About 5 million U.S. Latinos smoke, and lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among Latino men and second-leading cause among Latina women, according to federal data. To address this important public health issue, the National Cancer Institute developed http://espanol.smokefree.gov/, a website created specifically for Spanish speakers who want to quit smoking or know someone who does. Resources include interactive checklists and quizzes, advice on how to help a loved one quit, and real-time support and ...
CPR training rates are lower in poor, rural, Hispanic and other minority-heavy U.S. regions, a new study shows, HealthDay reports. Timely bystander CPR can boost the odds of survival for those who experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital, but the new study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, found exceedingly low CPR training rates in its examination of 13 million people in across 3,100 counties. Specific findings included:
...fewer people are trained in CPR in the South, Midwest and West...counties with the lowest rates of CPR training—less than 1.3 percent of the population—were also more likely to have a greater proportion of rural areas, black and Hispanic residents, and a lower average household income.
These areas also had fewer doctors and, on average, older ...
Latinos have higher risk of diabetic eye disease. That makes it important to have an annual dilated eye exam—when an eye care professional dilates, or widens, the pupil to check the retina in the back of the eye for signs of damage, such as a cataract (clouding of the lens of the eye), diabetic retinopathy (damage to the retina), and glaucoma (damage to the optic nerve). November, which is National Diabetes Month, makes a perfect time to schedule dilated eye exam, according to the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) of the National Eye Institute (NEI). “Half of all people with diabetes don’t get annual dilated eye exams. People need to know that about 95 percent of severe vision loss from diabetic retinopathy can be prevented through early detection, timely ...
Want to know how do you build a program to help Spanish-speaking Latinas deal with mental aspects of breast cancer? Be sure to drop in for our upcoming free webinar on Nov. 12, 2013, that features Dr. Anna María Nápoles, a Latina professor and behavioral epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who will outline the methodological phases involved in creating a new psychosocial health intervention for Latinas with breast cancer. Napoles also will highlight a case study in which community and academic leaders partnered in developing a program, as well as a protocol for a randomized controlled trial to test the program. The webinar, which is at 11 a.m. CST (9 a.m. PST) on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, is hosted by Redes En Acción, a Latino cancer research network funded ...
A new documentary by Mexican-American filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz delves into the lives of six Latino students to uncover the challenges and successes Latinos face in graduating and taking steps to improve their communities, NBC Latino reports. Ruiz' two-part documentary, The Graduates, takes a detailed look at the lives of three Latino male and three female students from different regions of origin, geographic areas, and socio-economic status. It also showcases nonprofit agencies and role models who are committed to providing resources to and helping Latino youth. The film also includes interviews with successful Latinos, such as actor Wilmer Valderrama and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who reflect on their own experiences as students. The documentary airs nationally on PBS ...
Latinas are less likely than others groups to get an annual mammogram, which can help detect breast cancer early, when it is most treatable. This puts them at higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer at advanced stages. So, just in time for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, check out our playlist of videos in English or Spanish that puts an emotional spin on why Latinas should get cancer screening. These public service announcements were developed by researchers at Redes En Acción, a national network dedicated to reducing Latino cancer. Redes is funded by the National Cancer Institute and directed by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind ...
Breast cancer rates increased slightly for African American women, decreased for Latinas, and remained unchanged for white, Asian American, and American Indian/Alaska Native women from 2006-2010, the most recent five-year span of available data, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society (ACS). Overall, breast cancer incidence rates are highest in white women, followed by African American women, while breast cancer death rates are highest for African American women, followed by white women, according to 2013-14 Breast Cancer Facts and Figures, which provides updated cancer research facts about breast cancer, including incidence, mortality, and survival trends for breast cancer, as well as information on early detection, treatment, and factors that influence risk and ...
Want to learn more about caring for your bones when you have breast cancer? Have questions about the Affordable Care Act? These topics are just two of the upcoming Connect Education Workshops from CancerCare that bring together leading cancer experts to provide up-to-date information in one-hour educational cancer workshops. Workshops are free. Participants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast. Register here. Redes En Acción, the national Latino cancer research network led by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, partners with CancerCare to periodically offer free workshops on cancer issues that impact Hispanics. You can also listen to past workshops, such as a Spanish-language workshop on Latinas and ...
Check out this new video from PBS SoCal that tackles the Latino paradox, which describes how Latinos live longer despite facing disease issues and socioeconomic barriers. The video explains that Mexican immigrants may improve their health as they move to the United States, but their children have worse ...
