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How a Pastor Can Help Latino Families Eat Healthier

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3 days ago
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The Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships has launched an interactive toolkit in Spanish for faith-based and community leaders to learn about the various ways they can partner with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Designed specifically for the Latino Community, the La Mesa Completa Pastor’s Toolkit describes federal nutrition assistance programs from the lens of a pastor or community leader interacting with members of their community.

The toolkit includes helpful links, best practices, stories, and even videos of personal testimonies of how federal programs are helping families get the nutrition they need.

Study: Latino Cancer Patients Suffer More Pain, Severe Sadness

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1 week ago
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Latino patients reported significantly higher rates of pain, numbness, cognition difficulties, vomiting and severe sadness than non-Hispanics in a recent survey of 622 cancer patients awaiting appointments at three hospitals in the Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough, Internal Medicine News reports.

About 45% of Hispanic patients reported moderate to severe pain, more than twice the percentage of whites (20%) and also more than African Americans (37%).

On some measures, differences were seen between Latino patients who spoke English and those who did not. For example, 64 percent of Spanish-dominant Hispanics reported fatigue, compared with 49 percent of English-dominant Hispanic patients.

Read more about the survey here.

New Online ‘Videonovela’ Series Helps Spanish-Speakers Compare Diabetes Treatments

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1 week ago
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A new online Spanish-language videonovela, Aprende a vivir (Learn to Live), features messages to help diabetes patients compare their treatment options to find a regimen that works best for them.

The three-episode videonovela series, being distributed by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), tells the story of Don Felipe, who has type 2 diabetes and is head of the Jiménez family, and how he is having a problem learning to manage his disease.

Don Felipe, with the support of his family, comes to understand that he needs to speak with his health care team about his treatment options rather than skip his medication because of side effects.

Watch Episodes 1 and 2 online or Facebook.

Episode 3 will be released May 10, 2012.

Nearly 12% of Hispanics age 20 or older had been diagnosed with diabetes.

Find more in Spanish on diabetes here.

Vital Vaccine Information Now in Spanish

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1 month ago
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Photo from the new Spanish-language vaccines.gov website

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently launched a Spanish version of its vaccine information website, which aims to answer questions, educate about diseases that vaccines prevent, and connect individuals with resources to keep themselves and their families healthy.

The Spanish version of the site includes the following:

  • Easy-to-read vaccine recommendation schedules for all age groups and health conditions;
  • Clear information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent;
  • Tips on travel immunizations and staying healthy abroad;
  • Resources regarding vaccine requirements for school or child care entry;
  • Info on where to get vaccinated and programs to make immunizations more affordable, including a community clinic locator; and
  • Tools to share content via social media

To visit the English version, click here.

To visit the Spanish version, click here.

Thanks to the Border Health Commission for the tip on the new website.

VIDEOS: ‘No Excuses’ for Not Getting Colorectal Cancer Screening

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1 month ago
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What’s your excuse?

A new bilingual public service announcement (PSA) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addresses common excuses and misconceptions that lead people to delay or avoid getting screened for colorectal cancer.

The PSA features men and women who voice their personal reasons for not being screened, while an off-camera announcer responds by providing facts about colorectal cancer screening and its importance. Adults ages 50-59, Hispanics, and persons with lower income, less than a high school education, and without health insurance were least likely to have been screened for colorectal cancer, according to CDC statistics.

Watch in English:

Watch in Spanish:

NCI’s Cancer.gov Goes Mobile

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2 months ago
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched a new mobile website, m.cancer.gov.

Designed specifically for mobile phone users on any mobile platform, the site in English and Spanish offers much of the same high-quality information found on cancer.gov’s desktop site.

Available in English and Spanish, m.cancer.gov provides cancer patients, their loved ones, and their caregivers with credible, current information about:

  • A wide range of cancer types
  • Cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Dealing with treatment side effects
  • Questions to ask your doctor
  • Breaking and current cancer news
  • A dictionary of cancer terms that includes audio pronunciations
  • One-touch connection to NCI’s 1-800-4-CANCER information specialist line

In the future, additional content, including information about clinical trials, will be added to m.cancer.gov.

Latina Moms and Moms-to-Be, Get Free Health Tips by Text

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2 months ago
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text4babyCheck out Text4baby, a free bilingual mobile information service that provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life.

Sign up for the service by texting BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411.

Once enrolled, three free SMS messages are sent each week, timed to either a woman’s due date or baby’s date of birth.

Text4baby has proven beneficial effects, according to a recent study of 122 women by the National Latino Research Center at California State University, San Marcos, and the University of California, San Diego:

  • 64% reported text4baby helped them remember an appointment or immunization they or their child needed.
  • 75.4% reported that a text4baby message informed them of medical warning signs they did not know.
  • 71.3% reported talking to their doctor about a topic that they read on a text4baby message.

Text4baby, an educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), launched two years and has enrolled almost 300,000 subscribers and sent more than 28 million text messages. The program has more than 700 outreach partners including MTV, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, and more.

Learn more at www.text4baby.org. Follow the effort on Facebook and Twitter.

VIDEO: Latina Breast Cancer Factors and Prevention

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2 months ago
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Latinas, please watch this Spanish-language video about breast cancer factors and prevention featuring Dr. Jorge Gomez, director of the Office of Latin American Cancer Program Development of the National Cancer Institute.

VIDEO: The Risks of Consuming Sugary Drinks

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3 months ago
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Check out this new Spanish video from the “Life’s Sweeter” campaign, which provides information and tools for the reduction of sugary drink consumption.

Visit the campaign, led by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, here in English or Spanish.

Hispanics Urged to Get Flu Vaccine

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5 months ago
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For National Influenza Vaccination Week Dec. 4-10, 2011, the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) is inviting Hispanics ages 6 months and older to get vaccinated against the influenza.

The first and most important step to protect against flu is to get vaccinated, according to the CDC’s Spanish-language flu website.

The vaccine reduces one’s risk of illness, hospitalization, or even death and can prevent the spread of the virus to loved ones.

There is good news: More Hispanic children, 43 percent, have been vaccinated this year than black children at 36 percent or white children at 34 percent, UPI reports.

Go to flu.gov in English or Spanish to learn more.

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