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To Karen Finney
From Martha Farish
Memorandum
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11622 Office
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Phone
Phrine 206 443-6745
Fax #
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Date: June 24, 1994
202 456 7806
To: Karen Finney
From: Martha Farish, Project Director. Women's Health on Public Television 1994 (206)
443-6745 (wk), (206)324-4528 (hm)
Re: Taping with First Lady for PBS special, A Woman's Health
Karen, thank you for your efforts on our behalf! KCTS producer, Katie Jennings'
social security number is
(b)(6)
and her date of birth is
(b)(6)
As per our
[00.]
last conversation, Katie will be there Thursday, June 30 in time for a 2:30 P.M.
taping. (H)
What follows is background information on the documentary, A Woman's Health (to
open with a message from the First Lady) and the Women's Health on Public Television
1994 campaign.
Women's Health on Public Television 1994 is a broadcast and outreach
campaign, targeting women 35 years of age and older. The campaign is June through
December on PBS stations across the country
A Woman's Health is a one-hour television documentary portrait of six women
fighting health battles most often confronted by women in America today. The
documentary is personal and intimate featuring women who, in the face of a health
challenge, responded with courage, wit and tenacity to regain their health and
independence.
Over 90 % of PBS stations are expected to air A Woman's Health on October 24
at 9 P.M..
In addition to A Woman's Health, public television stations have been supplied with a
8 hours of high-quality, previously produced programs on women's health. Stations are
creating "blocks" of programming on women's health that will air throughout the
campaign period.
In many instances, national programming is being followed by locally produced
shows affording viewers the opportunity to call-in and speak directly to healthcare
providers and/or policy makers
"Health minutes", featuring a variety of notable women, have been created for use
during station breaks. (The list of names and topics covered is attached).
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A wide-variety of community events, from local walks-for-health to educational
forums, have been scheduled during the campaign by local public television stations
and their community partners.
In the majority of television markets, stations and community partners are producing
and distributing the Women's Health "yellow pages", a first-time-ever resource
guide to national and local health and wellness resources available to older women.
It is anticipated that well over 300,000 copies of the brochure, Six Health Issues of
Concern to Every Woman will be distributed by local public television stations and
their community partners. The brochure was written by the National Women's Health
Resource Council with editorial support from the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The goals of the Women's Health on Public Television 1994 campaign are:
To increase awareness of the health promotion and disease prevention strategies useful
to women 35 years of age and older.
To encourage women to use community resources for health promotion and to
decrease dependency on primary care facilities for health maintenance.
To raise the level of knowledge about the health issues most likely to affect older
women.
Thank you again, Karen. You obviously have to juggle a very complicated schedule into
order. If I can be of any assistance between now and next Thursday please feel free to
contact me at work or after hours at home.
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WOMEN'S HEALTH ON PUBLIC TELEVISION
"Health Minutes"
Log
VERSION / with 800 numbers
**(for U.S. audiences only)**
Cuts 1-12
Cut #1: 33 seconds, 19 frames
Brooke Shields, Actress
Subject: smoking
American Lung Association 1-800-LUNG-USA
Cut #2: 37 seconds, 3 frames
Geraldine Ferraro, Attorney
Subject: osteoporosis
National Osteoporosis Foundation 1-800-223-9994
Cut #3: 38 seconds, 8 frames
Linda Ellerbee, Writer/TV Producer
Subject: breast cancer
American Cancer Society 1-800-ACS-2345
Cut #4: 45 seconds, 2 frames
Raquel Welch, Actress
Subject: domestic violence
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence 1-800-537-2238
Cut #5: 36 seconds, 27 frames
Wilma P. Mankiller, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation
Subject: reproductive cancers
American Cancer Society 1-800-ACS-2345
Cut #6: 46 seconds, 2 frames
M. Joycelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General
Subject: access to health care
no 800 number
Cut #7: 39 seconds, 17 frames
M. Joycelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General
Subject: heart disease
American Heart Association 1-800-AHA-USAI
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Cut #8: 33 seconds, 25 frames
Susan J. Blumenthai, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health
Subject: what is women's health?
