.wisc.edu (robin.ssc.wisc.edu [144.92.190.150]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id OAA14861 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:20:54 -0700 (MST) From: SCHEID@ssc.wisc.edu Received: from ssc.wisc.edu by ssc.wisc.edu (PMDF V5.1-9 #25733) id <01ISYCAQ8GY8E96ACA@ssc.wisc.edu> for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:20:46 CDT Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:20:06 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: any undergrad accessible resources on "third world medicine/ systems"? In-reply-to: "Your message dated Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:27:11 -0500 (EST)" To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <01ISYCGCSG3AE96ACA@ssc.wisc.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII References: <199801291644.LAA06758@golden.brown.edu> Bill, If I hear of anything I will get back to you - I'm on my way to the post-doc seminar (yes, I try to go since I'm in Madison). How are you doing??? Teresa From burton@plains.NoDak.edu Thu Jan 29 14:27:12 1998 Received: from plains.NoDak.edu (plains.NoDak.edu [134.129.111.64]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id OAA15207 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:27:09 -0700 (MST) Received: (from burton@localhost) by plains.NoDak.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29341; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:26:54 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:26:54 -0600 (CST) From: "Eric J. Burton" cc: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Subject: Gulf War Synrome. In-Reply-To: <01ISYCGCSG3AE96ACA@ssc.wisc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone know of any literature on Gulf War Syndrome in the field of medical sociology that I could use for a research project that I am working on? Thanks Eric J. Burton GTA sociology UND. From matcha@siena.edu Thu Jan 29 14:30:44 1998 Received: from saturn.siena.edu (siena.siena.edu [204.168.126.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id OAA15571 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:30:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from siena.edu by siena.edu (PMDF V5.1-10 #23344) id <01ISYEULPHKW8ZK7NV@siena.edu> for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:28:51 EDT Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:28:51 -0400 (EDT) From: matcha@siena.edu Subject: Re: any undergrad accessible resources on "third world medicine/ systems"? In-reply-to: To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Bill, I would recommend the following: Health and Health Care in Developing Countries: Sociological Perspectives, Peter Conrad and Eugene B. Gallagher (eds). 1993. Temple University Press. Society, Health, and Disease: Transcultural Perspectives. Janardan Subedi and Eugene B. Gallagher (Eds). 1996. Prentice Hall. Global Perspectives on Health Care. Eugene B. Gallagher and Janardan Subedi (Eds). 1995. Prentice Hall. Duane A. Matcha Department of Sociology Siena college Loudonville, NY 12211 On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, William Magee wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, I give students in my 200 level > course on Sociology of Health & Medicine a chance > to choose a topic to cover during the last two weeks > of the course. This year they have chosen the topic of > health & medicine in the "Third World". I am hoping you can advise me on > papers or book chapters that might be useful for them to read, as well as > something that would be useful for me to read in preparing for the class. > They are interested in > - current problems & unique soultions (they know about HIV in Sub-Saharan > Africa. I'm thinking a success story emphasizing local > alternatives to hi-thech/ hospital med. might be interesitng > - role of N. American Govts., Intl Agencies & Companies (e.g.Nestles)... > > I've already got one useful resource in mind -- The first chapter of > _World Mental Health: Problems & priorities in Low-Income Countries_ > by Desjalais, Eisenberg, Good & Kleinman > (this deals with much more than mental health). > > Thanks in advance for any additional leads, > > Bill Magee > U. of Toronto > > > From conrad@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Thu Jan 29 14:31:55 1998 Received: from binah.cc.brandeis.edu (binah.cc.brandeis.edu [129.64.1.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id OAA15761 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:31:50 -0700 (MST) Received: from BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU by BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU (PMDF V5.1-7 #17138) id <01ISYET2VJAA90742R@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU> for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:27:38 EST Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:27:37 -0500 (EST) From: conrad@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Subject: Re: any undergrad accessible resources on "third world medicine/ systems"? In-reply-to: To: William Magee Cc: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Several years ago Gene Gallagher and I edited a volume HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE IN DEVLEOPING COUNTRIES: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES (Temple University Press, 1992) which might have some useful pieces. I believe Gallagher and John Subedi edited another volume on health care in developing countries for Prentice Hall. Peter Conrad From jskso@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Thu Jan 29 19:41:56 1998 Received: from jazz.ucc.uno.edu (jazz.ucc.uno.edu [137.30.1.6]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id TAA03332 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:41:11 -0700 (MST) Received: from unknown (ppp-s5l1.dialup.uno.edu) by jazz.ucc.uno.edu (PMDF V5.0-4 #11893) id <01ISYNLL1S8G93D5B1@jazz.ucc.uno.edu> for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 20:39:42 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:32:08 -0800 (PST) From: steve kroll-smith Subject: Re: Gulf War Synrome. In-reply-to: To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; X-MAPIextension=".TXT" X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 References: Conversation <01ISYCGCSG3AE96ACA@ssc.wisc.edu> with last message Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by csf.Colorado.EDU id TAA03387 Eric, See the voluminous lit. on multiple chemical sensitivity or environmental illness. Gulf War is covered there. I also know there is a lot of material on the internet. Steve Kroll-Smith Professor of Sociology University of New Orleans 504-280-6474 or 504-280-368-4544 Fax: 504-280-6302 ---------- > Does anyone know of any literature on Gulf War Syndrome in the field of > medical sociology that I could use for a research project that I am > working on? Thanks > > Eric J. Burton > GTA sociology UND. From ewright@iupui.edu Fri Jan 30 06:28:37 1998 Received: from hermes.iupui.edu (hermes.iupui.edu [134.68.220.31]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id GAA28944 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:28:32 -0700 (MST) From: ewright@iupui.edu Received: from garnet.iupui.edu (ewright@garnet.iupui.edu [134.68.220.39]) by hermes.iupui.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA02821 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 08:28:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 08:28:30 -0500 (EST) To: Med Soc List Subject: Course on Drugs and Alcohol Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I am developing a special topics course on alcohol and drugs for our medical sociology program. Are there any good texts or readers that approach the issue from a social problems/medical sociological perspective? Eric ************************************************************************** Eric R. Wright, Ph.D. Associate Director, Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research Assistant Professor, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Department of Sociology Cavanaugh Hall 303, 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140 Phone: 317-274-8589 FAX: 317-278-3654 E-mail: ewright@iupui.edu ************************************************************************** From ash05@health.state.ny.us Fri Jan 30 07:39:22 1998 Received: from gate1.health.state.ny.us (gate.health.state.ny.us [192.135.176.62]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id HAA02094 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 07:39:18 -0700 (MST) From: ash05@health.state.ny.us Received: by gate1.health.state.ny.us id AA16472 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu); Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:39:11 -0500 Message-Id: <199801301439.AA16472@gate1.health.state.ny.us> Received: by gate1.health.state.ny.us (Internal Mail Agent-2); Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:39:11 -0500 Received: by gate1.health.state.ny.us (Internal Mail Agent-1); Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:39:11 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 98 09:38:04 EST Subject: job announcement (Albany, NY) To: A research position in alcoholism & substance abuse is available in Albany, New York. Please note that resume/CV must be submitted by February 3, 1998. ********************************************************************** Title: Research Scientist 2 ITEM #: RFMH Salary: $44,991 Hours: 8:30 - 4:45 Type of Appointment: Grant Funded Location: Office of Managed Care, NYS Department of Health Albany, New York Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Public Health or closely related field and three years* of professional research experience in a public health field. Experience in the use of SAS or SPSS & a database system is required. * A Master's degree in Public Health of closely related field may be substituted for one year of experience; a Doctorate degree in Public Health may be substituted for three years of experience. Candidate selected will be employed by the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene (RFMH) funded by a grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to the Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services (applicant) and the Department of Health (co-applicant). Duties: The incumbent will assist with design, implementation, and analysis for research project concerning the delivery of alcoholism and substance abuse treatment services to adolescents and adults under Madicaid managed care. The incumbent will be principally involved with the administrative data study and managed care organization study components of the project. Responsibilities will include: accessing, integrating, validating, and documenting various administrative data systems such as MMIS, MEDS, QARR, SPARCS, managed care contracts, and Office of Alcohol Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Client Data System; coordinating the administrative data study among DOH, OASAS, alcohol and substance abuse treatment providers, and managed care organizations (MCSs), tracking client eligibility, enrollment, utilization and cost across administrative data bases; and operationalizing indicators of access, utilization, quality, and cost; examining client satisfaction, cost shifting, and MCO contract development with counties, contents of MCO contracts and changes that occurred during the period of Welfare reform; the administrative shift into a fee-for-service condition when MCO benefits have been exceeded (i.., extended benefits), and interpret