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CYFERNet (Children, Youth and Families at Risk Network)

CYFERNet , created in 1992, is operated jointly by the Cooperative Extension System's (CES) Children, Youth and Family Network and the National Agricultural Library. It hosts resources compiled and developed by the five member networks, as well as resources created through collaborations with other individuals, agencies and organizations.

TIPS FOR USING CYFERNet
To access CYFERNet, you must have a computer with a direct network or modem connection and Internet access. You also need Gopher, World Wide Web or Telnet software. You can access CYFERNet in three ways:

1) WORLD WIDE WEB software access: http://www.cyfernet.org

Does your state's CES home page have an easy-to-find CYFERNet link? If not, encourage your state to get one. It's a great way to help others discover everything CYFERNet offers!

If CYFERNet is not listed as a menu choice, select "Other Gophers" and make the following choices on subsequent menus: North America, USA, General, CYFERNet. If you have GOPHER software that allows you to enter a URL directly, you can type the following to reach CYFERNet: gopher://gopher-cyfernet.mes.umn.edu:4242

Once you get to CYFERNet, you can locate information by browsing or >searching. To browse, scroll through the entries listed on the menu until you find the one related to your needs.

To search, select the search option and type a term describing your interest. The system will search the full text of every document and list all entries that include this term. You can read or review the documents while still connected to CYFERNet. You also may print, download or save a copy of the document on your disk.

Check the use statement at the beginning of the document. All documents may be downloaded, copied and distributed, but they cannot be sold. The full citation must be included.

NNH's home page is easily accessible using either graphics-based or text-only protocols. User-friendly, every NNH page presents frames with "hot buttons" to easily navigate the contents or link to other relevant resources on the World Wide Web. The home page includes information on NNH's mission and guiding principles, educational products, work group information, collaborators and contacts, guidelines for submitting documents, and links to health and safety resources. For more information about NNH, send an e-mail message to nnh@oz.oznet.ksu.edu or call (202) 720-7947.

Community Decisions for Health - The Decisions for Health National Initiative was established in 1993 as a partnership among CSREES, the Cooperative Extension System, and the Office of Rural Health Policy (US Dept of Health and Human Services). The Initiative focused on three major goals:

1. to empower people to make informed personal decisions for their individual and family health;
2. to empower individuals and communities to make decisions which enhance accessibility to and availability of health care resources; and
3. to build community capacity to assess systematically health and health care needs, and to develop strategies to meet those identified needs.

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