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Friday, December 16, 2011
Dao Management Consulting Services, Inc.: Health Disparities in the Latino/Hispanic Communit...
Dao Management Consulting Services, Inc.: Health Disparities in the Latino/Hispanic Communit...: Health disparities continues to be a main issue in the Latino/Hispanic community, much focus and resources have been invested in improving a...
Health Disparities in the Latino/Hispanic Community
Health disparities continues to be a main issue in the Latino/Hispanic community, much focus and resources have been invested in improving access to care and quality of services for Latinos/Hispanics. However, this is an uphill battle because in one side, there are many initiatives trying to address this issue, in the other hand the Latinos/Hispanics are faced with challenges such as lack of information of when and where to access services, what supports and resources are available, etc. We have to keep in mind that in order for health care disparities to be effective and produce a change, we must be aware and have an understanding how Latinos/Hispanics go about accessing and seeking health services. We have done major improvements in eliminating health disparities in the Latino/Hispanic community, but can we sustain it?
Here is an article that I came across, but failed in citing the source, so I am not taking any credits for the following "facts" specific to New Jersey Latino/Hispanic community.
"The issue of improving the health of Latinos, the largest non-white population group in New Jersey, remains a challenge. There are huge disparities in education, prevention and management of health issues in New Jersey’s Latino community.
The Facts
•Astoundingly, more than one third of the Latino population living in New Jersey (36.9 percent) lack health insurance – significantly more than the Black population (with 22 percent uninsured) and at a rate more than four times higher the white population (4.9 percent).
•The hospitalization rate for asthma in the Latino population in New Jersey is twice as high as the white population.
•Childhood obesity is highest among Latinos.
•HIV/AIDS incidence rates are five times higher for Latinos than whites. HIV death rates are six times higher for Latinos than whites.
•Latinos in New Jersey have the highest prevalence of childhood and adult male obesity.
•Diseases of the heart and stroke rank as the No. 1 killer of Latino/Hispanic Americans. They claim the lives of 28.6 percent of the more than 122,000 Hispanics or Latinos who die each year. Cancer follows, killing 19.7 percent. All other causes of death account for 51.7 percent.
•Compared with non-Hispanic white and black women, Hispanic women are less likely to engage in physical activity.
•The number of New Jersey Latinos with diabetes practically doubled in the eight years between 2000 and 2008 (from 76,000 to 124,000) and will more than double by the year 2025, when 277,000 New Jersey Latinos are projected to have diabetes.
•Diabetes is the 6th leading cause of death among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States and the 4th leading cause of death among Hispanic women and elderly.
•More than two million (or 8.2 percent) of the Hispanic/Latino Americans living in the U.S. who are over 20 years of age have diabetes and many more remain undiagnosed; 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes have type 2 diabetes."
About the Author:
Helen E. Dao is the President and CEO at her company Dao Management Consulting Services, Inc. (www.daoconsultingservices.com) Helen has been working on cultural diversity and public health strategies development for 11 years. You can follow her on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/#!/daoconsulting and @ her blog http://daoconsultingservices.blogspot.com/
Here is an article that I came across, but failed in citing the source, so I am not taking any credits for the following "facts" specific to New Jersey Latino/Hispanic community.
"The issue of improving the health of Latinos, the largest non-white population group in New Jersey, remains a challenge. There are huge disparities in education, prevention and management of health issues in New Jersey’s Latino community.
The Facts
•Astoundingly, more than one third of the Latino population living in New Jersey (36.9 percent) lack health insurance – significantly more than the Black population (with 22 percent uninsured) and at a rate more than four times higher the white population (4.9 percent).
•The hospitalization rate for asthma in the Latino population in New Jersey is twice as high as the white population.
•Childhood obesity is highest among Latinos.
•HIV/AIDS incidence rates are five times higher for Latinos than whites. HIV death rates are six times higher for Latinos than whites.
•Latinos in New Jersey have the highest prevalence of childhood and adult male obesity.
•Diseases of the heart and stroke rank as the No. 1 killer of Latino/Hispanic Americans. They claim the lives of 28.6 percent of the more than 122,000 Hispanics or Latinos who die each year. Cancer follows, killing 19.7 percent. All other causes of death account for 51.7 percent.
•Compared with non-Hispanic white and black women, Hispanic women are less likely to engage in physical activity.
•The number of New Jersey Latinos with diabetes practically doubled in the eight years between 2000 and 2008 (from 76,000 to 124,000) and will more than double by the year 2025, when 277,000 New Jersey Latinos are projected to have diabetes.
•Diabetes is the 6th leading cause of death among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States and the 4th leading cause of death among Hispanic women and elderly.
•More than two million (or 8.2 percent) of the Hispanic/Latino Americans living in the U.S. who are over 20 years of age have diabetes and many more remain undiagnosed; 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes have type 2 diabetes."
About the Author:
Helen E. Dao is the President and CEO at her company Dao Management Consulting Services, Inc. (www.daoconsultingservices.com) Helen has been working on cultural diversity and public health strategies development for 11 years. You can follow her on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/#!/daoconsulting and @ her blog http://daoconsultingservices.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Social Security Launches New Spanish Online Services
Just want to share this great new resource that you can share with your Spanish speaking consumers!
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency’s most popular online services, the applications for retirement and Medicare and for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs, are now available in Spanish. The new online services are available at www.segurosocial.gov, the robust Spanish version of Social Security’s award winning website, www.socialsecurity.gov.
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency’s most popular online services, the applications for retirement and Medicare and for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs, are now available in Spanish. The new online services are available at www.segurosocial.gov, the robust Spanish version of Social Security’s award winning website, www.socialsecurity.gov.
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