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Welcome to our Physicians/Providers Page.
Here you will find various articles and tools to
assist you in localizing information that may be
helpful to you as you strive to help your
patients live healthier lives.
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General Information
Teaching and Integrating Cultural Competency in
Medical Practice: powerpoint created
by Dr. Debbie
Salas-Lopez and
Carmen McLaughlin, BS from the Division of
Academic Medicine, Geriatrics, and
Community
Programs at the UMDNJ School of Medicine.
The power point reviews the current
information on
what cultural competency is and how to teach and
implement it in real practice.
Health Not Cosmetic Project Curriculum:
Power point presentation describing the obesity
problem in
NYC and the curriculum developed by students to
address it. (added 3/26/05)
Health Not Cosmetics Article: Article
written by Dr. Rodriguez for Bariatrics Journal.
Students Attack the Obesity Epidemic:
Abstract for presentation given in Albuquerque
NM by Dr.
Rodriguez. Shows how the Health Not
Cosmetics Project can serve as a model for
successfully
involving medical students in community projects
during their clerkships.
Nutrition and Weight Loss
Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary
Guidelines for Americans (5th Edition):
The Guidelines,
published jointly published jointly every 5
years by the
Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS)
and the
Department of Agriculture (USDA) provide
authoritative advice for people two years and
older about how good dietary
habits can promote health and reduce risk for
major chronic diseases.
They serve as the basis for
Federal food and nutrition education programs.
View online.
Guidelines Brochure [PDF]
[Online]
One
Page Summary of Guidelines [PDF]
[Online]
Vehicle Assisted Nutrition: one part
of the Health Not Cosmetics Project is our new
van. We use the
van to take
our message to the people in the Bronx.
The idea was created by medical students.
This power
point explains the VAN and how we use it.
Could serve as an idea in your area.
Diabetes and Obesity
Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes
with Lifestyle Intervention or Metformin:
NEJM Feb
2002, good paper on the results of a trial
comparing lifestyle intervention vs. metformin
for
diabetes prevention. The paper shows that
lifestyle intervention was more effective than
metformin
alone.
Communicating Obesity: How Well Do
Physicians Discuss the Subject of Obesity With
Their Patients?
A
paper done by two Albert Einstein medical
students for their family medicine clerkship
community
Project. Great paper.
Guidance for Treatment of Adult Obesity:
publication from the
Shape Up America Organization and
the
American Obesity Association. Great
resource for physicians on how to deal with and
properly
treat obesity in adults.
PDF files from "The E-Guide for
Professional Handling of Weight Related Issues"
published by the
Tanita Corporation in association with the
Shape Up America Organization,
American Obesity
Association, and the American Academy of
Family Physicians Foundation.
"Newly released
data establish a strong link between obesity
and diabetes, asthma, hypertension,
and other chronic conditions that can become
life-threatening. On Jan 21, the
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality released the data,
based on the
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The
data
show that about 12.4 million American adults
were told they had diabetes in 2001. In
addition, in
2001, adults with diabetes were more than three
times more likely to be extremely obese than
adults without diabetes and were more than 1.5
times more likely to be obese. Adults with
diabetes
were about 1.5 times more likely than adults
without diabetes to have asthma, nearly three
times
more likely to have hypertension, more than
three times more likely to have heart disease
and
more than four times more likely to have a
stroke." From the
AAFP.
"A
new study on obesity-attributable medical
expenditures put the cost of those expenditures
at $75
billion in 2003, says the CDC. "This
report is alarming given that obesity has been
shown to
promote many chronic diseases, including Type 2
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, several types
of
cancer and gallbladder disease.' said CDC
Director Julie Gerberding, M.D. According
to the study,
state-level expenditures in 2003 ranged from $87
million in Wyoming to $7.7 billion in
California. To
review an abstract of the findings, published in
"State-Level
Estimates of Annual Medical
Expenditures Attributable to Obesity" in the
January 2004 issue of Obesity Research"
From the
AAFP
Substance Abuse
General info
A Toolkit for Hispanic/Latino Community Groups
(Spanish
Version): "This guidebook is about
helping Hispanic/Latino community groups
organize their communities around a major
problem
facing Hispanic/Latino youth—alcohol and drug
use." (published by the
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Smoking Cessation
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon
General (May 27, 2004):
Counseling patients
to quit smoking? Now
you have a wealth of
online support. A
new, animated Web
site uses lay terms
to describe the
findings in "The
Health Consequences
of Smoking,"
released May 27 by
the U.S. surgeon
general. The
960-page report
conclusively links
smoking with
leukemia; cataracts;
pneumonia; and
cancers of the
cervix, kidney,
pancreas and
stomach. Smoking,
the report says,
causes disease in
nearly every organ
of the body. "The
toxins from
cigarette smoke go
everywhere the blood
flows," said U.S.
