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Upcoming Events

SAVE THE DATE AND SHARE WITH OTHERS!

1. Fall 2009 CHS Faculty/Student Gathering and Pizza Party -Thursday November 5, 6:30pm, Hampshire College, Cole Science Center, Room 333

2. Tracey Revenson speaks: "Are Close Relationships Good Medicine for People Coping with a Chronic Illness?" -Thursday November 5, 4:30pm, Smith College, Neilson Browsing Room

3. Next Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health (REACH) meeting, presenting Anne Marie Heath, and Donna Jackson-Kohlin, Thursday November 12, 6pm, Chicopee-Agawam Room

4. Stephanie Woolhandler speaks: Health Reform: The Need for Single Payer National Health Insurance -November 18, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium, Art Building, at Mount Holyoke College.

5. Next meeting of the MCAAP-IH group is Wednesday November 18, at 6:30pm in Waltham at the MMS

6. Jennifer Block speaks: Everything you need to know about giving birth in America, but weren't going to ask until later -November 18, 4:15-5:30pm, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

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1. Fall 2009 CHS Faculty/Student Gathering and Pizza Party!

Come learn about courses, opportunities and what fellow CHS students are doing!

Guest speakers Jamie Fisher and Rachel Singer will talk about their undergraduate field work in Nicaragua and India

Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 6:30pm
Hampshire College, Cole Science Center Room 333
(Please note that the party will be in CSC 333 and NOT in the Red Barn as usual because of the need for an overhead projector.)

**RSVP to chs@fivecolleges.edu

2."Are Close Relationships Good Medicine for People Coping with a Chronic Illness?"

Tracey Revenson, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Graduate Center of the City University of New York

For the most part, close friends and family help individuals adjust to the stresses and strains of living with a chronic physical illness such as cancer or arthritis. But – intentionally or not – family and friends can make ill individuals feel worse and undermine their coping efforts. In this talk Professor Revenson presents an in-depth look at recent theoretical perspectives and original research on how support efforts sometimes go south. Drawing on current psychological concepts such as social constraints (perceptions that others don’t want to hear about your problems) and dyadic coping (when two persons’ coping styles match) used in research on couples and families, she illuminates under what conditions and at what times close relationships are good medicine.

Presented by the Kahn Institute project Wellness & Disease.

Thursday, November 5
Smith College
Neilson Browsing Room
4:30 pm

3. Next Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health (REACH) meeting, presenting Anne Marie Heath, and Donna Jackson-Kohlin, “Proyecto ADAMES - Effecting Change in the Dominican Republic: Dreams and Warts”

Thursday November 12, 6pm, Chicopee-Agawam Room, Baystate Children's Hospital

Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health (REACH) has a goal to bring together those of us interested in international health, cultural diversity and a concern for the world at large. Through our work, we hope to increase a sense of “global social consciousness” while raising awareness of cultural, socioeconomic and international health issues. Please contact REACH@bhs.org for more information.

4. Health Reform: The Need for Single Payer National Health Insurance

Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and founder of “Physicians for a National Health Program,” will present her lecture Health Reform: The Need for Single Payer National Health Insurance as part of the Weissman Center’s Fall 2009 series, Rethinking Healthcare on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium, Art Building, at Mount Holyoke College.

The United States spends trillion a year on health care, the highest per capita spending for health care in the world. Despite spending nearly twice as much on health care as residents of other nations, Americans have relatively poor health and access to health care. Americans are dying at an earlier age than the average life expectancy for developed countries. Life expectancy in Canada and much of Western Europe is about two years longer than in the U.S. 47 million Americans have no health insurance, and private coverage is often so full of gaps that even insured Americans often face bankruptcy in the face of a major illness. Obesity rates are the highest of any developed country, and infant mortality deaths have not fallen as much as in most other developed countries.

The United States is the only high-income industrialized country in the world that does not have some version of health insurance to cover all its citizens. Many other nations use non-profit national health insurance (also known as "Single-Payer" or “Medicare-for -All") to achieve universal, affordable health care. While single-payer health care systems throughout the world have varied and unique approaches to health care financing and health delivery, most provide universal coverage, give patients free choice of providers and hospitals, and guarantee coverage and equal access for all medically necessary procedures.

