As usual, Health Power played an active role in the 2006 National Medical Association (NMA) Convention in Dallas. The legendary Ruby Dee was the dynamic speaker at the Annual Luncheon of the NMA Council on Concerns of Women Physicians, where cus

tomized Health Power packages were pro-vided to more than 400 participating women physicians. Council Chairperson, Dr. Rachel Villanueva, is also a Co-Editor of Health Power’s Women’s Health Channel. To visit it, see “Key Contents” at www.healthpowerforminorities.org. Dr. Cheryl Pegus, also a Council member, is Di-rector of Clinical Product at Aetna and Vice Chair of Health Power’s Board of Directors . Historical Council Note: Dr. Goodwin, Health Power’s Founder and President, was Chair-person of the Task Force on Concerns of Women Physicians of the NMA Board of Trus-tees which recommended and oversaw the Council’s establishment, and she served as the first Council Chairperson.

∆ Customized Health Power packages were also provided at the Annual Vivian Pinn, MD Luncheon of the NMA’s Women’s Health Section. Dr. Pinn is Director of the Office of

Research on Women’s Health of

the Nattional Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Women’s Health Section is chaired by Dr. Wilma Wooten, who is also Editor of Health Power’s Women’s Health Channel.

∆ At the NMA Psychiatry Section, Health Power discussed its initiative to prevent, detect early and control depression. The initiative was started through a grant from GSK. Preliminary discussions about collaborative possibilities were also held with key Section leaders. The Chair is Dr. Rahn Bailey and the Immediate Past Chair is Dr. William Lawson, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at Howard University College of Medicine, and an Editor of Health Power’s Mental Heath Channel.

∆ At the invitation of Dr. Beverly Anderson, then President of the Auxiliary of the NMA, Dr. Goodwin addressed the House of Delegates of the Auxiliary, and Health Power packages were included in the kits of all Auxiliary mem-bers.

∆ Health Power also provided customized age-appropriate packages to: (a) 200 youth in the NMA Youth Program, which is coordi-nated by the Auxiliary, and (b) members of the NMA Community Medicine Section.

Fall/Winter 2006 - - Vol. 3 Issue 3

Health Power® and the 2006 NMA Convention

N E W S

Health Power at the NMA 1

Fighting the Stigma of Men-tal Illness

2

Breast Cancer: Myths and Facts

2

New York Business Group on Health Think Tank on Diabetes

3

Cross-linked Web Partner Network Expands

3

2006 AHA Leadership Con-ference

4

Brooklyn Perinatal Network 19th Anniversary Event

4

Inside this issue:

Editor:

Norma J. Goodwin, M.D. Founder and President

Assistant Editor:

Marilyn DeSouza

Knowledge +

Action = Power!™

L to R: Dr. Norma Goodwin, Health Power Founder and President, Dr. Albert Morris, Jr., President of the NMA and Ruby Dee

R to L: Dr. Goodwin and Dr. Vivian Pinn, also the first and second women Speak-ers of the NMA House of Dele-gates, respec-tively

An estimated 44 million Americans experience a mental disorder in any given year. Stigma is not a matter of using the wrong word or action. Stigma is about disrespect and us-ing negative labels to identify a per-son living with mental illness. Stigma is a barrier that discourages individuals and their families from seeking help. Many people would rather tell em-ployers they committed a petty crime and served time in jail, than admit to being in a psychi-atric hospital.

Stigma can result in inadequate insurance coverage for mental health services. Stigma can lead to fear, mistrust, and violence against people living with mental illness, and their fami-lies. Stigma can cause families and friends to turn their backs on peo-ple with mental illness. Stigma can prevent people from getting access to needed mental health services. Stigma often lowers self-esteem, which everybody needs, especially the mentally ill, because of the

stigma associated with their illness.

DO'SDO'S

Do: Do: Always use respectful language. DoDo: Emphasize people’s abilities, not their limitations. Do: Do: Tell Tell a person if they express a stigmatizing attitude.

DONT'SDONT'S Don'tDon't suggest that successful per-sons with disabilities are super hu-man. Don't useDon't use generic or stereotyping labels like retarded, or mentally ill. Every person’s situation is different. Don't useDon't use terms like crazy, lunatic, manic depressive, or slow function-ing.

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Health Power Walkers Make More Strides Against Breast Cancer

For the third year in a row, the Health Power Walkers participated in the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer “ on Sunday, October 15th.

H E A L T H P O W E R N E W S

Almost 1 out of every

4 people with mental

illness avoid

getting the help they

need

Adapted from SAMHSA’s * National Mental Health Information Center: A Health Power Cross-linked Web Partner

Don’t Believe Everything You Don’t Believe Everything You Hear about Breast Cancer :Hear about Breast Cancer :

Myth: If a woman finds a lump in her breast, it means she probably has breast cancer.

Myth: An injury in the chest area can cause you to get breast cancer.

Myth: Breast cancer means having to remove the entire breast.

Myth: Only women get breast cancer.

Here Are the Facts:Here Are the Facts:

Fact: While most lumps in the breast aren’t cancer, If you feel one, see your doctor at once.

Fact: Bumping, bruising, or caressing the breast doesn’t cause cancer.

Fact: If breast cancer is found early, it’s often not necessary to remove the breast.

Fact: Although it’s uncommon, men also get breast cancer.

