“AREA” AREA Vv ADVISORY GROUP spent ‘an. narguous evening, ; / March | 9, “considerh ng fi ive new applications for fundir ing, two continuation: ‘applications and progress reports (for Pacemaker Registry , and the Chronic. Respiratory Disease Project) and a renewal application for the Area V Core Budget. The Cross-Cultural Training Program was withdrawn from the ‘current pack-. age “of proposals prior to ‘the megting. Here « are e the resulls¢ and the Projects are given in priority order: me , Urban American Indian’ Health Needs: To develop and’ Snhance ability of uban oe Indians to plan-and implement activities fo improve health of this group. Based in part: on findings from free clinic started with $5,700 contribution n by. RM. Area V in mid-1970, Approved. - a nar Ss “ecu Effectiveness Study: To continus study, of characteristics, results and practi ce of CCU's with, respect to such variables as time, survival of patienis, ‘diagnosis. : Started during CCU Teaching Project with Rand Corpey, project i includes i | instruction on the use of data, and follow-up meetings. - ‘Applies | to Areas I, IV ; wv .: Approved, (2) - Care of Critically. IM: ‘Nurse "trainers" will be recruited trained i in the latest criti- ( eal care fechniques, and assisted to establish community-based training courses to meet ~ the communities’. ongoing | ‘needs for skilled nurses in critical care’ (CCU's; ICU's, “ER's and similar specialized units, including monitoring other sophisticated in= “strumentation). Based i in part on experiences gained i in the urse 2 teaching portions Prog Approved 8): “te sorom Se activities 5 which the: free elit Based in parton. findings from. Fre Clin a Vi in mid-1970 ($22 500) roved, “Los ‘Angeles Health Professionals Network 4 professional libraries to health personnel library facilities. to centra |, regional and library assistants ‘and some supply fund to e, with hospitals to maintain all costs later ene aeerneeneerenemns ery New member on the Cancer Planning Committee: Dr. Robert L, Smith, Chief, Chronic Disease Contro Division, L. A, County Health Department. New member on the Radiology Subcommittee of the Can- cer Committee: Dr. Thomas Wolever, Dir- ector of the Radiotherapy Dept., 50, California Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Michael £, Bilitch, Project Director of Area V's Pacemaker Project, has been appointed Physician-in=Charge of the Electrocardiographic Service for LAC- USC Medical Center, Toni Moors (formerly of Area V staff) and husband Dr. Richard Moors have . . aecounced the arrival on Feb, 24 of a. daughter, Tristan Louise, weighing in at 7 Ibs. 9 ozs. All well and delighted, Dorothy E, Anderson, MPH, Asst. Coor= dinator, Community Programs has been invited to represent health manpower on a CHP=CCRMP Staff Coordinating Com- mittee formed to review Progress, ex= change information, and develop col- laborative efforts between CCRMP and the State Office of Comprehensive Health Planning. Other RMP people serving on this committee are: Dr, Donald Brayton, Coordinator of Area IV; Frank Jones, member of the CCRMP Data and Evaluation subcommittee from Davis; Samuel R, Sherman, MD, Dir- ector of the cancer project in Area iF Derek Price, Asso. Coordinator of Area VII (San Diego). The Area V Advisory Group has re~ ceived with regret the resignation of “*-" Holeman Grigsby, who is moving to San Francisco to take over a new position as Regional Director of the Group Division of Aetna, Frank F. Aguilera, MPA, Asst, Coor- dinator~Community Programs for Area y, has just returned from Washington, where, at the request of the Office of the Asst. Secretary for Health and op- erating agency staff, he assisted in the Preparation of a report on the impact of DHEW programs of the Spanish surnamed community, provided documentation and assisted with recommendations for alleviating community health problems in Mexican American communities, Jane Z. Cohen, Asst, Coordi nator-Com- munity Programs, was a member of a meeting held Feb. 25 and convened by the Calif. Council for Health Plan Alter- natives and the National Council of - Churches to provide opportunity for