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Test Your Memory with the Brain Health Registry!
Want to play memory and thinking tests and help millions of families with dementia? The Brain Health Registry can help you do that. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) developed a registry for adults ...
Project Firstline: What’s a Virus?
Viruses are a type of germ that can infect a host body and cause illness, like a cold or COVID-19. A virus uses ...
New Orleans Bans Soft Drinks on Kids Menus in Restaurants
Next year in New Orleans, kids won’t be able to order a Coke off the kids menu in restaurants. On Jan. 6, the New ...
Student Loan Debt and Forgiveness: How It Impacts Latino Students
Latino students take out more student loans to pay for their education than their White peers, adding to a racial/ethnic ...
Webinar Feb. 10: Addressing Social Needs to Prevent and Reduce Cancer
Many cancer patients in South Texas and beyond experience barriers in access to health care, insurance, immigration status, ...
How Universal Free School Meals Can Help Latino Kids
Free school meals have been a staple for kids from low-income households for decades, especially Latino kids. When the ...
What is Project Firstline?
COVID-19 worsened the many health disparities already facing people of color. The pandemic revealed long-standing gaps in ...Browse our articles
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Salud America! is daily curating toolkits, data, webinars and other educational materials to support you in creating obesity-reducing changes in your area. These curated resources are great nuts-and-bolts guides to change, as well as helpful content and data that can help you build a case for a decision-maker.
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Get the latest stories, research, and news on different aspects of Latino health, including: obesity, health equity, and how to grow a culture of health.
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Salud America! focuses on topics of potential change to promote a healthy environment and weight for Latino kids. Each topic has a scientific research review and bilingual issue brief, video, and infographics.
Salud Heroes
They are people like you—children, parents, teachers, health workers—who learn of childhood obesity, get an idea to do something about it, mobilize support, and drive policy and system changes in schools and communities.
Resources
Salud America! is daily curating toolkits, data, webinars and other educational materials to support you in creating obesity-reducing changes in your area.
These curated resources are great nuts-and-bolts guides to change, as well as helpful content and data that can help you build a case for a decision-maker.
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What You Need to Know about Flurona
As COVID-19 cases from the recent Omicron variant surge across the country, health professionals ...
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How State and Local Leaders Can Build on the American Rescue Plan to Implement the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
In November 2021, Congress passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ...
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Lack of Latino Registered Dietitians Impacts Latino Health
A healthy diet is critical for the wellness of Latinos and all people. Yet we know that ...
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