Email me your topic suggestions! Photo posted by sethoscope on Flickr.
From the feedback I’ve received on my gardening post, I’ve found that some Elpis and Justice readers have had some public health questions that they don’t have the resources to answer. For example, it’s great to tell a friend gardening will encourage their kids to eat more veggies, but there’s nothing like hard data to drive the point home.
As a public health student I have access to an information gold mine that’s not available to the public- the George Washington University’s subscription to thousands of academic journals. Unfortunately only students have access to this resource, which I feel is a crime. Journal subscriptions are expensive. Just a subscription to Nature is $200!
As a service to Elpis readers, and my little protest to information apartheid, if you have a question even vaguely associated with public health, feel free to send me an email and I’ll do a post on it.
Do cigarette taxes really curb smoking? What is the prevalence of HIV in DC? Can owning a dog improve your health?
Email your questions to elpisandjustice@gmail.com. You can also send me a tweet at InvizibleE.
Please keep in mind that I am just a student. I have enough public health knowledge to be dangerous- but have know my way around a database. I’d love to better tailor Elpis to my readers’ interests!
More on the Suggestion Box photo:
I found this photo on Flickr. The Waller and Steiner Suggestions Box was installed by Lara Black, Sean Mahan, and Sam Lavigne as a project/social experiment. Find out more at SFZero, a collaborative production game. While I love comment boards in the online world, bringing this medium back to the “real world” seems refreshing and fun.
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October 5, 2009 at 8:22 am
elpisandjustice
What wonderful wisdom! Beware of thin ice. When you drink, overspend, behave rudely, gamble, ride a motorcycle without a helmet, or neglect any normal routine of self-protection for that matter, you venture onto thin ice. When you venture onto thin ice, take measures to protect yourself, and be very, very wary. Don’t make your friends fish you out of the water; they will have to risk their lives to do so.