The purpose of this Web page is to provide documentation about how to cite Public Health E-News as a scholarly source of information in APA format, and to provide a listing of all the sources I use to compile the monthly newsletter. To this end I have tried my best to be a good reporter - I do make an effort to provide all sides of any issues that come up, and am not interested in advocating for any particular issue. To me, being informed is to have the opportunity to look at all sides of the issue and then make an informed decision of what's presented.

The purpose of the newsletter is to provide broad coverage of what's going on in Public Health, predominately in the U.S. Although I am trying to provide info about international public health issues, I have not found too many sources. If you know of any, please let me know.

Content is determined by: (1)Poll responses and (2)whatever comes across my computer via listservs and electronic mailing lists I subscribe to. I have made an effort to subscribe to as many different listservs and electronic mailings as possible (See listing below). It takes me approximately 6 hours a month to edit the material. In most instances where I must truncate, I do so for the sake of saving space, but try my best to retain "the essence" of the piece. In every case I do provide the source, so you are free to check the "original" source for the full article/citation, etc.

Public Health E-News is an electronic newsletter sent out monthly to subscribers. You can subscribe on a number of pages on the Betty C. Jung Web site. All issues are available via subscription, free of charge. All issues sent out using Yahoo!Egroups electronic mailing service is archived at http://groups.yahoo.com. You must be a subscriber to access the archive.

To access the archive, you have to have a Yahoo! account. If you don't have one, you can create one in one of two ways. When you subscribed to this electronic mailing list, you received a confirmation e-mail, which contains instructions on how to create a Yahoo! account. If you have discarded the e-mail before you had the chance create an account, you can do so by visiting the Yahoo!Groups site.

1. Go to: http://groups.yahoo.com
2. It will identify you as a guest
3. On the center of the page, you will see a Join a Group section.
4. Type "Betty C. Jung" in the box. This will take you to a page that lists the electronic lists I administer.
5. Click on PHE-News
6. Near the top middle it will ask you to either sign in or join the group.
7. If you want to join, just click the link and follow the directions
8. Once you create a Yahoo!Groups account you will be able to access all the earlier issues of E-News that I have posted using Yahoo! Groups.

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CITING PUBLIC HEALTH E-NEWS USING APA FORMAT

As the Internet, or, the World Wide Web (WWW) portion of it, becomes more commonplace, it will be relied upon more frequently as a source of information. However, not everything on the Internet is useful. This does not mean that whatever is found useful should be taken without proper attribution. Doing this is actually stealing, and in academic circles, it is considered plagiarism.

Even though materials on the Internet are easily accessible, materials on the Internet are copyrighted. See my Copyright Page for more info on this. And, those sites that display a copyright notice means that they are serious enough about their content to take you to court if you are found taking materials of their sites without permission. Therefore, practice an ethical approach - and give credit where credit is due. Ask Webmasters and site owners for permission to use their material. Most would be happy to give you the permission. I know that this does not happen enough, so make a difference and do the right thing!

The American Psychological Association (APA) manuscript format is the most commonly used format in the social sciences. It is also the preferred format for many public health disciplines. The Fifth Edition of the APA Publications Manual includes a whole section for citing electronic media (pp. 268-281). Check out my APA Info Page for on-line resources for the APA format.

The APA has set parameters as to what it considers to be a source of information for research purposes. The PHE-News is considered an electronic mailing list. As such it can be included in a reference list provided: (1) An archive is maintained and (2) retrievable (p. 277). The PHE-News has both attributes, and therefore can be referenced as a source for research.

As for scholarly content, I have tried to include only those sources I consider credible. What I include are listservs and electronic mailing lists of government agencies, non-profit agencies, academic sources and commercial news sources. I consider those I include to provide credible information, many of which maintain their own archives of the items they send out. If you feel or know a source or sources I use are not credible sources, let me know.

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SOURCES USED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH E-NEWS

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Electronic News Sources (N = 117)

