• A blog by Syamak Moattari, this blog reflects Syamak's experiences during his journey at the School of Public Health and beyond. Syamak earned his MD in 1995 and currently is a Doctor of Public Health Candidate in International Health at Boston University.

  • Pages

  • Recent Posts

  • Archives

  • a

  • Site Meter

Monitoring HIV/AIDS Programs: A Facilitator’s Training Guide

Posted on May 29, 2008 by moattari

The below training resource is designed by Family Health International, to build skills for conducting quality monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities. The course is anchored by three core modules: Introduction to M&E; Collecting, Analyzing and Using Monitoring Data; and Developing an M&E.
Work Plan. The course features seven additional modules designed for specific contexts, such as [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Global Health, NEWS, Tools | Tagged: , , | No Comments »

Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century

Posted on May 28, 2008 by moattari

Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century: …

Read this FREE online!
Full Book | PDF Summary

Environmental management systems (EMSs) are tools that corporations and some government agencies use to manage environmental issues. These systems may vary from facility (or agency) to facility but the basic premise is to implement the broader concept of sound and proactive [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Environmental Health, NEWS, Tools | Tagged: , | No Comments »

Reproductive Health in Developing Countries

Posted on May 28, 2008 by moattari

Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: …

Read this FREE online!
Full Book | PDF Summary

Sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, infertility, and other reproductive problems are major concerns around the world, especially in developing countries. This book describes the magnitude of these problems and what is known about the effectiveness of interventions in four areas: infection-free sex, intended [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, NEWS, Tools | Tagged: , | No Comments »

Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Posted on May 28, 2008 by moattari

Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Coun …

Read this FREE online!
Full Book | PDF Summary | PDF Report Brief

Cancer is low or absent on the health agendas of low- and middle-income countries (LMCs) despite the fact that more people die from cancer in these countries than from AIDS and malaria combined. International health organizations, [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, NEWS, Tools | Tagged: , | No Comments »

A Trick for Searching in Google

Posted on May 27, 2008 by moattari

Today I met with David Flynn, one of the knowledgeable and very helpful librarians, at Boston University Medical Library.
I told David for conducting a review of literature, I usually use Google to see the magnitude of the literature in the field, and then I search in Cochran Systematic Review, PubMed, Medline and Lexis Nexis.
I told [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Tools | Tagged: | No Comments »

Make your poster, step by step

Posted on April 18, 2008 by moattari

Health students and professionals make posters all the time, but it happens sometimes, you have been asked to make a poster and you do have no idea how you can do that. I started to right a step by step guideline for this purpose, and during my search I found a guideline written by University [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Tools | Tagged: , , | No Comments »

Creating online surveys for free

Posted on March 22, 2008 by moattari

In the era of information age, as a student, sometimes we need to create on-line surveys to learn about a particular aspect. SurveyMonkey.com has created very interesting intelligent survey software and you can use the basic version of the software for free. The basic version allows you to create a survey with maximum 10 questions with [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Tools | Tagged: , | 2 Comments »

Endnote a magic software

Posted on March 2, 2008 by moattari

 
 
 
 
 
 
The first time that I wrote a paper in the school of public health I arranged all of my references by hand using index cards, it means at that time, I didn’t know that I can at least use the Insert/ References tool at Microsoft Word. So simply I marked each piece of information with a [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Tools | Tagged: | No Comments »

Open access to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s courses

Posted on January 14, 2008 by moattari

The first time that I was impressed with an organization who shares information easily and openly with interested people, was when I visited WWF-Pakistan in Oct 2000. After I came to the US, I found a lot of open doors who let you in easily and they share their findings generously.
Today I learned about OPENCOURSEWARE [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, NEWS, Tools | Tagged: , , | No Comments »

GIS in Public Health

Posted on January 14, 2008 by moattari

Geographical Information System (GIS) is a powerful computer-aided database management and mapping technology that uses for organizing and storing large amount of multi-purpose information. GIS provides an interface between the data and a map. For example by using GIS maps we can show visually the trends of disease or injuries in a particular geographical region, [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Environmental Health, Tools | Tagged: , , , , | 2 Comments »

Mission Statement Builder; create your mission statement today

Posted on January 10, 2008 by moattari

“The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.” -Stephen R. Covey
Have you ever thought to write down your personal mission statement? Do you know how important could be having a clear personal statement to show your meaning of life?
The sense [...]

Filed under: Blogroll, Management and Leadership, Tools | Tagged: , , , , , | No Comments »

Learning SAS online for free

Posted on January 8, 2008 by moattari

Statistical Analysis Software or SAS is a popular tool which is used extensively in public health academia and business. When I decided to refresh my knowledge about this software I found myself alone, since people usually don’t have enough time to sit with you and let you digest step by step this useful tool. I [...]

Filed under: Tools | Tagged: , , | No Comments »