Investigación: Los niños latinos consumen más bebidas azucaradas que los niños no latinos



Los bebés latinos son dos veces más propensos a recibir bebidas azucaradas que sus pares no Latinos, y tres de cada cuatro niños latinos han tenido una bebida azucarada a la edad de 2 años, lo que contribuye a sus tasas altas de obesidad, de acuerdo con un nuevo paquete en español de la investigación realizada por Salud América!, la red nacional de prevención de obesidad de UT Health San Antonio. El paquete de investigación de Salud América!, Bebidas azucaradas y los niños latinos, examina la ciencia más reciente sobre la salud de los latinos de 0-5 años y hace recomendaciones de política para reducir el consumo: • Reseña Temática • Video Animado • Infográfica—Consumo de las bebidas azucaradas • Infográfica—Marketing de las bebidas azucaradas • ...

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Investigación sobre la Obesidad Infantil Latino, Infografías y Vídeos Animados


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Cuatro nuevo informes de investigación en español, infografías, y vídeos animados que hablan de las causas y soluciones innovadoras hacia la obesidad infantil Latina, investigado por Salud America!, una red nacional de prevención basada en UT Health Science Center en San Antonio y fundado por la Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Los materiales en español, publicados en ingles durante los principios del 2016, enfrentan las críticas razones por la cual los niños Latinos son más obesos y más sobrepeso que sus padres. Los materiales también muestran tácticas para revertir la epidemia, basados en la evidencia. “Queremos que la gente comparten estos materiales con sus amigos, su familia y las personas influyentes para crecer el conocimiento de las problemas de salud en los ...

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Diana Aguire : An Èxito! Grad Who Wants to Change People’s Lives For the Better



Editor’s Note: This is the story of a graduate of the 2015 Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program. Apply now for 2016. Diana Aguire Long Beach, Calif. A purse can make a fashion statement. But for this person, her “Yo Quiero Colombia” purse is a reminder of her roots and a reminder of her strong dedication to changing people’s lives for the better. She’s got a great start thanks to her work on an obesity prevention project and coordinating a promotora health education program. Diana enjoys doing research, working with the community, and providing mentorship to other Latino students seeking higher education. Diana is a first generation college graduate who received her bachelor's degree in Health Science from California State and is now enrolled ...

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Research: Latino Families Have Worse Access to Healthy Food



Latinos tend live in neighborhoods with few supermarkets and other sources of healthy, affordable food options, but several promising solutions are emerging, according to a new package of research from Salud America!, a national network for Latino childhood obesity prevention funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Salud America!’s Better Food in the Neighborhood research package includes an in-depth review of the latest science on the U.S. Latino food environment and policy implications based on that research. It also includes an issue brief, animated video, and infographics. The research shows that Latino neighborhoods have one-third as many supermarkets as non-Latino ones, corner stores with few healthy options, and ...

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Thanks for the Nomination, #LATISM!



@SaludToday, our Latino health social media handle at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center, was honored to be nominated for the Best Health Advocate reaching Latino(a)s through Tech Innovation and Social Media award from LATISM (Latinos in Social Media), a nonprofit group that empowers Latinos through tech innovation and social media. Although we didn't win (congrats to our friends at the American Heart Association!), we love being part of a huge push to improve Latino health. During the conference, SaludToday's social media coordinator, Carlos Valenzuela, was honored to speak on behalf of IHPR Director Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez about how we’re using using our social media accounts and digital communications via Salud America! to ...

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Latino Health in Focus: Progress in the Fight Against Breast, Liver, and Colorectal Cancer



Find the latest advances in Latino health—studies on liver cancer rates and colorectal cancer screening, and a promotora’s heartwarming story of survival—in the IHPR Noticias E-newsletter. IHPR Noticias has lots of info on the latest local and national health disparities-related news, resources and events: Story: A Latina Cancer Survivor Makes a Career of Helping Others through Cancer (Pg. 1) Profile: An Aspiring Doctor, Jennifer Garcia-Davalos, Works for Latino Health (Pg. 2) Study: South Texas Latinos Have Nation’s Highest Liver Cancer Rates (Pg. 3) Study: Local Researcher Hopes to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening (Pg. 4) Story: How to Fix Huge Lack of Hispanics in Clinical Trials (Pg. 6) Story: Food Trucks—Healthy or Junk Food for Latinos (Pg. ...

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How to Increase Latino Participation in Potentially Life-Saving Cancer Clinical Trials


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Only 5% percent of Latinos participate in federal clinical trials, giving researchers fewer chances to find new cancer treatments for this population. What can a health agency do to get more Latinos into clinical trials? A new guide, Clinical Trials Outreach for Latinos: Program Replication Manual, developed by researchers at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at UT Health San Antonio, was created to help health agencies reach into Latino communities and increase their participation in cancer clinical trials. With the guide, a health agency can: Learn about cancer clinical trials; Learn about donation of biospecimens (human materials such as skin, hair, and bodily fluids); Learn the need for Latino-focused outreach to increase trial accrual and ...

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New Video/Audio ‘Lifelines’ to Help Reduce Cancer among Latino and Other Minority Populations



Hispanics suffer higher rates of certain cancers, including cervical cancer and childhood leukemia, than other groups. That is one of the reasons behind Lifelines, a series of cancer education articles, videos and audio files from the National Cancer Institute’s Multicultural Media Outreach (MMO) program. The Lifelines series, in both English and Spanish, addresses cancer prevention, treatment, survivorship, health disparities, clinical trials and other cancer-related topics for African-American, Hispanic, Asian American and Pacific Islander and Native American populations. Lifelines Videos feature videos on a wide range of topics, including colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer, tobacco use and lung cancer, complementary and alternative medicine, and nutrition and cancer ...

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Latino Health in Focus: Cooking Up Latino Dishes to Fight Cancer



Find the latest advances in Latino health—like a new cookbook with cancer-fighting recipes—in IHPR Noticias, the newsletter from the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday. IHPR Noticias has these stories and more: Cookbook: Local Latinas’ Tasty Recipes Get Cancer-Fighting Makeover (Pg 1) Profile: Inspired by Her Youth to Give Back...The Story of the IHPR's Rose A. Trevino (Pg 2) New Guide: How to Increase Latino Accrual to Cancer Clinical Trials (Pg 3) New Website: How to Grow a Healthy Change for Latino Kids (Pg 4) Study: Study: Promotores de Salud Help Diabetic Latinos Improve Health (Pg 6) Story: Latinos, Why is Organ and Sample Donation Important? (Pg ...

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