no 800 number
Cut #9: 45 seconds, 11 frames
Rita Moreno, Actress
Subject: menopause
National Institute on Aging 1-800-222-2223
Cut #10: 37 seconds, 11 frames
Rita Moreno, Actress
Subject: depression
National Institute of Mental Health 1-800-421-4211
Cut #11: 36 seconds, 13 frames
Rosalind Cash, Actress
Subject: substance abuse
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information 1-800-729-6686
Cut #12: 47 seconds, 10 frames
Rosalind Cash, Actress
Subject: HIV/AIDS
Centers for Disease Control National AIDS Hotline 1-800-342-AIDS
Color bars and tone
Version 2 no 800 numbers
Cuts I-12
Cut #1: 26 seconds, 7 frames
Brooke Shields, Actress
Subject: smoking
Cut #2: 30 seconds 28 frames
Geraldine Ferraro, Attorney
Subject: osteoporosis
Cut #3: 32 seconds, 24 frames
Linda Ellerbee, Writer/TV Producer
Subject: breast cancer
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Cut #4: 37 seconds, 18 frames
Raquel Welch, Actress
Subject: domestic violence
Cut #5: 30 seconds, 11 frames
Wilma P. Mankiller, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation
Subject: reproductive cancers
Cut #6: 40 seconds, 6 frames
M. Joycelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General
Subject: access to health care
Cut #7: 31 seconds, 18 frames
M. Joycelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General
Subject: heart disease
Cut #8: 35 seconds
Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health
Subject: what is women's health?
Cut #9: 38 seconds, 15 frames
Rita Moreno, Actress
Subject: menopause
Cut #10: 30 seconds 23 frames
Rita Moreno, Actress
Subject: depression
Cut #11: 20 seconds, 10 frames
Rosalind Cash, Actress
Subject: substance abuse
Cut #12: 39 seconds, 21 frames
Rosalind Cash, Actress
Subject: HIV/AIDS
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April 19, 1994
Mrs. Hillary Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
1994
ONFORER
KCTS/Seattle and the Public Television Outreach Alliance (PTOA) are
mounting a public education campaign - including a national primetime
television special - to focus attention on the issue of WOMEN'S
HEALTH in America. We believe this project will change the way
women approach their health, and empower women to take more
control of a health care system that profoundly affects their lives.
We know that Dr. Susan Blumenthal and Congressman Jim McDermott
have been in contact with your office regarding this project. Dr.
Blumenthal and Dr. Elders have both agreed to participate in one of
our info-minutes (PSAs) about women's health issues.
In an effort to reach the millions of women who are looking for this
information, we would like to request the your involvement in the
program as the presenter, delivering opening and/or closing remarks
about the importance of the issues the program investigates. With your
help, we know that the issue of women's health care will leave the realm
of lobbyists and educators and enter the consciousness of every
American.
In terms of the issue, the statistics are startling. Today, 1 in 9 women
will develop breast cancer, in comparison with 1 in 20 during the 1960's.
Osteoporosis affects one-third to one-half of post-menopausal women.
An estimated 7 million women suffer from depression, about twice the
rate for men. Smoking is the leading cause of death, and domestic
abuse is the single major cause of injury to women of all ages.
The sad truth is that too many women don't take care of themselves, as
you are well aware. A recent survey conducted by Louis Harris and
Associates shows that more than one-third of women surveyed had not
had a Pap smear, a clinical breast exam, or a complete physical during
the previous year.
KCTS/9
401 Mercer Street
Seattle. WA 98109
206/728-6463 Fax:206/44,3-6691
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Sixty-seven percent of women surveyed were overweight (predisposing
them to heart disease), one in four continued to smoke, and 70% do not
take calcium supplements for osteoporosis prevention. The study also
concluded that 7.6 million American women were victims of violence in
the past five years.
The PTOA primetime television special, A WOMAN'S HEALTH will
bring into living rooms nationwide the stories of six women who are
fighting for their health. We will present personal profiles of women
grappling with the most common health problems facing women today:
smoking, breast cancer, osteoporosis, heart disease, depression and
domestic violence. Rita Moreno, our host, will appear at intervals
throughout the program, introducing the stories and presenting hard-
hitting statistics and information.
The one-hour program, due to air in October 1994, will be accompanied
by a series of celebrity INFO-MINUTES (PSA's) spotlighting women's
health topics which will also air on public television stations nationwide.
In August, a national WOMEN'S HEALTH YELLOW PAGES
customized for local markets will be distributed through public television
stations, which will also hold community-sponsored events on topics of
women's health care throughout the year.
Past PTOA television specials have garnered numerous industry awards
and critical acclaim. The 1989 special AMERICA IN THE AGE OF
AIDS hosted by Linda Ellerbee was produced by KCTS, as was the 1988
special WHO CARES FOR THE CHILDREN? hosted by Rhea
Pearlman and winner of an American Film & Video Blue Ribbon
Award. The veteran production team developing the WOMEN'S
HEALTH project also produced the National Emmy Award-winning
documentary THE UNQUIET DEATH OF ELI CREEKMORE and
public television's top-rated earth science series THE MIRACLE
PLANET. KCTS is a leading producer for the national PBS schedule, a
member of the five-station FRONTLINE Consortium, the Northwest
bureau for THE MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR and producer of
the upcoming children's science series DISNEY PRESENTS: BILL
NYE THE SCIENCE GUY. Recently, two of our productions received
national Emmy awards.