administrative data in relation to welfare reform changes within the state and county. Application Procedures: Submit resume/application by February 3, 1998 NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Personnel Office 1450 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203 Attn: Debora O'Brien-Fordan * Akiko S. Hosler, Ph.D. * * Bureau of Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance * * New York State Department of Health * * Phone (518)473-0673 or 486-9030, Fax (518)474-2086 * From ash05@health.state.ny.us Fri Jan 30 09:08:42 1998 Received: from gate1.health.state.ny.us (gate.health.state.ny.us [192.135.176.62]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id JAA06661 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:08:39 -0700 (MST) From: ash05@health.state.ny.us Received: by gate1.health.state.ny.us id AA20251 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu); Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:08:37 -0500 Message-Id: <199801301608.AA20251@gate1.health.state.ny.us> Received: by gate1.health.state.ny.us (Internal Mail Agent-2); Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:08:37 -0500 Received: by gate1.health.state.ny.us (Internal Mail Agent-1); Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:08:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 98 11:07:34 EST Subject: Job Announcement - erratum To: Sorry, the name of the contact person was misspelled in the previous e-mail announcement. It should be Debora O'Brien-Jordan. The rest were O.K. * Akiko S. Hosler, Ph.D. * * Bureau of Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance * * New York State Department of Health * * Phone (518)473-0673 or 486-9030, Fax (518)474-2086 * From magee@chass.utoronto.ca Fri Jan 30 14:16:53 1998 Received: from bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (bebop.chass.utoronto.ca [128.100.160.4]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id OAA19003 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:16:52 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (magee@localhost) by bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA19985 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 16:16:50 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: bebop.chass.utoronto.ca: magee owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 16:16:50 -0500 (EST) From: William Magee To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Subject: Re: Course on Drugs and Alcohol In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi Eric, Patricia Erickson just put out an edicted book entitled _Harm Reduction_ -- sorry I don't have it with me so I can't give a full reference right now. It presents some interesting sociological work. Bill From OryM@gw.nia.nih.gov Fri Jan 30 14:56:24 1998 Received: from imc.nih.gov (imc.nih.gov [128.231.90.85]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id OAA21472 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:56:23 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199801302156.OAA21472@csf.Colorado.EDU> Received: by imc.nih.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 16:56:22 -0500 From: "Ory, Marcia" To: "'medsoc@csf.colorado.edu'" Cc: "Ory, Marcia" Subject: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MEDICATIONS AND THE ELDERLY Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 16:56:14 -0500 Dear Colleagues: The Behavioral and Social Research Program at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) is exploring the possibility of pursuing a trans-NIA initiative on medications and the elderly. Toward this end we are gathering materials on recent research dealing with social and behavioral research topics. We would appreciate any references or papers you might have on topics such as: Older people's medication-related behaviors (e.g., knowledge and compliance; choices regarding traditional and/or alternative medications) Health care influences (e.g., doctor-patient interactions; changes in delivery systems --movement toward managed care) Interventions to help older people manage their medications better Research Issues surrounding special populations (e.g., minority populations) ******** We also welcome suggestions (and rationale) for any other recommended research topics It is important for us to document recent scientific advances which set the stage for new areas of inquiry. Please send whatever you might have to me as soon as possible. Many thanks in advance. Marcia Ory Marcia G. Ory, Ph.D., M.P.H. Chief, Social Science Research on Aging BSR/NIA/NIH Gateway Building Suite 533 7201 Wisconsin Avenue MSC 9205 Bethesda, MD 20892-9205 (USE 20814 ZIP for mail express) Tel: 301-402-4156 Fax: 301-402-0051 E-Mail: Marcia_Ory@NIH.GOV From magee@chass.utoronto.ca Sat Jan 31 11:25:30 1998 Received: from bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (bebop.chass.utoronto.ca [128.100.160.4]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id LAA19141 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:25:28 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (magee@localhost) by bebop.chass.utoronto.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA19536 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 13:25:27 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: bebop.chass.utoronto.ca: magee owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 13:25:27 -0500 (EST) From: William Magee To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Subject: full cite Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Bill, that's a request I can't refuse. Pat Patricia G. Erickson, Diane Riley, Yuet Cheung and Pat O'Hare (1997). Harm Reduction: A New Direction for Drug Policies and Programs. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.