Spreading the word about how to improve health for all people, including Latinos, is a dire need. That’s why Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, leader of the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at UT Health San Antonio, created Salud America!, formerly called the SaludToday blog and social media campaign. Salud America! was recognized with four Communicator Awards. We won “silver” in the content and marketing category and “silver” in the community action, writing, and website categories Please help us continue to raise awareness of health issues and solutions by following us @SaludAmerica on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and ...
It will take all sectors of society to solve the obesity crisis. That's why on April 12, 2016, Dr. Amelie Ramirez and the rest of the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions will conduct a workshop on how business leaders can get involved in fighting obesity. Tune in here for the free workshop, which is set for 9 a.m. EST Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The workshop will feature expert speakers and discussion on why and how to encourage the business community to be involved in obesity solutions, identify reasons why businesses might be interested in being involved, and demonstrate ways they can be engaged with a focus on community level multi-sector collaborations. Ramirez, director of Salud America! and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, is a member of the ...
Parents, need ideas for a healthy, tasty breakfast? Try the easy-to-make Jugo Verde (Green Juice) by San Antonio Chef Johnny Hernandez! Watch his cooking demo: Jugo Verde (quick version)
Jugo Verde (step-by-step instructions and guidance) Chef Johnny conducted the cooking demonstration for a new campaign by Salud America! to promote the importance of nutritious breakfasts at school and at home. For the campaign, we invite you to snap a picture of you and/or your child having breakfast at home or at school and share it using #SaludNSBW / #NSBW16 on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for your chance to win a T-shirt and jump rope! Try making Jugo Verde ...
Dr. Deborah Parra-Medina, a health researcher at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at UT Health San Antonio, recently became a national research fellow and is co-leading regional health education centers in South Texas. Parra-Medina was named a Fellow by the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB), a national group of researchers who apply study results to improve public health. Fellows are selected for their significant contributions to advancing health behavior knowledge, as well as a strong record of scientific investigations, publications, and presentations. She is being recognized at the AAHB’s scientific meeting Feb. 21-24, 2016, in Florida. Parra-Medina also recently became co-director of the South Texas Area Heath Education Centers (AHEC) Program in ...
Salud America!, a national childhood obesity prevention and communication program, has received a one-year, $1.3 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop new, tailored educational content that helps people to work toward healthy changes for children and families. Established in 2007, Salud America!, has recruited a national online network of 50,000 parents, school personnel, health professionals, and community leaders who support its mission. Childhood obesity continues to rise in America. The new funding will allow Salud America! to expand its network and engage members with enhanced educational content, including multimedia role model stories, social media events (like the #SaludTues weekly tweetchat), online resources, digital action campaigns, and ...
Univision’s affiliate in San Antonio, Texas (KWEX), recently reported on the latest research and recommendations by Salud America! on healthier school environments for kids. See the latest research on school health. Watch the whole story and interview (Spanish) with Dr. Amelie Ramirez ...
Recent data show communities living under the U.S. poverty line are more aware of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and vaccination rates in some of these communities is higher than in more affluent ones, The Guardian reports. However, not all patients are completing the entire vaccine series. For the article The Guardian interviewed Dr. Daisy Morales-Campos, a research instructor at the Latino Research Initiative at The University of Texas at Austin (formerly with Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio). Dr. Morales-Campos directs Entre Familia, an HPV campaign aimed at people in South Texas. There are still a lot of challenges to access, according to Morales-Campos. “People there [in Hidalgo County] often do not have the transportation ...
A controversy is growing over sugary drinks and their impact on health in San Antonio, Texas. Sugary drinks recently surged into the national spotlight with emerging research on the link between too much dietary sugar and health issues like diabetes and obesity, and the growth of sugary drink pricing initiatives by cities to cut consumption and increase revenue for health promotion programs. These issues have prompted push-back by the beverage industry. That push-back reached San Antonio, where beverage industry reps and health leaders sparred over local health, fueled by research by Salud America!, the childhood obesity prevention network. Obesity and diabetes are grave local and national health concerns with no single cause, and no single cure. “But you simply cannot ...
Spreading the word about how to improve health is a dire need. That’s why we created the Salud America! program. We recently won a trio of Web Health Awards for our digital efforts to raise awareness for health from the Health Information Resource Center, which gives awards twice annually for online health information. We earned a “gold” award for our @SaludAmerica Twitter/X feed, a "silver" award for our Growing Healthy Change Platform and a "bronze" award for the Salud Heroes story "Wild About Health." Please help us continue to raise awareness of health issues and solutions by following us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and ...
