Many cities across the country are informing their citizens about the importance of healthy beverage consumption and being aware of the health risks associated with consuming sugary beverages. The "Rethink Your Drink" campaign encourages people to drink more water and fewer sugary beverages, and helps educate people about healthier beverage options. The city of Evanston, Ill. is working on helping inform citizens to "sip their way to better health" by launching the ReThink Your Drink Campaign on April 21st, 2016. Leaders of the community in health will raise glasses of fruit and or herb-infused water and pledge to drink more water. Dr. Chehab will also present to all attendees the amounts of sugar hidden in popular beverages.
About 22 percent of Latino high-school students ...
In recognition of National Minority Health Month, Breastfeeding Medicine is providing FREE access to a selection of high-impact articles now addressing minority health disparities. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Breastfeeding
Katherine M. Jones, Michael L. Power, John T. Queenan, Jay Schulkin Changing the Breastfeeding Conversation and Our Culture
Gail C. Christopher, Joanne K. Krell Barriers to Breastfeeding in the African American Population of Shelby County, Tennessee
Julie L. Ware, Larita Webb, Marian Levy Impact of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Sociocultural Factors on Early Breastfeeding in an Urban, Predominantly Dominican Community
Melissa E. Glassman, Karen McKearney, Minna Saslaw, Dana R. Sirota Prepregnancy Obesity and Breastfeeding Noninitiation in the ...
Although Latinos account for nearly one-fourth all estimated new HIV diagnoses in the U.S, their participation and awareness of HIV testing is low. To improve HIV testing and prevention in the Latino community the University at Albany—School of Education has developed a new study that aims to determine the factors that impact HIV testing. The three-year project aims to “determine the combinations of individual, sociocultural and community-level factors that must be targeted within the Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men community to maximize HIV testing and prevention efforts.” Study leaders are recruiting Latino men to get insight into their habits. Participation includes three online surveys with gift card incentives for completing ...
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau offers a look at the differences in educational attainment for the different races and ethnicities. The study found that 93.3% of non-Hispanic whites over the age of 25 graduated from high school and Asians and non-Hispanic whites were more likely to hold a bachelor’s degree than Hispanics/Latinos. For Latinos, there has been a positive trend in terms of education. In 1988, 10% of Latino adults (25 years or older) had obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher. In 2015, the rate rose to 15%. However, compared to non-Hispanic whites (36% in 2015), Latinos still lag far behind. Latinos were the only group where the percentage of the native population with a bachelor’s degree or higher was higher than the percentage of the foreign-born ...
The United States House of Representatives just passed the Global Food Security Act (H.R. 1576) a new bill that takes steps to fight worldwide hunger by empowering and supporting small-scale local farmers. The Global Food Security Act authorizes a U.S. global food an nutrition security strategy to help support farmers in small scale sustainable farming. “In the world’s poorest countries, malnutrition and stunting affect hundreds of millions of people and undermine the development of entire countries. This tragedy is made all the worse because it is completely preventable," Representative McCollum said on her site. "The Global Food Security Act invests in hardworking smallholder farmers around the world to reduce hunger and improve nutrition. In particular, it empowers women ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Latinos have different degrees of health risks, including a 50% higher death rate from diabetes, a 23% more chance of obesity, a 24% chance poorly controlled high blood pressure, and Latinos are less likely to be screened for health issues. To meet the unique health care needs of the Latino population in northeast New Jersey, the Clara Maass Medical Center and the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center have each launched programs aimed at improving Latino health. Clara Maass Medical Center has established the Center for Excellence for Latino Health, while Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has created the Hispanic Health Outreach Program. The Hispanic Health Outreach Program was designed to raise awareness about the health ...
Members of Minnesotans for Healthy Kids Coalition, a statewide coalition of around 25 organizations that work on policies to help address childhood obesity, gathered together in March to purpose a healthy food access bill for the many people who are facing little to no healthy food access in Minnesota. According to a 2011 project from the Trust for American's Health and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, 14 percent of children ages 10 to 17 were obese in Minn. The coalition talked with several steak holders about what should be included in a bill for healthy food access for Minn. and many wanted the Dept. of agriculture to house the loans, technical assistance and felt the state could house the program with ten million dollars a year, in the form of loans grants or technical ...
This March, Grow Hartford Youth, a youth led group that works to give youth a voice, launched the "10 Slices of Justice" campaign for Hartford Public Schools in the downtown Hartford Public Library. The launch was held within the Hartford Arts & Activism Fair, where youth stood up with their campaign to help discuss solutions for problems they see within their school lunches, like small portion size, and quality of lunches. The campaign was all youth led, and where students were able to talk about what were the issues in their school lunches. They discussed the points of the "10 Slices of Justice" campaign, including changes they wanted to see like bigger portions, better quality foods made from scratch, variety of local options, culturally appropriate foods, and more ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recently offered resources on getting the most out of your healthcare coverage. Four essential tips can be utilized to successfully manage health insurance all year long. Pay your first month’s premium. You have to pay your premium each month to keep your health insurance benefits.
Turn in your paperwork. All of your information must be submitted for your coverage to take effect.
Update your personal and financial information. Make sure you take note of any “life changes” (change of income, change of household size, residence, etc.) as soon as they happen.
File your income taxes. If you had a tax credit in 2015, you must file your 2015 federal income tax return. Open enrollment for 2017 health plans begins on ...
