Are Latinos workers in more danger than other workers? Latino workers have a 19% higher workplace fatality rate than the national average—a number that is rising, while declining for all other groups of workers, statistics show. That's why, for Workers Memorial Day on April 28, 2015, the unions of the AFL-CIO pause to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and renew efforts for safe workplaces, especially for Latinos. The fatality rate for Latino workers actually declined significantly from a peak fatality rate in 2001, but is increasing again. In 2013, there were 797 Latino worker deaths, compared with 748 deaths in 2012. Most Latino workers who died on the job in 2013 were immigrant workers. "Immigrant workers have a disproportionate rate of injuries, ...
Summer is almost here, which means we’re planning as many outdoor activities as we can to take advantage of warm weather and sunshine! But nothing ruins a great hike or beach day like a sunburn. More importantly, too much sun exposure can severely increase skin cancer risks—even in Latinos. In fact, new research shows that in the past two decades, melanoma incidence among Latinos has risen almost 20 percent. What’s the deal? Poor sun safety habits and lack of awareness are just a few factors, studies find. Join us and our co-hosts as we tweet the facts about Latinos and skin cancer, the best preventative measures and how to spot something doctor-visit-worthy at the next #SaludTues Tweetchat. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “What Latinos Need to Know about Skin Cancer”
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Praxina Guerra and her mentor Cathy Lopez are true Salud Heroes when it comes to creating an environment of school health and fun. After becoming involved with a local student ambassador program and creating a school club to encourage students to adopt healthier practices, the pair collected funds for a water bottle fountain, also called a hydration station, to be installed in the school’s cafeteria. Their team also started monthly Wellness Wednesday fitness events, available to both parents and students, as a way to increase fitness opportunities for the surrounding community.
Seeing the Issue of Obesity First-Hand
According to a 2009, Bexar County assessment of obesity by school district, 40% of children enrolled in South San Antonio Independent School District (SSAISD) were ...
Physical education (PE) and exercise play vital roles in the healthy development of a child, yet for many schools PE is often underrated. According to Dr. Gregory Myer, director of research at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's Sports Medicine Division, many kids only get PE once a week. While students must be well prepared academically, can students really thrive and reach their fullest potential without being given an opportunity time to be physically active throughout the school day? Myers believes it's time we take a new approach to how we look at physical activity. Instead of just looking at minutes spent being active, perhaps we need to take into account more. Myers says we should begin exploring aspects of physical activity that might lead to: (1) ...
Access to health care after the Affordable Care Act is improving among all racial/ethnic groups, especially Hispanics, but more work remains, according to a new report. According to the report, the 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, the nation's rate of uninsured people has declined. The decline was greater among Hispanics and blacks, who historically have had higher rates of unsiuninsurance rates compared with whites. For Hispanics, the rate of those uninsured dropped from 40.3% to 33.2%, and for blacks dropped from 24.6% to 15.9%. "These findings indicate that the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Marketplaces is making health insurance available to millions of Americans who might otherwise have been uninsured," said AHRQ Director Dr. Richard Kronick ...
Latinos are less likely to drink alcohol at all than non-Latinos. That’s the good news. The bad news? Latinos who choose to drink are more likely to consume higher volumes of alcohol than non-Latinos, and about 8.3% of Latinos needed treatment for alcohol problems in the past year, federal statistics show. For Alcohol Awareness Month (April), let’s use #SaludTues on April 14, 2015, to tweet information, resources, and tips that can help reduce alcohol abuse among Latinos: WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Alcohol Awareness and Latinos”
DATE: Tuesday, April 14, 2015
TIME: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludToday
CO-HOSTS: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (@NCADDnational), Institute for ...
About 90% of U.S. teens go online daily and 32% of Latino teens go online "almost constantly," a higher rate that white teens (19%) and comparable to black teens (34%), according to a new Pew Research report. Much of this frenzy of access is facilitated by mobile devices. Overall, more than 70% of Latino, black, and white teens ages 13-17 have access to a smartphone, which has become a top driver of teen Internet, texting, and social media use. Patterns of social media use seem to be affected by socioeconomic status, as teens from lesser-income households (those earning less than $50,000) are more likely than others to say they use Facebook the most. Teens from high-higher households are somewhat more likely to visit Snapchat and Twitter more often than those from lesser-income ...
Calling all researchers focused on Latino health! You're invited to a professional development workshop June 28-30, 2015, that will help Latino health scholars strengthen their skills in analyzing and studying public health datasets to contribute to the understanding of Latino and other underserved populations. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the workshop are being accepted through April 19, 2015, from junior faculty, residents, graduate students, doctoral students, post-doctoral students, and other researchers. The workshop is sponsored and hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, ...
About six-in-ten U.S. adult Latinos, or 62%, speak English or are bilingual, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center data. Among U.S.-born Latinos, the vast majority of the second generation speaks English (42%) or is bilingual (50%). By the third generation the percentage of English increases (76%) and bilingual decreases (23%). Foreign-born Latinos are the least likely to speak English (5%), but many are bilingual (35%). What do these data say? It means that, although Latino adults said Latino immigrants need to speak English to succeed while still valuing the ability to speak Spanish, the future of language use in the U.S. is increasingly English and bilingual, according to a Pew report. "And as a sign of the times, Spanglish, an informal hybrid of both ...
