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NYC Medical Center Launches Latino Health Initiative
8:41 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Health|New York City · Comments Off
1 Nov 2006
In most urban areas with significant Latino populations there has been a push towards preventive healthcare instead of crisis management. Too many people in the Latino community are uninsured and use hospital ER’s as their primary care physicians. Recognizing this fact, Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC recently launched The Latino Health Initiative, one of the first hospital-based programs in the metropolitan region committing staff and resources to specifically address the health needs of the Latino market.
Beth Israel’s Latino Health Initiative is committed to delivering the best possible clinical and preventive care to Hispanics. “We will eliminate cultural barriers by recruiting Hispanic and bi-lingual doctors, nurses and staff,” Dr. Hector Castro, founder of Itzamna Medical Center, the first private physician-driven clinic in New York to target the Latino community, said. “Our team will also visit New York’s Latino communities in an effort to educate all age groups about the importance of a healthy body, mind and spirit.”
6 Cities Have Corazon
11:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Events|Health|houston|Los Angeles|Miami|New York City · Comments Off
20 Feb 2006
The National Latina Health Network is hosting a Healthy Heart Day on February 25th in 6 different cities across the country to celebrate National Heart Month. The day will include free blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, an opportunity for participants to speak briefly with a bi-lingual health counselor, receive educational materials about cardiovascular risk factors and leave with personal information to take to their doctors. All materials will be available in English and Spanish. One in four U.S. Hispanic adults has elevated cholesterol.In addition, heart disease is the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the U.S., according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Hispanics are twice as likely to have diabetes, a contributor to heart disease, than non-Hispanics.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a study last week restating what has been said before, that Latinos continue to fall behind in terms of access to health care. While health care disparities have lessened for other people of color compared to whites, treatments for diabetes, mental illness and tuberculosis, as well as dental and preventative care, were just some of the areas in which disparities for Latinos were increasing. According to the National Center for Policy Analysis:
Officials say they cannot identify the reasons for the gaps in health care for Latinos. Carolyn Clancy, director of AHRQ, says that a language barrier might contribute to the disparities, adding that she did not know the extent to which illegal immigration plays a role.
As a Latina I can say that language, immigration status, as well as disparities in income all play a role as to why nuestra gente still are not getting the health care they need and deserve.
Via / National Center for Policy Analysis
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