11.7.11 New NIH brochure educates Hispanics suffering from the symptoms of serious illness
The National Institute of Nursing Research releases Spanish-language palliative care publication
Dealing with the symptoms of a serious illness is difficult. For the Hispanic population, language and cultural barriers can add to the burden, making it even harder to get relief. A new Spanish-language publication from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health, provides those in the Hispanic community with information about palliative care, a comprehensive treatment that reduces or eliminates pain and other distressing symptoms of illness and medical treatments.
Cuidados Paliativos: El alivio que necesita cuando tiene síntimos de una enfermadad grave (Palliative Care: The relief you need when you're experiencing the symptoms of serious illness) explains what palliative care is, who it benefits, and how it works. "Although often seen as an end-of-life protocol, palliative care provides relief to patients dealing with chronic illnesses as well, including AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and diseases of the heart, lungs, and kidneys," noted Dr. Patricia A. Grady, NINR director.
NINR developed the brochure to increase awareness of palliative care among Hispanic patient and caregiving populations, and care providers who serve Hispanic communities.
"By providing this information in Spanish, we seek to increase the number of provider-patient conversations about palliative care resources, so that fewer patients suffer needlessly from pain and distressing symptoms," said Dr. Grady.
Cuidados Paliativos also highlights:
how to decide if someone needs palliative care
how to ask a health care provider for palliative care
how palliative care differs from hospice care
what kind of specialists participate on a palliative care team
insurance coverage for palliative care treatment
Research has shown that palliative care offers other benefits as well, including improvements in patient-provider communication, emotional support, and satisfaction with overall care.
To order or download a free copy of the brochure, visit www.ninr.nih.gov or call 301-496-0207. This publication is also available in English.
NINR supports basic and clinical research that develops the knowledge to build the scientific foundation for clinical practice, prevent disease and disability, manage and eliminate symptoms caused by illness, and enhance end-of-life and palliative care. For more information about NINR, visit the Web site at www.ninr.nih.gov.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
11.1.11 San Diego Researchers First to Report Positive Impact of Text4Baby Program
San Marcos, CA – Researchers at the National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos and the Department of Reproductive Medicine at UCSD will present data at the American Public Health Association Conference in Washington D.C. this week demonstrating impact of text4baby, a free mobile health information service for pregnant women and new mothers in San Diego.. More
10.14.11 Text4baby's new Public-Service Announcements
"Belly to Belly"
"Baby Pictures"
9.27.11 Hispanic American Heritage Month 2011
Many Backgrounds, Many Stories, ONE AMERICAN SPIRIT!
Join us for a panel conversation entitled
The Health and Diversity of the Hispanic Community
For more information contact Jackie Calix at 301-443-0331 or via e-mail at JCalix@hrsa.gov
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (EST) Location: NIH Building (Across the street from the Parklawn Building) 5635 Fishers Lane, Conference Room T500 Rockville, MD 20852
9.27.11 HHS, Obama admin, and community officials to discuss efforts to promote
Latina and family health and well being
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, September 27, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will host a national call with bloggers and reporters to discuss women's health in Latino families and communities. Topics will include Community Health Workers (Promotores), Preventive Care, the Affordable Care Act, Community Health Centers, Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health and more. More
4.25.11 James Marks, Sr. VP at RWJF Starts Conversation on Vulnerability Scenarios
Can we make future suffering among the vulnerable better given the right planning tools? James
Marks, Senior Vice President and Director of the Robert Wood Johnson's Health Group thinks
so. In his article titled "If Nostradamus Was a Philanthropist" on the Stanford Social Innovation
Review blog, he writes:
"What will matter most are things like jobs, schools, crime, food, housing, and energy. That
has huge implications for health foundations, NGOs, and government agencies, all of which
typically look for solutions within, not across, sectors."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pleased to announce the CDC Flu App
Challenge to identify innovative and creative uses of technology to raise awareness of
influenza and/or educate consumers on ways to prevent and treat the flu. Within the past
few years, applications and technology have made it easier to communicate critical
information on health subjects.
In an effort to support a place where the public and government can solve problems
together, the CDC has compiled a wealth of data that is now available to the software
development community to utilize to generate innovative solutions to promote healthy flu
prevention behavior.
4.21.11 Healthcare Summit, "Improving Healthcare in Our Community"
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) will hold the first annual Healthcare Summit,
"Improving Healthcare in Our Community," on May 19 -20, 2011 in Cleveland, OH.
2.28.11 IOM Challenges Students to Go Viral to Improve Health
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Academy of Engineering invite college and
university students to participate in an exciting new initiative to transform health data
into effective, innovative new applications that take on the nation's pressing health issues. Go Viral to Improve Health
2.24.11 APHA Adopted 17 New Policies at 2010 Annual Meeting
LB-10-02 U.S. immigration policy — Calls on the president and Congress to end the
exclusion of health care for undocumented, newly arrived immigrants from health reform
and to support health reform that provides comprehensive, affordable, accessible health care
for every person regardless of their health status, employment, income, language or
immigration status. Calls for the repeal of Arizona's anti-immigration law. Calls on
state, county, city and tribal governments to support immigrant-related policies that
foster integration and health equity.
www.apha.org
2.17.11 New Data on Hispanic and Foreign-Born Populations in the U.S.
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, today released updated
statistical profiles of the Latino and foreign-born populations in the U.S. Based on the Center's
tabulations from the Census Bureau's 2009 American Community Survey, these profiles
feature downloadable data on detailed characteristics of the Latino and foreign-born
populations at the national level. Topics covered include age, geographic dispersion,
nativity, citizenship, origin, language proficiency, racial self-identification, living
arrangements, marital status, fertility, schooling, health insurance coverage, earnings,
poverty and other labor market outcomes.
2.20.11 HIMSS Latino Initiative Launch and Networking Reception
With the Hispanic population as the nation's largest minority, HIMSS announces the
establishment of a new HIMSS Latino Initiative to focus on health IT needs for the rapidly
growing Hispanic/Latino market. HIMSS Flyer
On May 4, 2009,
Dr. Fonseca-Becker,
Chair of the Latino Caucus for Public Health, was invited to Capitol Hill by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) to participate in a Health Reform Round Table. She was asked to make an introductory statement on "Closing the Disparities Gap for Hispanics through Public Health and Prevention in Minority Communities". The other two statements were presented by the Directors from the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) on insurance issues, and from the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) on workforce shortage issues and competent care in Hispanic communities. Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez who is working directly with President Obama on Latino related issues, and Congresswoman Roybal-Allard chaired the session which was attended by six other Latino members of Congress, and by representatives of over thirty other national organizations working on Latino health related issues. Dr. Fonseca-Becker and the other two presenters were tasked by Congresswomen Velazques and Roybal-Allard to lead working groups and prepare consensus documents on the three topics with the goal of providing a strong contribution to the administration's health reform efforts, and to give a united voice to the Latino Health Community. The final recommendations from the working groups were incorporated into a document used by the CHC in the health care reform debates. See photos from the CHC Roundtable
