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Project INFluence
Project INFluence has moved! Find out more about the National Center of Excellence in Women's Health's recent launch of the newly designed INFluence initiative.
What's New?
Diabetes Report Card 2012
The Division of Diabetes Translation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released, Diabetes Report Card 2012. This report utilizes 2010 data to present a close-up of diabetes and its complications at the national and state level. It includes information about prediabetes awareness, diabetes outcomes, and risk factors. The report can be read in full by clicking here.
Diabetes Report Card 2012 is a requirement of the Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act, which is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA includes provision that directly address gaps in diabetes prevention, screening, care, and treatment. For more information on health care provisions in the Affordable Care Act, visit www.healthcare.gov.
May 13-19th: National Women's Health Week
For a calendar list of women's health events happening all around the state of Indiana throughout the month of May, please click here.
National Women's Health Week 2012 encourages women to make their health a top priority. This year's theme is "It's Your Time!" The weeklong observance focuses on the following key messages and steps that women can take to improve their physical and mental health and lower their risk for certain diseases:
- visit a health care professional to receive regular checkups and preventative screenings;
- get active;
- eat healthy;
- pay attention to mental health, including getting enough sleep and managing stress
- avoid unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking and not wearing a seatbelt or bicycle helmet
If you are planning an event in your community, we encourage you to visit www.womenshealth.gov/whw to use the many planning resources provided. You are encouraged to make your own personal pledge to take better care of your health and may print off this campaign pledge to fill in and keep in sight all month! We provide a few of the helpful publications below, from a description of the campaign, to fact sheets related to important information women need to know to take charge of their health:
- Screening Chart
- National Women's Health Week Fact Sheet
- National Women's Health Week Fact Sheet, Spanish version
- National Women's Checkup Day Fact Sheet
- National Women's Checkup Day, Spanish version
- Physical Activity Fact Sheet
- Heart Healthy Eating Fact Sheet
- Stress Management Fact Sheet
Governor's Proclamation
Governor Mitch Daniels has once again issued a proclamation celebrating the importance of women's health in Indiana. To view 2012's proclamation of May 13-May 19 as Indiana's Women's Health Week, please click here.
Office of Women's Health Hosts Mini-Screening Event on Monday, May 14, 2012
To mark this year's observance, the Office of Women's Health held a special event on Monday, May 14th (National Women's Checkup Day), at the Indianapolis Artsgarden, attached to Circle Centre Mall. The event's purpose was to encourage women to take time out for their health by learning their numbers and becoming informed about what health screenings should be scheduled at what particular age. Over fifteen health organizations provided free health screenings, including blood pressure, BMI, blood glucose, cholesterol, mental health and oral health screenings, and vendors presented education and resources on women's health issues. More than fifty (50) women registered for OWH's National Checkup Day event! Community Health Network's health promotion theater group, "Picture This" entertained with a short interactive presentation at 11 a.m. to explore two health topics: 1) how to be your own health advocate, and 2) how to eliminate stress within your family to make for a healthier environment. To learn more about Picture This, click here. This event was sponsored in part by a grant from Wellpoint - Anthem BC/BS.
In other news:
Lunch and Learn for ISDH personnel on Thursday, May 17th in Rice Auditorium at ISDH
Sarah Lyttle, from the Fisher Institute of Gerontology, presented on the many health benefits of laughter and its physiological effects. This topic tied in to the national campaign's focus on stress management for May 17th, in celebration of National Women's Health Week. Sarah led the audience through a few "Laughter Yoga" exercises to release workday tensions. To learn how you can laugh your way to better health, click here.
The Weight of the Nation
National Women' Health Week kicked off with a groundbreaking four-part Documentary Series, The Weight of the Nation, on May 14th and May 15th on HBO. The Institute of Medicine collaborated with HBO to create these documentaries, and the accompanying campaign, to bring light to the issue of the obesity epidemic. If you were unable to catch the premiere showings, but want to learn more about the campaign, visit The Weight of the Nation website!
NEW POLICY BRIEF released on the state of sexual violence in Indiana
The Rape Prevention and Education Program and the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council recently contracted with the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University to create the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Policy Brief. The Policy Brief has attracted local, state, and national attention!
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