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“Cha-may weeya Medicine Talk Siletz Communi Health Clinic Happy Mother’s Day! So many women are caretakers for others, leaving their own health needs for tomorrow. Since May includes a celebration for mothers, it’s a good time for women to make sure they are taking care of themselves. Every woman is someone’s mother or daughter. Honor that by getting a wellness check. Breast cancer is a growing problem for all women in this country. Native women have had lower survival rates of breast cancer. We need to change that by letting women know how important it is to get their screenings! You can’t prevent breast cancer, but you can find it early with regular breast cancer screening, which has three parts: Breast self-exam Breast exam by your health care provider (once a year after age 18) Mammogram (starting at age 35-40) • I. , , , ) Pap tests check for abnormal changes to the cells of the cervix. When found early, cervical cancer is easier to treat. A woman should start having annual Pap tests when she turns 18 or when she has had sex. Older women need Pap tests, too. Even women who have gone through the change of life need a Pap test every year. Cervical cancer can be prevented. You can lower your risk of getting cervical cancer by: Limiting your sex partners Using latex condoms and nonoxynal-9 with sex partners Getting treatment if you are exposed to genital warts/Human Papilloma virus (HPV) or sexually transmitted diseases (STD) Not using cigarettes or other forms of tobacco Avoiding second-hand cigarette smoke Having a Pap test every year or as often as recommended by your health care provider Routine screening offers either peace of mind for a clean bill of health or early detection of problems, which usually means a good outcome. If you are due for your circle-of-life exam, please call the Siletz Community Health Clinic today and schedule your appointment (541-444-1030 or 1-800-648-0449). If you or someone you know is not getting a screening because of a lack of insurance, funding is available through our breast and cancer prevention grant. Additionally, the clinic will offer evening appointments in May for women who are unable to get time off from work or school. Ask the receptionist for more information. Federal, con’t from page 25 tribes are eligible for various kinds of assistance under this program, either directly or through states. They are as follows: For Clean and Safe Water, the request seeks $800 million, a reduction from the $1.35 billion appropriation in FY 2000. Out of these funds, capitalization grants are made to states for Clean Water State Revolving Funds. While most of the funds are used to make low-interest loans to communities, they also are available for grants to Indian tribes and Alaska Native communities to construct wastewater treatment infrastructure and to fund other projects to enhance water quality. The budget request would establish a new program called the Clean Air Partnership Program, which would be funded at $85 million. Tribes would be eligible for multi-specific or multi-media grants and technical assistance grants for clean air programs. $15 million would be earmarked to continue grants to the state of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of Alaska Native villages. This is half of the FY 2000 appropriation, but the proposed language would exclude rural non-Native communities from participation. Finally, the FY 2001 request is seeking $1,068,957,000 for multi-media or single-media pollution prevention, control, and abatement. This would be a substantial 26 increase over the FY 2000 appropriation of $885 million. Recognized tribes and tribal consortia are eligible for these grants. In particular, the appropriation language would permanently make tribes eligible for grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. The FY 2001 budget requests $71,556,000 for this program. Indian tribes are eligible grantees for these funds under section 8001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Small Business Administration Non-Credit Business Assistance Programs. The President’s FY 2001 budget request seeks $256 million for this program, which seems to be a new initiative as it was not funded in previous years. Of the requested amount, $3 million would be available “to establish a reservation-based Native American Small Business Development Center network, including subcenters, to serve Native Americans on a national basis subject to section 2 Tot the Small Business Act. Grantees for the Native American funds would not be required to put up matching funds. Also, SBA would use $1.5 million of the funding to provide Native American outreach through Tribal Business Information Centers. Claire Spiro made a surprise visit to the Siletz Clinic with her son, Caleb, on March 24. She is a former physician’s assistant at the clinic. Claire, Caleb, and David Spiro, also a former clinic doctor, have been traveling around the world for the past few months. They made a trip home to pick up their belongings and are moving on to Hoover, Ala., where Dr. Spiro will expand his pediatric practice. Diabetes Day Diabetes Day is the last Thursday of each month. It’s a chance for diabetic patients to get needed exams on a day with special time slots for them. Additional services are offered on that day with Dr. Prins, a foot specialist. Medical, lab, optometry, and dental services are available. Casey Bolan, clinic receptionist, can help you set up several appointments on one day. Join us for lunch (12-1 p.m.) at the community center, too! May 25 and June 29 Call the clinic for your appointment 541-444-1030
