Latina Teens Second Birth Likely Despite Knowing Prevention
Latina Teens Second Birth Likely Despite Knowing Prevention
By LatinaLista The first time a teenage girl gets pregnant it can truthfully be called an accident but a second, third or fourth time? A new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control […]
Latino Kids as Pawns in the Soda Wars
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Are Latino kids being unfairly targeted as study subjects for obesity in youth and the relationship to drinking a lot of sodas? There is now a […]
What Are the Main Health Issues affecting Latinos in the U.S.?
By Hope Gillette, Saludify Hispanics are one of the fastest growing minorities in the United States, representing more than 16 percent of the country’s population, according to the most recent U.S. […]
$30,000 to Study Obese Latino Kids Who Drink Soda
By Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic Fans of conservative scientific outrage and the railing against senseless Obama administration-backed spending therein, have no fear: We’ve got the early word on a study […]
Latino Health Coverage & 2012 Tax Returns – What’s the Link?
By Hope Gillette, Saludify There are approximately 53 million Latinos living in the United States, according to the most recent census data, and of those, 31.1 percent are without health […]
Creative Way to Teach Health Education in a Latino School
By Salud Today Check this great new video featuring an innovative health education effort in El Monte City School District in El Monte, Calif., a city that is nearly 70% Latino. The […]
Smoke Free Texas: Health & Economic Impact
By Juan Flores, La Fe Policy Research and Education Center Every day, thousands of Texans’ lives are put in danger as a result of secondhand smoke exposure in the workplace. Texas Latinos, […]
Aging Between 2 Worlds: Latinos Thrive on Faith, Optimism, Tradition
By Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez, New America Media Part 2. Read Part 1 here. DALLAS, Texas–“Lord, give me the strength of the buffalo, and make me like the eagle,” is one of the […]
Aging Between Two Worlds – Latino, Old and Poor on the TX Border
By Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez, New America Media First of two articles. BROWNSVILLE, Texas–Guadalupe Tobias did not live a drastic change when she emigrated to South Texas more than four decades […]
Latinos More Concerned with Family, Community Health
By Salud Today U.S. Hispanics emphasize family priorities and the need for access to recreational opportunities and facilties far more than the average American, and Hispanics also place greater responsibility […]
