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The National Physician and Family Referral (NPFR) project
The National Physician and Family Referral (NPFR) Project, in collaboration with physicians, and local and national disease organizations has implemented a special health awareness text message program initially to outreach African Americans who do not have personal access to the internet.
“African American HEALTH MATTERS is part of a NEW outreach to eliminate racial disparities in health care through a unique, intimate opt-in education program accessed through your cell phone. Messages are also available through e-mail for those with online access.
How:
“African American HEALTH MATTERS” mobile health text message program sends reminders about health matters in your life, educational health tips and positive reinforcement to help you keep a positive mental attitude, which is also an important part of good health.
The new radio show on Cyberstation USA (USE URL link: www.cyberstationusa.com) airs Fridays noon - 1p.m. and offers interviews with doctors, conversations with celebrities, health news and tops for your health matters.
TO SIGN UP, participants take a short field research survey, enter your name and cell number and requested information, choose which reminders you’d like to begin to receive, and you’re all set.
If you have a relative who has diabetes check to see if they have had their hgA1c levels done lately. BTYB: http://www.afromed.com.
[ ] High Blood Pressure or HYPERTENSION
When your blood pressure is high, your heart works harder than it should pumping blood throughout your body. BTYB: blackhealthcare.com, (310) 933-9313.
[ ] Asthma
Things that can trigger an asthma attack include air pollution, dust, mold and pollen. Take precautions we enter Fall. BTYB: the American Academy of Family Physicians, familydoctor.org, (312) 421-0113.
[] Arthrits
Not all arthritis pain relief comes in a pill bottle.Staying active keeps you in control of your arthritis. BTYB: the Arthritis Foundation, 800-283-7800m www.arthritis.org.
[ ] Heart Disease
Blacks have the highest blood pressure in the world, which leads to stroke. You can fight stroke—and win! BTYB: the American Heart Assn., 1-888-4-STROKE www.StrokeAssociation.org/power for more information.
[ ] Heart Flutters
Palpitations are an uncomfortable awareness of the rapid and irregular heartbeat. Some patients have no symptoms. BTYB: by De Gruy Associates, Health Care Consultants, (213) 590-7005.
[ ] Prostate Cancer
Most of the time prostate cancer does not initially cause symptoms. By the time symptoms do occur, the disease may have spread beyond the prostate. BTYB www.cancer.gov
[ ] Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer, and the second leading cause of death among African-American women. BTYB: the Center for African American Health, www.caahealth.org, (303) 355-3423.
[ ] Colon Cancer
Cancer of the colon or rectum—is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. African Americans are more likely to die of colorectal cancer than any other group. BTYB: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/statistics/race.htm
[ ] Incontinence
Incontinence, or the loss of bladder or bowel control, is treatable. Help is available to everyone. New treatments are successfully used for all types of incontinence. BTYB: National Association for Continence Learn more at www.nafc.org or call us at 1-800-BLADDER.
[ ] Patient Advocate Foundation ( PAF )
Access Issues? Patient Advocate Foundation provides effective mediation and arbitration services to patients to remove healthcare obstacles. This includes medical debt crisis, insurance access and employment issues for patients with chronic, debilitating and life-threatening illnesses. BTYB: Patient Advocate Foundation ( PAF ) http://www.patientadvocate.org/help4u.php
[ ] Colon Cancer Alliance ( CCA )
One in 19 people will get colon cancer in their lifetime. Reduce your risk by getting a screening test today. BTYB: Colon Cancer Alliance ( CCA ) Learn more at www.screenmycolon.org
[ ] Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer among African Americans. Learn how to protect yourself. BTYB: the American Lung Association, lungusa.org , (800) 586-4872.
click to listen to information about prostate cancer
Hypertension- Dr. James Race MD
Dr. James Race, MD attended Texas Southern University, Case Western Reserve University graduate in Biochemistry and graduate of Meharry Medical College in 1983. With over 28 years in Internal Medicine, Dr. Race has been heavily involved in clinical research in diabetes, cardiovascular and hypertension. An active force in the community, he is Past Chairman – Dallas Division American Heart Association (AHA) African- American Task Force, Member – Executive Board AHA, Dallas Division, Chairman AHA Minority Council and Past Chairman AHA Community Site. He’s an active member of the Dallas County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association and Texas Geriatric Society.
“African American HEALTH MATTERS’ Text Messaging and Field Research reaches hundreds of thousands of minorities who communicate frequently by text messaging.
“African American HEALTH MATTERS’ provides access to health education and information and acts as a handy tool for reaching all socio-economic levels of African Americans---from underserved to affluent-- through their cell phones.
We will access the potential for utilizing health-related text messaging for easy to access health and product information that can have enormous value to subscribers.
Our objective is to utilize a unique health educational outreach through mobile cell phones. By making available easy to access resources that help address ongoing personal health education needs of the individual, it helps those who don’t have or take the time to educate themselves about their ailments or diseases.
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CEDRICT works with other community -based organizations to scout out those who are interested in both more education about clinical trials and health issues. Partners include National Black Leadership initiative on Cancer (NBLIC), National Medical Association (NMA), Center for Information and Study of Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) and others. Field research participants must opt-in to be notified of a trial, or opt-in to receive clinical trials educational materials. All of these organizations participate in the field research.
The CEDRICT project has developed several patient and community health education projects such as entitled: “African American Health Matters," the mobile text message service that reminds subscribing African Americans about their health. Also, Fabulous 50 to Sexy at 60 The Dinner Lecture Series that brings community leaders, physicians and survivors and their families together to dialogue about health and learn more about clinical trials.
