What does a healthier environment look like? That is what the community of San Antonio, Texas is asking as they bringing together ideas to leverage a healthier San Antonio. The City of San Antonio's Metropolitan Health District will hold a conference on the Health and the Built Environment at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Friday, November 13th. The theme for the conference is "Leveraging a More Livable SA", where ideas will be discussed by designers, architects, community health workers and public health advocates all working together for a more livable and healthier community. Speakers will talk on various topics including, Planning for a Healthy Tomorrow, Food, Affordable Neighborhoods, Economics of Health, Real Estate Development and more. To find out more ...
According to a report conducted by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the majority of the nation’s Latinos believe that education is one of our country’s most important issues. Entitled “Latino Perspectives on K-12 Education & School Choice,” the report revealed a number of important discoveries, mainly that education was second only to the economy and jobs as the most important issue Americans currently face. Education was also more of an important issue to Latinos than immigration. Latinos surveyed covered a range of education topics, including charter schools, standardized testing, school vouchers, and educational spending. In terms of K-12 education, approximately 53% of the Latinos surveyed felt that it was heading in the “wrong direction,” compared ...
A recent report in California finds that over 50 percent of the glyphosate sprayed in the state is applied in eight impoverished counties with large Latino populations. Glyphosate, more commonly known as Roundup, is an herbicide classified as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization and may soon have the same classification in California. “We’ve uncovered a disturbing trend where poor and minority communities disproportionately live in regions where glyphosate is sprayed,” said Dr. Nathan Donley, a staff scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity in a press release. “In high doses glyphosate is dangerous to people, and California can’t, in good conscience, keep allowing these communities to pay the price for our overreliance on pesticide The report was ...
Learning more about sugary sweet beverages can be a vital health tool for Latino communities where diabetes and chronic diseases are at higher risks. Dr. Xavier Morales, the Executive Director of Latino Coalition for a Healthier California, will be working with families, communities, and interested partners about sugar sweet beverages. The four-hour training will provide interactive conversation along with tools and materials about sugar-sweetened beverages. This is a free event and anyone is invited to come. A free Continental breakfast and lunch will be served for all attendees and certificates of attendance will be provided as continuing education credit. The event will be held on Monday, November 23rd at the Texas Diabetes Institute from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Please RSVP to ...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to increase access to quality health care for everyone in the country, especially the Latino community. Now in its Open Enrollment phase (through January 31, 2016), the ACA has already seen the largest reduction in uninsured Americans in four decades. To date, 16.4 million have gained health care coverage. Last year, an estimated 80% of uninsured Latinos qualified for Medicaid, CHIP, or lower costs on monthly premiums through the Health Insurance Marketplace. It was estimated that 7 out of 10 who purchased insurance through the Marketplace found coverage for less than $100 a month. Over 910,000 Latino adults between the ages of 19 and 26 are now covered through their parents. Overall, 4.2 million Latinos (ages 18-64) gained health ...
The Transportation and Health Tool was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support practitioners in examining the health impacts of transportation systems. This tool provides data on 14 transportation and public health indicators to describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations by state or metropolitan area. This tool also provides strategies to improve transportation health outcomes. For example, Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) can improve community safety and equity, increase walking and biking, and reduce chronic disease. Additionally, according to one comprehensive ...
Fast food is advertised on Television with fun characters from popular TV shows and movies. These characters are promoted through toys in hopes to attract kids into wanting the latest happy meal toy. Unfortunately, fast food is usually not the healthy choice, and a recent study points out that families with more TVs at home and those with a TV in the child's bedroom visit fast food restaurants more often than other families. The study reported in The Journal of Pediatrics also revealed that children who are more likely to watch more TV at home, watching shows like Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Cartoon Network and Disney, were reported visiting McDonald’s or Burger King at least once per month. Latino kids are more likely to be targeted for unhealthy food ads, and sugary sweet drinks. In ...
Diabetic retinopathy, the most common type of diabetic eye disease, affects more than 7 million Americans and that number is expected to rise to 11 million by 2030, according to the National Eye Institute (NEI). Latinos, American Indians and African Americans are at higher risk. “Only about half of all people with diabetes get an annual comprehensive dilated eye exam, which is essential for detecting diabetic eye disease early, when it is most treatable,” Dr. Paul Sieving, director of the NEI said in a press release. Diabetic eye disease is a group of conditions including cataract, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy and everyone with type 1 and type 2 diabetes is at risk. What can you do if you have diabetes? Take your medications as prescribed by your doctor
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Food, nutrition and healthy eating are all very important and relevant topics to anyone. How does marketing and communications about these topics impact consumers knowledge, skill and behaviors? This is what the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Food and Nutrition Board discussed in a recent workshop about food literacy. The Workship discussed three goals: Discuss current science that concerns the roles that consumers education and health marketing and branding play in affecting consumers knowledge, skills and behavior
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