We are delighted to announce the launch of The Health Gazette. It is Monday, August 22, 2005 and we hope to have some useful content available over the coming week.

The site is published using the Drupal content management system (CMS). This appears to be very powerful software and it should meet our needs well into the future. At this stage we are still learning how the functionality provided by this CMS relates to our planned presentation of content so we will begin somewhat tentatively and expand as our learning and confidence grow.

Initially the interactivity afforded by Drupal will be limited. However, we are excited by the prospect of developing effective visitor, indeed member, interactivity in the future. We expect this will follow establishing a certain critical mass of useful content.

Our Mission Statement

As it says beneath the masthead on the front page: "Our mission is to provide accessible health education empowering you to get the most from life."

What do we mean by "accessible"?

Simply that our health information can be readily reached and be read and understood by a large number of people.

Site content is available by:

• browsing this website
• taking one or more of our RSS XML feeds
• subscribing to the The Health Gazette ezine

We aim to be understood by a wide readership through use of straightforward expression that is technical enough to be read by other health professionals yet non-technical enough to be helpful to everyone with an interest in health. We would love to eliminate (in our dreams) and will certainly strive to minimize (in practice) the barriers to quality health information.

What do we mean by "health education"?

As health professionals we are both clinicians and educators. We are passionate about health and empowering people to achieve the best health possible within their individual circumstances. To actually realize health goals people must learn what health is, how to achieve and maintain it and then take action.

Effective teaching and learning requires change in knowledge, values and attitudes, and behavior. The Health Gazette will provide information to grow knowledge, help steer and develop sound health values, and hopefully stimulate action. Hence, we are truely about health education. We already have a long record of success in this area.

Get the most from life?

Yes! Absolutely. Health is vitally important to the fullest possible enjoyment of life. A real sense of wellbeing adds immeasurability to quality of life.

Welcome to Our Family

The-Health-Gazette.com is a welcome addition to the family of sites by Dr Peter Tylee and Dr Jenny Tylee. In a sense it will become a central hub for the existing and future sites. The Health Gazette ezine version is the online newsletter relating to both Healthy-Vitamin-Choice.com and Herb-Health-Guide.com which are already operating and it will supply those sites with blog facilities.

Of course, we also welcome you, dear reader, to The Health Gazette site. Thanks for reading about our launch. Please bookmark us, visit often and join and contribute as soon as we are able to make joining available. In the meantime, why not subscribe to our ezine?

Best of health to all.