In Jan. & Feb. 2008 - we presented news dynamic programs on Education You can order copies in VHS or DVDs. Knowledge is POWER! Spring - OneWorld - Breast Cancer Forum (Health Care Literacy Series Part 12) Treatment Options at various stages of Breast Cancer - Education is Critical! This program discussed details about treatment options at all Stages - Breast Cancer is NOT a death sentence. The doctors helped us to understand more fully how treatment works.
Understanding Breast Cancer Staging - (Health Care Literacy Part 11)
Michael DiGiovanna, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Oncology & Maysa Abu-Khalaf, MD, Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology Yale Cancer Center Breast Cancer Program In this program the doctors explain that:
cancer will go on to another stage. Many breast cancers never go beyond stage 1 or 2. However doctors usually make decisions about treatment for breast cancer according to the TNM stage and the grade of the cancer. Please visit the web site below for comprehensive information on the stages, treatment options and a great deal more specific information. http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp? LifetimeTV.com: Breast Cancer Awareness Petition. Let's end "drive-through" mastectomies. Heart Disease KILLS MORE women than all cancers combined. While it is important to learn how to reduce your risks for cancer, please also learn about Heart Disease & STRESS. Visit the American Heart Association web site at: www.americanheart.org/ Health Care Forum at CTV -(HC Lit. PT 10) Read about the forum; meet the cardiologists & some of the guests by visiting the New Haven Independent website at this link A "Heart Health 101" Conversation On CTV When you visit & read the article, please post a comment; we would like to get your opinion and feedback. Thank you all most kindly. Due to the interest of the participants and the many questions they had, in 2007 the doctors did not get an opportunity to go into great detail about stress. Dr. Lampert & Dr. Lewis returned on May 8, 2008 and spoke about the stress factor. Link to: Women, Heart Disease, Stress-- & Racism This program examines the correlation between stress and heart disease and take a close look at how women are uniquely affected. Drs. Lampert & Lewis described some of the common cardiac symptoms for men & women and encouraged Preventive Measures such as: 1. Don't smoke tobacco products 2. Get active; participate in physical activities (take the stairs rather than the elevator) 3. Eat a heart-healthy diet (See No-Fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss) 4. Maintain a healthy weight ( Visit: Healthy Weight Forum & Obesity Education Initiative ) 5. Learn how to help yourself; get help with reducing the stresses in your life. 6. Get regular health screenings (this will help with early diagnosis of problems) 7. Become health care literate; learn about your body and how it works; take care of yourself.
We at OneWorld, Inc. encourage you to spend some time on the web site for the American Heart Association and visit the Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia: www.americanheart.org |
| The best patient is an informed patient. Health care providers and patients should form cooperative teams, and be mutually respectful. In 2007, some providers still treat patients like children or underlings, and some patients are intimidated by physicians and do not actively participate in their own care. These behaviors must change in order to improve healthcare outcomes for all. Minorities and the poor are still treated differently. |
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Patient Information provided anywhere on this web site is intended as a guide; consult your health care provider for information
specific to your health care needs. Get informed!
Learn to advocate for yourself & your loved ones.
specific to your health care needs. Get informed!
Learn to advocate for yourself & your loved ones.
Learn to be a Health Advocate
| Learn how to advocate for yourself and your loved ones. Sometimes it is easy to get lost in the health care system. Visit: www.consumeraffairs.com Patient Advocacy Resources Patient Action Network.com Mental Health Care Rights Nursing Home 101 - Being An Effective Advocate Patient Advocate Foundation Visit Patient Information 2 & our Health Care pages for info on our Health Care Literacy, Cancer Education programs and on: Organ & Tissue Transplant Partnerships. |
www.healthyamericans.org/ community/guides/advocacy. Effective Health Advocates.
www. mentalhealth.samhsa.gov |
| Potential organ transplant recipients must learn to be good advocates for themselves, and form effective partnerships with their transplant team. There are two transplant centers in CT - Yale & Hartford. Knowledge IS Power! Get informed about the life-saving topic of Organ Donation & Transplantation. Visit sites for Tranplant information resources: www.mottep.org www.modep.buffalo.edu www.donatelife.net www.unos.org www.organdonor.gov www.giftoflife.org www.neob.org www.nkf.org www.forward.com/articles To get a speaker for your church, school, Boys or Girls Scout Troupe, business or community organization, call the Yale Transplant Center's Community Education Unit at (203) 785-2565 - Visit www.ynhh.org There is no charge fro this valuable education program. To get literature sent to your organization, call the New England Organ Bank at: 800 - 446 - 6362. Also visit www.neob.org Read about Alonzo Mourning and his bout with kidney disease; go to: www.sw.org. Alonzo Mourning had a kidney transplant in 2004. Contact information for: CT Association for Marriage & Family Therapy is: CTAMFT P. O. Box 1385 Hebron, CT 06248 Phone (203) 254-1748 www.ctamft.com AAMFT website:www.aamft.org CTAMFT: Helping to keep our community emotionally and mentally healthy. Visit the Patient Information page 2 for more programs in our Cancer Education series Also, we implore you young women and mother's of daughters to learn all that you can about the Human Papilloma Virus. Check out the following links: www.ghc.org/health_info/disease/hpv.html HPV Cancerbackup |
| Visit various pages on this web site. Write down web addresses Become a health care mentor to a minority or a poor child. Learn more by visiting our Mentoring Activities page
- Help us to Light A Candle of positive information that will help others to see more clearly Make a tax deductible contribution to OneWorld help us to do more work in the community. Donate a piece of video equipment to OneWorld, Inc. Thank you for your help. |
| Please! Be Proactive About Your Health. Follow these suggestions:
- If you are admitted to the hospital, there are social workers who can help you with your paperwork before leaving the hospital. Ask for help! Do not be afraid to ask for help - If you get sick and have no insurance, please go to the hospital anyway.
