Latino parents are generally positive about the future, spending more time with their children than their parents did with them, according to a new NBC News: Education Nation poll. The poll, which interviewed 803 U.S. parents or guardians, indicates that all parents agree more than a high school diploma is needed to achieve the American Dream, including good social and communication skills, but there are gaps in just how positive parents are, largely based on their income, race, level of education and marital status. Latino parents were especially optimistic. They were more likely to believe their children will be better off than they are (65%) than whites (40%) and blacks (59%), and less likely to say their children will face more problems growing up than they did (59%) than ...
Latina and black women are less likely than white women to pick their surgeon and hospital for treatment based on reputation, according to a new, Medical Express reports. Instead, they rely more on physician referrals and health plans for those decisions. The study, published in JAMA Oncology, suggests less-active involvement of minority patients with regard to selecting physicians and hospitals for their care. "Most women relied on referrals from their physicians for selecting surgeons, particularly black women and Spanish-speaking Hispanic women. In addition, minority patients were less likely to report reputation as an important component of their decisions about surgeons and hospitals and were more likely to select a hospital because it was part of their health plan," according to ...
According to California state law, all elementary school students should receive a minimum of 200 minutes of physical education (PE) every 10 days. For middle school students the number increases to 400 minutes of PE every 10 days. Unfortunately, Latino students, along with other minority & low-income students, are often denied access to physical education, despite widespread support for physical education among California's constituents. In fact, The City Project reports that Californians not only favor PE, but they support it more than any other obesity prevention policy. When low-income students and students of color receive disproportionately lower levels of physical education and schools fail to comply with state law---The City Project says this becomes a civil rights ...
Latinos have a unique struggle with their eye health. They have among the highest rates of overall visual impairment, and they run a high risk of glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and blindness. Let’s use #SaludTues on March 24, 2015, to tweet information and resources Latinos need to help prevent, reduce their risk, or manage eye health problems: WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: "Why Latinos Should Keep an Eye on Vision Health"
DATE: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
TIME: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludToday
CO-HOSTS: National Eye Health Education Program (@NEHEP), Bascom Palmer Eye Center at the University of Miami (@BascomPalmerEye), and the U.S. Office of Minority Health (@MinorityHealth) We’ll open the floor to your ...
Latinos are underrepresented in genetic studies, but did you know just how underrepresented they are? Whites make up 96% of participants in genome-wide association studies and next-generation genome sequencing, which make it harder for scientists to develop personalized therapies specifically for Latinos and other minority groups. A new report, Genes, Culture, and Medicines: Bridging Gaps in Treatment for Hispanic Americans from the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, offers three main recommendations in response to this lack of diversity in genetic studies: Improve the Science. Fully implement federal research guidelines for inclusion of underrepresented groups in all study and grant applications, including pilot studies, and encourage non-federal granting bodies to do the ...
Working families led by blacks and Latinos are twice as likely as those headed by whites and Asians to be poor or low-income, according to a new report by the Working Families Project, the Washington Post reports. Less than 1 in 4 white working families earned less than 200 percent of the poverty level, which is $40,180 for a family of three, in 2013. More than 1 in 2 Latino families earned less. What's the reason? The report authors cited differences in jobs, wages (Hispanics tended to have low-paying jobs), education, family structure and benefits:
Also, more than half of low-income Hispanic families had at least one parent who did not complete high school. By contrast, just 16 percent of white workers were high school dropouts. Still, educational differences explain ...
Rebecca Adeigbe grew up in South Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley, a mostly Latino area that often lacks basic infrastructure—like streets and running water—and also is short on doctors and public health services. Adeigbe now works to improve health in this region and beyond. Adeigbe, a researcher at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (the team behind SaludToday), empowers people to take control of their health, and emboldens others to focus on health research and changes. “I’ve been increasingly attuned to high poverty and disease rates—and I enjoy working hard to make a real difference in improving health and quality of life,” Adeigbe said. Adeigbe got her big break into public health in 2010. As ...
Latinos and blacks are more likely to pick up a cigarette-smoking habit during their 20s, according to a new study, Science Daily reports. The study, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, looked at longitudinal data and found that, at age 18-and-a-half, 44% of whites, 27% of Latinos, and 18% of blacks smoked cigarettes. By age 29, the trend rose in Latinos and blacks (30% and 31%) and dropped in whites (40%). Study researchers said the findings can help guide interventions targeted to reduce cigarette smoking "at the right ages for the right socio-demographic groups," said Rebecca J. Evans-Polce, postdoctoral fellow at the Bennett Pierce Prevention Center. "In order to better understand why these disparities in substance use behavior exist, we need to look at how risk ...
Over 1,000 kids (including many Latinos) will be running in the New York Road Runners' (NYRR) first-ever Times Square Kids Run! The free event which is part of the NYRR's Five-Borough Series is set to kick-off on Sunday March 15, 2015 alongside the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon.
Events like these are especially important for Latino kids who are often faced with multiple barriers to physical activity.
For kids at one school, PS 159 in the Bronx, programs like the NYRR's young runners program provide them with the opportunity to be physically active on a regular basis. At PS 159, teacher Sally Bojorquez leads the running team in morning runs on a weekly basis. For some of the students running in the race, this will be their first time leaving the Bronx. Starting at ...