For nearly 100 years, U.S. presidents and Congress have tried and failed to provide health care for all. Republic President Theodore Roosevelt was the first to call for national health insurance and universal coverage in the early 20th century, and in recent memory the Clinton administration failed to deliver on promised health care reform. Throughout the century, powerful social justice movements championed the call for universal coverage, while public opinion has overwhelmingly supported guaranteed health care for all. Why has universal health coverage consistently failed in the United States, and what hope is there for guaranteed health care for all in the future? Dr. Woolhandler will probe the political, social, and economic facts and distortions surrounding single-payer health coverage and what’s at stake if the United States fails to extend comprehensive health care to all.

5. Next meeting of the MCAAP-IH group is Wednesday November 18, at 6:30pm in Waltham at the MMS

Dr. Chi Huang will join us at 7:30 to talk about his work over the past decade or more with Bolivian street children.

Dr. Chi Huang started working in Bolivia during a year off from Harvard Medical School in 1997 and has continued to work there ever since. For more information on the residential and day programs, outreach, support services, etc that he has developed over the years, see the website for the non-profit, Kaya Children International (www.bolivianstreetchildren.org) that he founded. For a really excellent and personal account of his experience, read his book, "When Invisible Children Sing" available through Amazon or the website. And, of course, plan to join us on Nov 18 to hear his presentation to our group (the MMS Global Medicine group will also join us).

6.Everything you need to know about giving birth in America, but weren't going to ask until later

The Trinity College Department of Sociology Presents a lecture presented by Jennifer Block, author of Pushed.

A Kirkus Reviews "Best Book of 2007," Pushed investigates modern maternity care, a system in which few women have an optimal experience. With C-sections on the rise and the use of midwives not always an option, Jennifer Block's gripping work is a wake-up call for our times.

Wednesday, November 18, 4:15-5:30pm, Rittenburg Lounge, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

