Today is the kick-off of National Public Health Week (April 4-10) and this year's theme is “Healthiest Nation 2030,” with the goal of making the U.S. the healthiest nation in one generation! How can you participate? • Organize a health walk around your office with your co-workers and post it on social media using #NPHW #SaludNPHW.
• Promote healthy habits by posting recipes and/or workout routines. You can also join any of the events organized by the American Public Health Association, see their full calendar here. Happy NPHW and together let’s make the U.S. the healthiest nation, free of cancer and ...
In 2015, Univision and Latinum looked into how Latinos access healthcare information and found that Latinos are listening to, trusting, and reacting to healthcare messages from many sources, and they tend to worry more about the health and wellness of their families than non-Latinos. (78% vs. 59%). Latinos trust the following healthcare information sources significantly more than non-Latinos: Doctors (66% vs. 58%)
Clinics (54% vs. 31%)
Hospitals (56% vs. 37%) Unfortunately, Latinos face more barriers to access these sources than non-Latinos. However, they are 23% more likely than non-Latinos to say that online, TV or radio healthcare messages “led me to see a doctor or medical professional about a specific drug.” In order to improve Latino health, it is important to ...
Having a healthy lunch is vital to students who consume most of the day's calories at school. Schools in Oyster River Cooperative School District are learning how to work with flavor, spices, culture and more to help increase student's consumption of healthier school lunches in their schools. Themes like "taco Tuesday" are popular among students, offering them a variety of different dressed up fruits and vegetables along with a lean meat for protein in the crunchy taco offered. The district also just won the New Hampshire School Breakfast Challenge with a 69 percent increase in student's participation for consuming high school lunches. The school's director of school nutrition, Doris Demers, has been working with creative and dedicated managers and school board members that have ...
In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published Cultural Insights: Communicating with Hispanics/Latinos to help you to communicate more effectively with specific cultures in order to influence their behavior. For example, Latinos have lower mortality rates than the overall population, but are at greater risk for chronic diseases, thus getting diseases is often a bigger concern than dying. The publication addresses: Targeting Health Communication
Knowing your Audience
Media Habits (i.e. magazines, newspapers, radio, television, and internet)
Priority Health Concerns
Health-Care Seeking Behaviors
Traditional Health Beliefs and Practices
Cultural Elements (i.e. material culture, social institutions, belief systems, aesthetics, and ...
A study performed by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute determined the least healthy counties in Texas. The study took into account numerous data sources regarding the health factors of populations, the ratio of dental and mental health care providers to people in the counties, socio-economic data, and unemployment data. Also taken into consideration were the typical length of life and quality of life. Based on the information, Brooks County (91% Latino population), located in the Rio Grande Valley, was deemed the least healthy county in the state. The report determined that 40% of all adults in Brooks County were of “poor health” and the obesity rate among adults was nearly 30%. The county also has an uninsured rate of 25% and 46% of the children in the ...
According to research conducted by Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center and presented April 1st, 2016, at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, when preschoolers watch videos of other children eating vegetables, they're more likely to eat vegetables themselves. “As we work to explore easy-to-use tools to help influence children’s attitudes toward healthy eating and to make it more fun and exciting, this study lays the foundation for interventions that we may be able to translate into home or school settings in the future,” said Amanda Staiano, PhD, lead author on the study and assistant professor of research in Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory. Read the Society of ...
Large differences in adults' physical activity levels may be attributed the features in the urban environment, like street intersections, public transit stops, number of parks, and residential density, according an international study done by researchers at UC San Diego published in the Lancet in April 2016. The purpose of the study was to explore how features in urban neighborhoods are related to physical activity levels. The authors of this study conclude that changing the built environment is a promising solution to improve physical activity levels, thus health. This will require cross-sector collaboration with non-traditional health partners, like urban planning, transportation, and parks. Access the full study here. Copy and Share: Changing city design is ...
What's not getting taxed, or may be taxed less in Britain? Britain has a new and different way of taxing sugary sweetened beverages using a three tier level of tax, looking more at the sugar content of a beverage and wanting to help people to switch at least to less sugary options for health reasons. Not all drinks will be taxed the same, but will be taxed per ounce as in Berkley, Cali. Drinks with more sugar, like soda will be taxed at higher prices, whereas slightly sweetened teas will be taxed less and no taxes will be put on flavored waters, according to a recent article. The new taxes are set to start in 2018, giving companies and vendors time to reform products and think about sugar content. Hungary also has a tier system, working within two levels of taxing, and ...
More and more cities, states and some countries, most recently the UK, are pushing towards a soda tax to help decrease obesity, and help fund health and wellness programs. The first city to have a successful attempt at a soda tax in the nation has been Berkley, CA, but now they hope to continue to raise awareness and show support to other cities working on a soda tax movement like Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. In a recent article, Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque stated, "Diabetes and other diet-related illnesses are destroying our kids' health, and sugary drinks are driving this trend. With this film, we want to show that communities can fight back and win, even against a corporate Goliath." The Film "Berkeley vs. Big Soda" is widely ...
