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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.
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Providence Names New Administrator
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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
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(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
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W ith skyrocketing drug and
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recent years toward non-conven-
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A Harvard study released in
January found that 35 percent of
Americans have used some form of
alternative healing. The National
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that more Americans are using
Yoga, meditation, herbs, special
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“People are not happy with
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Galang, complementary health of­
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and physician satisfaction. She has
helped guide the development of
the facility’s expansion plans and
has direct responsibility for em er­
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women and children at all three
Portland-area Providence hospitals.
Burger received her bachelor’s
deg ree in eco n o m ics and her
m aster’s degree in health service
administration from the University
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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.
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“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.