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Where do you go when
your child needs care
and your doctor’s office is closed?
At Sacred Heart,
Health is
a Way of Life.
Emanuel’s Pediatric After Hours Clinic
Pediatrician
A lw ays on Staff
Children’s urgent
medical needs don't
stop when your
doctor’s office is closed. That’s
why our Pediatric After Hours
Clinic is here. We encourage
you to call your doctor first,
but you may bring your child
directly in to see one of our
pediatricians.
t Sacred Heart General Hospital in Eugene, you’ll find a
470-bed regional m edical center with all the technological
advantages y ou’d expect to find in a m uch larger m etropolitan
hospital. We’ve created an environm ent th at is not only medically
advanced, but is designed to facilitate healing as quickly as possible.
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A Lutheran A ffiliated Center o f Caring & Excellence <1991
Everyone should have a family
dentist. In fact, it makes sense to select
and become acquainted with a dentist
before a dental emergency arises.
Before selecting a family dentist,
you may want to consider several.
Following arc some ways you can lo­
cate qualified dentists in your area;
- Call or write your local dental
society;
- Speak to your family physician
or local pharmacist;
- Ask friends, neighbors, or co­
workers to recommend a dentist;
- Ask your former dentist;
- Call or write a nearby hospital
that has an accredited dental service;
- Check the ADA Directory which
can be found in many public libraries
and in all dental school libraries.
After considering these recommen­
dations, call a dentist for an appoint­
ment. At your first visit, you should be
able to learn about whether he or she is
the right dentist for you or members of
your family. Consider the following
questions.
How available is the dentist? Is the
appointment schedule convenient for
you? Is the office easy to get to from
your home or workplace? Is the dentist
If you’re looking for the perfect blend of professional challenge
and quality of life, few places offer everything Sacred Heart can.
We also offer highly com petitive salaries, generous benefits and
an unparalleled working environment. For prom pt and confidential
consideration, please send your resum e to Sacred Heart General
Hospital, Personnel Dept. POB, PO Box 10905, Eugene, OR 97440.
SACRED HEART
GENERAL HOSPITAL
National Heart Attack Alert Program
cal attention.
“ We now have the medical tech­
nology and skilled medical personnel
to save many lives and improve the
quality of life of heart attack survi­
vors,” said HHS Assistant Secretary
for Health James O. Mason, M.D., in
his address to the coordinating com­
mittee. * ‘What is needed is an efficient,
coordinated system for getting these
life-saving strategies to heart attack
victims fast enough to make a differ­
ence,” said Dr. Mason, who heads the
Public Health Service.
The heart attack alert program will
reach several different audiences to raise
awareness of how to improve heart
attack response. These audiences in­
clude physicians, nurses, paramedics
and rescue workers, high-risk patients
and those around them (family, friends
and coworkers). As in NHSLBI’sother
national education programs, a combi­
nation of communication approaches
will be used that may include educa­
tional materials, conferences and mail­
ings to health care professionals.
For more information on the Na­
tional Heart Attack Alert Program,
contact the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute, Rin. 4A21, Bldg. 31,
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Md.
20892.
Mental Health And The Northeast Community
Not just in this community but
across the land, the mounting pressures
of American life are proving all but in­
tolerable for many of us. From child
abuse to divorce, and from poverty to
family violence, the stress is proving
too much for some. Here in our own
community dedicated people are seek­
ing to address the problem.
There are three principal programs
that directly serve northeast residents
with a history of serious emotional
difficulty. (This does not include the
mentally retarded) The Center for
Community Mental Health, located at
7036N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
states among its goals, “ to provide an
environment in which the client popu­
lation can examine its needs and estab­
lish goals that allow for personal and
emotional growth, and to assist the
client population in continuing to live
in the community using available re­
sources and support systems.”
The center was incorporated in
1974 and began as an out-patient pro­
gram with one therapist and a recep­
tionist, and has expanded to an agency
which operates two facilities; a com ­
munity treatment program providing
treatment to adults, children and fami­
lies, and Conquest Center, a commu­
nity support program serving the se­
verely emotionally disabled adult popu­
lation.
Conquest Center began in June of
1974 with a staff of four, and has grown
to a stall of eleven multi-disciplined
trained professionals with a part-time
psychiatrist.
A second program, The Project
For Community Recovery is located at
3924 North Williams Avenue and is
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administered by The Center for Com­
munity Menial Health. It was estab­
lished in 1984 to “ bring quality mul­
ticultural chemical dependency treat­
ment services with emphasis placed on
black chemically dependent persons
in Portland’s North/Northcastcommu­
nity.”
The organization's “ program phi­
losophy” defines its mission; Project
for Community Recovery knows chemi­
cal dependency as a disease process
that affects individuals, their families,
communities and society as a whole.
Problems can be best diagnosed, treated
and prevented when the cultural con­
text of the individual is taken into
consideration.
By appreciating, legitimizing,and
celebrating multicultural differences.
Project for Community Recovery
maximizes treatment approach, chemi­
cally dependent individuals can be sta­
bilized and integrated into a chemical-
free lifestyle.
