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Show Senior & Health Page A6 The Summit County Bee University of Utah Center of Excellence Program Awarded $1.5 Million Grant To Improve Health Education and Care Among Utah Women The Utah Women’s Health Information Network (UWIN), a program of the University of Utah’s Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve health care for Utah women. UWIN will focus first on diabetes, a rising health concern among Utah women. With 50,000 women diagnosed with the disease, and an additional 14,000 undiagnosed, Utah ranks 10th in diabetes death rates among U.S. females. The University of Utah will collaborate with community and public health partners, including the Utah Department of Health, Association for Utah Community Health, and Utah Navajo Health Centers Inc. to create an infrastructure for distributing health information to providers and patients and implement preventive-care programs. According to Yvette LaCoursiere, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the School of Medicine and principal investigator for UWIN, the project provides a platform to increase education and improve health care. “We are very excited about this project and the opportunity to collaborate with so many great community partners,” she said. “The concept of UWIN has the potential to develop a women’s health network that could improve care for women throughout the state.” The four major components of the UWIN project include: • Improving the availability of health information for health-care providers and patients. Several telehealth and Web-cast seminars as well as the annual Utah Diabetes Conference will feature genderfocused issues in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes. A partnership between community clinics and public libraries will improve the reliability and availability of health information to patients via the state’s health education network, Utahealthnet. • Evaluating physical activity and nutrition interventions at the community level. Two pilot programs are being implemented in community clinics to improve physical activity and nutrition among patients. PACE (Patient-centered The Assessment and Counseling for Exercise and Nutrition) program will be implemented in six community clinics, while The BodyWorks Pilot is a program aimed at parents of teens to teach healthy nutrition choices. • Improving gestational diabetes tracking and implementing a project to improve outcomes. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death among Utah women, and that number is higher for Native Americans. The Sweet Success project encourages early recruitment into diabetes and pregnancy programs among the Navajo, and My Bright Future: Women’s Health and Wellness program is a provider-directed education program that promotes women’s physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being. • Introducing a statewide Webbased diabetic retinopathy program. A statewide infrastructure will be established to perform retinal screening and a virtual retinal reading center will be developed. The projects will be implemented in the Salt Lake Valley, Ogden, Bear Lake, Provo, and the Four Corners Region over the next three years. November 30, 2007 Summit County Health Dept Exercise Habits Should Start Early BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH Parents have a great opportunity to harness the natural energy children have and instill lifelong habits that will keep them active as they grow older. Regular exercise is as important for children as it is for adults because the problem of overweight affects both groups. In the 1970s, only about 5 percent of children were overweight. Today, at least 15 percent of children are overweight. Overweight children are more likely to become overweight adults. By encouraging children to be active, parents can help prevent health risks associated with childhood overweight. Children who are overweight have measurable differences in blood pressure and cholesterol levels compared to children with a healthy weight. The rise in childhood diabetes is almost certainly linked to overweight and/or inactivity. An obese child is more likely to become an obese adult and suffer from heart disease, stroke, arthritis and some cancers. Be Your Child’s Role Model The federal government’s dietary guidelines suggest that children and adolescents should be physically active at least 60 minutes on most days, if not every day. For cancer prevention, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) advises everyone to get an hour of moderate activity a day, like walking, and an hour of vigorous exercise a week, like jogging. Parents can encourage children more effectively to stay active by setting a good example, rather than telling children what to do. If they want to give their children a reason for staying active, they should focus on the need to feel good and stay healthy, instead of drawing attention to body image. There are many ways that parents can model good health behaviors, while getting some health benefits for themselves at the same time. Some ideas are: • Limit the amount of time you watch television. By doing this, you will find it easier to limit the amount of time your child watches TV, movies, or video and computer games. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a maximum of two hours of viewing time for children each day. • Stretch or exercise while watching TV. • Engage the whole family in physical activities, playing catch, hiking, building a snowman, skiing, or ice skating. • Sign up for exercise classes like kickboxing or join a sports team. Then sign your children up for classes or team sports. • Give children rewards, such as a basketball, that encourage them to be more active. Consumers Continue To Buy Risky Drugs Online Self-medication a concern; FDAapproved generics may be cheaper alternative A yearlong U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation into drugs mailed to the United States from foreign countries suggests that consumers may be buying drugs online to avoid the need for a prescription from their physician. The FDA sampling of imported drugs also indicates that consumers continue to spend money unnecessarily on potentially risky drug products bought over the Internet. The investigation found 88 percent of the 2,069 drug packages examined appeared to be prescription medicines available in the United States. Of the remaining products, some were dietary supplements, some were foreign products with labeling that was illegible or incomprehensible, and some were medications not available in the United States. More than half (53 percent) of the products sampled have FDA-approve generic versions, likely sold at lower costs, according to earlier studies that have shown generics in the United States to be generally cheaper than a comparable drug in Canada or Western Europe. In fact, approved generic versions of approximately half (47 percent) of the sampled products can be bought for $4 at several national chain pharmacies, a price often lower than the shipping costs for the same drugs purchased online. “The data lead us to believe that many people are buying drugs online not to save money but to bypass the need for a prescription from their doctor since these Web sites typically do not require the purchaser to have a prescription,” said Randall Lutter, Ph.D., FDA’s deputy commissioner for policy. “In essence, they seem to be getting and using prescription drugs without a prescription, an intrinsically risky practice.” These data are based on surveys conducted from September 2006 to August 2007 in international mail facilities and courier facilities across the country. In general, a Web site can appear legitimate, but in fact be a front for an illegal operation. FDA urges consumers to beware of unregulated Internet drug sellers, because many of their products might not contain the correct ingredients and could contain toxic substances. Several drugs found in this survey require special monitoring by physicians or other health care professionals for potential adverse events and to ensure their effectiveness. Coalville Health Center 82 North 50 East Coalville, UT Kamas Health Center 155 West 200 South Kamas, UT 435-336-4403 435-783-4385 9-5 M-F, 9-12 Sat. 8:30-4:30 M-F These include antibiotics, antidepressants, the blood thinner warfarin, and levothyroxine (a thyroid replacement hormone). For more information: FDA Finds Consumers Continue to Buy Potentially Risky Drugs Over the Internet http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NE WS/2007/NEW01663.html WAIN ALLEN M.D. FAAFP, DABFP JEANETTE R. VERNON RN PA-C LISA M. 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