The National Council of Negro Women has partnered with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to inform the community on the prevention, identification and treatment of Mississippi’s major health problems and access to care.

As members of the community who are concerned about health disparities in Adams County and the surrounding areas, we will work with and under the direction of licensed health professionals where available.

It is the governor’s desire to help improve the quality of life for large numbers of Mississippians who want to make healthy choices, but have not had access to the health information required to make them.

We hope to increase health awareness and literacy, which may lead to an improved health status of individuals within our community. As a non- profit organization, we join Bryant in helping Mississippi teens make healthy choices and address Mississippi’s health crisis of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and teen pregnancy.

On Saturday, NCNW will sponsor a Community Health Seminar for teens, ages 13 and older. Registration will be from 9:30 until 10 a.m. and the seminar will be from 10 a.m. until noon at the Alcorn State University School of Business, Natchez campus.

We invite all to attend. The Seminar is free to the public and refreshments will be served.

Michael L. Jones, R.N., M.S.N., M.B.A., director, Healthy Linkages Office of the Vice Chancellor University of Mississippi Medical Center, will be the presenter. Topics will include: hypertension, diabetes, obesity, teen pregnancy, health resources, and the role of community health advocates.

We are asking health professors, students, parents, educators, community leaders and lay members of partner organizations interested in bettering public health to join us in this effort to become more informed on how to improve Mississippi’s health status.

Please join us as we move forward to make Adams County and the surrounding areas healthier.

 

Rosetta Fleming is historian of the Natchez section of the National Council of Negro Women.