Category: Hispanic Health
Snohomish emergency preparedness event seeks to engage diverse communities
The day will have two educational tracks: One for community residents to learn more about being prepared for emergencies, and another for emergency responders to learn ways to respond more effectively to a diverse community.
Despite challenges, community health centers win high satisfaction rates
Low-income Americans are more likely to be satisfied with the care they receive at community health centers, called federally qualified health centers, than at mainstream health care providers.
More U.S. mothers are breastfeeding – CDC
From 2000–2008, the percentage of women who initiated breastfeeding went up from 47.4% to 58.9% for blacks, and 71.8% to 75.2% for whites. Initiation rates for Hispanics went from 77.6% to 80.0%.
King County health officials say consumption of sugary drinks contributing to obesity among the young
Close to a third of high school students, or 26,000 youth, drink soda daily in King County, and 8,000 students drink two or more sodas per day, according to a new report.
Decline in smoking stalls in King County
About 10% of King County adults smoke, plus an additional 2% use smokeless tobacco products. About 1 in 4 12th graders report using tobacco products. Overall, smoking accounts for 1 in 5 deaths in the county.
Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
The health of Hispanics often worsens the longer they live in the U.S.
After 20 years of U.S. residency, rates of hypertension, diabetes and obesity rise sharply for Hispanic immigrants.
Tomorrow, Oct. 15, is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Hay más de 750 personas en el Condado de King que son latinos y tienen VIH o SIDA, y alrededor del 40% de ellos recibieron un diagnóstico tardío.
Medicaid cuts would hit blacks and Latinos hardest — study
In black and Latino communities, more than one in four people rely on Medicaid, compared with fewer than one in eight whites.
Young Americans began to put on the pounds in the 1990s, study
The weights of young people in the U.S. remained fairly steady over the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s — but then they began to put on pounds.
Many obese Mexican-Americans not advised on diet and exercise by doctors
Why don’t physicians provide counseling to obese patients? — lack of financial incentives, lack of adequate training in weight management and counseling and language barriers.
Campaign urges Hispanics to talk with their doctor
Hispanics are less likely to see a doctor regularly than other ethnics groups. In fact, half of adult Hispanics reported that they did not see a doctor in 2008.
UW students team up with community groups to tackle hepatitis
UW students team up with local community groups to raise hepatitis B awareness among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and new immigrant groups.
Hispanics living longer than whites, blacks. But why?
Hispanics can expect to live to the ripe old age of about 80 years, more than 2 years longer than non-Hispanic whites who’re looking at about 78 years.
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