A recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation reveals that in the last years the gap between financially stable families and “economically fragile” Latino families is widening. The 2015 Kids Count Data Book, reveals the harsh realities of growing up Hispanic in the United States. Among the most interesting findings: 42% live in single-parent families.
35% — more than any other racial or ethnic group — live in a household headed by someone without a high-school diploma.
63% of 3- and 4-year-olds do not participate in pre-K programs.
More than 80% fail to read at a proficient level in 4th grade.
Nearly 80% fail to score proficient in math in 8th grade. In Texas, where Latinos make up more than 40 percent of the population, Latino children’s reading ...
El Alzheimer cobra la vida a más personas que el cáncer de seno y próstata combinados, reporta Latin Post. Los latino son desproporcionalmente más afectados por el Alzheimer y son “1.5 veces más propensos a padecer de esta enfermedad que blancos.” Alta presión, embolias y enfermedades del corazón son algunos de los factores de riesgo para el Alzheimer. “Es tiempo de hablar sobre el alzhéimer en la comunidad latina.” Hoy en día esta enfermedad no es tratada como un asunto urgente en nuestra comunidad. La diabetes, enfermedades cardiovasculares y la obesidad, son las que actualmente están en la mira, pero el Alzhéimer por mucho tiempo ha sido ignorado. Dice Jason Resendez, director de latinos contra el Alzheimer. De acuerdo a la Asociación de Alzheimer, ...
Regular physical activity is a vital component of every child’s life, yet Latino children in underserved communities often lack access to safe spaces to be physically active. Research shows that Latino kids are more likely to engage in sedentary behaviors such as watching TV or playing video games. While many Latinos have become aware of the risks associated with obesity and physical inactivity, several barriers to physical activity still exist within Latino communities. Opening existing school facilities will reduce many of these social, structural and environmental barriers and support a growing culture of physical activity. Join #SaludTues on July 28, 2015 to tweet about how community members and schools can increase access to safe spaces for Latino children to be ...
In California 1.5 million Latino immigrants live without health insurance, but that soon could change for hundreds of illegal families due to a strong movement in the state government and counties, Univision News reports In June, the state legislature passed two bills that expands access to public health services to undocumented immigrants that will be in effect next year. Most recently the governor of California, Jerry Brown signed a budget that grants access to health care to children without a legal status in the country. “Children are relatively healthy, and it will not cost a lot of money to take care of their health compared to other population groups,” Steven Wallace, professor at the UCLA Fielding school of public health, told Univision News. The County Medical ...
Scientist at the University Of Colorado School of Medicine discovered that stimulant drugs have a more profound effect on women’s brain volume than in men. Recent reports show that since 2008 the use of recreational drugs by Latino teenagers has been on the rise. The study, published in the journal Radiology, analyzed structural brain MRI exams in 127 men and women; 59 people (28 women and 31 men) who previously had an addiction to cocaine, amphetamines and methamphetamine, revealed that women who were previously drug abusers showed significant loss of gray matter. "While the women previously dependent on stimulants demonstrated widespread brain differences when compared to their healthy control counterparts, the men demonstrated no significant brain differences," Jody ...
Access to fresh fruits and vegetables is vital for the Latino population of Philadelphia, constituting over 12 percent of the population. The grant will fund programing that not only incorporates fresh food from local farms into schools, but also lessons in gardening and farming to over 14,000 students. Many Latino parents rely on schools to help provide nutrition to their families as sometimes this is the main source of nutritious food provided through free school breakfasts and lunches. Although there has been struggle for funding in the past to provide fresher food options, federal grants are providing 13 full-service kitchens to be reopened in the schools as well. To read more about this healthy change in Philly Schools, click ...
CentroNía, which provides coaching and professional development training to teachers and administrators recently released its CentroNía Institute Reflective Approach (CIRPA) Toolkit in Washington DC. The toolkit which is based on the latest research in child development is intended to be a guide and on-going support to teachers and school administrators to implement effective lesson planning and to evaluate the effectiveness of their lessons. "We are moving from early care to early learning when implementing the CIRPA Toolkit, “Esteban Morales Educational Director at CentroNía said. The toolkit which is funded by Fight for Children and the Washington Area Women’s Foundation will be first implemented in 13 centers in the Washington DC area. “We are excited to share the ...
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Jenny Castro Un estudio realizado por el Centro para el Control y Prevención de las Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) develó que los hispanos nacidos en este país son casi el doble de propensos a una enfermedad del corazón y cáncer, según el Colegio Americano de Cardiología, esto se debe a que comparado con otros grupos raciales y étnicos, los hispanos están menos informados respecto a las enfermedades del corazón, ignorando que estas son de las principales causas de muerte en Estado Unidos. Por otro lado el CDC estima que los hispanos son el doble de propensos a morir de diabetes y enfermedades del hígado que los caucásicos. En relación al acceso a la salud, más del doble de los hispanos menores de 65 que no tienen ...
The U.S. population does not consume enough fruits and vegetables a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) concluded, NBC Health reports. Latinos in the U.S. consume even less fruits and vegetables than the national average. Most Hispanics consume less than two servings of fruit and vegetables per day. For its study, the CDC went through data from a national survey “to calculate just how close Americans come to meeting national recommendations.” "These results indicate that fewer than 18 percent of adults in each state consumed the recommended amount of fruit and fewer than 14 percent consumed the recommended amount of vegetables," Latetia Moore from the CDC and Frances Thompson from NCI write in the CDC’s ...
