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^ 'J în rtla n b ffibseruer EMBRACING DIVERSITY Page B2 August 24. 2005 H ealth Healthy Birth Initiative Receives $3.4 Million Grant Program betters African- American babies The Healthy Birth Initiative, a program focused on helping Afri- can-American families in north and northeast Portland achieve healthy pregnancies, recently received a $3.4 million grant from the federal Health and Resources and Services Administration. The grant w i 11 be used to address County. Low birth weight (5.5 pounds the high rate of infant mortality or less at birth) is a major predictor of infant mortality. among African American babies. Through access to health care, A study conducted by Mult health education and in-home case nomah County Health Department management, the Healthy Birth Ini found that the low birth weight rate tiative helps it clients keep their for African American babies is more babies nurtured. The program gives than twice the rate of whites in North assistance with advocacy, access east Portland and in all of Multnomah to birth control, education classes, referrals to community services, family support, support groups and transportation to medical and so cial service appointments. The program is now accepting pregnant African American women living in the following zip codes: 97203,97211,97212,97213,97217, 97218,97220and97227. Participants m ust m eet the federal poverty guidelines. For more information call 503- 988-3387 or visit HBI at the M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty H ealth D epartm ent's N ortheast Health Center at 5329 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. ■M MHMMMRM Advertise with diver sity (D b ^ c n u -r Call 503-288-003» ads@portlandlbserver.eom Providence Names New Administrator You’re Invited - Act Now! Janice Burger takes over at medical center What: W hether you are thinking o f refinancing or purchasing a home, the FIRST PLACE to start is with CH A R LO TTE MARTIN S HOM E FINAN CING SEM INAR! Janice Burger has been named the new administrator for Provi dence St. Vincent Medical Center. She replaces Don Elsom, who is retiring after 26 years with Provi dence. “We are blessed to have Janice continue the tradition of leadership at Providence St. Vincent,” said Rick Cagen, chief executive, Port land Service A rea, Providence Health System. “It's terrific to have someone with her outstanding abili ties and qualifications already with us - and I know she will begin writ ing the newest chapter in the 150- year legacy of Providence in O r egon.” Burger has been with Providence Health System since 1986 in a vari ety o f roles. She was named asso ciate administrator at Providence St. Vincent in 2000. Before that, she had been operations administrator at Providence Milwaukie Hospital When: Saturday, Septem ber 10 11:00AM Where: G reater St Stephen C hurch 3535 NE M allory. Portland, OR 97211 Presented By: Charlotte M artin, Loan O fficer 360-823-1441 - Direct 888-849-0588- T o l l Free C M artin@ hom eloansource.us Michael E. Harper, Sr. 9045 SWBarhur. Suite 109 Rutland. OR97219 STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES HOME OFFICES: BLOOMINGTON, (503)221-3050 MARTIN CLEANING SERVICE CARPET & UPHO LSTERY C L E A N IN G Residential & Commercial Service CARPET CLEANING 2 CLEANING AREAS OR MORE $25.00 PRE-SPRA Y TRAFFIC AREAS Each Area INCLUDES 1 SMALL HALL 1 CLEANING AREA PRE-SPRA Y TRAFFIC AREA (HALL EXTRA CHARGE) STAIRS (with other service) $35.00 $ 1.50 Each i (AP) - It was Tuesday and the high school volleyball player had a painful sprained finger, but she re ally wanted to play that Friday. So she and her family sought out a practitioner of Native Hawaiian healing. The practitioner pounded leaves of a plant, mixed it with a pinch of Hawaiian salt, massaged the girl’s arm, and placed the mix ture on the injured finger. “Her mother later told me the pain went away and the girl was able to play on Friday,” said the healer, Alapai Kahuena. A growing number of Hawaii residents are turning to traditional healing methods long practiced in these lush Pacific islands as an alternative or in addition to visiting a regular doctor. Despite a shortage of Hawaiian healers. Native medicine is being c o m b in e d w ith sta n d a rd a p proaches in state-supported health care programs. The University of Hawaii also has a new department that recognizes and studies Hawai ian medicine. W ith skyrocketing drug and health care costs. Native Hawaiian healing is part of a national trend in r I I I I COUPON SPECIAL AN Y 3 CLEANING AREAS PLUS HALL A SOFA OR HALL, LOVESEAT A CHAIR $135.00 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT: (503) 281-3949 Alapai Kahuena o f Waianae, Hawaii, a practitioner o f Native Hawaiian healing, picks Hawaiian plants used for traditional healing practices in Nanakuli, Hawaii, last month. (AP Photo) recent years toward non-conven- tional approaches to medical care. A Harvard study released in January found that 35 percent of Americans have used some form of alternative healing. The National Center for Complementary and Al ternative Medicine, part o f the Na tional Institutes of Health, found that more Americans are using Yoga, meditation, herbs, special diets and other healing methods. “People are not happy with W estern medical treatment and are seeking alternatives,” said Babette Galang, complementary health of ficer for Papa Ola Lokahi, a non profit group set up to improve the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians. . 