Growing Opioid Crisis Tests Limits Of Methadone Clinics; Advocates Favor Expansion
1.1 million Hispanic, Latino youth used illicit drugs in the past year, including 208,000 who misused opioids
C-HIT, Health
Health
Fear May Be Driving Rise Of Uninsured Among Hispanics
Hispanics are the only group with significant increases in uninsured rates, according to the latest census data released in September.
Health
Profiling might determine quality of emergency medical care for Latinos
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open found there were differences in where patients were taken by ambulance crews.
Health
Suicide prevention week: finding the right therapist is key to mental health wellness
Foreign born Hispanics, Latinos at risk
Education, Health
UConn Global Health Scholar Leverages Experience And Ethnicity In Helping Others
Carolina Vicens-Cardona studies cultural barriers in hopes of breaking them down
Food, Health
Acculturation: A Health Risk For Latinos
High percentages of obesity and diabetes among the Hispanic, Latino community are linked to forced acculturation
Health
Breaking Down Barriers: Latinos and Mental Health
Governor signs new parity bill to put Connecticut in compliance with federal law
Health
Food insecurity linked to a higher rate of insulin resistance, especially among Latinos
Food insecurity has been found to be strongly connected to insulin resistance — a main contributor to type 2 diabetes,
Families, Health
Free summer meals for school-age children
Hispanic children have twice the malnutrition burden as non-Hispanic whites and were found to have higher rates of stunting, or delayed growth–a common warning sign of chronic malnutrition
Democracy>Politics, Health, Uncategorized
Prescription Drug Bill Dies in the Senate (video)
“Powerful interest groups and last minute political gamesmanship prevented good policy from becoming law.”
Nora Duncan, State Director, AARP-CT
Democracy>Politics, Health
Now Focus Of Bill: Prescription Drug Importation
“We want to bring safe, affordable Canadian drugs to Connecticut as part of the healthcare bill (HB 7267).”
~ Senator Matt Lesser, D-Middletown
Health
What does the surge of measles mean to Connecticut's Hispanic/Latino population?
The growing Latin American immigrant population come from countries where there are high rates of measles vaccination