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Ten Tips To Help Women Take
Care Of Their Health And The
Health Of Their Families
by Roba Whiteley
(NAPSA)-For a majority of
American families, women are
the key decision makers when
it comes to family health care.
According to the U.S. Department
of Labor, women are responsible
for approximately 80 percent
of all decisions on family health
care and are more likely to be
the caregivers when someone in
the family becomes ill. Therefore,
it's important for women to stay
informed and knowledgeable
about ways to take better care of
their health and the health of their
families. Here'are tips to help:
Manage Stress
1. Find ways to destress,
such as exercising or simply
spending time relaxing.
2. Make sure you get
seven to nine hours of sleep
each night, as recommended
by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Children
need even more. Not getting
enough sleep is associated with
a number of chronic conditions,
such as diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, obesity and depression.
Eat Healthfully
3. Prepare healthy meals
and snacks.
4. Limit alcohol intake.
5. Focus on fresh and
grown- close-to-home foods
when possible.
Get Regular Exams
6. Schedule physical
exams for yourself and your
Finding Better Ways To Support Military Families
(NAPSA)----Americans know it's
important to support military per-
sonnel deployed overseas. But a
new RAND Corporation study
shows just how important it is to
support military families as well.
It found that children from
these families can have signifi-
cantly higher levels of emotional
difficulties than children in the
general population. About one-
third of the military children sur-
veyed reported symptoms of anxi-
ety. Additionally, as the months of
parental deployment increased, so
did the child's challenges. In fact,
the total number of months away
mattered more than the number
of deployments.
"These findings back up what
we have been hearing from par-
ents about the impacts of parental
deployments on children," says
Joyce Raezer, the executive direc-
tor for the National Military Fam-
ily Association, the group that
commissioned the research. "And
as more troops are deployed, more
youngsters are affected." Addi-
tional study findings include:
• Older children experienced
more difficulties during deployment.
• There is a strong relation-
ship between the mental health of
the caregiver and the well-being of
the child.
• Girls experienced more diffi-
culty readjusting after a service
member's homecoming.
A Brighter Future
Raezer has called on groups--
including the Department of
A study shows the importance of
supporting families of military
personnel.
Defense--to use the study's find-
ings to better help families. Her
association is now gathering key
nonprofit and military leaders as
well as the heads of other groups
to form an expert task force and
lead a national conversation on
how to do just that.
Currently, the association ~s
the only nonprofit organization
that serves all military families,
including those with a deployed,
fallen or injured loved one. The
group also serves families of all
branches of the military, including
the reserves and National Guard.
"We owe it to these families to
better understand and address
the challenges they are facing now
and may be facing later," Raezer
explains. The association offers
these Lips to help Americans
everywhere ]end support to mili-
tary families:
• ConnectAnd Invite--"Mili-
tary families are like the rest of
us you may not understand all
the things military families face
in a time &war, but you do under-
Stand the way friendships and
community enrich their lives,"
says Raezer. "Reach out. connect
to a military family and invite
them to coffee or dinner."
• Ask, "How Can I Help?"--
A simple of[~r of help can mean a
lot to a single soldier or a "sud-
denly single" morn or dad whose
spouse is serving overseas. If
you're a neighbor, a friend or con-
nected in some way to a military
family, offer to help.
• Lend An Ear--The study
showed that deployments are
often especially difficult on
teenagers. "Military teens shoul-
der a lot of additional responsibili-
ties and are faced with some
strong emotions at a pivotal time
in their lives." says Raezer. "But
remember, they are like other
teens. They want to fit in, make
friends and have fun." She sug-
gests listening to what they have
to say and being a role model.
• Provide Encouragement--
"Although service can be tough,
military families are proud of the
difference they make." says
Raezer. "Encourage our military
families wiLh gratitude and cama-
raderie. Military families are serv-
ing you, too."
