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Dr. Goodwin
Norma J. Goodwin, MD
Founder, President
and CEO
Spread the WordSpread the Word

 

Welcome to Health Power’s
Winter Web Celebration - 2008

   

We wish you and yours a safe and enjoyable Winter Holiday Season, and a 2009 filled with physical, mental and spiritual health. Also, we urge you to help make 2009 a healthful and helping year for your family (nuclear or extended), your social network and your community.

We are also pleased to share the following Health Power Tip Sheets with you and those you love, to help make our wishes of the season become a reality for you and yours.

Peace, Joy and Fulfillment

 

snowflake Cooking Good - From Appetizers to Desserts
snowflake Cultural Specialty Recipes, and Different Calorie Burning Physical Activities from our Food & Fitness Channel
snowflake Five to Thrive Shopping Checklist for Fruits & Vegetables - From Apples and Apricots to Yams & Zucchini
snowflake Drinking Wisely - Includes the number of calories in 35 popular drinks
snowflake Preventing and Controlling Stress - Includes Adequate Sleep, Eating Healthy, Deep Breathing, Progressive Muscular Relaxation, Laughing, Meditation, Walking & Other Exercises, Tai Chi, Yoga, Massage, Visualization, Aromatherapy, and some Herbs
snowflake Preventing and Fighting the Holiday and Winter Blues

   

Enjoy the following enlightening and stimulating Representative Quotes from our Spiritual Health Channel

Arthur Ashe on Values    Bob Marley on Love    Mexican American Proverb on Diversity    Mother Teresa on Faith    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Action    Jackie Moms Mabley on Creativity    John Lennon on Friendship    Maya Angelou on Spirituality&    Unknown Source on God’s Power, Faith and Belief    Sun Bear on Self Esteem

Three Special Announcements:

  1. An October 2008 article by our President, Dr. Norma Goodwin, entitled Eliminating Health Disparities through a Nationally Unique Web Site: www.healthpowerforminorities.org, was published in the inaugural issue of Columbia University’s online publication, The Journal of Equity in Health. The article received a JEH Award for an Outstanding Model.
     

  2. Google now lists Health Power’s web site Number 1 among more than 600,000 sources that provide ‘Health Information for Minorities’.
     

  3. Watch for The New Health Power Web Site coming for the New Year. It will have A New Look and Feel, a variety of New Features and continue to provide authoritative, user-friendly, and culturally relevant health information and promotion services.

    The new web site will be launched in January, so look for it.
     

Remember to help us Spread the Word for Multicultural Health because
Knowledge + Action = Power!®

 

 

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Dr. Goodwin’s article on Web Site published in and awarded by Columbia University’s Online Journal on Health Equity
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What It Means: Our Glossary Food and Fitness Channel
Spiritual Health Channel

Our 2008 Web Celebrations:

National Minority Health Month

Dual Black Heritage Month & American Heart Month

Asian Pacific American Month

Dual National Nutrition Month and Women's History Month

Summer Web Celebration

Hispanic Heritage Month

American Indian/Native American Heritage Month

What's Happening
2008/2009 Calendar   2010 and Beyond

Key December 2008 Events (more)

National Safe Toys and Gifts Month (more)

National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month (more)

AIDS RibbonDecember 1
World AIDS Day (more)


Sponsor/Contact: Celebrated by UNAIDS and numerous additional organizations concerned with HIV/AIDS, worldwide

December 16-18
The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities (more)

December 25th - Christmas Day

December 26th – First Day of Kwanzaa

Key January 2009 Events (more)

Cervical Health Awareness Month (more)

National Birth Defects Prevention Month (more)

National Glaucoma Awareness Month (more)

   

 

Before you leave the site: Stand Up for Your Health ® by:

Remember: Knowledge + Action = Power!®

Norma J. Goodwin, MD
Founder, President & CEO
Health Power for Minorities (Health Power) ®

   

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