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"And He Never Said a Mumbalin Word…"
Transcript of a speech presented by Dr. Henrie Treadwell at the Fatherhood Conference, Morehouse College, June, 2007.
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Congressional Black Caucus Awards Dr. Henrie Treadwell for Outstanding Advocacy Achievement
(Washington, DC) Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell, director of Community Voices and associate director of Development at the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, was recently honored at the Congressional Black Caucus Health and Wellness of the African-American Male: America's Challenge, Our Imperative Conference in Washington, D.C. (Congresswoman Donna Christensen presents award to Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell [on right])
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Primary Care HIV Prevention Advocacy: From Facts and Knowledge to Practice and Policy - Presented
By the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. In 2005, 38,096 new HIV/AIDS cases were diagnosed in 33 states. Seventy-four percent of new HIV/AIDS diagnoses were among men while 67 percent of HIV/AIDS cases among men resulted from male-to-male sexual contact. Eighteen percent of HIV/AIDS cases among men resulted from Injection Drug Use (IDU) and nineteen percent of HIV/AIDS cases among women resulted from (IDU). (view presentation for more statistics)
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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Conference
The conference, “Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change,” seeks to build knowledge, skills and actions for achieving healthy and just societies. The conference aims not only to ask and answer critical questions, but to equip participants with resources they need to act on them.
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Community Health Workers: A Wise Investment
The Center for Community Health Partnerships (CCHP) at Columbia University Medical Center and Community Voices at Morehouse School of Medicine hosted a national conference on community health workers (CHWs) to address the importance of incorporating community health workers as an integral part of the health care field.
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The Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Obesity in kids has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. In North Carolina, the figures are even more alarming. In 2004, FirstHealth of the Carolinas implemented Operation Healthy Kids, a three-year special program to combat childhood obesity. The goal of Operation Healthy Kids is to increase healthy eating habits and physical activity among children and improve parents’ knowledge of nutrition and exercise as it relates to good health.
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Community Voices Spotlighted in Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved
-- Just Released!
Community Voices is showcased in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. This issue (Vol 17, No 2) largely depicts the work and analysis of community-based access to health care projects conducted as part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Voices Initiative and highlights efforts aimed at eliminating health disparities using education, outreach, interventions and policy initiatives. The authors are individuals on the front line of building and implementing health systems that assure quality care for disenfranchised residents.
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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Spotlights Community Voices
-- Just Released!
Community Voices is showcased in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. This issue (Vol 17, No 2) largely depicts the work and analysis of community-based access to health care projects conducted as part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Voices Initiative and highlights efforts aimed at eliminating health disparities using education, outreach, interventions and policy initiatives. The authors are individuals on the front line of building and implementing health systems that assure quality care for disenfranchised residents.
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Ingham Community Voices Project Director Receives Top Michigan Public Health Award
Bruce Bragg, Director of the Ingham County Health Department and Project Director for Ingham Community Voices, received the highest individual award granted by Michigan public health leaders during the state's Premier Public Health Conference in Grand Rapids on October 10, 2005.
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Social Levees Crumbling Around
Our Nation’s Poor
For a brief moment, the nation was focused on the devastation that was wrought by Katrina. Images of people stranded without homes, transportation, medical care or any other support have forever scarred our memories. Strikingly, many of these images captured the challenges faced by the poor, the homeless, and the disadvantaged. And yes, many of these portraits were of African Americans. For the moment, the nation joined together in sympathy and compassion for our fellow Americans who were dealt an unfair blow by nature....Soon, the images will fade for most of the nation. But we cannot allow the inequities to remain the glaring reality for America’s vulnerable.
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