up with regard to their own health; and
• 97.5 percent like the concept of bringing physicians and commu- nity members together outside a health care setting.
Dr. Sabgir says TMA has been a “phenomenal partner” in promoting Walk With a Doc and its message. “We’ve talked to a lot of other state medical associations, and everyone holds the TMA in the highest regard. I mean, it’s the pinnacle, and we see why,” Dr. Sabgir said. “So we’re really grateful that the TMA reached out … and they saw what we had when we were very small.”
REACHING NEW PARTICIPANTS In Texas and nationally, Walk With a Doc has plenty of places where it can continue to plant its footprints, both in terms of raw numbers and of reach- ing different demographic slices. The 2015 Walk With a Doc Texas
survey identified increasing the di- versity of participants as one of its recommendations for improving the program. The survey showed 74 per- cent of participants are white, and 80 percent are female. Dr. Pike, who sits on the TMA
Foundation’s Board of Trustees, says the foundation and Walk With a Doc leaders are working on bringing the program to a wider audience. One way to do that, she says, is through collabo- ration with community organizations like local school districts and health organizations, as well as nonprofits for the underserved, one target audience for the program’s goals. “The best initial way to build is sim-
ple word of mouth to other physicians that Walk With a Doc is in our com- munity,” the Georgetown plastic sur- geon said, “because we all see people that are obese or have health prob- lems that can benefit from exercise on a daily basis, whether it is hyperten- sion, diabetes, obesity, or heart disease.
“I think the first thing is just reach-
ing out to other physicians in our com- munity and saying, ‘Hey listen, this is a place for people to come and feel safe starting to learn more about ways to improve their health.’” Nationally, Dr. Sabgir says Walk
With a Doc shouldn’t even be close to hitting a growth plateau. “We’ve always had visions, and ac-
tually the visions are for this to grow much larger than it already is,” Dr. Sabgir said. For information about participat-
ing in Walk With a Doc, contact Debra Heater at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1390, or (512) 370-1390 or debra.heater@tex
med.org. To support the program with a tax-deductible donation to the TMA Foundation, contact the foundation at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1664, or (512) 370- 1664, or visit
www.tmaf.org. n
Joey Berlin is a reporter for Texas Medicine. You can reach him by phone at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1393, or (512) 370-1393; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by email at
joey.berlin@
texmed.org.
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