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HOW it works
1-Follow the Opt-in Instructions (below)
2-Complete the Field Research and the AAHM Registration Form
3- Your name will be automatically entered to receive the next available message in your selected health category of reminders and tips.
“African American HEALTH MATTERS’ will be periodically evaluated to see its affect on helping to educate whereby stabilizing the soaring rate of disease mortality which are prevalent among too many African Americans and underserved.
If you have a relative who has diabetes check to see if they have had their hgA1c levels done lately. BTYB: http://www.afromed.com.
[ ] High Blood Pressure or HYPERTENSION
When your blood pressure is high, your heart works harder than it should pumping blood throughout your body. BTYB: blackhealthcare.com, (310) 933-9313.
[ ] Asthma
Things that can trigger an asthma attack include air pollution, dust, mold and pollen. Take precautions we enter Fall. BTYB: the American Academy of Family Physicians, familydoctor.org, (312) 421-0113.
[] Arthrits
Not all arthritis pain relief comes in a pill bottle.Staying active keeps you in control of your arthritis. BTYB: the Arthritis Foundation, 800-283-7800m www.arthritis.org.
[ ] Heart Disease
Blacks have the highest blood pressure in the world, which leads to stroke. You can fight stroke—and win! BTYB: the American Heart Assn., 1-888-4-STROKE www.StrokeAssociation.org/power for more information.
[ ] Heart Flutters
Palpitations are an uncomfortable awareness of the rapid and irregular heartbeat. Some patients have no symptoms. BTYB: by De Gruy Associates, Health Care Consultants, (213) 590-7005.
[ ] Prostate Cancer
Most of the time prostate cancer does not initially cause symptoms. By the time symptoms do occur, the disease may have spread beyond the prostate. BTYB www.cancer.gov
[ ] Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer, and the second leading cause of death among African-American women. BTYB: the Center for African American Health, www.caahealth.org, (303) 355-3423.
[ ] Colon Cancer
Cancer of the colon or rectum—is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. African Americans are more likely to die of colorectal cancer than any other group. BTYB: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/statistics/race.htm
[ ] Incontinence
Incontinence, or the loss of bladder or bowel control, is treatable. Help is available to everyone. New treatments are successfully used for all types of incontinence. BTYB: National Association for Continence Learn more at www.nafc.org or call us at 1-800-BLADDER.
[ ] Patient Advocate Foundation ( PAF )
Access Issues? Patient Advocate Foundation provides effective mediation and arbitration services to patients to remove healthcare obstacles. This includes medical debt crisis, insurance access and employment issues for patients with chronic, debilitating and life-threatening illnesses. BTYB: Patient Advocate Foundation ( PAF ) http://www.patientadvocate.org/help4u.php
[ ] Colon Cancer Alliance ( CCA )
One in 19 people will get colon cancer in their lifetime. Reduce your risk by getting a screening test today. BTYB: Colon Cancer Alliance ( CCA ) Learn more at www.screenmycolon.org
[ ] Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer among African Americans. Learn how to protect yourself. BTYB: the American Lung Association, lungusa.org , (800) 586-4872.
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About (npfr) project
National Physician and Family Referral (NPFR) Project is a division of 50 Hoops, a nonprofit company that provides patient education through sports and free health screening, and evolved in 2001, to an added division to address patient education and racial disparities in health care and in clinical trials. In 2008 NPFR partnered with NBLIC, Morehouse School of Medicine, CISCRP and P&E Associates to create a grant for an outreach called CEDRICT.
CEDRICT (Coalition to Eliminate Disparities and Research Inclusion in Clinical Trials) for African Americans (pronounced ced’ rick) is a 3-year field research project that looks at evolving attitudes of African Americans toward health issues and clinical trials.
CEDRICT focuses upon ongoing community education by researching to what degree and how to approach each community, to establish coalitions of community, media, medical and faith-based leaders in key cities to provide health and clinical trial education workshops open to the community based upon disparities recognized in that community.
African American HEALTH MATTERS is part of this three-year field research study. The Field Research is entitled, CEDRICT (coalition to Eliminate Disparities and Research Inclusion in Clinical Trials), an outreach to eliminate racial disparities in health care through patient and participant education, with special emphasis upon “ground-zero” populations of non-insured, underserved who do not have physicians.
At the end of three years, and/or when subscribers opt-out, they will take a brief exit survey and the results of this portion of the field research will be tallied to determine the effectiveness of mobile technology on the health matters for African Americans.
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Registration Form
The National Physician and Family Referral (NPFR) Project, in collaboration with national disease organizations is implementing a special health awareness text message program, entitled, “African American HEALTH MATTERS.” that sends reminders about health matters in your life.
“African American HEALTH MATTERS” IS FREE TO ANYONE WHO PARTICIPATES. You will be sent occasional text messages to remind you that YOUR HEALTH MATTERS.
Please select which reminders you’d be interested in receiving by text message:
The information, tips and mobile health text published in African American Health Matters is not intended as a substitute for personal medical advice. Before making any decision regarding your health, please consult a physician or other qualified health-care practitioner.
Dr. James Race, MD attended Texas Southern University, Case Western Reserve University graduate in Biochemistry and graduate of Meharry Medical College in 1983. With over 28 years in Internal Medicine, Dr. Race has been heavily involved in clinical research in diabetes, cardiovascular and hypertension. An active force in the community, he is Past Chairman – Dallas Division American Heart Association (AHA) African- American Task Force, Member – Executive Board AHA, Dallas Division, Chairman AHA Minority Council and Past Chairman AHA Community Site. He’s an active member of the Dallas County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association and Texas Geriatric Society. 