- The social workers can help you to complete the forms you will need to get help paying the bill. There are special funds to help people who have no insurance. - Women, get a mammogram! Call 688 - 6800 for an appt Visit: www.ynhh.org/cancer/ diagnosis/breast/diagnosis.html Get the help you need today Call American Cancer Society 1-800-ACS-2345 www.cancer. org 866-Yale Cancer Center Learn about Advances in Thoracic Oncology- (203) 688- LUNG (5864) Father McGivney Cancer Center Hospital of Saint Raphael www.srhs.org/cancer |
| Knowledge is POWER! Get informed about your health care Move to the right of the screen for much more information Maintaining health is critical -- Good Food Is Good Medicine Do not allow urgent to always replace important. Women, take care of yourselves first, so that you will be healthy enough to take care of others. Get more information in Women's Resource and also at: www.ahealthyme.com/topic/bcmyths Breast Cancer Screening: www.healthsearches.org/Breast. www.cancer.org, & www.srhs.org/cancer |
| Reach the CT Office of the HealthCare Advocate at 1-866- HMO-4446. Toll free. Visit the website at: www.ct.gov/oha. Call 1-866.466.4446 re: - Health Insurance - Pre-authorization Process - Assistance with the Appeal/Grievance Procedures.
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| As we age Alzheimer's becomes a concern... -http://alzheimers.about.com Also visit: www.accessexcellence.org - for additional information. Are you a boomer? Learn about this. State Senator Toni Harp sounds the alarm about Alzheimers in CT a few years ahead. Read about her concerns in the New Haven Independent OnLine at: www.newhavenindependent.org/healthcare
Nationally, Project Inform offers- Strategies for treating the full range of HIV disease Visit: www.projectinform.org - Information provided in English and Spanish This is a time to come together and celebrate the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS, and remember those who have passed. It is a time to share stories, resources and information with the hope that we may stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. You may also get more information from: National Institutes of Health (NIH): (http://www.nih.gov) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (http://www.nimh.nih.gov) Watch "21st Century Conversations" on your local access channel for more information. If you do not see our informative TV programs, ask your local access station to carry 21st Century Conversations. |
| The Essential Elements of Holistic Care for Women: 1) Family Planning and Support as care-givers, 2) Cancer prevention, bone health and heart health & 3) Stress Reduction, exercise and diet. These occur throughout the life cycle and in the context of care for one's self, one's family and one's community. A Profile of Fair Haven Community Health Center 1) The Mission of the Fair Haven Community Health Center is: To provide comprehensive primary healthcare · Use innovative and alternative systems of health delivery, · Serve as the central focus for health and safety issues in Fair Haven · Enlist local support in an effort to solve challenges; · Keep policy-making decision power within the Fair Haven community. 2) Contact Info for Fair Haven Health Clinic: For information on how to make a charitable, tax-deductible contribution to the Fair Haven Community Health Center, contact: Katrina Clark, MPH, Executive Director At: katrina@fhchc.org. Fair Haven Community Health Center 374 Grand Avenue New Haven, CT 06513 Phone: 203.777.7411; Fax: 203.777-8506 Website: www.fhchc.org |
Visit the various pages on this website.
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Order a copy of our excellent educational programs about Domestic Violence.
www.acalltomen.com Phone: 917-922-6408 Get Overviews about: Transient Ischemic Attack (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) //www.mayoclinic. com/health/transient- ischemic-attack/DS00220 Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) (American Heart Association) //www.americanheart. org/presenter National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHBLI) National Institutes of Health, DHHS 31 Center Drive, Rm. 4A21 MSC 2480 Bethesda, MD 20892-2480 http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov Tel: 301-592-8573/240- 629-3255 (TTY) Recorded Info: 800-575- WELL (-9355) |
CT Resources Against Domestic Violence: Statewide Emergency = 9 1 1 Give your location first Statewide Information Resource 211 - Give your address Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline 1- 888 - 774 - 2900 Institute for the Hispanic Family Part of Catholic Family Services www.ccaoh.org (860) 527 - 1124 Greater NH Domestic Violence Services (203) 789- 8104 www.dvsgnh.org Children Abuse Hotline 1- 800- 842- 2288 CT Men's Initiative Against Domestic Violence http://www.dvsgnh.org/ |
Get Expert HELP to Meet Your Health Care Needs Call Toll-Free 866-466-4446 |
| Important 2007 Health Care Programs: 1) Remember to GET your Flu Shot; keep yourself fully hydrated, and try to get some exercise. Scroll to your right to get health contact information for your town. 2. Watch our excellent series on health care literacy. The Cancer Education Series cover breast, lung, prostate, cervical, colon and uterine cancers. Through regular self- examinations at the same time of the month, learn what your breast feels like. Ask your health care provider to teach you the proper way to do a thorough breast self-exam. If a parent was diagnosed with Breast Cancer before the age of 40, women in that family should start getting regular mammograms 10 years earlier than the age of diagnosis; 30 is not too young to have cancer.
Learn about the Myths at: www.healthsearches.org/Myths.htm |
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| Order our new Health Care Literacy Programs on: Prostate, Cervical, Ovarian & Uterine Cancers The American Cancer Society recommends the following Personal Plan of Action for your Breast Health:
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