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American Public Health AssociationInjury Control and Emergency Health Services SectionAPHA ICEHS Electronic News Vol. 7 No. 10October 2000***************************** APHA ICEHS Electronic News is circulated on the 15th of each month. CONTENTSImportant News
Boston 2000
Section News
General News
Position Announcements
* This item was also included in the previous edition of Electronic News ***************************** SECTION ELECTION RESULTSThe results of the Section elections are:
Congratulations to these incoming officers! We look forward to another productive year and more Section growth in 2001. Keep up the good work! - Lisa Barrios lic8@cdc.gov ***************************** SECTION AWARDS ANNOUNCEDAt the Section Awards Dinner in Boston, awards will be presented to:
Dinesh Mohan, PhD was presented the International Distinguished Career Award during the 5th World Injury Conference in Delhi, India. Congratulations to these deserving awardees! Thanks to the members of the Awards Committee: Michael Finlekstein, Susan Goodwin Gerberich, MaryAnn Gregor, Nancy Libby Fisher, Andrew Lincoln, Elizabeth McLoughlin, Ted Miller, Robert Verhalen, and Billie Weiss. - Lisa Barrios lic8@cdc.gov ***************************** THE ICEHS WEB SITE HAS MOVEDIn order to accommodate changes on the communications committee, the Section Web-site has moved. The new URL for the ICEHS Web-site is: The old URL will forward to this new site.
***************************** BOSTON 2000: Awards DinnerThe annual Section Awards dinner will be held at the Harvard Club in Boston. The Harvard Club has a reputation for excellent food. Dinner choices are clam chowder or salad; veggie pasta, veggie meal, chicken or fish; rice or potato; and, white or red wine. All meals come with vegetables and vanilla raspberry truffle for dessert. The dinner is scheduled from 7:00 - 11:00 PM Wednesday night. The Harvard Club is a 5-minute walk from the Sheraton, where most of the injury sessions will be held. If you are interested in attending, the cost is $35 per ticket. Checks should be made out to "Harvard Injury Control Research Center," and mailed to the attention of: Bryan Sweet, Administrator You may also telephone or e-mail Mr. Sweet at (617) 432-4519 or
bsweet@hsph.harvard.edu.
***************************** BOSTON 2000: Latebreakers UpdateNearly 30 abstracts were received and reviewed for the two Latebreakers sessions: one poster and one oral. The poster session is scheduled for Monday, November 13, from 8:30 PM to 10 PM, and the oral session is scheduled for Thursday, November 16, from 8:30 AM to 10 AM. - Lee Husting eih8@cdc.gov***************************** BOSTON 2000: The Exhibit BoothICEHS Exhibit Booth at APHA is Number 2337. The ICEHS will once again sponsor an exciting exhibit booth at APHA. Stop by the booth to see current Section activities, meet new and old friends, or purchase tickets to the awards dinner. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We need volunteers to staff the booth. Staffing the booth is a lot of fun, and a good way to meet Section members. New members are welcome - you'll be paired with a current Section leader so you can learn more about the Section while getting involved. To sign up, please contact Corrie Peek-Asa at (310) 794-2706 or cpeekasa@ucla.edu cpeekasa@ucla.edu, or stop by the booth to sign-up for a slot. - Corinne Peek-Asa cpeekasa@ucla.edu ***************************** BOSTON 2000: Schedule For Scientific SessionsA listing of all ICEHS sponsored or co-sponsored presentations is available as an e-mail attachment to this newsletter. A listing can also be obtained from the Annual Meeting Web site at: http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/program_12.htm (You can also access this listing by clicking "View the scientific sessions and abstracts by sponsor" on the Meetings section of the APHA website). The Web site listing will also allow you to click on a session to obtain more information, such a list of presenters and their abstracts. - Carolyn Fowler, Chair, Scientific Program Committee cfowler@co.ba.md.us ***************************** BOSTON 2000: Schedule For Section MeetingsThe following Section meetings will be held at the Boston meeting:
Note: A combined Roundtable/Section Meeting will take the place of the usual Section Wednesday night business meeting. We will use the roundtables for committee meetings and to provide additional information about the Section to those who would like to get more involved in ICEHS. - Carolyn Fowler, Chair, Scientific Program Committee cfowler@co.ba.md.us ***************************** SECTION NEWS: APHA Universal Health Care ReportThe APHA Working Group on Universal Health Care has prepared a report on the extent to which leading presidential, Congressional, and state proposals for reform meet or would lead towards APHA's 14 principles for health care reform. This report is summarized in the October 2000, edition of "The Nation's Health". APHA's principles for reform, and earlier reports on the Democratic and Republican proposals, are available on-line at http://www.apha.org/Legislative. Detailed analyses that provide the background for this summary are also available at this site. - Seemin Pasha, Director of Section Affairs, APHA seemin.pasha@apha.org ***************************** SECTION NEWS: New Co-Chair, Membership CommitteeThe membership committee welcomes Ronda Zakocs, PhD, as incoming co-chair. Ronda is an assistant professor at Boston University and will help current Co-chair Corrie Peek-Asa with issues of membership retention and growth. We have had a number of responses from people interested in getting involved with the Section, and we look forward to working with all of you. This will be an exciting year! - Corinne Peek-Asa cpeekasa@ucla.edu ***************************** SECTION NEWS: MentoringThe APHA Public Health Student Caucus is currently seeking interested mentors and mentees to participate in the third class of its National Mentoring Program in Public Health. On-line registration is now available at www.apha.org/ppp/mentoring.htm. The goals of the program are to: improve the relevancy of the academic training that public health students receive, increase the professional success and productivity of public health students and professionals, and help strengthen the field of public health through the retention and growth of