|
Services 
Subject-Specific Information
The Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Promotion Network
About the MNCHP Network
The Best Start Resource Centre established the MNCHP Network in 2001. Today, we have over 1,600 members, including service providers, policy-makers and researchers in public health, child and family service organizations, media and information sources and various levels of government. Network members represent all areas of the province of Ontario, many from outside of Ontario and even a few international members.
The Network allows professionals from across diverse sectors and regions to share and receive up-to-date information, guidance and strategies so they can advance the work they do.
MNCHP was created to promote and facilitate the exchange of information about maternal, newborn and child health. The Network offers:
- a regular electronic bulletin that highlights current trends, new resources and initiatives, upcoming events and more in the preconception, prenatal and child health field.
- Participation in an email discussion listserv that allows participants to ask questions and actively discuss and exchange current information on preconception, prenatal and child health issues.
MNCHP Network membership is free. The list is moderated by the Best Start Resource Centre. All postings to the list are screened to ensure that they meet the guidelines and are relevant to the objectives of the Network.
How do I subscribe to the MNCHP Network?
The MNCHP Network is free to join and open to anyone with an interest in maternal, newborn and child health promotion. Members include public health nurses, community health workers, early childhood educators, social service workers, midwives, doulas, family physicians, advocates, activists, researchers, policy makers and individuals with an interest in learning, sharing and discussing family and child health promotion.
To subscribe to the MNCHP Network, send an email to mnchp@healthnexus.ca or fill in the online subscription form at: http://lists.beststart.org/listinfo.cgi/mnchp-beststart.org. Once you are subscribed, you will receive a welcome letter with information about how to manage your subscription, including how to post to the list, how to access the archives, temporarily stopping emails (if you are away on vacation, for example) and other features of the list.
How do I unsubscribe from the MNCHP Network?
To unsubscribe from the MNCHP Network, send an email to mnchp@healthnexus.ca or fill in the online form at: http://lists.beststart.org/listinfo.cgi/mnchp-beststart.org.
What's the difference between the Network,
the Bulletins and the listserv?
The MNCHP Network promotes and facilitates the sharing of information. To do this, the Best Start Resource Centre offers a discussion listserv for service providers, policy makers, researchers and academics to engage with each other by email. In addition, Best Start researches, writes and distributes a regular bulletin with information on current new, initiatives, reports and events.
What can I post?
What can I post?
Network members are invited to:
- share current information about maternal, newborn and child health
- share research results and reports (by including URLs for online access or contact information for follow up)
- announce upcoming events, workshops, conferences, forums, etc. that would be of interest to other Network members
- participate in discussions regarding policies, research or developments in the field.
The MNCHP Network is a moderated list, meaning that every email (post) that is sent to the list is first reviewed by the moderator. This protects Network members from receiving personal emails sent in error, vacation auto-replies, and spam and ensures that emails are relevant to the objectives of the Network. However, the moderator does not edit emails, so please, when sending an email to the Network consider the following guidelines.
Guidelines for Posting to the Network
Be brief - avoid including the entire original message to which you are responding. A line or two for reference may be all that is required. Forwarding information from other sources should also be edited prior to sending to the Network - cut off surplus information, HTML tags, etc.
Provide alternatives to attachments - some Network members email programs 'scrub' or remove any attachments. Sending an attachment with no other content information in the body of the email will frustrate the receiver and not meet your goal of sharing information. If possible, provide an alternative method to receive posters, flyers, etc. If you need assistance with this, please contact us at mnchp@healthnexus.ca .
Be clear in subject headings - if you are introducing a new resource, "New Resource" does not provide enough information to encourage someone to open your posting, especially if people are receiving many emails in a day. Try being more specific: “New Resource: PPMD Video”.
Be clear about location of events - again, be specific. Instead of "Protest Against Child Care Cuts", try "Muskoka Event: Protest Against Child Care Cuts".
Copyright issues - Canadian copyright law is quite specific with regard to what can be posted on listservs. For example, cutting and pasting whole articles from newspapers, magazines or chapters from books is considered a violation of copyright laws. A simple way to share important information, without breaking copyright law, is to provide only a very short quote preceded by the statement "Taken from Newspaper X", for example, and then including an URL for others to follow up, if they wish. Posts submitted to the MNCHP Network moderator that do not follow this guideline will not be posted.
Can I post a request for information to the Network?
Yes, please do. The Network can be a wealth of information for the field and we all benefit by sharing information. When you post a question or request for information, please consider whether responses should be sent directly to you alone or, if you think there is wide enough interest, whether responses should be sent to the Network as a whole. If responses should be sent only to you, please consider posting a summary of responses in the future, so that all Network members benefit from your research.
For submissions to the MNCHP Network Bulletin, please e-mail mnchp@healthnexus.ca.
Posting in French
The MNCHP Network is primarily an English-language list but members are invited and encouraged to post and dialogue in French.
Managing my Subscription
Network members can learn more about the list, manage their subscription and change settings by visiting: http://lists.beststart.org/listinfo.cgi/mnchp-beststart.org. You can:
- receive a digest version of the list (receive one large email every so often with several postings together vs. receiving each individual email as it is posted)
- set vacation stops
- search the archives (which go back to December 2002).
|
