LatinaLista — Body image is an important issue for anyone who cares about their looks. For Latinas and those ethnicities who are more naturally endowed than others, body image can be a frustrating reality. On the one hand, popular media and fashion houses dictate beauty to be rather blah with no curves allowed on the [...]
Health tool helps Latino families decide when it’s time to call the pediatrician
LatinaLista — A parent’s worst moment is when their child is sick. Their worst nightmare is when they have no health insurance and money is so tight that a doctor’s visit is a last resort. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in their 2010 report on the state of the health in the [...]
Latinos must set their sights on safeguarding vision during Low Vision Awareness Month
LatinaLista — February is heralded as the month of the heart — Valentine’s Day, the American Heart Association’s Go Red campaign to heighten awareness of heart health among women — but this month is also low vision awareness month. Latino Americans have higher rates of visual impairment, blindness, diabetic eye disease and cataracts than whites [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Promoting mental health and physical exercise helps families “Get-Right!”
LatinaLista — Physical health is all the rage these days, spearheaded by the First Lady’s “Let’s Move!” campaign. Yet, as much as people devote time to exercise, not enough think about their mental health. When it comes to families and their hectic schedules, both aspects of health get put on the backburner, in the hopes [...]
Immigrant survivors of domestic violence to testify before Congress how immigration enforcement puts abuse victims at risk
LatinaLista — Tomorrow, five women will travel to Capitol Hill to deliver testimony at an ad-hoc congressional hearing examining violence against immigrant women. They will speak on behalf of the hundreds of immigrant victims of domestic violence who have been doubly victimized — first by their attackers and secondly by the U.S. federal government’s current [...]
Latinas among targets of new Planned Parenthood campaign “Birth Control Matters”
LatinaLista — Healthcare in the United States has, unfortunately, devolved into an economic class privilege — have a moderate to high paying job, you may be lucky enough to have health insurance. Live paycheck to paycheck then health insurance is one of those luxury items that always loses out to putting food on the table [...]
