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Text Box:  The   Text Box: Topics of Interest In this Issue   Gay & Lesbian Pride Month    Men’s Health Month   Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month                                             National Safety Month                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     National Allied Health Week, 7—13   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   · National Marrow Awareness Month · National Allied Health Week, 7—13        

Text Box: Other Observances in June - July

Text Box: JUNE-JULY QUESTION In a 1994, survey of the US population, the estimated “self-identified” percentage of gays and lesbians were respectively: A. 2.8% and 1.4% B. 4.8% and 2.4% C.  6.8% and 3.4% Email your response to nwosu@etsu.edu by 4:30 pm on June 24   Answer to the May question:  Clinical research demonstrating the effectiveness of the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) showed results in lowering blood pressure among all subgroups, defined by ethnicity, sex and hypertension status, within 4 weeks.    Effects of Diet and Sodium Intake on Blood Pressure: Subgroup Analysis of the DASH- Sodium Trial, p. 1026.                                  Did You Know? · Hemochromatosis was thought to be a disease of white, N Europeans. Researchers in a multi-site, international study have made the unexpected discovery that Asians and Pacific Islanders have the highest levels of iron in their blood of all racial & ethnic groups screened.  · Men have a life expectancy 6 years less than women and higher death rates for all 10 leading causes of death. · Many GLBT youth are at risk of dropping out of school: GLBT youth were twice as likely as their peers to have been in a fight at school and 3 times as likely to have skipped school within the past month because of fear.

Gay & Lesbian Pride MonthText Box:        HEALTHY PEOPLE                 2010     Companion Document          For LGBT Health

Text Box: Health Links on Diversity

Text Box: Article of the Month  Dean, L, Meyer I et al.  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health: Findings and Concerns. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Medical Association 2000; 4 (3): 101-151.  This article is based on a comprehensive literature review of articles and books on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) health. GLBT health is impacted directly through stigmatization leading to exposure to violence, stress, poor access to care) and indirectly through failure to address GLBT special needs.  Despite the wide variability of these populations,  the authors found four topics across all four GLBT populations:  1. inadequate public health infrastructure, 2. access barriers to quality health services, 3. cultural barriers to effective communication with health providers,  and 4. the positive impact of a wide range of community based programs.  Of particular interest were the health communication barriers, such as insensitive health providers, health intake forms with heterosexually biased questions, perceived provider hostility, exclusion of partners from health care consultation and treatment facilities, failure to establish rapport resulting in non-disclosure of sexual orientation.  Much of the article covered health concerns of each GLBT group, including cancer, violence and sexual assault, substance abuse, immunizations and infectious diseases, HIV-AIDS, mental health,  and challenges to studying GLBT health.                                                                                                                                                                                                assessed annually for three years.  The research took an ecological approach simultaneously studying multiple individual, family, and community risk and protective factors focused on occurrence of two types of abuse: severe physical assault and assault of child self-esteem.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Text Box: The listing below represents just a few of the resources intended to promote knowledge, awareness and discussions on diversity in health care for ETSU students, faculty and staff.    

Text Box: June-July Newsletter Reference List             For more information or assistance contact Elaine Evans, Reference Assistant, COM Library, evanse@etsu.edu.

Arts, Cultural, and Health Awareness Events

2005 Renaissance Child Camps

6/6—7/29

ETSU Campus

WRC Book Review Group

6/15         12 noon

Pan-hellenic Hall basement

Decide & Dream: A personal finance series

6/21         12 noon

Culp, E Tennessee Room

Body Image – Changing the Culture

7/19        12 noon

Culp, E Tennessee Room

Community Summer Festivals

June-July

Tri-Cities Region
 

Cancer Survivors Day, 5

Martyrdom of the Bab, 7/9 (Baha’i)

Distonia Awareness Week, 6/4—11

National Therapeutic Recreation Week, 7/10-16

World Environment Day, 6/5

Bastille Day, 7/14

Shavout, 6/13 (Jewish celebration  of the 10 Commandments)

Pioneer Day, 7/24 (Mormon)

Father’s Day, 19

 

World Day to Combat                           Desertification & Drought, 17

 

Juneteenth, 6/19

 

Canada Day,  7/1

USA Independence Day, 7/4

Fil (Philippines)-American

Friendship Day, 7/4
 

GAY & LESBIAN HEALTH ISSUES

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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Health: GLBT definitions, health issues, health studies, local & national resources.  Recommendations to Health Professionals on Culturally Competent Care to GLBT People and be sure to see Working with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth

Coming Out: A Lifelong Journey  on the Human Rights Campaign website

A very extensive GLBT health issues index at the Northeast Wisconsin Librarians website
 

MEN’S HEALTH

 

Men’s Top (10) Health Threats– Mostly Preventable plus links to men’s screening tests, a men’s health quiz, men’s health issues, and article, It’s a man thing, but is health apathy the right thing?

Health Disparities by Gender (American Public Health Association)

Men’s experience of physical exams and cancer screening tests: a qualitative study

Men shoot for 9 a day and Learn why fruits and vegetables are so important for black men’s health

HEMOCHROMATOSIS

 

Iron Overload Strikes All Races  or read the original article Hemochromatosis and Iron-Overload Screening in a Racially Diverse Population  in the New England Journal of Medicine

Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month and more views on Hemochromatosis screening at  Iron Overload—To Screen or Not to Screen

 

NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH

 

National Safety Month 2005 Theme: Safety where we live, work and play  Great links on Driving and Child Passenger Safety; Home & Community Safety; Disaster Preparedness, and Workplace Safety 

Risk and Tip Sheets on the most common safety concerns and links to free posters and other resources

Multilingual Health and Safety Resource Guide at California Department of Industrial Relations

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