Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series that will highlight the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s work in Latino communities across the country. By SaludToday Guest Blogger Kristin Schubert According to the National Youth Risk Behavior survey, nearly one in 10 high school students nationwide has experienced physical dating violence. With a higher prevalence of dating violence among black and Hispanic students and serious concern over the negative health impacts of dating violence—national program by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is working to promote healthy relationships among young adolescents to stop the violence before it starts. The program, Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships, targets 11- to 14-year-olds in 11 cities from ...
Check out a 30-second promo video in English or Spanish for a new TV series, "Feeding Minds: Texas Takes on Hunger and Obesity," which premieres on Texas PBS stations Feb. 23, 2012. The series aims to bring awareness to these overlapping issues and to share what government, community organizations and individuals are doing to combat them. Check your local listings for the series. For more information, follow this effort on ...
Watch new videos from Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, showcasing how the program is helping dozens of communities across the country to reshape their environments to support healthy living and prevent childhood obesity. The videos below feature program achievements in Chicago, and Central Valley, ...
Editor’s Note: This is a 20-part series featuring new research briefs on Latino childhood obesity, nutrition, physical activity and more by the 20 grantees of Salud America! Part 17 is Dr. Claudia Galindo. Find all briefs here. Claudia Galindo
“Obesity Among Young Latino Children: Disparities and Changes Over Time” In her Salud America! pilot research project, Dr. Claudia Galindo of the University of Maryland studied factors and behaviors that may affect weight, nutrition and physical activity among Latino youth. Key preliminary findings include: Latino children are more likely to be obese than White and Asian children at all points of observation;
among Latino children from different countries and regions of origin, Central American, Puerto Rican and Mexican ...
Learn the importance of providing bilingual and culturally sensitive health care to our community at a unique training event, "Cancer Prevention & Women: A Look at Programs that Address Health Disparities Among Medically Underserved Populations," from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at the San Antonio College (SAC) Empowerment Center, 703 Howard Street in San Antonio. The event, a partnership between SAC and the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday, will feature IHPR researchers Dr. Daisy Morales-Campos, Christina M. Carmona, Rose A. Treviño, Guadalupe Cornejo and Erika G. Casasola, who will discuss Latina/o breast, cervical and colorectal cancer rates and cultural factors that impede ...
Editor’s Note: This is a 20-part series featuring new research briefs on Latino childhood obesity, nutrition, physical activity and more by the 20 grantees of Salud America! Part 16 is Dr. Dharma Cortes. Find all briefs here. Dr. Dharma Cortes
“Improving Food Purchasing Selection among Low-Income Latinos” In her Salud America! pilot research project, Dr. Dharma Cortes of the University of Massachusetts Boston used an educational intervention (i.e., guidelines geared to ease understanding of nutrition) to try to improve food purchasing behaviors and thus increase healthy eating among low-income Spanish-speaking Latino families with children under age 18. Key preliminary findings include: low-income Latino families spent one-third of their income on food;
much of ...
Editor’s Note: This is a 20-part series featuring new research briefs on Latino childhood obesity, nutrition, physical activity and more by the 20 grantees of Salud America! Part 15 is Dr. Shari Barkin. Find all briefs here. Dr. Shari Barkin
“Exposure to Recreation Center Increases Use by Latino Families with Young Children” In her Salud America! pilot research project, Dr. Shari Barkin of Vanderbilt University Medical Center assessed how exposure to a community recreation center affects whether Latino families with young children use the center for physical activity. This assessment was conducted one year after families participated in a culturally-relevant healthy-lifestyles program at the center. Key preliminary findings include: programmed exposure to a ...
A school in Clymer, N.Y., has started a morning jogging program that gets kids on their feet and moving for up to 20 minutes before classes begin each day. The program has the potential to get kids more physically active, which can help them perform better academically, too. Check out their video about the program here or ...
Editor's Note: This is the testimonial of a graduate of the 2011 Summer Institute of Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training. Read more testimonials here or apply by March 1 for the 2012 Èxito! program. Diana Santiago Campos
Puerto Rico Diana Santiago Campos has taken initiative in her professional life by pursuing a career in nursing in Puerto Rico. Having earned a master’s degree and working as a registered nurse, Campos understands the importance of family and providing for those in need. Being the only one in her family to attend and complete college, she is well-respected and looked up to by her entire family. Campos has always believed she wanted to pursue a doctoral degree. A campus e-mail highlighted Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training—which ...
