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Vision, Mission, Objectives
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Goals and Objectives:
The goal of the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center is to enhance women’s health and well-being through communication, empowerment and prevention by accomplishing the following:
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Designing, developing, and implementing health education models that comprehensively address women’s health issues
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Ensuring that the health education programs are culturally sensitive and age appropriate
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Promoting a sense of ownership and acceptance among community partners
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Facilitating dissemination of women’s health information
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Providing technical assistance to partners and community members in women’s health education
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Evaluating program effectiveness
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History of the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited
Community Women’s Health Education Center
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In January 2003, the Tulane Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health officially received a naming endowment from the Frost Foundation to establish the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center. |
The purpose of the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center is to serve as a women’s health clearinghouse by facilitating and providing health information and education through a collaborative network of community partners.
The Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center serves as a comprehensive, community-oriented health education center by providing health education programs on a level that is culturally, geographically, and age appropriate, regardless of family or marital status. We use a variety of methods, such as storytelling and lectures, at a variety of venues, such as community health fairs and organizational committee meetings.
Our areas of focus include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, breastfeeding and health behaviors. Our primary intention is to empower the community woman by communicating health information that is preventive in nature and accessible to everyone.
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Letter from the Director
Dear Friends,It is with pride that we launch the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center (CWHEC) website. Since January, 2003 this Center has been rooted in the community for the community.I am pleased that we are able to offer this web site as a resource to you and your family. The Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center is here to assist you with the information you need to make informed decisions about your family’s needs. Healthy women foster healthy children and families, and blossoming communities. |
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As we know, women are the caretakers. Your input regarding health and educational issues is very valuable to us as we move forward.Please contact us through this website, send us an e-mail at womenhealthnola@yahoo.com, or call us at (504) 988-6269, regarding your thoughts on how we can be your partner in rebuilding your life and your community.I wish you, your family, and your community, the very best.Jeanette H. Magnus, M.D., Ph.D.Director |
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Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited
Community
Women’s Health Education Center Staff
Director Jeanette H. Magnus, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Dr. Magnus is the Director of the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center. A hands-on Director, Dr. Magnus has successfully guided the Center from inception, in January of 2003, to the strong community asset that it is today. She has expanded the Center in terms of personnel, programs, and facilities. Dr. Magnus graduated Medical School at the northernmost university of the world, University of Tromsø, located on 70° north in Norway. After working in community clinics, public health, internal medicine, and rheumatology, she sought a new challenge going back to school and earning her Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Regardless of the venue, her focus has been and will remain women’s health status. |
Dr. Magnus has a deep commitment to the health of women, children, and their families. In her role as head of the Maternal and Child Health Section in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Tulane School of Public Health, Dr Magnus has mentored countless students as they developed careers in maternal and child health. She is also the Director of the Tulane Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health and Director of the Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program.
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Health Educator Antor Ndep Ola |
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As the first Capstone student (intern) at TUXCOE, Antor Ndep Ola made use of her traditional African culture and her background in physiology to develop and present health information through narrative storytelling. Upon completion of her Masters program, she was employed at the Center to further develop the storytelling package which is appropriately named Healthy Tales. Mrs. Ndep Ola is currently the Health Educator for the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center. In her capacity as the Health Educator, she coordinates the Healthy Tales Program, the TUXCOE To the Heart of Women Program, and the CVD/Stress-relief study. She also supervises and mentors student interns as well as Lay Health Advisors. |
Mrs. Ndep Ola earned her B.Sc. in Physiology at the University of Calabar College of Medical Sciences in Nigeria. She later earned her MPH in Maternal and Child Health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Mrs. Ndep Ola is currently pursuing a doctorate degree in health education from Tulane University. As a doctoral student, she is a research assistant to the Center’s Director Dr. Jeanette Magnus. Together, they are working to standardize the health information presented through Healthy Tales and evaluating the developmental process.
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Senior Program Coordinator Meshawn Tarver |
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Meshawn Tarver is the Senior Program Coordinator for Breastfeeding and Women’s Health within the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center. She received her Bachelor’s in Chemistry with a minor in Biology from Xavier University of Louisiana. After graduating, Ms. Tarver relocated to Washington, DC to get her Master’s of Public Health with concentration in Maternal and Child Health at George Washington University. Her primary interests are maternal health, breastfeeding, and adolescent health specifically in the teenage girls’ population. |
Ms. Tarver’s current duties/responsibilities at the Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center include coordinating health education programs through planning, development, coordination and evaluation. Her major programs include the following: Lay Breastfeeding Advisor Training, Health Care Provider Breastfeeding Promotion Workshops (for students and professionals), Breastfeeding in the Workplace, STD Lay Health Advisor Program, World Breastfeeding Week and Qualitative Research on Infant Feeding Decisions in the African American community.
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Research Analyst Gail Rome Gail Rome is Research Analyst for the Tulane Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. She came to the Center four years ago from Tulane’s HCA sister facility in Dallas, TX, bringing 20 years of technical experience and a richly diverse background in the areas of research and planning. Her experience includes the execution of a nationwide cardiovascular surgeon training on minimally invasive heart surgery, a U.S. presidential visit to Houston, TX, and a host of top level seminars and conferences. Among her accomplishments during her tenure at TUXCOE are: 3 Annual Women’s Health Research Days, 3 Annual Jane Wilson Smith Lectures, 23 Women’s Seminar Series lectures, and a week-long assemblage of lectures, dinners and seminars in 2003 honoring TUXCOE’s fifth year as a National Center of Excellence. She has authored 35 operational protocols, reconfigured a major shared electronic archival system, and refined key internal procedures. Gail’s 2005 women’s health proposal was accepted by the APHA, she has written 4 proposals in the last 8 months, and completed the Annual Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Community Women’s Health Education Center Report and the Frost Foundation Evaluation, as well as the Leadership portions of the DHHS Mid Year Report. She has recently attended the OWH Centers of Excellence Leveraging Sustainability Action Workshop in Washington, DC, and the Women’s Leadership Initiative Conference here.
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Contact information
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Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited |
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504-988-6269 |
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504-988-4657 |
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