strong and committed leaders. We are hoping to match at least 100 pairs of mentors and mentees for the program. Mentees will be matched to mentors based on the following criteria (provided in their registration form): (1) general area of interest, (2) specific area of interest, (3) three rank-ordered mentoring objectives, and (4) vision of an ideal match. The program will begin with a kick-off event at the APHA meeting in Boston and continue through June 2001. Kick-off event attendance is not required for participation, however, regular correspondence is recommended in order to foster useful and effective relationships. Additional program information is available at www.phsc.org/mentoring.html. If you have questions, please e-mail either program Co-chair, Resa M.Jones, MPH. at jones_r@epi.umn.edu or Rishi Dholakia, MPH at rdholakia001@aol.com. - Resa M. Jones jones_r@epi.umn.edu ***************************** GENERAL NEWSNonfatal Firearm-Related Injury Data Available for DownloadData sets of CDC's nonfatal firearm-related injury data, obtained using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, are now available for public use. They also have data on BB and pellet gun-related injuries. These are the final data sets that we used for publishing our reports. These data can be downloaded from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) located at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. They have over 700 data sets available on their system. All of these datasets are available at no charge. Our data are available in several formats (i.e., ASCII, SAS, and SPSS). There are also an accompanying documentation with background information to analysts and a codebook. The URL is http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD. The study number is 3018. These data sets are available to all researchers. I hope those interested will find them useful in their firearm-related injury research activities. - Lee Annest jla1@cdc.gov ***************************** GENERAL NEWSAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine Supplement on Military InjuryThe American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement devoted to injuries in the military that David Sleet described in a recent ICEHS newsletter is available at no charge to ICEHS members. Single copies can be obtained, while supplies last, by e-mailing or faxing a complete mailing address to Ms. Ana Rosas at: Ana.Rosas@na.amedd.army.mil or faxing (508) 233-4887. - LTC Paul J. Amoroso Paul.Amoroso@na.amedd.army.mil ***************************** GENERAL NEWSConference "Fire Raising Our Children"A Conference entitled "Fire Raising Our Children" on youth fire setting and intervention will be held on November 2-4, 2000, in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. This conference is designed for individuals who work with youth, including fire service personnel, fire investigators, law enforcement, mental health professionals, educators, and community service providers. For further details visit the SOS Fires Web site at www.sosfires.com. To request a conference brochure, e-mail Becky Gibbs, Fire Stoppers of Washington, at beckyblt@aol.com, or call (206) 999-4010. - Lisa Barrios lic8@cdc.gov ***************************** GENERAL NEWSConference "Response To Bioterrorism"The Second National Symposium on "Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism: Public Health Emergency and National Security Threat" will take place November 28-29, 2000, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The symposium is a collaborative effort among the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. APHA is pleased to be a Co-Sponsor of the symposium. The symposium is intended to increase understanding of the threat of bioterrorism among national policy makers and medical and public health leaders. For the most current symposium information, please visit: www.hopkins-biodefense.org or call (800) 431-5638 or (847) 384-7654. - Lisa Barrios lic8@cdc.gov ***************************** GENERAL NEWSPatient Education And CounselingCall For Manuscripts for Special Issue on Injury and Violence Prevention Patient Education and Counseling is an interdisciplinary, international journal for patient education and health promotion researchers, managers, and clinicians. The journal seeks to explore and elucidate the education and counseling model in health care. Its aim is to provide a forum for fundamental as well as applied research and to promote the study organizational issues involved with the delivery of patient education, counseling and health promotion services. A special issue of this fully indexed, peer-reviewed journal will be devoted to articles that address injury and violence prevention issues from the perspective of health communications, patient education and counseling, and/or health education and promotion. Both descriptive studies and intervention research in the health care setting are of particular interest. Health care settings are broadly defined to include managed care, private practice, hospitals, emergency medical care providers, health departments, etc. Outreach initiatives that communicate with the larger public about injury related issues would also be considered. Both unintentional and intentional injury topics are of interest. Examples of types of articles being sought are those that:
All articles should discuss the application of the work to future research and to current injury policy and programs. Receipt date for manuscripts: January 31, 2001. Anticipated notification date: March 31, 2001. Editor: Judith Hall, PhD; Guest Editor: Andrea C. Gielen, ScD, ScM. Questions? Call Dr. Gielen at (410) 955-2397 or e-mail agielen@jhsph.edu to discuss paper ideas. - Andrea Gielen agielen@jhsph.edu ***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTSEducation & Intervention Program Coordinator, Center for Rural Emergency Medicine, West Virginia UniversityAttention Registered Nurses!! West Virginia University is seeking a highly motivated, experienced individual to manage & administer a major injury education & intervention program within the Center for Rural Emergency Medicine. For complete details see our Web Page http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/crem/jobs.htm - Dave Fulaytar dfulaytar@hsc.wvu.edu Assistant Director for Administration, UNC Injury Prevention Research CenterProvide administrative/fiscal/human resources management