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	Upcoming Events SAVE THE DATE AND SHARE WITH OTHERS! 1. Fall 2009 CHS Faculty/Student Gathering and Pizza Party -Thursday November 5, 6:30pm, Hampshire College, Cole Science Center, Room 333 2. Tracey Revenson speaks: "Are Close Relationships Good Medicine for People Coping with a Chronic Illness?" -Thursday November 5, 4:30pm, Smith College, Neilson Browsing Room 3. Next Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health (REACH) meeting, presenting Anne Marie Heath, and Donna Jackson-Kohlin, Thursday November 12, 6pm, Chicopee-Agawam Room 4. Stephanie Woolhandler speaks: Health Reform: The Need for Single Payer National Health Insurance -November 18, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium, Art Building, at Mount Holyoke College. 5. Next meeting of the MCAAP-IH group is Wednesday November 18, at 6:30pm in Waltham at the MMS 6. Jennifer Block speaks: Everything you need to know about giving birth in America, but weren't going to ask until later -November 18, 4:15-5:30pm, Trinity College, Hartford, CT ============================================= 1. Fall 2009 CHS Faculty/Student Gathering and Pizza Party! Come learn about courses, opportunities and what fellow CHS students are doing! Guest speakers Jamie Fisher and Rachel Singer will talk about their undergraduate field work in Nicaragua and India Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 6:30pm Hampshire College, Cole Science Center Room 333 (Please note that the party will be in CSC 333 and NOT in the Red Barn as usual because of the need for an overhead projector.) RSVP to chs@fivecolleges.edu 2."Are Close Relationships Good Medicine for People Coping with a Chronic Illness?" Tracey Revenson, PhD Professor of Psychology Graduate Center of the City University of New York For the most part, close friends and family help individuals adjust to the stresses and strains of living with a chronic physical illness such as cancer or arthritis. But – intentionally or not – family and friends can make ill individuals feel worse and undermine their coping efforts. In this talk Professor Revenson presents an in-depth look at recent theoretical perspectives and original research on how support efforts sometimes go south. Drawing on current psychological concepts such as social constraints (perceptions that others don’t want to hear about your problems) and dyadic coping (when two persons’ coping styles match) used in research on couples and families, she illuminates under what conditions and at what times close relationships are good medicine. Presented by the Kahn Institute project Wellness & Disease. Thursday, November 5 Smith College Neilson Browsing Room 4:30 pm 3. Next Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health (REACH) meeting, presenting Anne Marie Heath, and Donna Jackson-Kohlin, “Proyecto ADAMES - Effecting Change in the Dominican Republic: Dreams and Warts” Thursday November 12, 6pm, Chicopee-Agawam Room, Baystate Children's Hospital Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health (REACH) has a goal to bring together those of us interested in international health, cultural diversity and a concern for the world at large. Through our work, we hope to increase a sense of “global social consciousness” while raising awareness of cultural, socioeconomic and international health issues. Please contact REACH@bhs.org for more information. 4. Health Reform: The Need for Single Payer National Health Insurance Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and founder of “Physicians for a National Health Program,” will present her lecture Health Reform: The Need for Single Payer National Health Insurance as part of the Weissman Center’s Fall 2009 series, Rethinking Healthcare on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium, Art Building, at Mount Holyoke College. The United States spends trillion a year on health care, the highest per capita spending for health care in the world. Despite spending nearly twice as much on health care as residents of other nations, Americans have relatively poor health and access to health care. Americans are dying at an earlier age than the average life expectancy for developed countries. Life expectancy in Canada and much of Western Europe is about two years longer than in the U.S. 47 million Americans have no health insurance, and private coverage is often so full of gaps that even insured Americans often face bankruptcy in the face of a major illness. Obesity rates are the highest of any developed country, and infant mortality deaths have not fallen as much as in most other developed countries. The United States is the only high-income industrialized country in the world that does not have some version of health insurance to cover all its citizens. Many other nations use non-profit national health insurance (also known as "Single-Payer" or “Medicare-for -All") to achieve universal, affordable health care. While single-payer health care systems throughout the world have varied and unique approaches to health care financing and health delivery, most provide universal coverage, give patients free choice of providers and hospitals, and guarantee coverage and equal access for all medically necessary procedures. For nearly 100 years, U.S. presidents and Congress have tried and failed to provide health care for all. Republic President Theodore Roosevelt was the first to call for national health insurance and universal coverage in the early 20th century, and in recent memory the Clinton administration failed to deliver on promised health care reform. Throughout the century, powerful social justice movements championed the call for universal coverage, while public opinion has overwhelmingly supported guaranteed health care for all. Why has universal health coverage consistently failed in the United States, and what hope is there for guaranteed health care for all in the future? Dr. Woolhandler will probe the political, social, and economic facts and distortions surrounding single-payer health coverage and what’s at stake if the United States fails to extend comprehensive health care to all. 5. Next meeting of the MCAAP-IH group is Wednesday November 18, at 6:30pm in Waltham at the MMS Dr. Chi Huang will join us at 7:30 to talk about his work over the past decade or more with Bolivian street children. Dr. Chi Huang started working in Bolivia during a year off from Harvard Medical School in 1997 and has continued to work there ever since. For more information on the residential and day programs, outreach, support services, etc that he has developed over the years, see the website for the non-profit, Kaya Children International (www.bolivianstreetchildren.org) that he founded. For a really excellent and personal account of his experience, read his book, "When Invisible Children Sing" available through Amazon or the website. And, of course, plan to join us on Nov 18 to hear his presentation to our group (the MMS Global Medicine group will also join us). 6.Everything you need to know about giving birth in America, but weren't going to ask until later** The Trinity College Department of Sociology Presents a lecture presented by Jennifer Block, author of Pushed. A Kirkus Reviews "Best Book of 2007," Pushed investigates modern maternity care, a system in which few women have an optimal experience. With C-sections on the rise and the use of midwives not always an option, Jennifer Block's gripping work is a wake-up call for our times. Wednesday, November 18, 4:15-5:30pm, Rittenburg Lounge, Trinity College, Hartford, CT