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Coalition To Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Seeks New Icon To Raise Awareness And Increase Dialogue
As part of the
fifth-annual National DVT Awareness Month, the Coalition to Prevent
Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) encourages healthcare professionals, hospitals,
communities and individuals across the country to go beyond building
general awareness of signs and symptoms of DVT. The Coalition is actively
involving the public and physicians to engage in a dialogue about DVT and
to demonstrate their support by designing socks to showcase what DVT means
to them. Through its DVT Awareness by Design program, the Coalition has
reached more than 2,700 hospitals nationwide.
"Since DVT Awareness Month began five years ago, we have raised the
public's understanding of the condition and its complications. In fact, a
survey conducted in 2007 indicates that 40% of Americans had recently heard
of DVT," said Melanie Bloom, Coalition to Prevent DVT National Patient
Spokesperson, whose husband, NBC correspondent David Bloom, died of
complications of DVT while covering the war in Iraq. "We have made strides
in communicating that DVT can and does happen to people from all walks of
life. Working together, we can bring attention to the prevailing need for
reducing risks and treating DVT."
DVT Awareness by Design 2008 brings the world of fashion to local
communities and encourages people across America to learn more about DVT
and a potentially life threatening complication, pulmonary embolism (PE)
through a nationwide challenge to design DVT-themed socks. In addition,
through the Coalition's partnership with Parsons The New School for Design,
one of the world's leading centers for design education, Parsons students
will use DVT Awareness by Design socks as inspiration to create new leg
wear designs. Leg wear designs will be unveiled in May in connection with
the Parsons 2008 AAS Line Debut, an exhibit of work by graduating students.
One of the student designs unveiled will be used as an inspiration for the
new DVT Awareness icon.
Each year, up to two million people in the United States suffer from
DVT and approximately 600,000 Americans are hospitalized for the condition
and the complication PE. In fact, DVT-related PE is the most common cause
of preventable hospital death. Certain individuals may be at increased risk
for developing DVT, but it can occur in almost anyone.
"Several years ago, we lost faculty member and alumna Stacie Nipps to
pulmonary embolism (PE) caused by DVT, so raising awareness of this disease
is important to the Parsons community," said Pamela Klein, Chair, Associate
in Applied Science Degree Programs, Parsons The New School for Design. "Our
partnership with the Coalition reflects Parsons' long history of engaging
students in projects that address social issues through design."
As part of DVT Awareness by Design, the Coalition's National Patient
Spokesperson, Melanie Bloom, will be traveling across the country on a
nationwide hospital - and policy-based campaign created to educate
Americans and boost awareness through a hands-on design approach.
In addition, to ensure that the Coalition is also affecting changes to
support early detection and diagnosis, the Coalition is declaring National
DVT Screening Day this March. This serves as a call to action to challenge
hospitals across the country to assess patients' risk for DVT and its
primary complication, PE. Raising awareness of this condition is the first
step to reducing the risk of death and disability that DVT and its
complications may cause.
"The Coalition's success in raising awareness of DVT among the general
public has been encouraging thus far," said Dr. Geno Merli, Coalition to
Prevent DVT Steering Committee member and Chief Medical Officer, Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia. "Now we need to shine a
spotlight on the critical need to increase awareness and action within
hospitals and statehouses."
By designing a pair of socks, then wearing them proudly throughout DVT
Awareness Month, participants will become models of DVT information and
education, helping colleagues, patients, friends and family learn more
about DVT risk reduction and treatment. Some will go a step further and
take DVT awareness to the runway, showing off their designs in fun and
informative local fashion shows.
The DVT Awareness by Design campaign also includes a recently launched
public service announcement featuring Melanie Bloom, as well as Web and
interactive components accessible at http://www.preventdvt.org.
For more information about DVT Awareness by Design, visit
http://www.preventdvt.org.
About DVT and DVT Awareness Month
DVT occurs when a thrombus or blood clot forms in one of the large
veins, usually in the lower limbs, leading to either partially or
completely blocked circulation. A DVT blood clot has the potential to move
into the lungs and block circulation to this vital organ, creating a
life-threatening condition - PE - that requires immediate medical
attention.
DVT Awareness Month is being sponsored by the Coalition to Prevent DVT
to raise awareness of this serious medical condition among consumers,
healthcare professionals, government and public health leaders. The
Coalition is composed of more than 50 members from nationally known medical
societies, patient advocacy groups and other public health organizations.
About the Coalition to Prevent DVT
The mission of the Coalition to Prevent DVT is to reduce the immediate
and long-term dangers of DVT and PE, which together comprise one of the
nation's leading causes of death. The Coalition will educate the public,
healthcare professionals and policy-makers about risk factors, symptoms and
signs associated with DVT, as well as identify evidence-based measures to
reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality from DVT and PE. The Coalition
to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis is funded by sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC.
For more information, visit http://www.preventdvt.org.
About Parsons The New School for Design
Located in New York City, Parsons The New School for Design is one of
the most prestigious and comprehensive colleges of art and design in the
world. As a vital part of The New School, Parsons students learn to rise to
the challenges of living, working, and creative decision-making in a world
where human experience is increasingly designed. The Associate in Applied
Science degrees in fashion, fashion marketing, graphic design and interior
design are intensive one- to two-year programs where professionals can
launch new careers in design.
For more information, please contact http://www.parsons.newschool.edu.
Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis
http://www.preventdvt.org
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