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FYI; social scientists of all stripes concerned with measurement issues
in health research may be interesting in the new journal. -- Jim

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Jim Cassell                                    CASSELL@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science       CASSELL@UNCVM1.BITNET
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill       Phone:  919-962-0782
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355                    Fax:    919-962-4777
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The following might be of interest to statisticians who work
in areas related to health and social care;



INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH INFORMATICS

This is a new journal of which I am Research Editor.
It's first issue came out March 1992.
It is published by Media Medica Publications UK.

We interpret 'informatics' as meaning 'measuring'.
Consequently it is a journal about measuring within both
health and social care.

Measuring means:
What sources does one HEED in becoming informed?
What units are assigned to the source (measuring) for informing?
How are the measures UTILISED to inform?

It is difficult to see how statisticians could not be involved
in one or all of these components of our 'informatics template'.

(Note that computer-use might well feature from time to time
within each or all of these components, but not NECESSARILY so for
we do not equate informatics with computer-use - although many
others do!)

We would be keen to take papers from staticians who might be
working in the domain of health or social care and who feel
their work relates to any or all of the components of the
informatics template.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS JOURNAL
(and if you are not put off my attempt to spell 'statisticians', above)

1.  Establish contact with me NOW at the e-mail below.
    I will send you and authors pack.

2.  If you feel it is helpful, discuss with me any proposals you might have.

3.  Send me a draft of a paper and expect a 48-hour response.

If you do not want to contribute but you know of someone working within health
and social care who might, then please send me their e-mail.


We would be particularly keen to hear from contributors from US Canada Japan
and Australia although we would not ignore Europe (Continental and UK).

I look forward to hearing from you.


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Dr Barry T Jones

Research Editor
International Journal of Health Informatics

Department of Psychology
Information processing Group
University of Glasgow
GLASGOW
Scotland UK

Tel +41 330 4059
Fax +41 339 8889

e-mail barry@uk.ac.glasgow.psychol

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