As students of Public Health, we, in India, are witnessing history in the making. It is not often that one gets to see, and be a part of a revolution that is the eradication of a disease. I know that global polio eradication is still under threat because of multiple issues. And with countries in … Continue reading Showing Polio the Finger: A Lesson in Public Health
Month: October 2013
IEC in Public Health: What can Public Health Learn from Steve Jobs?
I was watching some cool advertisements of an online portal and was wondering that why the public health messages that went out were so boring and hackneyed, poorly designed and "turn off"-ish! In an era where advertising is a buzzword and online or offline marketing is bringing the consumer and provider closer together, it is a … Continue reading IEC in Public Health: What can Public Health Learn from Steve Jobs?
Predatory Open Access: Part 3 – Research Spoofs and Publication Faux-Pas
Ever since the Science paper came out earlier this week, the world of academia has been a-flutter with excitement and controlled outrage. In the midst of all this, I decided to do a series of posts examining the situation at hand. This is the third and concluding portion of the series and prior to this: Predatory Open … Continue reading Predatory Open Access: Part 3 – Research Spoofs and Publication Faux-Pas
Predatory Open Access: Part 2 – Peer Review in OA and Ethics of “Sting Op Research”
Ever since the Science article about a sting operation to reveal the murky business that goes on in the name of Open Access journals came out, the academic world has been thrown into a tizzy. I decided to do a series of posts exploring the issue of predatory open access and the issues surrounding them. The first post … Continue reading Predatory Open Access: Part 2 – Peer Review in OA and Ethics of “Sting Op Research”
Predatory Open Access: Part 1 – A Sting Op and Indictment of the OA Model
In the last couple of days, an article from Science has literally gone viral in the scientific circles. It is yet another indictment of what Jeffrey Beall has termed as Predatory Open Access. In a series of posts, I shall comment on this issue. In the first post of this series, I talk about briefly regarding … Continue reading Predatory Open Access: Part 1 – A Sting Op and Indictment of the OA Model
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