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The Latino Vote: Key for the 2020 Election Outcome

July 17, 2020
Latino Vote Key 2020 Election Outcome

For years, political analysts and partisan think tanks have continued to focus on one group of Americans in order to win elections: Latinos. About 2 million Latinos are expected to vote during the 2020 presidential election, accounting for the largest non-white demographic group in history. They are just over 13% of the electorate this year, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. Expert says, with those demographics, 2020 presents a historic opportunity for Latinos to make their mark on national politics and factor in on who takes office in the White House. What's the History of Latino Voting in the Presidential Election? Historically, relatively few registered Latinos voted in presidential elections. When it comes to party, democrats have maintained a significant ...

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How the Census Bureau is Pushing Forward Despite Coronavirus Chaos

June 24, 2020
Census Bureau Pushing Forward Coronavirus Chaos

Every 10 years, the U.S. Government performs its duty of collecting a full count of the people residing in America. This decade’s survey is well underway. This initiative, mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, provides the necessary data to allocate critical funds, assess the greatest needs of that moment, and gather other information that impacts people’s daily lives. Here’s what all Latinos need to know. While the outbreak of the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the U.S. Census Bureau’s work, the agency is pushing forward to garner as many completed surveys as possible. “As we resume operations delayed by the —, [we recognize] that our data collections are becoming increasingly complex and rely upon new technologies, innovations and reforms, it is ...

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Get Your City to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis!

June 16, 2020
get your city to declare racism a public health crisis and commit to action

Racism is a public health crisis. Decades of racism-infused social, economic, and political systems have led to inequitable communities. These areas face higher burdens of stress, disease, and premature death. Now, amid U.S. protests for racial/ethnic and social justice, city leaders are creating resolutions that declare racism a public health crisis and commit to action. Download the free Salud America! “Get Your City to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis Action Pack.” The Action Pack will help you get input from local social justice groups and advocates of color, start a conversation with city leaders, and build local support for a resolution to declare racism a public health issue along with a commitment to take action to change policies and practices. GET THE ...

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Dr. Amelie Ramirez Wins Digital Health Awards for Spring 2020

June 9, 2020
Amelie Ramirez Wins Digital Health Awards

Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, leader of Salud America! and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, won a "silver award" for promoting health from the Spring 2020 Digital Health Awards! Digital Health Awards are given each spring and fall to recognize the world’s best digital health resources. The awards are given by the Health Information Resource Center. The Center is a national clearinghouse for professionals who work in consumer health fields. Here are the Salud America! award recipients: Silver, Spring 2020 Digital Health Awards, Web-Based Digital Health—Digital Content Curation, Salud America! Health Website, featuring the work of Dr. Ramirez and digital content curators Josh McCormack, Amanda Merck, and Pramod Sukumaran. Dr. Ramirez ...

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#SaludTues Tweetchat 6/16: Strategies to Address Racial/Ethnic Injustice

June 9, 2020
Stephaine Villanova displays a sign as people calling for unity between African Americans and Latinos in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Source: Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune

Systemic racism makes it harder for Latinos and other people of color to get healthcare, housing, transportation, education, employment, healthy food, safe treatment by police, and more. We need solutions to end racial/ethnic injustice. Let’s use #SaludTues on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, to discuss how to address racial/ethnic injustice and discuss clear, measurable strategies and actions to combat racial/ethnic disparities in housing, public health, education, and more! WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: Addressing Racial/Ethnic Injustice TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT), Tuesday, June 16, 2020 WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues HOST: @SaludAmerica CO-HOSTS:  UnidosUS (@WeAreUnidosUS), America’s Promise Alliance (@AmericasPromise), CommonHealth Action ...

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Public Health Guidance to Support Protests Against Systemic Racism

June 4, 2020
Stephaine Villanova displays a sign as people calling for unity between African Americans and Latinos in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Source: Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune

On April 30, protesters, many with guns and without face masks, entered Michigan’s state capitol to resist stay-home orders amid coronavirus, resist mask-wearing, and demand businesses reopen. “Infectious disease physicians and public health officials publicly condemned these actions and privately mourned the widening rift between leaders in science and a subset of the communities that they serve,” reads an open letter signed by 1,288 public health professionals, infectious disease professionals, and community stakeholders across the country. Then, when George Floyd was killed by a police officer May 25, protesters, many unarmed and wearing face masks, took to the streets to promote racial justice. This time, public health professionals responded differently. The noted ...

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Elva Yañez: Using Lessons from Fighting Big Tobacco to Win Environmental Justice

March 18, 2020
Elva Yanez speaking at second HEALU4ALL summit called Building Capacity in Under Resourced Communities

Elva Yañez—with her neighbors and allies—waged a campaign that has lasted over 15 years to preserve one of the last unprotected open green spaces in her Northeast Los Angeles community of El Sereno. Before working on healthy equitable land use issues, she worked in tobacco control. When she recognized similarities in the way tobacco companies and land developers fought to protect private interests from government regulation, she began using tobacco control tactics to fight for environmental justice. With the help of others, she led an effort to stop one particularly harmful residential development in her community that had serious public health and safety consequences. Throughout the campaign she knew she wanted to go upstream and address the systemic conditions that allowed ...

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6 Challenges to Health Equity Facing Our Transportation System

February 3, 2020
Transportation options to improve health equity.

Decades of decisions fueled by structural racism have built a society with no health equity, where many groups lack a fair, just opportunity to be their healthiest. This is especially true in our transportation system. Past and present planning, policy, and funding decisions have failed to provide equitable, affordable, safe, convenient, and reliable transportation options for all, from the local to federal levels. Dismantling these inequities requires intentional effort. That’s why Smart Growth America conducted a field scan to explore promising opportunities to achieve equitable public infrastructure, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report spells out the six biggest challenges to health equity facing our transportation system (and the  40 ...

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Julia Maues: Fighting Cancer to Advocate for Hope and Health Equity

January 8, 2020
Julia-Maues-cancer-survivor-with-her-son

When Julia Maues was 29, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy who had a full head of hair—while she had no hair at all due to chemotherapy for breast cancer. During her pregnancy, she was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer. Maues began chemo while pregnant, which is the standard of care. After her son was born in 2013, she underwent more tests she couldn’t have while pregnant. Doctors found that her cancer had already spread to her brain, liver, and bones. After trying different drugs and finding the right one, the cancer started to respond to the therapy. There were (and still are) many setbacks: Most drugs don’t penetrate the brain, many drugs harm the heart, the side effects can be debilitating, and her incurable illness has taken a huge emotional toll on ...

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