We look forward to making A WOMAN'S HEALTH the most
influential and successful outreach special ever mounted by PBS. Your
commitment to and expertise in the area of health care have reinforced
the importance of taking charge of one's health care. We hope you will
consider becoming a part of this landmark project.
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We will be shooting a segment with the Surgeon General and Dr.
Blumenthal on Friday, April 22, 1994 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.. The shoot
will take place at Dr. Elder's Office building located at 200
Independence Ave. We would be able to shoot presenting comments
with you at any time after 10a.m. We anticipate that this would take
about one half-hour. If this schedule does not meet your needs, we
would be happy to return at a more convenient time.
If you have any questions regarding the project, please feel free to call
me at (206) 443-6773.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Dane Davis
Dave Davis
Executive Producer
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Summary
EVENTY-FIVE MILLION American women have seen
their thirtieth birthday come and go, and, as every woman
discovers, maturity brings an assortment of health problems—
some serious.
Yet in surveys women note a disturbing lack of information about
their health problems and options for care.
Public television stations around the country are poised to respond
with a national broadcast and outreach campaign on women's
health in 1994.
The Women's Health on Public Television campaign will
feature a one-hour primetime documentary and twelve, 30-second
"info-minute" spots each with a celebrity host for national
broadcast, as well as community-based outreach activities such
as health fairs, sports events and educational print materials
providing women with crucial information and resources
available in their regions.
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Why Women's Health?
A
MERICA'S HEALTH is under the microscope. As the
Clinton administration grapples with national health
care reform, Americans are discovering as never before the
complexity and interconnectedness of a number of fiscal,
institutional and lifestyle issues that impact our health. We are
a nation obsessed with what ails us, what cures us, how to live
longer and who pays.
In seeking answers to these and other questions, researchers until
recently have relied primarily on the use of male subjects. Research
findings and results were then extrapolated and applied to women,
under the assumption that whatever applied to men would also
apply to women
However, such bias has resulted in a gross insensitivity to the
specific medical problems women face. For example:
Heart disease has long been considered a man's disease
and is often misdiagnosed in women in its early stages.
Yet, it kills about 503,000 women a year, and is the leading
cause of death of women from ages 50 to 79.
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Why Women's Health?
Women, the largest
AIDS, until last year, had been defined almost exclusively
group of consumers of
by the symptoms as they appear in men. It is the fifth
health care services,
leading cause of death among women nationwide.
make important
At least 10 million postmenopausal women have been
health-related decisions
prescribed long-term hormone replacement therapy to
for themselves and
prevent osteoporosis and heart disease, even though the
their families every day.
long-term effects of the treatment have not been determined.
Women's Health on
Some experts speculate that hormone replacement
could cause a 50 to 100 percent increase in breast cancer.
Public Television in 1994
will help provide women
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer
with the information
among American women. This year 180,000 will develop
they need to make
the disease; an estimated 46,000 will die.
informed choices.
While experts have begun to examine women's health at the
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national level, women in communities around the country
struggle daily to break through socio-economic and institutional
barriers to health care. There is still a great hunger among women
for more information about themselves.
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The Info - Minutes
I
N ADDITION TO the one-hour program, twelve thirty-
second "info-minutes" addressing the top health care issues
of interest to women will be offered for use throughout the
program schedule, June - December 1994. Women of note who
have agreed to appear in info-minute testimonials include
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Women's Health Dr. Susan
Blumenthal, Former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro,
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Chief Wilma
Mankiller, Texas Governor Ann Richards and Actresses
Kathy Bates, Elaine Miles, Rita Moreno, Brooke Shields
and Raquel Welch.
Each speaker will present a topic of intense personal interest.
For instance Dr. Elders, from a small town in Arkansas where she
never saw a doctor until the age of 18, will speak about access to
health care. Because Ms. Ferraro's mother suffered terribly from
osteoporosis, she now watches her calcium intake and gets plenty
of weight-bearing exercise. We hope that this approach will
demonstrate that women's health issues affect us all - and that in
the most direct and personal way, HER HEALTH MATTERS.
