Special issue of medical journal explores Latino health and health care Nov 10, 2009
This issue, Confronting Inequities in Latino Health Care, comprises nine studies examining hypertension, diabetes, health insurance coverage, discrimination, quality of care, spirituality, preventive care, and other topics on Latino health and healthcare. NEWS FACTS. (EurekAlert!)
Undocumented Hispanics Face Health Care Roadblocks in U.S. Nov 3, 2009
The study authors analyzed data from the 2007 Pew Hispanic Center/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Latino Health Survey of more than 4,000 Hispanic adults across the United States. The researchers examined differences in perceived quality of care, receipt of preventive care, and usual source of health care among foreign-born, U.S.-born, permanent-resident and undocumented Hispanics. (MEDLINEplus)
Anaheim Family YMCA, Latino Health Access and Others Team Up With American Chemistry Council to Promote Recycling Education Sep 20, 2009
Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Anaheim Family YMCA, Latino Health Access (LHA), Anaheim League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Orange County Children's Therapeutic ARTS Center (OCCTAC), Keep California Beautiful (KCB) and the American Chemistry Council have partnered to promote recycling in Orange County ... "Latino Health Access welcomes the opportunity to partner with the American Chemistry Council to promote the value of recycling education with our community," said Gabriela... (PR Newswire)
What hurts? Getting Latino patients' message across to the doctor Aug 3, 2009
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Young boost diversity as population ages May 15, 2009
The growth in the state's Latino population is primarily due to births, many of them to immigrant parents, according to David Hayes-Bautista, director of UCLA's Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, who has studied 65 years' worth of data on Latino health and behavior. "When Latinos are half of the total population in California, overall people will have fewer heart attacks, cancers and strokes, they'll have healthier babies, live three to four years longer, work harder, work more... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Calif. cuts health care to illegal immigrants Apr 28, 2009
Eliminating illegal immigrants from health services may enable counties to balance their budgets this year but won't solve the problem in the long term, said David Hayes-Bautista, professor of medicine and director of University of California, Los Angeles' Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. "We are mortgaging the future to scrape through the present," he said. (AZCentral -- News)
OCEANSIDE: Alarming trend seen in Latino education Apr 16, 2009
A date has not been set but they hope to feature David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA, and David Lizarraga, chairman of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. For more information on Encuentros visit. (North County Times)
My View: Empower neighborhoods to improve lives Mar 24, 2009
America Bracho of Anaheim is the executive director of Latino Health Access and a 2008 recipient of the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Dear Readers. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
