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Dr. Thaddeus John Bell founder of the award winning “Closing the Gap in Health Care” and Mr. Darrel Ravenel Jazz Artist and well renown musician on the local scene have combined their talents to present “Jazzing with Sugar” a health awareness program designed to improve the health literacy of African American men and at the same time have a good time listening to some world class jazz. The program will feature conversations held in the barbershop about Diabetes and the attitude that some Black men have about the disease. Diabetes is more prevalent in South Carolina than any state in the country and particularly in African American men. This could possibly be due to the lack of health literacy about the disease which can lead to major health complications of “Sugar in the Blood” or diabetes. The conference is the first of its kind in this area and is designed to improve the health literacy of African American men around issues of “Sugar in the Blood”. Dr. Bell will give brief health tips about diabetes that will be culturally sensitive, humorous and honest. The program will be hosted by Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina at 6pm on August 29, 2010. Trident Health System will sponsor the program. Jazzing with Sugar is free to the public but is for men only. Come out and have a great time listening to world class jazz and receive health information about “Sugar in the Blood.” I am Dr. Thaddeus John Bell closing the gap in health disparities for African Americans and the underserved.
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Welcome to the New ClosingTheGapInHealthcare.com. Check this section for news about the website, Dr. Bell and Closing The Gap In Healthcare. |
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Closing the Gap wins two National Health Information Awards |
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Closing The Gap in Healthcare Inc., a program established by MUSC alumnus and faculty member Thaddeus Bell, M.D., was the winner of a silver and bronze award in the 16th Annual National Health Information Awards. This program recognizes the nation’s best consumer health information programs and materials.
“I’m a Gonna” received a silver award for radio reporting. Those involved in the production and design are Bell, the Closing the Gap in Healthcare staff, and Citadel Broadcasting. Closing the Gap in Healthcare Inc. also received a bronze award for “Your Waistline.“ The public service announcements were featured in WMGL Magic 107.3 FM, WWWZ 93.3 FM and several Columbia area radio stations.
 Dr. Thaddeus Bell with two health information awards.
The award was the second time the Closing the Gap campaign was nationally recognized. The program was recognized by the Charleston County Medical Association in January and won a South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control best award for innovativeness in cultural literacy in health disparities in 2005.
“We are delighted to participate in the National Health Information Awards program and were honored to be selected as a winner,” said Bell, associate dean for minority affairs, College of Medicine and associate professor. “Our winning entries were chosen from more than 1,000 entries judged by a national panel of health information experts. While others focus specifically on research, Closing the Gap initiative values health literacy especially among African-Americans living in South Carolina.”
The awards program is coordinated by the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health information programs and materials.
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2009 From MUSC The Catalyst |
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