A third institution is North/North­
cast Community Mental Health, Inc.
Familiarly known as the Garlington
Center, it is located at 4950 N.E. Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd. A broad program
statement cites the following compo­
nents:
• 24 hour crisis services through
the Metro Crisis Hotline. The Center is
open Monday through Friday during
the day.
• A broad range of services in­
cluding community support services,
medical services, crisis intervention
services to adults, children and fami­
lies, residential services and rehabili­
tation services.
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-cul-
tural staff with professional credentials
in psychiatry, psychology, counseling,
nursing, social work and occupational
therapy.
• A convenient location well served
by public transit TriMet lines and handi­
capped access is available.
The Rehabilitation Unit offers a
broad range of services. Its focus is to
enhance the functional level of the clients
served through the use of a psychoedu-
cational rehabilitation model.
“ N.E. Horizons” is a semi-struc-
tured, clinic-based, day program em­
phasizing social and community inte­
gration. Within a supportive and nur­
turing and milieu; clients are encour­
aged to participate in meaningful ac­
tivities and improve their sense of well­
ness.
“ N.E. Connection” is a commu­
nity based socialization and prevoca-
tional program operated on a club house
model. The day-to-day running of the
“ C lub” is a joint member and staff re­
sponsibility. Meaningful work activi­
ties arc utilized to encourage a greater
sense of value and purpose.
“ Semi-Independent Living Pro­
gram” uses a community based train­
ing apartment, the client’s own homes,
and multiple community resources. It
is offered to those who need to master
the skills necessary for independent
living.
When wc consider the high level
of stress and the economic pressures
upon the lives of most of the residents
in the Northeast community, wc arc re­
assured at the number of structured
programs designed to anticipate and to
treat those of us who have not been
“ quite able to handle it.”
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Emanuel Hospital kyJ
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2801 North Gantenbein Avenue
(At the east end of the Fremont Bridge)
Emanuel Hospital & Health Center. Portland. Oregon
Selecting A Family Dentist
You’ll also discover th at Eugene is a sophisticated university
town w here th o u san d s enjoy an active, healthy lifestyle.
Surrounded by som e of the nation’s m ost spectacular scenery,
Eugene is a natural hom e to runners, cyclists and other
recreational enthusiasts.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute announced a national educa­
tional program aimed at reducing sud­
den death and disabling illness from
heart attacks through faster identifica­
tion and treatment of heart attack vic­
tims.
Called the National Heart Attack
Alert Program, the new effort aims to
reduce the time lag between when a
heart attack starts and when the patient
receives medical treatment. This will
be done by educating health care pro­
fessionals, patients, and their families
to identify signs of a heart attack and
take immediate action to secure medi­
Medical Care
with Peace of Mind
• Your child will be seen by a
pediatrician and medical staff
specially trained in children’s
medicine.
• Our services are less expensive
than an emergency department’s.
• A record of your visit will be
sent to your doctor.
• We can bill your insurance, or
we accept cash or credit cards.
Open 6 to 10 p.m.
weeknights and
noon to 10 p.m.
weekends and holidays.
Located at Emanuel.
Call us at 280 4684.
National Health Care
System Sought
prevention-oriented? Docs he or she
provide oral health instruction and
Creation of a national system of
education? What arrangements docs health care for all U.S. citizens is being
the dentist have for handling emergen­ pushed by a broad-based group of rep­
cies? How thorough was the examina­ resentatives from religious and public-
tion? Did the dentist thoroughly ex­ interest bodies.
plain the findings?
Although “ we have been doing a
Also, don’t be embarrassed to ask lot of Band-Aiding to keep health care
about the fees. Most families are con­ from going u n d er,... it is going under
cerned about the costs of dental care. anyway,” said Jane Hull Harvey, a
Dentists share this concern and want to program director on the United Meth­
provide the highest quality care they odist Board of Church and Society staff.
can for each dollar you spend. Your “ W e’re working for systemic change,”
dentist should be willing to discuss fees she added.
and payment plans in advance o f treat­
Harvey was one of several Meth­
ment.
odists among about 100 persons from
By spending the small amount of 25 states attending a meeting in Wil­
time necessary to make an intelligent liams Bay, Wis., earlier this year. A
choice of a dentist, you will help create statement adopted unanimously at the
a doctor-patient relationship founded meeting called for universal access to
on mutual trust and respect.
comprehensive benefits, equitably fi­
You can have a good experience nanced and structured for controls
with dentistry by making the right choice through regional planning. The United
of a family dentist and practicing good Methodist Church’s top legislative body
oral health care at home between den­ has made a number of statements on
tal visits.
health care, including one in 1984 that
You have much greater control said, “ We reject as contrary to our
over your own oral health and the costs understanding of the gospel the notion
of your dental care than you may real­ of differing standards of health care for
ize.
various segments of the population.”
New Approaches To Glaucoma Treatment
Surgery is no longer the last resort
for people suffering from glaucoma. It
may be one of the first and best options.
