Academic bridge to the community: the ABCs of a service-learning model.

A WELCOME SPRING is finally here, along with the first issue of the Joumai in the new year. 2005 was another productive year, and we are looking forward to more of the same in 2006. As we have discussed in the past, arrangements made by Tom Elwood in 2001 to coordinate an online version of the Journal have proved to be very successful in increasing our visibility worldwide. The summary noted in the August issue of ASAHP UPDATE is worth mentioning again: more than 18,000 libraries and institutions now have access to the publications on the Ingenta site and there have been over 3,500 hits on Journal abstracts. The online version and the electronic supplement provide us with excellent opportunities to take advantage of this increased visibility while, at the same time, getting accepted manuscripts into print more quickly. This also marks the first issue in which Research Notes have been added to the electronic supplement, which will also facilitate reducing the backlog of accepted manuscripts. In this issue we present the second part of Tom Elwood's "A View from Washington," where he discusses the influence of words on health policy. The first part of this essay appeared in the fall 2005. This issue also contains four articles and a Commentary. Five Research Notes are presented in the esupplement. The supplement also contains the review of two new books by Laura Gitlin and her colleagues that should be valuable additions to anyone's professional library. Finally, the issue contains a Letter to the Editor from Paula Sammarone Turocy, Chair of the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Athletic Training, regarding Jeffrey Wimer's recent article on reliability among athletic training accreditation site visitors. His response also appears. While the Internet has become a valuable tool for all organizations, it brings with it some potential disadvantages. One of these is that it provides opportunities for employees to engage in activities unrelated to their jobs. The term cyberloafing has been coined to describe employees who use the Internet to waste time while on the job. Blau and his colleagues developed and tested a survey on cyberloafing on a sample of medical technologists. The survey was assessed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and three factors were found. The researchers found a relationship among these factors and other causes of deviant workplace behavior: organizational justice, time abuse, and powerlessness. Eating disorders have been given increased attention in the media over the past few years. These disorders tend to be more prevalent among athletes, particularly women. Because of this, health professionals involved in athletics need to be able to identify and manage eating disorders. Whitson and her team conducted an e-mail survey of over 1900 certified athletic trainers regarding their perception of the adequacy of their preparation to deal with eating disorders. The authors found that the respondents believed that their preparation was inadequate in helping them identify and manage eating disorders and that it was essential to provide continuing education on this topic. …