Healthcare
Corporation
announces
promotions
DETROIT-Th mana cment
firm of United American HcaJthcare
Corporation (UAH ) ha. announc d
the prom tion 01 Denice F. Davi to
S .nior Vice Presid nt, Planning and
Development.
Davis will continue to be pon-
ible for orporate planning and g v­
emmental program initiative .In her
new capacity, Davi will a 0 direct
internal auditin .Ic j lativ and pol­
icy analy , • new bu inc and prod­
uct developm nt,
Elizabeth A. rif in has advanced
from Personn I Admi ni trator to the
po ilion of Senior Direct r, Corpo­
rate Admini tration.
Griffin .prcviou rcsponsibili-
tie f day to day operational func-
tion for p rs nne I and payroll
activiti hav mcc been elevated to
direct the devel pment and • lab­
lishment f p rsonnel p licie , per-
formance evaluation. s I
adrnini tration polici , E Ozcm­
ploye relation. and bene It plans
throu hout the organization and it .
ub ldiarics.
United Amen an He Ithcare Cor­
poration i a Dctr it-b cd third-
party admini trator providin
mana ernent, marketing and adrnin­
i trative rvicc: to heal th car ys-
terns in th tl private and publi
sectors, locally and nati naUy.
Health trends
in the U.S.
A new survey shows
worsening food habits. more
stress offsetting prevennv
health gains since 1983,
1983
1991
1992
• Do not smok cigarett
70%
75
____ � �76
. \
• Are not ov rweight
11 __ 42%
1-- .... 37
,-_--,34
.Try lot to eat enough fiber
59%
� 56
'-- _.. 53
Either never drive after
drinking or don't drink at all
A ORDI TO HOLD R,
r earch rs have id ntified a type of
diabete, mew h re between Type I
and Type II, tha t mi ght b pecific to
African Am rican .
" T Tl TI LLY, B
women are th heaviest group and
Black m n are co i t.cntly heavier
than whit men," he aid. "They need
to be encouraged to g t ba k to nor­
mal weight and follow a diet that is
r ponsible."
"Eating heal thy i n ith r urc nor
insurance again t diabet ," ay
Holder, "but a good diet could in­
crease a ufferer' quality f lif ."
Another problem i that di bet
Whatwom
By CHARLES E. BELL
While having a man around the
hous h' alway been good advice
for familie ,i t i also a foundation for
fighting teenage pregnancy. Accord­
ing to the National Institut for
Heal thcare R earch, "the natural fa­
ther' inv Ivement witb teen gers is
one of the be t preventions of early
exual activity in all race ."
In young Black fernal • for ex­
ample. the pr ence of the bi logical
father in the home reduced the like­
lihood of initiation of sexual inter­
course b fore 16 years of age by 42
P rc nl.
"Whil thi nearly cut in half
pr mis uity by African Am rican fe­
male te nagers," white and Chicano
emal al 0 wer ignificantly more
I ikely to delay exual inter urse as
Your call
could
make-
history.
n wan
were males of different ethnic group
in excess of 50 percent," the report
continued.
And, stepfathers don't do the
trick. A dramatic in reas of 7 per­
cent in early sexual activi ty occu in
Chicano female, if they live with a
. tepfather. Young women of other
ethnic backgrounds who live with a
step-father, showed imilar increa e
in se�ual activity, the institut found.
WELL, I WORRYl G about
a child i not enough. what can a
woman watch out for regardin a
man and herself.
It' not enough that 11 h
cook and ew for him, but h h
listen him no
"Men, particularly tho e over age 40.
are much more prone to nore and to
uffer from" lecp apnea," whtch I
o do
cham terized by extremely loud. h -
roic noring and periodic breathing
cation.
When it comes to haring a ed
with a man:
• Don't bring tre -' elated
work or di cussi ns into the bed-
sle ping
is pecially true of women
who w rk and get 20 minute 1
II
or
h al hi - r Il
leep per night than a man. And,
women wh cater to the needs of a
haby or toddl r 140 to 5 minut s
I I cpo
T wo 1 in of aU i fora woman
to forget h r own health. In alifor­
nia, a w man" chance of d v lop­
ing breast can r is 11 per; nt
among white woman, percent
among African Am rican women
percent am ng Hi panic/Latino
woman, and p reent amon ian
American women.
The chan e of dying from breast
cancer.i p reent high r (or whit
women and Afri n American
.. 1 ro t -Ior lili
an ian·' Amen . ,
women.
A woman'
br t an
dete ti n,
Women over the age of 18 hould get
a pap mcar every year. Women over
4 .hould get a colorectal exam and
discus mamm raphy with their
phy I ian. Whil women over 5
bould get a mamm gram every
year.
D 'T M .Eat five erv-
ing of frui and v getabl a day as
part of di t that j hi h in fiber and
low In fat and you can cut down on
your chance of developing or dying
fr m ancer.
Remember you can conquer ill-
n wi th rc \: S • give Ieep th pri-
ority-n d it illin
. ub tanually your elIiciency and
�1 .... �.IY.\f t '� eras well.as
man' e r latioru hip with children
and lath irs.
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