• Get Involved--You can visit
www.MilitaryFamily.org/stu dy to
learn more about the study and to
find ways to support and advocate
for military families in the area.
family.
7. Make sure you and
your family are up to date on
preventative checku ps and
tests such as mammography,
Pap smear, prostate cancer
test and cholesterol or diabetes
screenings.
Check Your Medicines
8. Organize your medicine
chest and check ex piration dates.
9. Plan ahead for
prescription refills.
10. Determine if you and
your family are eligible for
free prescription assistance
resources, such as the Together
Rx Access(r) Card, which helps
eligible uninsured Americans
save on the medicines they need
to stay healthy and to manage
chronic conditions. Individuals
who enroll receive a free-to-get
and free-to-use card that can
help them save on brand-name
and generic medicines right at
the pharmacy counter.
For more information
and a list of medicines and
participating pharmacies, visit
TogetherRxAccess.com or call
(800) 966-0407.
Ms. Roba Whiteley is executive
director of Together Rx Access, a
free prescription savings program
that helps eligible Americans without
prescription coverage gain access to
immediate and meaningful savings
on their medicines.
The purpose of life is not to be happy
but to matter, to be productive.
~o be useful, to have it make some
difference that you lived at all.
Leo Rosten
February 10, 2010
Life During War Time
by Kiki Skagen-Harris
Kiki Skagen Harris, who has been writing a the "Back In The Day" column
for this newspaper, came out of retirement from the U.S. State Department
to serve in Iraq in 2006 as the Leader of a Provincial Reconstruction Team.
This is one of a series of vignettes about daily life on a US military base Kiki
wrote while she was in Baquba, Iraq.
This is part two of an ongoing series, presented in diary form.
"~'~ ~~,~
June 3, 2006 - The days and ,~ :~ :~
weeks settle into a routine here }:.~l~ti~:~ ~iil
as they do anywhere else. The :i
end and the beginning are our ~ ,,
weekends. Friday is the real day
of rest, the Muslim holiday, the
day people take off. I mark both
Friday and Saturday by braiding
my hair instead of wearing it up,
in proper business style, when I
go to the office. We also work
shorter days--perhaps ten hours
instead of twelve or fourteen.
This allows for a nap, the real
point of a weekend.
Last_ night we also celebrated
the weekend with a barbecue at
my compound. My policemen had made a rea, covered grill and the
chicken tasted wonderful. The rest of the food was brought over from
our regular dining facility and wasn't much of a change, but sitting
outside in the evening, swapping stories of home, drinking fake beer
(remember that a Forward Operating Base is dry) and sweet tea and
generally relaxing was a great pleasure.
It turned out, unexpectedly, to be practical as well. Our generator
-had gone out and was being fixed. With daytime temperatures
in the teens, the hundred and teens that is, our housing units are
uninhabitable without A.C.
Sunday it's back to work. This is still a bit of disjuncture, putting
working day and Sunday together, but I do usually get to church =n
the evening. This may be the time when I miss heine the most; the
Vandemere United Methodist Church doesn't sing along with gospel
rock music videos and I hope it never will.
Because Sunday is still not quite a regular working day, our
workweek somehow seems like four days instead of five. Try it
sometime. It works here.
But tonight, Saturday night, is different. In a couple of hours Lt.Col.
Chris Johnson, my deputy team leader, and Major Marcus Snow,
the Civil Affairs captain, and I are scheduled to catch a helicopter
to Baghdad. It's only a 40 minute ride but seems light years away.
There is a conference of PRT leaders and senior staff that will last
until Tuesday in the palace and palm groves of Saddam Hussain,
then I leave Wednesday for R and R.
Traveling isn't easy--I've booked a bed in a tent at Baghdad
International Airport because if rm lucky, I'll helo out Tuesday night.
