#SaludTues Tweetchat 8/3: Breaking Down Systemic Injustices in Healthcare
A widening socioeconomic gap, racism, and discrimination contribute to inequitable distribution of healthcare and mental and physical health dispariti…
Month: July 2021
Working With Schools 101
Training for public health professionals working with schools in the time of COVID-19.
This video can also be viewed at
https://www.cdc.gov/wcms/vide…
Study: Community Environments Impact Individual Health
Neighborhoods with large populations of people of color also have high rates of chronic disease, less access to healthy foods, and other systemic inju…
Data: Latino Youth Struggled with Mental Health in 2020
2020 was a difficult year for many reasons. The combination of a deadly pandemic, a racial reckoning about police violence, and economic hardships hav…
Study: Alzheimer’s and Dementia Have a Different Impact on Latinos
We know Latinos are 1.5 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and dementia than whites. Now a new study shows that Latinos experience sl…
Advocates Urge Taking ‘Food Security’ Toward ‘Nutrition Security’
Millions of Latinos and other Americans of color suffer from a lack of reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. For ye…
July Month Health Observances
July 1 – 31 Cord Blood Awareness Month Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation 23110 Georgia Avenue Brookeville, MD 20833 (301) 774-4915 in**@*******************od.org www.parentsguidecordblood.org Materials…
Data: Segregation Leads to Lower Income, Life Expectancy for Latinos
Living in segregated cities can have negative impacts on Latino and Black people rather than living in racially diverse areas, according to a new anal…