VIDEO: Encouraging Hispanic Parents to Help Their Kids Prep for College
Apr 27th
Many Hispanic youth are not pursuing a college degree as a result of their parents not understanding the steps they can take to help their children prepare for and apply to college, according to a recent Pew Hispanic Center study.
In fact, only 13% of Hispanics ages 26-65 have a bachelor’s degree.
To raise awareness among Hispanic parents about the critically important role they play in encouraging their children to go to college, The Advertising Council, in partnership with the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, have launched a national multimedia public service advertising campaign. The objective of the campaign is to provide parents with the resources needed through the new campaign Web site, www.YourWordsToday.org, and toll-free number, 1-877-HSF-8711. Read more here or watch the PSA below:
Latino News Roundup: Top 10 Latina Health Challenges & More
Apr 9th
Check out these Latino health news tidbits from the last few days:
The 10 biggest health challenges facing Latinas
“As a culture, Latinas are always putting our needs dead last,” says Dr. Jane L. Delgado, chief executive of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, in an article in Terra. The No. 1 issue, according to the article, is that, for Hispanics over 20 years old, 10.4 percent are living with diabetes. And Latinas specifically have higher rates than their non-Hispanic white counterparts.
California doctors seeing more diabetes among kids
(WITH VIDEO) Doctors in Fresno, Calif., are seeing an alarming rise in diabetes, a disease in children that used to affect mainly adults, according to KFSN-TV. According to the American Diabetes Association, risk factors for type-2 include a family history of the disease, being overweight or inactive. Certain racial and ethnic groups such as Hispanic and Latino Americans, Asian-Americans and Native Americans are also at risk.
Helping Latinos stay on the road to graduation
Ford Motor Company Fund and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) are partnering to address the high school dropout rate among Latino students. Under the new program, Ford Driving Dreams through Education, ten LULAC Councils will receive grants to develop projects that provide local solutions that tackle this important issue. About 45 percent of Hispanic students do not complete high school on time. Yet recent studies also show that most students understand the value of having a high school diploma and don’t want to drop out of school.
News Roundup: Latino Education, Alzheimer’s & Community Service
Feb 26th
Check out these news tidbits that focus on Latino health and education:
Few states have measures for success in serving Latino kids, families
Preliminary findings indicate that states are lagging woefully behind in taking advantage of opportunities to better serve diverse student populations, particularly Latinos and English language learners (ELLs), according to a report released today by the National Council of La Raza, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S. The report outlines unprecedented developments in U.S. policies and federal funding that would help states improve their early childhood education programs.
NCLR
Latino outreach network gets grant to reduce risk for Alzheimer’s
A $71,000 Desert Healthcare District grant to the Alzheimer’s Association will fund a yearlong outreach into the local Latino community aimed reducing the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. About 35 percent of the district’s population is Latino, who are at higher risk for developing these types of conditions because of the higher incidences of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and related diseases.
The Desert Sun
Schools recognized for community service
Six colleges and universities have been named as Presidential Awardees in the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. At one school, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, students contributed more than one million hours of service last year in projects involving more than 150 community organizations. Projects focused on issues such as providing HIV testing and health support to individuals; and outreach to the growing Latino population.
PR Newswire