Many Women with Breast Cancer can be cured If It’s Found and Treated Early! Visit www.healthpowerforminorities.org for more information and a free brochure.

* Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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“From Health Disparities to Improved Health Outcomes: Leveraging Diversity and the Worksite for Better Diabetes Control.” was the title of a Think Tank hosted by the New York Business Group on Health. The Think Tank was spon-sored by GSK and Aetna, and Health Power’s President, Dr. Goodwin, gave the key address. The slides from her speech, entitled “From Health Disparities to Health Competency: Challenges and Op-portunities” are available on the Health Power web site. To see them, go to: www.healthpowerforminorities.org , look under “About Health Power”, and then go to “President’s Speeches”.

• Gay Men of African Descent

• Health Choices • International Society of Hypertension

in Blacks

• Latino Behavioral Health Institute • Latino Caucus of American Public

Health Association (APHA) • Minority Intervention and Kidney

Education (MIKE) • Multicultural Health Education

Foundation • National Black Alcoholism and

Addictions Council • National Black Leadership

Commision on AIDS • National Center for Cultural

Competency, Georgetown University • National Campaign to Prevent Teen

Pregnancy • National Clearinghouse on Alcohol

and Drug Information, & National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, USDHHS

• National Council of LaRaza • National Hispanic Medical

Association

• National Medical Association

• National Minority AIDS Council

• National Minority Organ and

Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP)

Since the last issue of Health Power News, we established cross- linkages with the web sites of nine additional organiza-tions. Following is a representative list of members of our Web Partner Network. Each web partner shares with us an ap-preciation of the mutual benefits of col-laborating in cyberspace, both for our organizations, and for the individuals and families we serve. The full list and de-scription of each cross-linked Health Power web partner can be found at: www.healthpowerforminorities.org under “Health Power Partners”.

Representative Health Power Cross-linked Web Partners

• American Cancer Society

• American Diabetes Association

• American Heart Association

• American Indian Community House • Asian & Pacific Islander American

Health Forum (APIAHF)

• Association of Black Cardiologists

• Balm in Gilead • Center for Research on Minority

Health, University of Texas

• Center for Minority Health, Pittsburgh

University School of Public Health • Center for the Study of Asian

American Health, New York University

• DC Developing Families

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Our Cross-linked Web Partner Network Keeps Expanding

New York Business Group on Health Think Tank

..

More from the NMA Dr. David Satcher, Former U.S. Sur-geon General and now Director of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine,

autographs his new book, “Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities”, for Dr. Goodwin, a long-time colleague and friend. The book is co-edited by Dr. Rubens J. Pamies, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the University of Nebraska Medi-cal Center.

L to R: Cheryl Pegus, M.D., MPH, Director, Clinical Product, Aetna and Vice Chair for Health Affairs, Health Power, and Nancy Doyle, Senior Marketing Manager GSK.

L TO R: Cyndy Nayer, Presi-dent, River City Partnership on Health, and Janaera Gaston, Director of Programs, New York Business Group on Health

• Student National Medical Associa-

tion

• U.S. Office of Minority Health • Weight-control Information Net-

work, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Poonam Alaigh, M.D National Medical Director, GSK and member of Health Power’s Board of Directors.

Brooklyn Perinatal Network Honors Dr. Goodwin and Key Others In celebrating its 19th Anniversary, Brooklyn Perinatal Network (BPN) honored Health Power’s President, Norma J. Goodwin, M.D.; New York State Assemblyman Richard

Gottfried, Chairman of the NYS Assembly Health Commit-tee; Pamela Brier, President and CEO of Maimonides Medical Center; JP Morgan Chase and Co.; Forest City Rat-

ner Companies; and the William J. Clinton Founda-tion. The event, held at the Mar-riott Hotel at the Brooklyn Bridge, was chaired by George Hulse, Vice President of Healthfirst, Inc.. The moderator was Terrie Williams, Founder & President of The Terrie Williams Agency (PR), and an acclaimed author and inspirational speaker. Special recognition was also given to BPN’s principal leaders, Ngozi Moses, Execu tive Director, and Joyce Hall, Chairperson of the Board of Directors.

AHA 2006 V0lunteer Leadership Conference

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Members of AHA’s Women and Minorities Leadership Committee (WMLC) and key AHA leaders were among participants in the 2006 AHA Volunteer Leadership Con-ference Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. The key conference speaker on Diver-sity was Tawara Goode, Director of the National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown university, which is a cross-linked Health Power Web Partner.

- - - - - - - - - - L to R: Janet Spradin, Ph.D., Clinical Psycholo-gist, Oklahoma City; Brenda Huerta, Univision Radio; Donna Wang, MD, Michigan State Univer-sity; Wilmia Perez, MD, Manager Health Promo-tion, Austin, TX; Cass Wheeler, CEO, AHA; Norma Goodwin, M.D., President, Health Power; Robert L. Carson, Esq., then Chairman of the Board, AHA; Bonita Todd,, RN, AHA WMLC Chairperson, of Brook-haven, PA; and Karol Watson, M.D., Co-Director UCLA Medical Center.

L. to R George Hulse, Vice President of Healthfirst; Dr. Norma Goodwin; and NYS Assemblyman Richard Gottfried

L to R: Terrie Williams and Dr. Goodwin

Ngozi Moses, BPN Executive Director

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