NAME	SOURCE
ABLES (Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology Surveillance Program)	http://www.niosh.gov
AHRQ Electronic Newsletter	http://www.ahrq.gov
California Air Resources Board	http://www.arb.ca.gov
CDC Clinician Registry	http://www.bt.cdc.gov
CDC Public Health Law News	http://www.cdc.gov
CDC SLAITS Listserv	http://www.cdc.gov
CHHCS ALERT (Ctr for Health & Health Care in Schools)	http://www.healthinschools.org
CHHC News Alert	SBNCNET (George Washington University)
ChildtrendsDatabank	http://www.childtrends.org
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities State Update	http://www.cbpp.org
Consumer Webwatch News	http://www.consumerwebwatch.org
CSTE	http://www.cste.org
CNC Weekly Update	Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support http://www.casey.org/cnc
Cochrane Consumer Network Newsletter	http://www.cochraneconsumer.com
Center for Policy Alternatives	http://www.stateaction.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities	http://www.cbpp.org/
Communications-Related Headlines	Benton Foundation
Child Welfare Information Gateway	www.childwelfare.gov
Connect for Kids Weekly Newsletter	Benton Foundation
Consumer WebWatch	Consumer Reports
Education World Weekly	Education World
Edinfo	Ed.Gov
Electronic Policy News (EPN)	American Prospect
Epi Info Listserv	http://www.cdc.gov
Family Friendly Sites.Com	http://www.familyfriendly.com
FDA News Digest	http://www.fda.gov
Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) FEDINFO E-newsletter Update	Federal Citizen Info Center
FedInfo e-letter	Federal Consumer Info Center
Firstgov News	http://www.firstgov.gov
Free Medical Journals Alert	http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
GAO Reports	http://www.gao.gov
Good Behavior!	CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH http://www.cfah.org
Glycemic Index Newsletter	University of Sydney
GrantsAlert	http://www.grantsalert.com
H E A L T H B E H A V I O R I N F O R M A T I O N T R A N S F E R ( H A B I T )	http://www.cfah.org/habit/
HealthinSite	Australian Government
Health News Review	http://www.healthnewsreview.org
Health on the Net Foundation	http://www.hon.ch/
Healthy Aging Listserv	http://www.cdc.gov/
Health News Index	Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health
Health Notes	http://www.cthealthpolicy.org
Healthfinder Listserv	http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov
HealthInsite News	Australian Government
Health Women Today Newsletter	NWHIC NIH
Healthy People Newsletter
Hipaa-regs Listserv	http://www.nih.gov
Hipaalert News	http://www.phoenixhealth.com
Hippaanote	http://www.phoenixhealth.com
HIV-Stat	http://www.cdc.gov
HONinfo	http://www.healthonnet.org
Hot off the Press from ANF	http://www.urban.org
HSC E-Mail Alert	http://www.hschange.org
HUS Newsletter
ITrain Information Services	http://www.itrain.org
Idealist.Org	http://www.idealist.org
In the News
Info Source	http://www.students.gov
Intelihealth Online	http://www.intelihealth.com
Institute for Health Freedom	http://www.forhealthfreedom.org
ITrain Information Services	http://itrain.org
JCAHO Newsletter	http://www.jacho.org
Kaiser Weekly Update	Kaiser Family Foundation
Daily and Weekly Updates	Kim Komando Show
Healthcarecoach.Com Newsletter	Healthcare Coach.Com
HealthInsite News	HealthInsite - Australia Government
Leadnet	http://www.aeclp.org
Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Listserv	http://www.pointsoflight.org
MCH Alert	http://www.ncemch.org
MEPS Mailing List	http://www.ahrq.gov
MMWR	http://www.cdc.gov
MSN Health	WebMd
Mchb-ssi-news	http://www.hrsa.gov
Medline Plus	http://www.nih.gov
MedWatch	http://www.fda.gov
NACCO Newsletter	http://www.naccho.org
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care	www.nasbhc.org
National Institute on Aging	www.niapublications.org
National Service Resource Center e-newsletter	www.etr.org
National Woman's Health National Info Center News	www.nih.gov
Netwellness Consumer Health Information	University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University
News Alert	ForHealthFreedom.Org
NHLBI Network Listserv	http://www.nhlbi.gov
NICE E-Newsletter	NHS's National Institute for Clinical Excellence
National Guidelines Clearinghouse	http://www.guideline.gov
NIH Newsletter	http://www.nih.gov
News Alert, Institute for Health Freedom	http://www.forhealthfreedom.org
News for Workers	http://www.firstgov.gov
NQMC Update Service	http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov
NRC for Foster Care and Permanency Planning	weeklyupdate@doughertyconsultants.com
NurseZone.Com Newsletter	http://www.nursezone.com
NursingHands	http://www.nursinghands.com
NWHIC_NEWS list (National Women's Health InfoCenter News)	http://www.nih.gov
NYC Government News	http://www.nyc.gov
PER Digest - Professional Ethics Report	Scientific Freedom, Responsibility & Law Program
Pick Your Path	http://www.nih.gov
Policy Action News	www.movingideas.org
PPConnect	Reproductive Healthcare PPCT
Primary Care Network News	http://www.astho.org
Public Agenda Online	http://www.publicagenda.org
Public Health Foundation Newsletter	http://www.phf.org
Public Health Practice Dispatch	National Association of County & City Health Officials
Quality E-line	eline@pqsystems.com
RAND News	http://www.rand.org
RWJF Newsletter	http://www.rwjf.org
SAMHSA's NCADI Update	http://ncadi.samhsa.gov
sbhcnet@gwu.edu	http://www.healthinschools.org
Science Daily News	http://www.sciencedaily.com
SHMP News	UCLA School of Mental Health
SSDI-CISS Network Newsletter	http://www.ichp.edu
Students.gov InfoSource	http://www.students.gov
TeenPregnancy.Org	http://www.teenpregnancy.org
Today in E-Business Newsletter	Atlantic Information Services
Wellroundedkids News	http://www.wellroundedkids.com
Whatsnew@childrenwithdiabetes.Org	http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.org
What's New on Netwellness	University of Cincinnati
WHO WER (Weekly Epidemiologic Record) and Epidemiological Bulletin E.Mail	World Health Organization
Women's Health Newsletter	Dr. Robert Jelovsek

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