Public Health
The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention... Visit website
The Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health of American Public Health Association (APHA) would invites you to join them at the Annual APHA Meeting on... read more
A video-rich Website aiming to educate Hmong youth about the prevention of diabetes. Funded by the Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative of the MN Department of... Visit website
Download the pocket guide from the Migration Policy Institute and the Population Reference Bureau that shows the public how to find and use some of... Visit website
“Some of the CDC
officials who supported a recommendation for young women in the U.S. to
receive the human papillomavirus vaccine said they did not intend for
it... read more
KaiserEDU.org keeps a list of reports that relates to health care and immigrants in the United States. Many available as downloads. Visit website
Healthy Roads Media, with funding provided by Fargo Cass Public Health through the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Visit website
The story of Boubacar Bah, a Guinean tailor held in a New Jersey jail for overstaying his visa, is the story behind a controversial online... read more
Here’s a great example of the interconnectedness of social networks on the Web: On Twitter yesterday I got news from Amy Sample Ward of an... read more
Recent Latino immigrants are healthier than the average American, despite being generally poorer. Researchers believe that some aspects of immigrant communities may protect health. But... View video
Puentes de Salud is improving the well-being of Philadelphia’s Latinos through low-cost, high-quality health care, community development, and innovative education programs. It uses video to... Visit website
This video was produced by Puentes de Salud, in conjunction with JUNTOS and with funding from the Knight Foundation News Challenge grant program. It is... View video
Yesterday The New York Times published a long, poignant article that centered on the plight of Luis Alberto Jiménez -- an undocumented immigrant who was... read more
Many hospitals are taking it upon themselves to deport seriously injured or ill immigrants because nursing homes won’t accept them without insurance. Link is to... read more
The facts, figures, and reasons why health care coverage for immigrants to the United States is at an extremely low rate. By Leighton Ku of... Visit website
According to this New York Times article “Diseases and disorders caused by dirty hands — like diarrhea — kill a child somewhere in the world... read more
On March 26, 2008, the Philadelphia New Routes team officially launched the Media Partnerships for Community Engagement in Southeast Asian Health at WHYY TV12 studio.... read more
Who are today’s immigrants? How do they impact the communities we live in? This section of the Immigration Policy Center Website addresses immigrant integration, examines... Visit website
From the American Journal of Psychotherapy comes an article on the cultural aspects of treating Haitian patients. Visit website
LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- Local police are accustomed to dealing with illegal border crossings but were astounded by the video of 15 Chinese immigrants... read more
Debate over danger of plastics heats up
By Ranit Mishori
- WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 04/30/08 7:16 AM When people say plastics are everywhere, they really mean everywhere:
in... read more
"A new analysis of the American clinical trial process suggests that the system for testing new drugs has routinely excluded or under-represented women, older people,... read more
The US Surgeon General has stated, "Smoking cessation
(stopping smoking) represents the single most important step that
smokers can take to enhance the length and quality of... read more
From The Times, March 22, 2008
Melanie Reid
Health officials are screening the close contacts of a man who has become Britain’s first case of a virtually... read more
Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth
Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Fifteen sites have been funded under this... Visit website
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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