SIGS at APHA

[Massoudi, Barbara L.]

Are there any issues we should consider before proceeding with the petition
to form the PHI SIG? Will there be costs associated with the SIG?  I feel
like I don't have enough information at this point.  Can someone clarify the
types of groups and their roles (SIGs, sections, caucuses)?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Rita Kukafka [mailto:rik7001 at flux.cpmc.columbia.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:51 PM
To: Discussion Forum for public health informatics
Subject: SIGS at APHA


I'm getting some names interested in the Public Health Informatics SIG,
and will include in the letter to APHA.  But need more, so please if you
haven't yet responded, please do so, and let others know.  Thanks.

________________________________________________________________ 
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Rita Kukafka, DrPH, MA, CHES          Phone:  212 305-9193
Mailman School of Public Health       
Division of Sociomedical Sciences
Department of Medical Informatics
Columbia University

the significant problems that we face today cannot be resolved by the
level of thinking we were at when we created them 

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Laura Larsson wrote:

> Friends:
> 
> I asked APHA staff to add the term "Public Health Informatics" as a
> keyword used for the APHA annual meeting to categorize the scientific
> sessions. It has been done.
> 
> We need to encourage presenters to use the term if applicable.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Laura Larsson
> NLM Informatics Fellow, OHSU
> and
> Clinical Faculty
> Health Services, University of Washington
> larsson at u.washington.edu
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> http://courses.washington.edu/hs590a/hs590a.html
> 
> "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and
> write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. "  Alvin Toffler
> 
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