A new report from the Heartland Regional Health Equity Council addressed the disparities in heart disease in four Midwest states: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The Heart Disease Disparities Report provides an overview of the demographics and heart disease disparities in these states. Chronic conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes are among the most frequent and costly health conditions in the United States. Latinos are disproportionately burdened by many of these chronic illnesses. The data in the report covers the time period from 2000 to 2010. The data was collected from numerous sources, including online tools, state health department offices, and surveys. Some of the findings from the report include dramatic Latino population increases in the four ...
It's that time of year again! Summer is nearly hear and we're excited to share this wonderful opportunity for San Antonio youth to get involved in the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Camp Power Up! This year's 2016 Camp Power Up will take place June 6-10 at San Antonio's Westside YMCA! Camp Power Up! is a FREE healthy lifestyle/diabetes prevention program (est. value $700) open to students ages 10-14 yrs, with a physician's referral. During the week long event, 50 campers and their families will get to enjoy: health/nutrition education;
indoor and outdoor fun activities;
field trips;
parent health education sessions; and
a family celebration night Lunch and snacks will be provided, as well as health information and prizes. If you know of a physician who ...
The Urban Institute's mission is to open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions through economic and social policy research. Health is high on the list, not only because of the ever-increasing healthcare costs and societal costs related to American's poor health-obesity, heart disease, diabetes-but health is influenced by numerous aspects of our lives, not just what happens in the doctors office. In the Urban Institute paints the picture of health in America in their The Picture of Health: At Home, at Work, at Every Age, in Every Community series, which was funded with support from the Lawrence & Rebecca Stern Family foundation, Inc. The Picture of Health project weaves research into storytelling, looking at numerous aspects of our lives that influence health. The ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health has recently released data detailing the quality of care received by people with Medicare Advantage by racial or ethnic groups. Based on the analysis from two sources, researchers analyzed how well the needs of Medicare beneficiaries are met for a variety of medical issues, several of which are disproportionately felt by the Latino population such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic lung disease. “This is the first time that CMS has released Medicare Advantage data stratified by race and ethnicity. Increasing understanding and awareness of disparities and their causes is the first step of our path to equity,” said Dr. Cara James, director of the CMS Office of Minority Health. ...
A new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the American Cancer Society shows that greater levels of leisure-time physical activity are associated with a lower risk of developing 13 different types of cancer. Leisure-time physical activity is separate from physical activity done at work or at home. It is activity done at one's own discretion, like hiking, swimming, Zumba, or yoga. This new study pooled data on 1.44 million people, ages 19 to 98, over 11 years, from the United States and Europe, and was able to examine a broad range of cancers, including rare malignancies. The most noteworthy finding from this study is that associations are broadly generalization to different populations, including people who ...
According to recent news, Dr. Linda Ko is working to implement healthier food and physical activity environments for 900 Latino children in over eight elementary schools in the Lower Yakima Valley, in Washington, where thirty-four percent of the youth are obese. The new large-scale trial, called "Together we STRIDE"-an acronym standing for "Strategizing Together Relevant Interventions for Diet and Exercise"- will work to reduce the children's body-mass index (BMI) by teaching families and children to cook and eat healthy meals together at home and in school, and will also include physical activity components like community block party's that offer free physical activity classes like Zumba and yoga in or around local parks. A Community Advisory Board has helped lead the groundwork ...
Active Living Research translated their popular Safe Routes to School Programs (SRTS) Work infographic into Spanish. This infographic features evidence on the success of programs to improve safety and increase the number of children walking and biking to and from school through educational efforts, encouragement programs, and road improvements at or near schools. Findings presented in this infographic come from a related ALR research review. Learn more about how Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programs Work here. Copy and Share: Los Programas De Rutas Escolares Seguras Si Funcionan http://salud.to/225D7Ka #SRTS @SaludToday ...
In Contra Costa County, half of CalFresh recipients are children. CalFresh is a federally funded program, formerly called Food Stamps that helps families and children put nutritious foods on their tables daily and helps to prevent household hunger and reduce the greater risks for obesity, diabetes, and other diseases. May is “CalFresh Awareness Month,” where organizations and groups like the First 2 Contra Costa through the Family Economic Security Partnership work to increase CalFresh use and awareness of CalFresh benefits to the community. The coalition is led by the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County and includes the Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), the Multi-Faith Action Coalition, the Ensuring Opportunity Campaign, and other ...
To help increase awareness of unhealthy food and beverage marketing and inspire collective action to make positive changes in communities, schools and other places that children gather, the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity created a set of presentations as a resource for advocates to spread the word about unhealthy food and beverage marketing in their communities.
The presentations are suited for a wide-range of audiences including health department outreach events, parent gatherings, school PTO meetings or school wellness committee, faith and youth groups, and food policy councils.
Among these resources is a downloadable presentation on "Food Marketing to Youth: What's the Harm?", which explains the importance of eating healthy foods, the truth about how millions of ...
