Falling through the Net?

Through the Net

Don't slip through the net.

t is possible to thrive in the modern world without recourse to the internet. But only just. If you are a " techno-phobe " , deterred by the daunting size and complexity of this continually evolving medium, JNNP could help you become a " technophile ". Fewer than four decades ago, the cold war motivated the creation of the inter-net. Academic inspiration subsequently harnessed the internet's po...

"Falling Through the Cracks:" Young Adults, Drugs, and Incarceration.

As a clinician working with high-risk youths in New York City, many of whom are justice-involved and substance users, I applaud Welty et al. for their illuminating article in the May issue of AJPH. Their study revealed many noteworthy findings, including the declining prevalence of substance-use disorders (SUDs) among justice-involved youths from about 50% at baseline to nearly 20% 12 years lat...

Applied public health research - falling through the cracks?

BACKGROUND There is a degree of dissonance between the types of evaluative research required by organisations providing or commissioning health care, those recommended by organisations developing evidence-based guidance, and those which research funding bodies are prepared to support. METHODS We present a case study of efforts to establish a pragmatic but robust evaluation of local exercise r...

Teaching Software Engineering through the Net

The introduction of technology in education seems promising; this is especially so for the new technologies of computer networks and hypermedia systems. However, only through experimentation the effectiveness of these technologies can be demonstrated. There is an ongoing project for this purpose, entitled EONT, partially funded by the European Union within the framework of the Socrates program....