Check out this neat video on the problem of unhealthy competitive foods in schools--and what some schools are doing to make school food healthier. The video is by the Alliance for a Healthier ...
Read MoreWith ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act, a new report on policy considerations is available to help educate policymakers and inform decisions on national health policy. The report, "Policy Considerations That Make the Link," offers options to advance changes to overcome systemic and structural barriers that may block the ability to deliver and sustain effective diabetes care to those most in need. The report comes from The Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes, a five-site program in Camden, N.J., Chicago, Dallas, Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyo., and Memphis, Tenn., which aims to improve health care delivery and outcomes among African-American, Latino and Native American adults. "The document connects the on-the-ground experiences of the Alliance ...
Read MoreIn a new video, Dr. Laura Lopez-Sanders describes how the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Scholars in Health Policy Research Program has affected her. Lopez Sanders is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North ...
Read MoreThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced a Latina among the 10 recipients of the Young Leader Awards: Recognizing Leadership for a Healthier America. The honorees, recognized at a ceremony in Princeton, N.J., were chosen because they offer great promise for leading the way to improved health and health care for all Americans. Each individual, who is 40 years or younger, received $40,000. Dr. Carmen A. Peralta, an assistant professor in residence at the University of California, San Francisco, is one of the Young Leaders. She studies ways to reliably and accurately detect early kidney disease, when treatment could help prevent irreversible damage, with a focus on African Americans and Hispanics and their higher rates of end-stage kidney disease. To understand ...
Read MoreA new culturally tailored, multi-component obesity prevention program among minority preschool children can help create an environment that positively impacts weight and gross motor skill development in children at risk for obesity, according to a new study in the journal Childhood Obesity. For the program, called Míranos!, researchers from UT San Antonio and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio tested whether it is possible to indoctrinate students with healthy behaviors — for life — via several positive interactions with their parents, teachers and school workers and a supportive learning environment at school and home. Researchers tested the program among predominantly Mexican-American kids enrolled in Head Start in San ...
Read MoreEditor's Note: This is the story of a graduate of the 2012 Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program. Apply by April 1, 2013, for the 2013 Èxito! program. Cristina Valdovinos New York, New York Cristina Valdovinos grew up watching her father work hard to provide for his family. When he was diagnosed with late-stage laryngeal carcinoma during her last term pursuing her bachelor’s degree in human biology from Stanford University, it sparked her desire to study cancer to help those like her father. She soon interned at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in California to investigate early-onset breast cancer and excess late-stage diagnoses in minorities, then entered a cancer control program at the University of Puerto Rico’s Comprehensive Cancer ...
Read MoreRegistration is now open for American Heart Association’s “Tu Corazon Latino” Summit on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at the Time Warner Center in New York. Hosted by CBS2 News Medical Correspondent Dr. Max Gomez, this event will take an in-depth look at how cardiovascular disease impacts the Latino population, across generations. Beginning with a focus on youth, the event will examine the trajectory from disease prevention to management with a targeted review of issues affecting the senior population. The Summit attracts community leaders and issue experts from the Latino community throughout the metropolitan region. Go here to register for this free ...
Read MoreHeart disease risk factors are widespread among U.S. Latino adults, with 80% of men and 71% of women having at least one risk factor for heart disease, according to a San Diego State University (SDSU) study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These percentages are much higher than the general population, where 49% of adults have at least one major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Prevalence of risk factors varies across Hispanic/Latino background groups, with some groups, particularly those with Puerto Rican background, experiencing high rates of heart disease risk factors compared to other groups, according to findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), which will be published in today's Journal of the American Medical ...
Read MoreA tax on soda would carry the greatest health benefits for black and Latino Californians, who face the highest risks of diabetes and heart disease, according to recent research findings, California Watch reports. According to the news report: The study found that if a penny-per-ounce tax was applied to soda, cuts in consumption would result in an 8 percent decline in diabetes cases among blacks and Latinos. The statewide reduction in new diabetes cases is projected at 3 to 5.6 percent, according to researchers from UC San Francisco, Columbia University and Oregon State University, who released their findings at a recent American Public Health Association annual meeting. The study was unveiled as a sugar-sweetened beverage tax faces votes in El Monte, in Los Angeles County, and ...
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