Health

Los últimos estudios, investigaciones, reportajes y materiales educativos sobre la salud de los latinos en los Estados Unidos.

Recent studies, investigations, reports and educational materials on the health of Latinos in the United States.

General Health Topics

Identifying and addressing social determinants of health in outpatient practice: results of a program-wide survey of internal and family medicine residents, January 2020

Trends in Health Equity in the United States by Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Income, 1993-2017, June 2019

Personalized medicine and Hispanic health: improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities – a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop report, July 2017

A Community-Academic Partnership to Address Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities through Grant-Making, 2013

General & Mental Health

The Mental Health of Hispanic/Latino Americans Following National Immigration Policy Changes: United States, 2014–2018, December 2019

Diabetes

Understanding the impact of five major determinants of health (genetics, biology, behavior, psychology, society/environment) on type 2 diabetes in U.S. Hispanic/Latino families: Mil Familias – a cohort study, January 2020

Ancestry effects on type 2 diabetes genetic risk inference in Hispanic/Latino populations, June 2020

Cancer

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Survival: The Contribution of Tumor, Sociodemographic, Institutional, and Neighborhood Characteristics, January 2018

Kidney Disease

CKD and ESRD in US Hispanics, February 2021

Obesity

Do Neighborhoods Matter? A Systematic Review of Modifiable Risk Factors for Obesity among Low Socio-Economic Status Black and Hispanic Children, March 2019

Parenting and Breastfeeding

Amamantamiento, CDC, Centros para el Control y la Prevencion de Enfermedades

Lactancia, varios PDFs

kellymom.com is a wonderful blog where mothers post questions and the information given back to them is backed up with the latest research.

Other Health Articles

Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL)  NIH, February, 2014

Lo que la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio significa para las minorías, White House, August 21. 2013

The Affordable Care Act and Latinos, HHS, 2012

A Curriculum: Training Promotores de Salud in HIV Prevention in Rural Latino Communities: A Train-the-Trainer Curriculum, Farmworker Justice, 2013

Report: Latinas Are a Driving Force Behind U.S. Hispanic Purchasing Power  Nielsen, August 1, 2013

Clinical Trials: Poll Data of Minority Populations, Research America, July 2013

Infographic: 12 Cancer Resources for U.S. Latinos, Salud Blog, August, 2013

Univision’s Hispanic Patient Journey Study Identifies Gaps – From Awareness and Information to Diagnosis and Adherence. Univision, 2012

Video: The Benefits of Being Bilingual.