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Group shunning western medicine for natural alternatives Please RSVP: 360-823-1441 3S & from 1995 to 1999. She has also led other programs for Providence, in cluding primary care and preven tive medicine, and medicine and neuromuscular skeletal. A s a sso c ia te a d m in istra to r, Burger has helped Providence St. Native Healing a Growing Hawaiian Practice Learn D ifferent Techniques on how to correct And remove items from your credit report, and..find out what lenders look for when considering financing for your purchase or refinance! r 24 Left to right are: Rick Cagen chief executive o f Portland Service Area for Providence Health System; Janice Burger, newly named administrator for Providence St. Vincent Medical Center; and Don Elsom, outgoing administrator for Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. SPINÄLCOLUMN An ongoing series of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession Dr. Billy R. Flowers Part 21. Chiropractic VS Fatigue: Climbing the stairs to a new you, two steps at a time. I feel exhausted all the time. but would have to stop halfway up in the body. If the nerves are I don’t want to take “pep" to catch his breath before continu trapped or irritated, our energy pill?becauseofaddic-tion possi ing. I persuaded him to look to will be drained as well. He took my Chiropractic for increased vitality. advice and now instead o f stop bilities. What can I do? : I have a good friend and At first he could not see a correla ping halfway, he charges up the stairs, two steps at a time! If your patient who only a year ago tion between his nerves and his vitality is giving up at the halfway Energy level. I told him that it was at the age of 61 loved life but has mark, get charged up with Chiro virtually one and the same. Our a tremendous concern. He became fatigued so easily that any activ- | nerves are the highways of energy practic. It’s a natural! ity would leave Him exhausted. The interesting point with him was that he prac ticed excellent health habits. None 2124 N.E. Hancock Street, Portland, Oregon 97212 theless he got to the point where exercise was nearly impossible. He still climbed the steps at work 2! A Flowers' Chiropractic Office Phone: (503) 287-5504 homes and public parks. “W e’re not just talking about H aw aiians,” said Galang. “The Chinese brought their medicines, and many Chinese herbal shops are found in Chinatown.” Kahuena frequently uses an herb called olena, a ginger family plant also known as turmeric, to treat several ailments. It is anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, she said. In the case of the volleyball player, she used leaves of h a’uoi, a plant also known as verbena. A lingering concern, though, is regulation. Traditional healers are exempt from state licensing, but their qualifications are reviewed by elder councils affiliated with the health care systems, and in turn reviewed by a Native Hawaiian health board, said Hardy Spoehr, executive director o f Papa Ola Lokahi. The University of Hawaii’s medi cal school recently created its De partment of Native Hawaiian Health, which is committed to improving the health and wellness of Native Hawaiians while embracing tradi tional Hawaiian values and prac tices. Doctor Outreach to Stop Smoking How effective is it when your doctor asks if you smoke? Do they help you find ways to quit or do they just suggest it? A new study of 4,200 smokers - including 506 in Northwest Oregon and Southwest W ashington - who answered a survey sent to mem bers o f nine nonprofit health plans th ro u g h o u t the U nited S tates showed that 90 percent of smokers were asked about smoking, 71 per cent were advised to quit, 56 per cent were assessed for their will ingness to quit and 49 percent were given assistance for quitting, hut only 9 percent had arrangements provided for follow-up. The sur vey was give to 65,000 members of the various health plans. Cigarette smoking continues to be the principal cause of premature death and preventable disease in the United States, as well as a major cause of medical expenditures and lost productivity.