Key Publications of
Health Power's President
Eliminating Health
Disparities through a Nationally Unique Web Site, by Dr. Goodwin, was published
in the October 2008 Inaugural issue of Columbia University's online publication,
Journal on Equity in Health. The article, which was based on a presentation at Columbia
University in March 2007, was cited by JEH as an "Outstanding Model".
Chapter Entitled African-American Women
in Textbook of Women's Health
By Norma J. Goodwin, M.D. Co-authored by Anjean B. Carter. This chapter appears
in the section on Cultural & Socio-Economic Diversity in Women's Health. The
Editor is Lila Wallis, M.D., and the book was published by Lippincott-Raven in 1997.
This section of the textbook also contains the following pertinent chapters related
to the health of people of color:
Hispanic/Latino Women by Aida L. Giachello, Ph.D.
American Indian/Alaska Native Women by Edith R. Welty, M.D.
Asian and Pacific Islander Women by Dyanne D. Affonso, RN, PhD, FAAN
Lesbian Health: Therapeutic Perspectives by Katherine A. O'Hanlan, M.D.
Caring for the Woman with a Disability by Sandra L. Welner, M.D.
The Health Needs of Homeless Women by Lisa J. Geissler, Ph.D. and G. Nicholas Braucht,
Ph.D.
Diversities in Women's Health by Willa Brown, M.D., MPH, FACPM.
Co-Author of Key Publications on Obesity
As a member of the National Task Force on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from its inception on June 14, 1991 to
2002, Dr. Goodwin was a co-author of the following Task Force publications:Article
Year Journal
Medical Care for Obese Patients: Advice for Health Care Professionals 2002 American
Family Physician
Overweight, Obesity and Health Risk 2000 Archives of Internal Medicine
Dieting & the Development of Eating Disorders in Overweight and Obese Adults
2000 Archives of Internal Medicine
Long-term Pharmacotherapy in the Management of Obesity 1996 Journal of the American
Medical Association
Weight Cycling 1994 Journal of the American Medical Association
Towards Prevention of Obesity: Research Directions. 1994 Obesity Research
Very Low-Calorie Diets 1993 Journal of the American Medical Association
AIDS and African-Americans: It's Time
for Action - The final report from a statewide qualitative research project
directed by Dr. Goodwin in 1992 and 1993, funded by the New York State AIDS Institute.
Project activities included conduct of:
48 focus groups involving seven population sub-groups, numerous community based
organizations (CBO's), and two groups of faith leaders;
92 in-depth interviews of researchers, CBO and governmental representatives, African-American
leaders, public health and behavioral specialists, and other relevant experts;
analysis of 19 print advertisements and broadcast commercials to identify characteristics
most likely to influence African-Americans;
an all-day Grassroots Workshop with 45 participants; and
an all-day Leaders and Experts workshop with 40 participants.
The final strategic plan included user friendly tables for the following sub-groups:
adolescents, gay and bisexual adult and adolescent males, heterosexual men, lesbians,
current and former prison inmates, substance abusers and women of childbearing age.
Strategies are provided for faith and other leaders, and there are chapters on HIV
counseling and testing, and public communication.
Dr. Goodwin's Current Commentary: Many barriers to HIV prevention identified a decade
ago continue today as well as strategies recommended to address them. Additionally,
while this study focused on African-Americans, many findings were applicable to
other communities of color, and to economically disadvantaged non-minorities. While
whether or not one gets HIV depends on what they do and not who they are, the study
found a close association between poverty and risk for HIV, and poverty is not limited
to minorities.
Safe Passage for African-American and
Latino Teenagers by Preventing Pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and Violence: A Blueprint For
Action - This publication, made possible by funding support from the
Stewart W. Mott Foundation, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
U.S. Office of Minority Health and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation, summarizes
key findings and recommendations from a 2-day Health Watch national videoconference
held in 1996. There is also a 129-page detailed report on this conference. The Blueprint
that evolved from this conference served as the framework for a community intervention
program demonstration model. Tables in the summary report provide the following:
Key Contributing Factors Identified - - - - Recommended Strategies and Approaches
- - - - and Solution Keys Which integrate the contributing factors and recommended
strategies and approaches. The diverse, expert and culturally competent faculty
provided responses to questions from 16 simultaneous Regional Conferences, following
their respective presentations. Outcomes of simultaneous workgroup deliberations
at the Regional conference sites produced broad insight for both developing and
enhancing programs to facilitate Safe Passage for African-American and Latino Teens.
Dr. Goodwin's Current Commentary: Substance abuse was subsequently added to the
videoconference triad of targeted teen problems - Pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and Violence
- because of its shared cross-cutting contributing factors and intervention needs.
The conceptual framework for the Safe Passage intervention, and thus its' implementation,
are still considered very relevant, and are not believed to have yet been fully
carried out.
Diabetes in the Black Population: The
Current State of Knowledge - This publication summarizes the proceedings
of a national conference held in collaboration between Health Watch (then headed
by Dr. Goodwin), the National Institute on Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the American Diabetes Association
(ADA). The proceedings, published by ADA's premier professional journal, Diabetes
Care, contain presentations addressing a broad spectrum of related issues. The Conference
Chair was Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., both President of Morehouse School of Medicine
and subsequently U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services during the planning
and conduct of the conference. The Editor of the proceedings was James Gavin, M.D.,
then Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center,
and Dr. Goodwin was Co-Editor. His publication can be found through the archives
of ADA.