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Participants needed for ADHD Study
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Stale Farm*
Providing Insuidiice arid Financial Services
Goal is to Access health disparities in the minority community
Oregon Health Sciences Uni
versity initiated and received
funding to conduct a research
study to learn the best approach
to provide support to families
with children with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(A D H C ).
In his book. Attention Deficit
H y p eractiv ity D isorder, Dr.
Russell Barkley, suggests that
70 percent o f juvenile offenders
and 40 percent o f adult prison
ers have ADHD and many are
undiagnosed or untreated.
Locally, OHSU is m aking an
effort to understand more about
ADHD, especially as it relates
to African Americans and other
populations.
From 2001-2005, the ADHD
research team at OHSU School
o f Nursing conducted a research
study to explore how families
manage ADHD and what sup
ports they need in helping their
children. Inform ation was col-
P hotobv M ark W anhington /T he P ortland O bserver
Ann Beckett and Judy Kendall o f Oregon Health Sci
ences University promote minority participation in a
study on Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHC).
lected from 157 families. More equally diverse between Afri-
than half o f the families were can-A m erican, Hispanic and
single headed households and white families.
M eet Jefferson’s New Leaders
Je fferso n H igh S chool has
nam ed four new academ y adm in
istrators and is inviting the com
m unity to m eet them on T hurs
day, M arch 1 fro m 5 p .m .to 7 p .m .
on the Portland C om m unity C ol
lege C ascade Cam pus.
T he adm inistrators are Lavert
R obertson fo r Je ffe rso n 's A cad
em y o f A rts and T echn o lo g y ;
M acarre Tray nham for the A cad
em y o f S cience and T e c h n o l
ogy; A urora L ora fo r the Y oung
W o m e n 's A cadem y w hich w ill
o pen in S ep tem b er; and W illie
H olm es fo r the Y oung M e n 's
A cadem y, also open in g in S e p
tem ber.
T h e ac ad e m y le ad e rs w ill
w ork w ith Jefferso n P rincipal
L e o n D u d le y to im p r o v e
ac h ie v em e n t for every student.
T he Jefferson com m unity will
also be offerin g its ap p reciatio n
to John W ilhelm i, w ho took a
special assignm en t first as in
terim principal at Jefferson High
S chool and then as head o f the
A cadem y o f S cien ce and T e c h
nology, and to Ju an ita V alder,
w ho spent m ore than four years
o n th e le a d e r s h i p te a m at
Jefferso n .
The reception takes place at
PCC’s M oriarty Arts and Hum ani
ties building on the com er o f North
Killingsw orth Street and A lbina
A venue.
A ccording to the A D H D
team , results o f the study in d i
c a te d th at th e d iffic u ltie s
A D H D p osed far ex ceed ed
the abilities o f fam ily m em
bers to cope. Family members
stated that their main concerns
ranged from difficulty obtaining
services for their child, lack of
Spanish speaking skills with
health professionals and refer
ral bias towards African-Ameri
can and Hispanic families.
There are two ways OHSU
will provide assistance for fami
lies impacted by ADHD in fu
ture trials. Participants will be
randomly assigned a group. The
intervention group, which in
cludes home-based nurse case-
management or an information,
based group, which is provided
with written information only.
For further information on how
to participate in this study, call
John H o rv ic k at 5 0 3 -4 1 8 -
3603 ore-m ail pact@ ohsu.edu.
Embattled Civil Rights
Attorney to Speak
New York City lawyer Lynne
Stewart is acclaim ed for defending
poor people, radicals o f color, and
controversial figures. She was sen
tenced to 28 m onths in prison on
charges o f abetting terrorism in a
trial described as "a triumph of fear
over reason" by M um ia Abu-Jamal.
Stewart will discuss her appeal
and the inspiration she draw s from
a legacy o f female resistance to
repression. Tuesday, March 6 at 7
p.m. at Portland State University in
the Multicultural Center, Room 228,
Smith Union. 1825 S.W. Broadway.
The free event with donations
welcome is sponsored by National
Lawyers G uild-Portland Chapter,
W om en's R esourceC enterofPSU ,
Freedom Socialist Party, Student
Legal and M ediation Services of
PSU, Radical W omen, Northwest
C o n s titu tio n a l R ig h ts C e n te r,
American Constitutional Society,
and Portland IW W -General M em
bership Branch.
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family reads. She will speak at 3:30
p.m. on T hursday, M arch 8.
M ab Segrest, professor o f gen
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768-7678.
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Madison High Police
Officer Violated Trust
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from Metro
Oregon State S h eriff s Association
who sits on the state agency's po
lice policy com m ittee, made the
motion to revoke G raichen's police
certification.
"I found that his conduct was
som ething that was just com pletely
unacceptable," Burright said.
T he panel's recom m endation
now goes to the full board o f the
Oregon Department of Public Safety
Standards and Training for action
in April.
G raich en 's video w as seized as
evid en ce and rem ains as part of
the internal affairs in v estig ativ e
fHe, the P ortland Police Bureau
said.
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