A Woman's Journey
Johns Hopkins Women's Health Conference

Time: 9:00am-4:15pm
Date: TBA
Venue: Baltimore Hilton Hotel
Further Information:www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney

For questions about attending with the WBG/IMF group email Maria Malca

Breast Cancer Support Group
You are welcome to join

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Coordinator: Lorraine Nagy
Dates: Every second Tuesday of the month
To Join: send an email to LNagy@worldbank,org or call 202-458-4505

The Breast Cancer Support Group of the Bank and Fund welcomes staff and spouses who are diagnosed with breast cancer to a monthly meeting to offer mutual support, information on breast cancer treatment, and outreach to newly-diagnosed women. We try to be a 'clearing house,' pointing to sources of support in the community and giving each other the chance to talk through our story, so that others may learn from our collective experiences. In between our monthly meetings, we keep in touch through phone calls and emails. We are learning the gentle art of being "breast cancer buddies," sending the message of hope and affirming that we are in this together, however individual our experiences and our choices in treatment.

we all share the international perspective that being a part of these institutions brings with it in terms of sensitivities, such as travel, the work pressures that put relentless demands on us at a time when we need to let up and concentrate on our health, the need to understand a different system of health care when we are most vulnerable and wanting the 'familiar,' separation from family and friends back home, and the age old problem of thinking that we are the "only ones" with this set of problems! In this role of providing support to staff and spouses dealing with the reality of living with breast cancer, our group plays a unique role in direct outreach by and for survivors. We have, however, joined forces with all of those who advocate for breast cancer issues and who represent the interests of breast cancer survivors in the workplace and in the community at large.

All that is said and written in connection with these meetings is held private and strictly confidential.

Helping Parents...
Navigate children’s feelings

Introductory Session:
Time: 12:30 - 2:00pm
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Venue: The World Bank, J Building, Room JB1-080
Speaker: Jane Annunziata, Ph.D
Registration: Not Required
Questions: send an email to ratlan@worldbank.org

Parents are frequently unsure about the best ways to help their children express and manage positive and negative feelings. It becomes more of a challenge when children experience emotions such as anxiety and anger. Dr. Annunziata will focus on empowering parents by helping them better understand and manage their children’s feelings as well as their own emotions as they cope with the inherent stress of parenting. While the focus is on young children, the techniques and concepts are applicable to children of all ages.

Sponsored by HSD’s Personal & Work Stress Counseling Unit.

Keep Fit
in a fattening world

Time: 12:00 noon
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Venue: The World Bank, I Building, Room I1-200
Speaker: Judy Caplan, MS, RD
Registration: Not Required
Questions: send an email to healthpromotion@worldbank.org

Keeping fit and maintaining a healthy weight is extremely difficult in today’s fast food, fast paced world. Even committed health professionals have difficulty heeding their own advice. This workshop addresses solutions to help attendees understand and apply nutrition and fitness strategies that work.

Using the GoBeFull* method attendees will understand a preventive approach to healthy eating and exercise. Attendees will learn:

• The basics of a healthy diet that promotes wellness and reduces chronic disease
• Myths about dieting for weight loss
• How to translate a label into usable information Importance of exercise for weight maintenance and mental health
• How to put it all together in a format that works

*GoBeFull stands for: Greens (and other vegetables) Olive oil (and other healthy fats) Beans, Exercise, Fruit, Unrefined grains (and other healthy carbohydrates), Lean proteins and Labels

Health Beat
HSD Monthly Newsletter

HealthBeat provides information on nutrition and health, new medical breakthroughs and findings, events and programs, and research information. For additional information about HealthBeat, please send an e-mail to Cherilynn Bennett.