1 in 9 American babies are born too soon. Premature birth rates are especially high in U.S. Hispanics (11.3%) and African Americans (16.3%) than in Whites (10.2%), due to issues of stress, health care access, and more. These babies and families struggle with extended NICU stays, ongoing costs and time away from work, and potentially lifelong disabilities. That why the bilingual "Someday Starts Now" campaign is here. The campaign, run in English and Spanish by the Texas Department of State Health Services and coinciding with Prematurity Awareness Month in November, promotes the idea that a healthy, full-term baby begins with healthy, well-informed parents who are active participants in their health care. Here are five tips for women thinking about having a baby to ensure ...
Latinos express widespread optimism and satisfaction with life in the United States, but are not confident in the nation's current direction, according to a new survey, the Denver Post reports. The State of the Latino Family survey, conducted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, interviewed 1,000 Latinos to explore the attitudes and quality of life of Latinos, who are expected to rise from 17% of the current U.S. population to about 30% by 2060. The good news? Latinos have "upbeat attitudes" on several fronts, such as economic opportunities, personal health and the education of their children. For example, more than 60% of Latino parents with young children are attending parent-teacher conferences, volunteering at the schools and working with administrators and teachers. The bad ...
Latina breast cancer patients given information about clinical trials in multiple ways, including a culturally sensitive video on breast cancer clinical trials, had much greater awareness of trials than patients who got usual-care information, according to new data. After receiving the extra information—an interactive video about clinical trials, a bilingual booklet, and access to a patient navigator who can help answer their questions—the proportion of Latina breast cancer patients taking steps toward participating in a clinical trial increased from 38% to 75%, according to the study. The study was led by researchers from the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (the team behind SaludToday) and presented at an ...
Hispanic immigrant are succeeding in Houston the longer they spend in the United States, according to a new study. The study, by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, showed that, over time, "Hispanics are assimilating by nearly all measures, from increasing their salaries to graduating more frequently from high school and purchasing more of their own homes," the Houston Chronicle reports. Education has been a key, according to the study. Most Hispanic immigrants in Houston, which has and under-age-20 population that is 50% Hispanics, came to the city without a high-school diploma. But their rates of education, homeownership, and income all improved. These gains extended to the immigrants' second and third generations, although the gains were more slight by ...
Georgia Shape, a statewide initiative which seeks to bring an additional 30 minutes of physical activity to every elementary school in Georgia has partnered with the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation and Playworks, an organization that works to improve the quality of recess by creating a bully-free zone. Through the partnership, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, commissioner Georgia Department of Public Health, said in a Crossroads news article, that the aim would be to make recess safer by providing support and training to staff for delivering the Playworks curriculum to at least 35,000 students at elementary schools across the state. To support this effort and to make recess more inclusive, the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation provided an additional $750,000 in grant funds towards the ...
Latinos comprise 17% of the U.S. population—but only about 5% of doctors and 5% of nurses. This shortage of Latino doctors and nurses makes it harder to build strong doctor-patient relationships, deliver preventive care, and focus on Latino-specific health conditions or cultural barriers. Let’s focus on what we can do to solve the problem by using #SaludTues to tweet about innovative programs, campaigns and other resources to increase the number of Latino health professionals: WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Solving the Latino Doctor/Nurse Shortage”
DATE: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014
TIME: Noon CT (1:00 PM ET)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludToday
CO-HOSTS: @NHMAmd and @LatinoDoc (Dr. George Flores of the California Endowment) We’ll open the ...
Foreign-born U.S. adults—especially Hispanics—are less likely to get vaccinated than those born in the United States, according to a new study, the Latin Times reports. The study, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, found that foreign-born adults had lower vaccination rates for: influenza; PPV to prevent pneumococcal diseases, especially pneumonia; tetanus; Tdap (which prevents tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis); hepatitis A; hepatitis B; shingles; and HPV, the human papilloma virus. For example, 34% of foreign-born adults received the flu vaccine, vs. 40% of U.S.-born adults. And 51% of foreign-born adults were vaccinated for vaccinated for tetanus, vs. 65% of U.S.-born adults. Hispanics were the least likely foreign-born adults to be vaccinated. "As their ...
Two new studies provide compelling evidence that obesity increases the risk of the most common type of postmenopausal breast cancer among both black and Hispanic women, EMaxHealth reports. The studies, which are being unveiled at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) annual conference Oct. 29-31, 2014, in Washington, show that associations between body weight and breast cancer risk seen among white women also hold true for black and Hispanic women. In the first study, researchers at Cancer Prevention Institute of California found that "healthy-weight Hispanic women who gain pounds through adulthood have increased risk for estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) positive tumors after menopause." In the second study, researchers at the Rutgers Cancer ...
More than 16% of Latino adults experienced a mental illness during the previous year, and communities of color are more likely to lack access to care to meet their behavioral health needs. This makes mental health awareness important in Latino communities. Let’s tweet about the education and access Latinos have to mental health and wellness, as well as what cultural barriers Latinos face with addressing mental health issues: WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Mental Health and Latinos”
DATE: Tuesday, October 28, 2014
TIME: Noon CT (1:00 PM ET)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludToday
CO-HOSTS: @APApsychiatric @SAMHSAgov We’ll open the floor to your stories and experiences as we explore: Why mental health is important for Latinos
Cultural ...
