Newsletter
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Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Orbiting astronomical observatories
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Broader Impacts of Science on Society
Author : Bruce J. MacFadden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108421725
Book Description
Invaluable guidance on how scientists can communicate the societal benefits of their work to the public and funding agencies. This will help scientists submit proposals to the US National Science Foundation and other funding agencies with a 'Broader Impacts' section, as well as helping to develop successful wider outreach activities.
Science News-letter
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Page : 434 pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic journals
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Science In Public
Author : Jane Gregory
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 2000-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0465024505
Book Description
Does the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists' responsibility to communicate? Critics have argued that, despite the huge strides made in technology, we live in a "scientifically illiterate" society--one that thinks about the world and makes important decisions without taking scientific knowledge into account. But is the solution to this "illiteracy" to deluge the layman with scientific information? Or does science news need to be focused around specific issues and organized into stories that are meaningful and relevant to people's lives? In this unprecedented, comprehensive look at a new field, Jane Gregory and Steve Miller point the way to a more effective public understanding of science in the years ahead.
Designing Evidence-Based Public Health and Prevention Programs
Author : Mark E. Feinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 26,68 MB
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 0429534019
Book Description
Demonstrating that public health and prevention program development is as much art as science, this book brings together expert program developers to offer practical guidance and principles in developing effective behavior-change curricula. Feinberg and the team of experienced contributors cover evidence-based programs addressing a range of physical, mental, and behavioral health problems, including ones targeting families, specific populations, and developmental stages. The contributors describe their own professional journeys and decisions in creating, refining, testing, and disseminating a range of programs and strategies. Readers will learn about selecting change-promoting targets based on existing research; developing and creating effective and engaging content; considering implementation and dissemination contexts in the development process; and revising, refining, expanding, abbreviating, and adapting a curriculum across multiple iterations. Designing Evidence-Based Public Health and Prevention Programs is essential reading for prevention scientists, prevention practitioners, and program developers in community agencies. It also provides a unique resource for graduate students and postgraduates in family sciences, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, social work, education, nursing, public health, and counselling.
The Cult and Science of Public Health
Author : Kevin Dew
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 25,97 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0857453394
Book Description
In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common--their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces 'traditional' religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples, activities and desires. This is in contrast to public health's foundation in science, particularly the science of epidemiology. The rigid rules of 'scientific evidence' used to determine the cause of illness and disease can work against the most vulnerable in society by putting sectors of the population, such as underrepresented workers, at a disadvantage. This study focuses on this tension between traditional science and the changing vision articulated within public health (and across many disciplines) that calls for a collective response to uncontrolled capitalism and unremitting globalization, and to the way in which health inequalities and their association with social inequalities provides a political rhetoric that calls for a new redistributive social programme. Drawing on decades of research, the author argues that public health is both a cult and a science of contemporary society.
Science News
Author : Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher :
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 18,61 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Science
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Popular Science News
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Page : 310 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 1875
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The Sciences’ Media Connection –Public Communication and its Repercussions
Author : Simone Rödder
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2011-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9400720858
Book Description
The Yearbook addresses the overriding question: what are the effects of the ‘opening up’ of science to the media? Theoretical considerations and a host of empirical studies covering different configurations provide an in-depth analysis of the sciences’ media connection and its repercussions on science itself. They help to form a sound judgement on this recent development.
Embargoed Science
Author : Vincent Kiernan
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0252055829
Book Description
The popular notion of a lone scientist privately toiling long hours in a laboratory, striking upon a great discovery, and announcing it to the world is a romanticized fiction. Vincent Kiernan's Embargoed Science reveals the true process behind science news: an elite few scholarly journals control press coverage through a mechanism known as an embargo. The journals distribute advance copies of their articles to hundreds and sometimes thousands of journalists around the world, on the condition that journalists agree not to report their stories until a common time, several days later. When the embargo lifts, airwaves and newspaper pages are flooded with stories based on the journal's latest issue. In addition to divulging the realities behind this collusive practice, Kiernan offers an unprecedented exploration of the embargo's impact on public and academic knowledge of science and medical issues. He surveys twenty five daily U.S. newspapers and relates his in-depth interviews with reporters to examine the inner workings of the embargo and how it structures our understanding of news about science. Kiernan ultimately argues that this system fosters "pack journalism" and creates an unhealthy shield against journalistic competition. The result is the uncritical reporting of science and medical news according to the dictates of a few key sources.
