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This section lists articles that impact public health issues regarding the Hispanic community.
Low Priority of Cardiovascular and Chronic Diseases on the Global Health Agenda
Current efforts toward CVD control are insufficient, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In addition to CVD, other chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are being ignored by policy makers, development aid agencies, and leading foundations. Read More
Shaping the World to Illustrate Inequalities in Health
Visualizing inequalities in health at the world scale is not easily achieved from tables of mortality rates. Here we introduce another approach to mapping the world that can be useful for illustrating inequalities in health. Read More
Revival of Maya medicine and impact for its social and political recognition (in Guatemala)
This study brings together the experience of the ASECSA in efforts to restore and advance indigenous Maya medicine and combines this with advocacy work and its effect on public health policies designed to promote a health system with intercultural relevance. Read More
Information about Health in Spanish provided by U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Office of Women’s Health
Read about: Las alergias y la fiebre del heno, Asma, Botox, Bronceadores con filtro solar y bronceado, Cáncer de pulmón, Cirugía de los ojos con láser o LASIK, and more! Read More
Terra Firma: A Journey from Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery by Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D.
Desperate for a livable income, I packed my few belongings and, with $65 in my pocket, crossed the U.S. border illegally. The first time I hopped the fence into California, I was caught and sent back to Mexico, but I tried again and succeeded. I am not condoning illegal immigration; honestly, at the time, the law was far from the front of my mind. I was merely responding to the dream of a better life, the hope of escaping poverty so that one day I could return home triumphant. Reality, however, posed a stark contrast to the dream. I spent long days in the fields picking fruits and vegetables, sleeping under leaky camper shells, eating anything I could get, with hands bloodied from pulling weeds — the very same hands that today perform brain surgery. Read More
Immigrants and Health Care: At the Intersection of Two Broken Systems by Susan Okie, M.D.
For recent immigrants — especially the estimated 12 million who are here illegally — seeking health care often involves daunting encounters with a fragmented, bewildering, and hostile system. The reason most immigrants come here is to work and earn money; on average, they are younger and healthier than native-born Americans, and they tend to avoid going to the doctor. Many work for employers who don't offer health insurance, and they can't afford insurance premiums or medical care. They face language and cultural barriers, and many illegal immigrants fear that visiting a hospital or clinic may draw the attention of immigration officials. Read More
World Health Report 2007: “International Health Security”
World Health Organization (WHO)has published their annual World Health Report. The theme of World Health Day and of the WorldHealth Report 2007 is “International Health Security” – the need to reduce the vulnerability of people around the world to new, acute or rapidly spreading risks to health, particularly those that threaten to cross international borders. The aim of this paper and of World Health Day itself is to spark global debate around international health security. Read More
Turning the Tide on Cancer in Cuba By Conner Gorry & Gail Reed
Cancer is Cuba’s #2 cause of death and #1 cause of years of potential life lost. The Head of new Cancer Control Unit talks about the challenges in an exclusive interview. Read More
NCLR REPORT: Latino Health, Georgia's Future: Strategies for Improving the Health of Latinos in the State.
This report by the National Council of La Raza found that there is a severe health information gap among Latinos in Georgia which is adversely affecting their health status and which could affect Georgia’s public health. The report is the culmination of a two-year process which included literature reviews, interviews with key health officials in the state, and a series of community focus groups. The report also makes a series of recommendations for the state’s health agencies, nonprofit institutions, policy-makers, and the Latino community itself to ensure access to health care for Georgia’s growing Latino community. Read More
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