Editorial: Challenging the Community

Editorial: Community Informatics in Brazil

I am delighted and honoured to publish this special double issue on The Internet and Community Informatics in Brazil. The issue itself is a very strong one and I think it both represents and solidifies the very strong Community Informatics range of activities and traditions in Brazil while pointing to certain characteristics of Community Informatics in Brazil that are potentially of interest an...

Challenging Issues in Community Health : The Role of Research

1. Patient Engagement and the PCMH: A Pilot Survey in Four Clinical Settings Carole Upshur UMMS/DFMCH; Lee Hargraves, DFMCH; Achankeng Afiadata, Azra Borogovac, Julianna Clough, Jonathan Eisenberg, Josephine Harrington, Cailtin Lawrence, John Madore, Navine Nasser-Ghodsi, Jennifer Perez, Melissa Pergakis, Andrew Piper, Matthew Sloan, and Karen Tanner (Clinical/Translational Research Pathway stu...

Guest Editorial: Challenging Divisions - Exploring the intersections of ethnography and intervention in IS research

Editorial: Investigating the human brain and muscle coupling during whole-body challenging exercise

Research into correlates and determinants (causal relationship) of fatigue has burgeoned in the past two decades. However the link between cortical activity andmuscle force generation on fatigue that develops during exercise is not very well understood. While there is extensive evidence suggesting that the central nervous system can contribute to the inability of a human being to sustain a moto...

Guest Editorial the Origins of Community-based Rehabilitation

In 1973 Dr. Halfdan Mahler was elected Director-General of the World Health Organization. During 15 years he initiated a large number of new policies and programmes – a clear break with those that had governed WHO earlier. Dr Mahler was deeply concerned about “the existing gross inequality in the health status of the people particularly between developed and developing countries as well as with...