New approaches to glaucoma treat­
ment, advances in research, modem
medical therapy and cost containment
were the topics covered at Thorny Is­
sues in Glaucoma & Ncuro-Ophthal-
mology conference. Physicians and sur­
geons from across the nation and around
the world met at Devers Eye Institute
for three days to share ideas and find­
ings.
Among the special guests for the
conference were Richard F. Brubaker,
M.D. and Roger A. Hitchings, FRCS.
Dr. Brubaker is the professor of oph­
thalmology Mayo Graduate School of
Medicine and Chairman, Department
of Ophthalmology Mayo Clinic in Roch­
ester, Minnesota. He is the 1991 winner
of the Fricdenwald A w ard-one of the
most prestigious award given for re­
search in the basic or clinical sciences
applied to ophthalmology. He is also a
member of the National Eye Research
Advisory Council for the National In­
stitutes of Health. Dr. Hitchings is Con­
sultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Head
of Glaucoma Unit Moorfields Eye Hos­
pital in London England where he has
been a pioneer in the development of
surgery in the initial treatment of glau­
coma. Dr. Hitchings shared ways in
which England dealt with cost contain­
ment and health delivery problems now
Chronic Hepatitis C Recognized As
Public Health Threat
The American Liver Foundation
(ALF) launched the first National
Hepatitis Awareness Campaign (NHAC)
to alert the public of the widespread
threat to chronic hepatitis C, a poten­
tially fatal liver disease. Free blood
screenings and information will be
offered to the millions of Americans
who are at high risk for the disease, in­
cluding patients who have received blood
transfusions or hemodialysis, health care
professionals, and intravenous drug
users.
“ Chronic hepatitis C is a serious
public health threat,” said ALF Advi­
sory Board Chairman John Gollan, M.D.,
Ph.D. “ Through this national campaign,
the American Liver Foundation hopes
to educate Americans about hepatitis
C, because it is critical that the disease
be detected in its early stages, so that
physicians can counsel their patients
on treatment programs.”
According to the Centers for Dis­
ease Control, hepatitis C is the most
underreported of all types of viral hepa­
titis. Each year approximately 85,000
patients become chronically infected
with the disease. Symptoms range from
fatigue, nausea, and loss of appetite, to
nothing at all.
“ Because many patients are with­
out symptoms, wc’rc urging all Ameri­
cans who have been exposed to blood
or blood products to contact us for
information about the disease,” said
Dr. Gollan.
A national toll-free hotline is now
being answered during business hours-
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST), to field
inquiries related to the disease, local
educational efforts, and physician re­
ferrals.
A free consumer booklet, entitled
“ Hepatitis C: A common but little
known disease,” is available to all who
call 800/223-0179 and through local
chapters of the ALF.
Free, walk-in blood screening is
being offered at hospitals in the 20
largest U.S. cities.
“ By educating those at risk about
hepatitis C, the National Hepatitis
Awareness Campaign has the potential
to benefit many thousands of people,' ’
said Raymond S. Koff, M.D., Chair­
man, Department of Medicine, Fram­
ingham Union Hospital. “ Notonly will
the program help prevent the spread of
hepatitis C throughout the population,
but it also will enable those infected to
learn of their condition and get the
medical care they need.”
The National Hepatitis Awareness
Campaign is supported by a grant from
Schcring Corporation. The laboratory
tests have been provided by ORTHO
Diagnostic Systems Inc. and Chiron
Corporation. All clinical laboratory
testing will be conducted by MclPath
Inc.
faced by United States.
In addition to these and other guest
speakers, the conference highlighted
the expertise of some of Dever’s own
subspecialists including Oreogn’s only
Neuro-ophthalmologist, William T.
S h ults, M .D. and E. M ichael
VanBuskirk, M.D., an internationally
recognized authority in glaucoma.
The conference is an annual event
sponsored by Devers Eye Institute and
the Department of Ophthalmology Good
Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center.
The Cockroach:
More Than A Nuisance!
Not only a nuisance, the cock­
roach can be a hazard to your
fam ily’s health. Consider this:
Roaches are disease carriers—lug­
ging along bacteria and viruses of
diseases ranging from polio to food
poisoning. Some scientists think
roaches may be spreading salmo­
nella poisoning to a greater extent
than previously believed.
The roach’s greater danger to
humans is infection and contami­
nation. With warm weather, roaches
are particularly prevalent That’s
because they thrive on humidity. A
roach infestation can mean between
13,000 and 26,000 are living be­
hind your walls. One way many
homeowners are solving that prob­
lem is by using a bait station, such
as Black Flag Roach Ender. This
new product's active ingredient is
avermectin, a chemical produced by
a soil microorganism. The roaches
eat the poison contained in the bait
and return to their homes to die.
Other roaches who feed on the car­
casses are poisoned as well.
The new product is colored beige
because that hue blends well with
most kitchen and bathroom decors.
In addition, most roaches are at­
tracted to that shade. The unique
construction allows large and small
roaches to enter, eliminating the
need for more than one roach con­
trol system The product also has
another benefit: no known strain of
roaches is immune to it.
Protecting your home against
roach infestation is a good way to
protect your family's health