If I'm not lucky, the rhinos will depart at some point, heaven knows
when, to drive in convoy. Then sometime on Wednesday, probably
late because the plane comes from Kuwait, touches Baghdad, goes
to Amman, then comes back to Baghdad and returns to Kuwait, I'll
catch that C-130. And at about 2 in the morning on Thursday I'll leave
Kuwait on Turkish air for Istanbul and my husband and friends and
fresh veggies and wine and a bit of normalcy. If all goes well.
June 26 - It's another week in Baquba. The US Agency for
nternational Development representative, is back from leave.
This is useful because Ali, who works for RTI which has a USAID
contract has just arrived. All, a planner, will be working with us on the
infrastructure working group.
And Jim, our State Department officer, has gone on leave to see
his folks in the US. We have generous leave policies-we need them.
The Economic working group just came back from Khanaquin in
the Kurdish controlled north. The cooler climate and lower level of
violence make Khanaquin an attractive town. They looked at the
Business Center (badly located and stagnating) a tomato paste
plant proposal (not enough tomatoes to make it worthwhile) and a
beekeepers' cooperative (a sweet topic if you can avoid being stung).
Of most interest to me was the report of rugs being made by Kurdish
refugees from Iran-I may have to inspect these myself.
Three high level Iraqi officers were killed last night along with a
fairly large number of others. There were the usual number of IEDs
found along the roads.
Our Governor is recuperating at home from a car accident. Speed
kills-driving 140 kilometers an hour isn't recommended, especially
if you are transporting arms and ammunition. A tire blew, the car
rolled,caught fire, and was demolished in a hail of exploding ammo.
The Governor's brother pulled him out of the car but wasn't able to
rescue the two bodyguards. We (the 101st Airborne) evacuated the
Governor to the hospital in Balad for treatment.
The ten year old nephew of our Assistant Governor was kidnapped
four days ago. The Assistant Governor has no children and this boy
is like his son. We are working to try to get him back but do not know
how successful we'll be.
July 7- Baquba-Hairdos and HMMVs don't mix well. The helmet,
the heat, and occasional bursts of air from an open machine gun
turret make a military cut look increasingly enticing. I have taken to
wearing head covering when I meet Iraqis outside the FOB, somewhat
n respect to local sensitivities but mostly to hide my hapless hair. We
may underestimate Muslim women.
So when we finally stopped in front of the Governor's gates way out
the Hamrin road and across empty fields on a raised gravel track I
crawled out of the vehicle and pulled out a green "chunni" shot with
blue and fringed at the ends. Off with the helmet, vest over the head,
a wipe to a very fevered brow, a shake and a twist and, voila, at least
a distant hope of presenting an image of your ordinary, everyday, well
dressed PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) leader.
We had come to see the Governor, injured last week in an
automobile mishap, about the kidnapping of his Assistant Governor's
ten year old boy. The case was a bit complicated. One is a Shia, the
other a Sunni and they are not...close. The miscreants came from
the Governor's tribe. The Assistant Governor had reported the case
to us and we nabbed two of the perpetrators who were (and still are)
in custody.
We were received with ceremony in the front house, built exclusively
to host guests. There were, of course, no (other) women in sight.
we sat in some of the fancy chairs lining the long front room and
preferred our condolences on the auto accident. We discussed this.
We discussed that. We exited to eat on the porch, standing around
a long table laden with great platters of rice and meat-excellent food.
We returned to the salon, brought up the subject, "My mother's heart
is sad that somewhere in this Province is a lonely, frightened child...."
We agreed that kidnapping was reprehensible. We exchanged more
pleasantries. We left in a cloud of dust.
The next evening the child was returned safely to his parents.
There are some good days.
And today may be another one. The Governor last night took
a suggestion we made in the course of our discussions about the
kidnapping and gathered all the faction leaders in Mukhdadiya. They
have agreed that kidnapping is not to be tolerated, the mosques
should not be used to store weapons, that innocent people should
not be killed...a few points they can all subscribe to. Let us pray the
agreement holds.
