Family & Community Health

Welcome to Family & Community Health’s website.  I think you will find this electronic journal platform to be easy to use to help you find journal content, collaborate and share innovative health care ideas in family and community health.  The new platform introduces new features that are designed to enrich readability and usability of the many excellent articles.  Some of the features that I think you will enjoy using include:

• Editor’s Picks showcase selected articles included in the journal over the past year.
• Up-coming issue themes and contact information for issue editors 
• A preview of the next issue so you can see what to watch for
• New options for delivering articles that include an enhanced HTML format for easier reading.
• New ways to customize the site, including saved searches, personal article collections, e-mail and RSS alerts, and more.

With the many changes that are occurring in  health care keeping up with how they will effect the health of the public is vital.  We will have themes that relate to issues, high risk populations and new ways to provide appropriate, effective, community based services.  Read each issue and think about becoming an author for an upcoming issue.  

Also, be sure and check out the program for the 138th Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in  beautiful Denver Colorado from November 6-10. This year's program deals with social justice as a public health imperative. The annual meeting expects to have 13,000 attendees, and it will definitely be a place to learn about cutting edge work in public health.

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Jeanette Lancaster, PhD, RN, FAAN
Editor

FAMILY & COMMUNITY HEALTH
UPCOMING ISSUES

34.3 ISSUES RELATED TO FAMILY & COMMUNITY HEALTH OF NATIVE AMERICANS

Due to Issue Editor: (Van Sell): Oct 1, 2010
Sharon L. Van Sell, EdD, RN, PAHM
Professor, Texas Woman’s University, College of Nursing, 7023 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX  75209
Phone:  864/275-3527 (Cell)  Email:  svansell@sbcglobal.net
AND Dr. Carol Arnold
Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University
College of Nursing, Dallas Center Parkland Campus, 1810 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX  75235-7299
Phone:  214/689-6537  Email:  carnold@mail.twu.edu

34.4 CURRENT ISSUES IN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Due to-Issue Editor (Peters):  January 1, 2011
Karen Peters, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Administration, UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Ste 500, Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 312-413-4944; fax 312-413-9835  kpeters@uic.edu
AND Sergio Cristancho, PhD
National School of Public Health, University of Antioqua, Medelin, Columbia
scrista@uic.edu
AND Diana  Marcela Garces, MD, MSPH
School of Medicine, University of Antioqua, Medelin, Columbia
dmgarces@uic.edu

35.1  STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH HEALTH DISPARITIES

Due to-Issue Editor (Parker):  April 1, 2011
Veronica G. Parker, PhD,
Director, Center for Research on Health Disparities
Professor of Nursing, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
Phone: 864-656-0984  veronic@clemson.edu and
AND Dr. Charlton Coles, Behavioral Scientist
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
4770 Buford Highway, NE (MS F62), Chamblee, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-3345  ccoles@cdc.gov

35.2 LAY HEALTH PROMOTERS/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

Due to Issue editors: (Reifsnider) August 2, 2011
Elizabeth Reifsnider, PhD, APRN, BC
Constance Brewer Koomey Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing
301 University Boulevard, Galveston Tx 7755-1029
Phone: 409/772-8262; fax 409/747-1554  Email: elreifsn@utmb.edu
AND Elnora (Nonie) P. Mendias, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Associate Professor
Jesse and Alicia Dunn Professor of Nursing (Address same as Dr. Reifsnider)
Phone: 404/772-8258; fax 409/772-3770  nmendias@utmb.edu
AND Yolanda R. Davila, PhD, RN
Associate Professor & Odelia Brown McCarley Professor of Nursing (Address same as Dr. Reifsnider)
Phone: 409/772-8237; fax 409/772-3770  yrdavila@utmb.edu

Take a moment and look at these articles from issues 33.1, 33.2 and 33.3 of FCH. They talk about public health issues that may not be familiar to you. Each article offers new and useful information.

The public health impacts of concentrated animal feeding operations on local communities. 
Is there a poultry farm or cattle ranch near you? If so, what are the impacts on the health of the community?

Cyberbullying: A review of the literature on harassment through the internet and other electronic means.
This is topic that we hear about regularly on the television and radio and often the outcomes to the victims are serious and at times fatal.

Concept mapping of photovoices: Sequencing and integrating methods to understand immigrants' perceptions of neighborhood influences on health.
Read more articles on photovoicing as a way to learn about and help community people.