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AMA Healthier Life Steps
The Texas Medical Association brings you the American Medical Association (AMA) Healthier Life Steps program to help you improve the lifestyles and overall health of your patients. The comprehensive toolkit offers physicians and their patients practical resources for making positive, coordinated lifestyle changes. It focuses on healthy eating, increasing physical activity, quitting smoking, and reducing risky drinking.
Be Wise — Immunize
The purpose of this joint initiative of TMA and the TMA Alliance, funded through a grant from the TMA Foundation, is to substantially increase statewide immunization rates. Currently ranked by the National Immunization Survey as 48th out of 51 states, Texas is among the worst states in the nation in immunizations. Using education, communication, and action, Be Wise — Immunize promotes immunizations to the public as important, effective, and safe.
Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching
Established in 1990, these awards honor elementary, junior high school, and senior high school teachers who share their energy and enthusiasm for science through creative and innovative methods to cultivate student interest in medicine and science. The core program is supported through TMA Foundation Ernest and Sarah Butler Endowment for the Recognition of Excellence in Science Teaching. Additional support for the 2006 program is provided by TMA Foundation through a generous gift from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.
Hard Hats for Little Heads
Hard Hats for Little Heads is a matching bicycle helmet donation program for Texas physicians, county medical societies, TMA Alliances, medical student section chapters, and specialty societies to help prevent head injuries in their communities. The program, established in 1994, is funded by the TMA Foundation. The 2006 program is made possible, thanks to a generous contribution from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and donations from physicians and their families.
Live and Then Give
In 1997, inspired by then TMA president, Phil H. Berry Jr., MD, the Texas Medical Association in cooperation with the Texas Transplantation Society developed this program designed to improve health and save lives by making more donated organs and tissue available in Texas. This highly successful project is an initiative of TMA, TMA Alliance, and funded by the TMA Foundation.
Project WATCH
The preventable five risk factors that cause heart and brain attack are Weight, Activity, Tobacco, Cholesterol, and High blood pressure. Project WATCH, a cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention education program, aims to knock the No. 1 and No. 3 killers of Texans off the charts.
Screen Out!
A new outreach effort designed to encourage the film industry to produce youth-rated movies free of tobacco and the associated images. TMA recently joined a national effort campaign. Screen Out! is a great program for physicians, medical students and local alliances interested in removing tobacco products out of youth-rated films.
Last Published: 5/28/2009 Print this page
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