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The Producers
KCTS
NE OF THE MAJOR public television production
centers in the United States, KCTS has a reputation for producing
award-winning programs for the national PBS schedule. KCTS
is the recipient of hundreds of awards-more than 150 in the last
decade alone-for its local, national and international productions.
Its six-part series, The Miracle Planet, was one of the most-watched
series on public television, second only to The Civil War, in 1990.
KCTS is also the producer of The Pacific Century, Fire on the Rim
and Death: The Trip of A Lifetime. Currently in production is
Disney Presents Bill Nye the Science Guy, a weekly, nationally-
syndicated children's science series, which is co-produced with
Disney's Buena Vista Television, in association with the National
Science Foundation.
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The Producers
The Clinton administration
DAVID DAVIS is the Executive Producer of Her Health
has placed health care
Matters for KCTS. Davis brings more than 15 years of experience
reform at the top
in film and television production to the project. He has received
numerous awards, including a National Emmy award for The
of the national agenda.
Unquiet Death of Eli Creekmore (1988) and the George Foster
The 103rd Congress is
Peabody Award for Diagnosis: AIDS (1983), which was the first
expected to respond
PBS documentary to explore the issue.
vigorously to the current
health care crisis, and
KATIE JENNINGS is the Producer of Her Health Matters.
the majority of
Her credits include two of KCTS' most successful national series,
Americans express a
Fire on the Rim and The Miracle Planet. She is the producer of
the national 26-part PBS series, Your Organic Garden.
readiness for change.
f
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The Program
H
ER HEALTH MATTERS, a one-hour television special,
is a documentary portrait of six women involved in
fighting the health care battles most often confronted by women
in America today. The program will be hosted by a celebrity who
introduces each eight-minute segment, offering a framework for
these highly personal profiles.
The program profiles six women whose courage and tenacity are
guiding them through some of the medical dilemmas that pose the
greatest challenges to women today:
Smoking is the single greatest risk factor for women's
health. Yet one in four women smoke, and teenagers
now smoke at higher rates than their male counterparts.
Janet Sackman was a Lucky Strike model in the 1940s and
smoked for forty years — until cancer of the throat and lungs
made her stop. Her story underlines the negative connection
between advertising images and women's health.
Heart disease is the number one killer of U.S. women;
death rates are highest for women of color. Yet most people
think of cardiovascular disease as being a "white man's
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The Program
The National Institute of
illness," and many women who feel chest pain minimize or
Health has established an
ignore it instead of seeking treatment. Portia Marks of
Office of Research on
Oakland, CA, waited months to seek help for shortness of
breath and chest pain, before she was finally rushed to the
Women's Health to examine
hospital for angioplastic surgery.
and remedy the inequiries in
women's health research.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury in
NIII has also launched a
women visiting emergency rooms across the country.
15-year, $625 million
New hospital protocols call for doctors to screen patients
for domestic violence, because it can happen to anybody
Women's Health Initiative
- even to Stacy Allison, the first American woman to climb
to tackle three of the major
Mount Everest and the survivor of an abusive marriage.
health problems facing
older women:
Breast cancer still has no certain cause or cure, so
a woman's best chance of surviving it still lies with early
breast cancer, heart disease
detection and treatment. But racial and ethnic minorities
and osteoporosis.
often have more difficulties accessing medical care, as
Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Beatrice Quintero. a breast cancer survivor at M.D.
Research Center in Seattle
Anderson Hospital in Houston, well knows. Her many
will coordinate the
activities at the hospital and at home are helping Hispanic
45-city study.
women navigate the cultural and linguistic barriers to
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health care.
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The Program
Targeted audiences for
Clinical depression strikes women twice as often as men,
Women's Health on Public
for a number of social, economic, biologic and emotional
Television 1994:
reasons. Yet depression in women is misdiagnosed at least
30-50% of the time - in spite of the fact that most
Women over 30 years old
depression is curable through a combination of drug and
Doctors. nurses,
talk therapy. Karen Spencer's harrowing journey through
health care providers
depression reflects the experience of nearly 7 million
Health and social
women who currently have a diagnosable depression.
service providers
Osteoporosis afflicts nearly half of women past the age of
Elected officials and
policy makers
menopause. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may
help maintain bone density. yet there is little research
Women's groups
data concerning possible negative effects of HRT or
Grassroots community
nonpharmacologic alternatives. Barbara Pyles, 53, a
health groups
small-boned, fair-skinned woman. takes estrogen on her
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doctor's recommendation to combat the likelihood
of osteoporosis; her sister Christine Prenovitz, 45, a tall
athlete, has chosen to treat her menopausal symptoms
with acupuncture and careful diet. Neither is completely
satisfied with her choice.