Surgeon General
Richard Carmona,
M.D. A comprehensive
Web site on the
report is at
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/smokingconsequences/
. Click on
"Chapters" for the
full report. Click
on "The Health
Consequences of
Smoking on The Body"
or go to
http://www.cdc.gov/tobac!
co/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/flash/index.html
for the interactive
site that explains
the effects of
smoking on each
organ system.
(From the AAFP June
1, 2004)
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Alcohol Consumption
Article on
Alcohol and Nutrition from the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism.
Childhood Obesity and Related Illnesses
Body Composition and Children's Health Research
Overview: great PDF file from the
Tanita
Corporation of America, Inc. The
article summarizes the research findings on the
various effects of
obesity in children on their health and the
diseases attributed to such obesity.
The
Epidemic of Childhood Obesity and Type II
Diabetes: excellent powerpoint
given by Dr.
Francine R. Kaufman, Professor of Pediatrics at
the Keck School of Medicine of USC, at the
XIVth International Conference of
Dietetics (May 2004).
Breastfeeding
Read the AAFP's official position
paper on the importance of breastfeeding:
click here.
From the AAFP, June 8, 2004:
The
FDA is warning women
against using
domperidone to
increase their
supply of breast
milk. The FDA has
not approved the
drug for any use but
has received
information that
some women are
purchasing the drug
from compounding
pharmacies and
sources in foreign
countries to
increase milk
production.
According to the
agency's June 7
press release at
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/answers/2004/ans01292.html
, "There have been
several published
reports and case
studies of cardiac
arrhythmias, cardiac
arrest and sudden
death in patients
receiving an
intravenous form of
domperidone that has
been withdrawn from
marketing in a
number of
countries." The oral
form of domperidone
still marketed in
some countries to
treat gastric
disorders has
product labeling
warning
breastfeeding women
not to use the drug.
The FDA has alerted
its field personnel
to be on the lookout
for attempts to !
import the drug and
has sent warning
letters to
pharmacies that
compound products
containing
domperidone and
firms that supply
domperidone for use
in compounding.
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International Health
The
Emergence of Aids in Guatemala:
Original research article that Dr. Rodriguez
co-wrote that
appeared in The International Journal of STD
and AIDS (2003).
Other Health Topics
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder in Adults: informative
powerpoint covering this
important topic. Reviews diagnosis and
management.
TOOLS
General Information
Health Issue
Specific Nutritional Programs
8 Habits of Healthy
Adults
Handout: Simple points but great
reminders of how easy it can be to stay healthy.
All it takes is
the development
of good habits.
Diabetes and Obesity
Adapted from
Practical Advice for Family Physicians to Help
Overweight Patients AN
AMERICAN
FAMILY PHYSICIAN
MONOGRAPH. Prepared by Susanna E. Guzman,
in consultation with: The
American Academy of Family Physicians Panel on
Obesity.
Nutrition and Exercise
Nutritional Assessment Assignment:
great assignment developed for medical students
at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine but can be used as
a great tool for self learning.
Body Fat Treatment Algorithm Quick Reference
Tool: Great algorithm for what to do
with abnormal
BMI's and also has a BMI chart for reference.
Great PDF file.
Steps Towards a Healthier Life: Patient
Handouts (English)
(Spanish)
For Children
Heard of Tar Wars.
Bet you haven't heard of Apple Wars. Two
Albert Einstein medical students
developed this fitness and nutrition program for
children, preferably to be delivered at schools.
Check
it out:
SPANISH PATIENT HANDOUTS
General Information
Steps Towards a Healthier Life
WEBSITES
General Information
New
York City Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene: New York City Community Health
Profiles:
Provides valuable statistics and information of
the health status of various areas in NYC
divided by
certain communities. We have the
PDF of the Central Bronx area which covers
the area of the clinic,
but you can visit
online for all the areas.
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