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October 2018
Member of the Month: Rathna Nuti, MD
Frisco physician practices sports medicine with a family medicine touch
By Perdita Henry
posted 10.03.18
Rathna Nuti, MD, is in the process of crafting … more
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Atlantic Health Partners offers low costs vaccines and support to TAFP members
By Perdita Henry
TAFP often engages, supports, and partners with organizations whose missions and values align with our own. Atlantic Health Partners is one of those organizations, and they are dedicated to making sure busy practicing physicians have access to the vaccines needed to keep their patients healthy.
They offer low prices on a comprehensive portfolio of immunizations and provide exemplary customer service.
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September 2018
Member of the Month: Astrud Villareal, MD
Dallas resident physician reflects on the importance of self-care and travel
By Perdita Henry
posted 09.06.18
There are so many firsts in life. … more
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The Texas Council on Family Violence needs your help
By Perdita Henry
The Texas Council on Family Violence and associated researchers throughout the state are in the process of updating the Access to Safety, Justice, and Opportunity: A Blueprint for Domestic Violence Interventions in Texas, also known as the State Plan. The blueprint “serves as the core guidance document for determining and assessing underserved areas or populations as well as identifying and outlining any unmet needs for survivors of family violence.” It also serves as a funding map for both the Health and Human Service Commission Family Violence Program and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act fund and contains a detailed inventory of family violence programs across the state.
Rachel Voth Schrag, PhD, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington and lead researcher working on the State Plan, reached out to TAFP to talk about the challenges her team faces when it comes to identifying family violence survivors and the crucial role survivor interviews play in their research.
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Maternal mortality and morbidity in Texas
Maternal mortality in Texas
By Perdita Henry
A 2016 study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology revealed a startling trend. Researchers found that maternal mortality and morbidity … more
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What happened to Tar Wars?
By Perdita Henry
In 1988, Jeff Cain, MD, and Glenna Pember, of the Hall of Life and Doctors Ought to Care, had an idea about keeping kids away from tobacco products. They would go on to create Tar Wars, an educational program for fourth- and fifth-grade students. In the 30 years since the first class, Tar Wars has reached more than 10 million children across the globe. The program was eventually bought by AAFP and it became an opportunity for local family physicians, residents, and students to visit classrooms and discuss the health risks associated with smoking, the financial costs of the habit, and the sneaky ways advertisers market their product to young people. In the last few years, the program hasn’t seemed to bring the passion and excitement that it once did. The TAFP Commission on Public Health, Clinical Affairs, and Research wants to see that change.
At a number of commission meetings, members have reminisced about visiting children in their community and teaching them the importance of remaining tobacco free. Visiting schools with the Tar Wars message, by all accounts, seemed to bring joy to students and participating physicians alike. “I loved those mornings at school,” says John Carroll, MD. “I had five classrooms to visit and I spent 35 to 40 minutes with each. We flew through the discovery of being targeted by the second largest public advertising campaign.” After spending time with their local physician, the kids had the opportunity to create their own posters featuring their personal brand of tobacco-free messaging. Those posters were then submitted to state chapters and one would be chosen as the state winner. The Texas winner would receive the prize of hotel and airfare to present at the Tar Wars National Poster competition.
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December 2017 Member of the Month
Member of the Month: Vicky Bakhos Webb, MD, MBA
Third-year resident advocates for patients and her specialty
By Perdita Henry
posted 11.30.17
When she was 5 years old, Vicky Bakhos Webb, MD, … more
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Bringing awareness to cervical health all month long
By Perdita Henry
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and our friends at the Texas Department of State Health Services Immunization Unit have gathered a plethora of resources to shepherd you through this month of patient empowerment.
Each year nearly 13,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, an almost completely preventable form of cancer. The number of affected women by the disease remains high despite the availability of the vaccination and regular appropriate screenings, such as pap and HPV testing.
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