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Webinar: From Healthcare to Policy—Exploring Medicaid and Medicare Access for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
Less than half of the 2.25 million adults in the US who live with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) were part of government programs that helped people receive assistance, such as Medicaid and Medicare. To ensure ...
San Antonio, Can You Share Your Health Research in 3 Minutes?!
Are you up for a challenge? If you’re a translational science student or community member working on research in San ...
How Do Latinos in the U.S. View Their Identity?
Latinos account for 1 in 5 people in the United States. Among this group, most Latinos say their heritage is an important ...
Discover the Truth about Cancer Myths with Cancer FactFinder Tool
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Such and such causes cancer,” more than a handful of times in your ...
Air Conditioning Reliability: An Overlooked Non-Medical Driver of Health
Amid a sweltering summer heat wave, communities in the U.S. East Coast are struggling to handle the stress on energy ...
Study: Rates of Alcohol Use Disorder Higher in People with Disabilities
1 in 6 Latinos in the U.S. live with a physical, sensory, intellectual, or mental disability that impacts how they navigate ...
Summer Safety Tips to Protect Aging Adults from the Heat
Summer has officially kicked into high gear. With many cities across the U.S. experiencing unprecedented ...Browse our articles
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Salud America! is daily curating information on healthy changes via toolkits, data, webinars and other educational materials to support you in creating healthy changes in your area.
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Get the latest stories, research, and news on different aspects of health among Latinos and all people, including obesity, cancer, and the non-medical drivers of health.
Research
Salud America! focuses on topics of potential change to promote healthy changes for Latino and all families. 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
These curated resources are great nuts-and-bolts guides to healthy changes, as well as helpful content and data that can help you build a case for a decision-maker.
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Get Tips on Better Nutrition with Nutrition Navigation
Healthy eating can be a challenge for many different reasons. Lack of access to grocery stores, ...
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Hoja informativa: Conozca cómo el aislamiento social afecta la salud cerebral en adultos mayores
Para vivir una vida saludable, el ser humano necesita la interacción social. ¿Pero sabía ...
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3 Bilingual Type 1 Diabetes Resources to Help Latinos and Families
There are 1.5 million people in the U.S. living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Nearly 200,000 of ...
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