in research center with multiple projects and funding sources; supervise staff; resource development; strategic planning. Experience in budget and/or personnel management required. Prefer MPA, MBA or MPH and/or experience in academia. Applications to: Dr. C. Runyan, Director, Injury Prevention Research Ctr, CB 7505, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. The University of North Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to identify themselves. - Carol W. Runyan carol_runyan@unc.edu Supervisory Epidemiologists/Statisticians, NIOSHThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Safety Research (DSR), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Morgantown, West Virginia, has four immediate openings for Section Chief positions within the Surveillance and Field investigations Branch (SFIB) and the Analysis and Field Evaluations Branch (AFEB). The Division of Safety Research serves as the focal point for the NIOSH occupational traumatic injury research program and includes national surveillance of occupational morbidity and mortality; an epidemiologic field investigation program of workplace fatalities; analytic epidemiologic research assessing etiology and intervention effectiveness; and human factors and safety engineering research. These Section Chiefs will be responsible for directing the DSR programs aimed at designing, planning, carrying out and publishing occupational injury surveillance and field investigations, and conducting analytic epidemiologic research of occupational traumatic injuries. We are searching for leaders in the field of health research of occupational traumatic injuries to provide overall guidance and direction for these programs of highly qualified and motivated research personnel. The salary range for this position is $59,623-$91,589. These positions are currently announced through October 31, 2000, and may be accessed via internet at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov. Technical inquiries may be made by contacting: Dawn N. Castillo, SFIB Chief at (304) 285-5916 or Lynn Jenkins, AFEB Chief at (304) 285-5913. NIOSH is an equal opportunity employer. All NIOSH workplaces are smoke-free. Injury Epidemiologist, Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health, Hopkinton, MAAn exciting new opportunity exists to participate in the development of a growing program in occupational injury epidemiology. Current projects include case-crossover studies of acute traumatic injury, cohort studies of manual materials handling and back disorders, national and international injury surveillance studies, workers' compensation database studies, and related safety projects. The successful candidate will have a strong record of independent research in injury epidemiology. Ph.D. or equivalent in epidemiology required with a demonstrated interest in injury. Experience with SAS and database products are essential. Recognized by scientific awards from around the world for contributions to the improvement of workplace safety and health, the Center employs a multidisciplinary, team-oriented staff of researchers representing fields including: biomechanics, experimental and cognitive psychology, epidemiology, tribology, physiology, engineering, sociology, biostatistics, and the clinical sciences. A new Center for Disability Research has recently been added to the Center in 1999. The Research Center is located on 86 acres of woodland 25 miles west of Boston, MA. Significant collaborations exist with Harvard University, Texas Tech University, Shanghai Medical University (PRC), the University of Aberdeen (UK), and the Health and Safety Laboratories of the Health and Safety Executive (UK). The Center is committed to peer-reviewed publication of all its findings. Interested individuals should submit curriculum vitae to the attention of: Gary S. Sorock, Ph.D., Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748. phone: (508) 435-9061 x 223; fax: (508) 435-8136 - Gary S. Sorock gary.sorock@libertymutual.com Faculty Position in Injury Prevention, Department of Occupational And Environmental Health, University Of Iowa College of Public HealthThe Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at The University of Iowa College of Public Health invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in injury prevention at the level of assistant or associate professor. Applications may also be considered at the level of faculty associate. The successful applicant will join the faculty of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and of the CDC-funded Injury Prevention Research Center. A secondary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology, or in the Division of Emergency Medicine is possible. Applicants should have an MD, PhD or other advanced professional degree with research experience related to the epidemiology of injury prevention. Strong epidemiological skills are required. The candidate should have publications in the peer-reviewed literature and demonstrated teaching ability. Applicants should demonstrate outstanding research productivity or promise. Interest and experience in preventing injuries in a rural context is desirable. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with interdisciplinary research teams is desirable. The University of Iowa offers a rich environment for collaborative research including a federally funded center in agricultural health and safety, a world class driving simulator, and a Level 1 Trauma Center. Please send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interest, and names of three references to Dr. Craig Zwerling, Chair, Search Committee, (#F1850) Attn: Wendy Jackson, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000. Our department is committed to increasing faculty diversity. The University of Iowa is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We strongly encourage women and minorities to apply. - John Lundell ***************************** From the EditorI'm sorry EN was late this month! Have a great time in Boston! Cheers - Steve Marshall ***************************** "Our technological growth has outstripped our spiritual growth. We have guided missiles and misguided men" - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King (attributed) ***************************** Schedule of Scientific Sessions - Boston - 2000***************************** |
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