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Introduction. Introduction. INLS 705. Objectives. Design your learning experience. Get to know this class. Discuss issues from different ecological perspectives of health. http://sites.google.com/a/jeffloo.com/inls705/. website. Alternatively: http://tinyurl.com/inls705.
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Introduction Introduction INLS 705
Objectives Design your learning experience Get to know this class Discuss issues from different ecological perspectives of health
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Health homeostasis holistic well-being
Information as process as knowledge as thing Any difference that makes a difference
Discussion • What types of information may be relevant to: • each ecological level of health, and • its levels of influence? • Is there a link between the types of information? • How can information be shared between the levels?
Readings • INFORMATION AS THING by Michael Buckland, Journal of the American Society of Information Science 42:5 (June 1991): 351-360 http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/thing.html • National Cancer Institute. Theory at a glance: A guide for health promotion practice. [Internet]Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, NIH; 2005 Available from: www.cancer.gov/theory