dis- cussion among the leaders of the free clinic movement throughout California. Discussion revolved around definitions of the characteristics of a free clinic _ and the role of the free clinic in de~ livery of health care services, Stressed repeatedly~-the sense of humanity found in the delivery of clinic services; the clinics' philosophy “of the people, by the people, for the peopte,“ the im- portance of extensive use of vol unteers; the individuality of each free clinic-- and the interesting differences, espec- ially between the Northern and South- ern California clinics, as well as the similarities, innovative modes of op- eration, and common goals, ek ke k aa - ways in which we can offer assi . meetings are being sent. weekly, to Comp LA AREA V-RMP-COMP-LA. RELATIONSHIPS istance : Hecth Manpower Committee. On Jan: ‘5 Nem Dre: osed of staff from CRMP Areas IV, V, IX, and Comp \ vere Frank Aguilera, ‘Dorothy. E. Anderson, Willi AS Markey ind myself, oh follow: up meeting, also chaired by Dr. Petit, was held on January 12, 971, at which Dorothy ~ Anderson and | participated. As a result of the latter,meeting, it was agreed to begin working with the Health Manpower. Committee, with the \sst Coordinator, Inter, . _ Agency ‘Activities coordinating the efforts of the. three. RM Areas: and Comp-LA. © Htwas.decided that members of the. Health: Manpower. Committee--Lola Marshall: (Gon Chairman), Sylvia Morrison (Comp-LA staff member), Dorothy Anderson (Area V. Ad~ visor), Sheila Cadman (Area IV Advisor) and | Area V's Liaison with. Comp-LA).. would meet as a task force to determine specific ways in “which, RMP. could be of aisistance to the Committee. Two meetings have been held, It was.deci ded to include two. con- sumer members fromthe Health Manpower Committee ‘and this. task force i is now. known | as the Advisory Committee fo the Health Manpower Com ittees - During February, "AREA Vv was asked to’ assume “th pe nsibility. for coordinating two evaluation teams (composed of members, from the Personal. Health. Services Committee of Comp-LA): which would review applications. made ‘by Various. groups for ‘Comprehien~ sive Health ‘Planning 314 (¢) funds. _ These. funds ‘are awarded to the State on the basis — of a formula grant. and are ‘meant prima ily to provide. th State. with the. opportunity | iding health protection. where innovation, am is needed, particularly where such health services cannot be. neon with existing © State or local funds.’ Clyde. Madden of AREA V. headed. “@ application : submitted by | the Long Beach’ ceveloned a list. of criteria to be use ed for. eval uat our committee oll updated on AREA ° rc : AREA NV. will, e- In order to ‘keep Gk port regularly on its areas “of involvem ni att _ Manpower ard.Persor al H eal th Services Comm “The b National. Diséasé ae Tats ci mi dical practice in. Neuroses Menstrua L Disorders | : ¥ Dianhed: Bronchitis /Bronchiolitis. Acute Tonsillitis — Influenza a Diarrhea © _ Essential Benign Hypertension 2 Intestinal Helminthiasis. - . Prenatal Care. Dr. Petit comments: . Hy one « ‘assumes the validity of the above data, S the top five reasons fora bulatory patient | care in these’ four. countries; ‘on impressed by. the diminution of infectious states’as the eason ‘for. the bulk of a latory care in the United States. The leading ’p ' a zling. This may. represent the fact that the’ data “repr : “practice, One would have to gat. office time i din, the | privc C classified as p preventive, a ‘velopment of 1 V minute news Published by CALIFORNIA REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS AREA V ‘UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AREA OFFICE 1 West Bay State Street Alhambra, Calif, 91801 Telephone (213) 576-1626 Editor - Elsie McGuff Area V Staff Donald W. Petit, M.D. William A. Markey, M.S. Frank F. Aguilera, M.P.A. Dorothy E. Anderson, M.P.H. Bruce Barnhill, B.A. Marlene Checel, M.P.H. Elias Chico Jane Z. Cohen, B.A. Kay D. Fuller, RN. Leon G. Hauck, M.P.H. John S. Lioyd, Ph.D. Elsie M. McGuff Clyde E. Madden, A.C.S.W. Robert E. Randle, M.D. Gail M. White, MA. 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