Mailing Lists & Bulletin Board Services

Mailing Lists & Bulletin Board Services

To participate in any of the following lists, send an E-mail message to the listowner requesting instructions about how to subscribe.

Questions, comments, and suggestions regarding this homepage should be directed to: Alyson Taub, EdD, CHES (alyson.taub@nyu.edu).
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Mailing Lists

CLICK4HP- Health Promotion on the Internet

A listserv originating in Canada for those interested in health promotion and health education, co-facilitated by Liz Rykert (lrykert@web.net) and Alison Stirling (alison@cpc.on.ca) with background support by Sam Lanfranco (lanfran@yorku.ca). Subscribers are mostly Canadian but include others from around the world.

The CLICK4HP home-page is at: http://www.opc.on.ca/click4hp/c4hpflyr.htm and it also contains links to several edited discussions that have occurred online

The Archives are accessible in two formats - in HTML through a Java enabled browser (Netscape 2.0, IE 3.0 or higher) at the CLICK4HP Public Folders http://community.opc.on.ca/Exchange/ [click on Public Folders, then select CLICK4HP]

Or in plain text through a news-reader through newsreader software. The news server is called community.opc.on.ca; this type of software has the ability to get newsgroups and to subscribe to them. The folders appear under the hierarchy community-news. Another quick way to access them through the newsreaders built into the recent versions of Navigator and Explorer is to type the following URLs into the location area of the browser. news://community.opc.on.ca/community-news.click4hp

HEAT (Health Education And Technology)

An open unmoderated listserv operated by Jay M. Bernhardt (jaybird@unc.edu) for anyone interested in the role of new technology in health education and health behavior research and practice. The HEAT homepage is available at http://www.sph.unc.edu/heat and provides subscription information and resources on health education and technology. Subscribe to the list by sending an e-mail message to listproc@unc.edu with the subject line blank and the following text in the first line of the message: subscribe heat firstname lastname

HEDIR (International Electronic Mail Directory for Health Educators)

An international listserv for health educators operated by Mark J. Kittleson (kittle@siu.edu) of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in the USA. As of January 1997, there were more than 700 subscribers to this list, mainly from the USA.

HLTHPROM

A health promotion discussion list operated by Craig Roberts (cmrober1@facstaff.wisc.edu) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the USA. This list provides a forum for the exchange of information among more than 300 professionals providing health promotion and disease prevention services within institutions of higher education mostly within the USA.

Address to subscribe: listserver@relay.doit.wisc.edu
E-Mail Message to Subscribe: subscribe hlthprom first-name last-name

HPRIN (Health Promotion Research Internet Network)

An international listserv for health promotion and disease prevention researchers operated by Bo J. A. Haglund (bo.haglund@PHS.KI.SE) of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. As of January 1997, there were 323 subscribers to this list from 32 countries.

IUHPE (International Union for Health Promotion and Education)

An on-line discussion list for members of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education. Subscription limited to members only.

List owner: Alyson Taub, New York University (alyson.taub@nyu.edu)

Service-Learning in Health Education Interest Group

For faculty across the U. S. with an interest in service-learning in health education.
List owner: Dr. Jerrold S. Greenberg, University of Maryland (jg56@umail.umd.edu)

Address: Dept of Health Education, HHP Building, Valley Drive, College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-2524

To subscribe: Send email with name, postal address, email address, fax number, and phone number to: (jg56@umail.umd.edu)

Bulletin Board Services

HEDIR Chatroom

The New HEDIR Chatroom is now available for use among health educators. The chatroom does not require any special software...just an internet browser (i.e., Netscape). There is no membership fees, passwords, or accounts needed...one just signs in when they enter the chatroom. Plans are currently being made to host several "open" discussions, so check the HEDIR Chatroom information site for times.

HEDIR Bulletin Board Service

In addition, there is a HEDIR Bulletin Board available. The Bulletin Board can be used to post messages and other items of importances. As with the HEDIR Chatroom, there is no membership fees, passwords, or accounts needed.

Health Education Electronic Forum (HEEF)

-BBS offering: electronic mail (e-mail)

-Files on all areas of health education

-Job bank

-Actual health education courses and CHES CECH's

-Health Education Software, syllabi, & handouts

Owner: Michael Pejsach