IEEE Foundation: Where Technology and Philanthropy Intersect

Where Information Society and Community Voice Intersect

Million hearts--where population health and clinical practice intersect.

Transportation Planning and Quality of Life: Where Do They Intersect?

Policy makers and researchers are increasingly recognizing the connections between public health and transportation, but health improvements are typically framed from a physical health perspective rather than considering broader quality of life (QOL) impacts. Currently, there is a limited understanding of the ways in which transportation and QOL intersect, and little is known about how metropol...

Cholesterol: where science and public health policy intersect.

Current US guidelines for cholesterol recommend limiting intake of cholesterol to <300 mg/day for the general population and <200 mg/day for individuals with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. These recommendations, however, are at odds with international (e.g., Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia) guidelines that provide no specific numerical recommendation, but instead recommend ...

Teacher Technology Change: How Knowledge, Beliefs, and Culture Intersect

Recent national (CDW-G, 2006) and international (Voogt, 2008) reports paint a promising picture of classroom teachers’ current efforts to use technology to support student learning. For example, among the 1000 teachers who responded to the Teachers Talk Tech survey, 790 teachers (79%) self-reported using computers “to teach students” (CDW-G). However, other research, resulting from both large (...