Response to list activity

[Sarah Simpkins <ses4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

For the benefit of Gary and other newcomers to the
CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L, I thought that I would respond to his
inquiry about whether the list is always this quiet.  The list tends to be
the most quiet in the summer time due to the academic nature of its
subscribers.  However, it is a moderated list and the primary function of
the moderation is to keep the "noise" level down, that is to weed out
unrelated messages.  

The goal of the CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH list is to facilitate
information exchange and networking among researchers in the field of child
abuse and neglect. The scope of the list includes all areas of CAN research
(e.g., epidemiology, etiology, prevention, consequences, intervention, and
treatment) and the full range of research issues (e.g., measurement,
instrumentation, statistical analysis, ethics). The list is not open to
discussions of program-related or clinical issues except as they relate to
evaluation research.



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Sarah Simpkins, Data Manager
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
Family Life Development Center, N211-MVR 
NYS College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
E-mail:  ses4@cornell.edu     Phone: 607-255-8104     Fax: 607-255-8562
Website:  WWW.NDACAN.CORNELL.EDU/