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Latinos often lack access to healthcare and have poor

(4 days ago) WEBThe Affordable Care Act has narrowed racial gaps in access to healthcare, but Latinos are still nearly 3 times more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic whites. One in four Latinos have no

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/latinos-often-lack-access-to-healthcare-and-have-poor-health-outcomes-heres-how-we-can-change-that/

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Continuing efforts are addressing health disparities …

(Just Now) WEBDALLAS, April 17, 2024 — Language barriers, longstanding structural racism barriers, underrepresentation within the ranks of health care professionals and higher than …

https://newsroom.heart.org/news/continuing-efforts-are-addressing-health-disparities-among-hispanic-latino-people-in-u-s

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Addressing Barriers to Primary Care Access for Latinos in …

(7 days ago) WEBObjective: Disparities in access to primary health care have led to health disadvantages among Latinos and other non-White racial groups. To better identify and understand which policies are most likely to improve health …

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/708616

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5 facts about Hispanic Americans and health care

(Just Now) WEBHealth care access among Hispanic immigrants differs markedly based on how long they have lived in the U.S. More recent arrivals are less likely than those who …

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/30/5-facts-about-hispanic-americans-and-health-care/

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HHS Fact Sheet: Advancing Health Equity for Hispanics

(6 days ago) WEBUnder Medicare Part B and Part D, about 131,000 Hispanic Medicare enrollees would have benefited from the insulin cap if it had been in efect in 2020. Among the 3.4 million …

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/hhs-fact-sheet-advancing-health-equity-for-hispanics.pdf

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Hispanic/Latino Health Office of Minority Health

(2 days ago) WEBHispanic health is often shaped by factors such as language/cultural barriers, lack of access to preventive care, and the lack of health insurance. According to 2019 data …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/hispaniclatino-health

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Bridging The Health Equity Gap: Strategies To Create An …

(5 days ago) WEBExisting disparities in access to health care and other predictors of health status have more people who identify as Hispanic/Latino/Latinx compared to Duke Health events without LATIN …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/bridging-health-equity-gap-strategies-create-equitable-health-system-latinx-communities

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Health inequities among Latinos/Hispanics: …

(3 days ago) WEBAccess to healthcare. Approximately 68% of documented Mexican immigrants have a usual place to go when sick compared to 47% of undocumented Mexican immigrants …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7415496/

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Hispanic health in the USA: a scoping review of the …

(Just Now) WEBImplementation of the Affordable Care Act has resulted in improved access to health services for Hispanics, but challenges remain due to limited cultural sensitivity, …

https://publichealthreviews.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40985-016-0043-2

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Research Update: Where Are Latinos Struggling to Access …

(4 days ago) WEBAbout 70 percent of the Latino population lived in established destination counties as of 2010. Histories of discrimination and disinvestment in health systems …

https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2021/08/10/research-update-where-are-latinos-struggling-to-access-healthcare/

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Health and Health Care Experiences of Hispanic Adults KFF

(8 days ago) WEBThe remaining nearly eight in ten Hispanic adults (78%) say it is very or somewhat easy to find health care at a location that is easy to get to, compared to 86% …

https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/health-and-health-care-experiences-of-hispanic-adults/

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Equal access to healthcare for Black & Latinx consumers McKinsey

(8 days ago) WEBMcKinsey’s Health Institute found that Black and Latino Americans were 3.0 and 2.0 times more likely to report losing health insurance during the COVID-19 …

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/what-black-and-latino-consumers-want-healthcare-stakeholders-to-know

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Healthcare Needs of U.S. Rural Latinos: A Growing, Multicultural

(3 days ago) WEBLanguage skills for providers and health literacy workshops for patients have also played roles in increasing healthcare access to Latinos, leading to and lessons learned from …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8386766/

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Access to and Quality of Health Care - Hispanics and the Future of

(4 days ago) WEBThe health of a population is influenced by both its social and its economic circumstances and the health care services it receives. As discussed in other chapters of this report, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19910/

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A Complex Landscape of Healthcare Access for Latinx Immigrants

(Just Now) WEBKaiser Family Foundation reports that while many Latinx immigrants are healthy and employed, many others face major barriers to accessing and utilizing …

https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/a-complex-landscape-of-healthcare-access-for-latinx-immigrants/

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Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Latinos

(Just Now) WEBOverview. This issue brief analyzes changes in health insurance coverage and examines disparities in access to care between Latinos and non-Latinos using data …

https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/health-insurance-coverage-access-care-among-latinos

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Eliminating Structural Barriers Can Improve Latino People’s Access …

(Just Now) WEBExtending health coverage to people in the Medicaid “coverage gap.” Latino people make up 28 percent of the 2.2 million people with incomes below the poverty line …

https://www.cbpp.org/blog/eliminating-structural-barriers-can-improve-latino-peoples-access-to-health-coverage

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Partnership between law firm, free clinics is helping those cut off

(9 days ago) WEBAbout 12 percent of county residents identify as Hispanic or Latino, which is higher than the state average of nearly 8 percent, Health hopes to expand the …

https://www.wpr.org/news/new-partnership-hispanic-spanish-low-income-residents-health-care-coverage

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FastStats - Health of Hispanic or Latino Population

(2 days ago) WEBHealth status. Percent of adults age 18 and older in fair or poor health: 16.1% (2022) Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview …

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hispanic-health.htm

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Language Barriers in Health Care: Findings from the KFF Survey on

(3 days ago) WEBHispanic people account for nearly two-thirds (62%) of the LEP population, while over a fifth (22%) of individuals with LEP are Asian. face in accessing health …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/poll-finding/language-barriers-in-health-care-findings-from-the-kff-survey-on-racism-discrimination-and-health/

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Access to Health Insurance and Health Care for Hispanic Children …

(3 days ago) WEBSuch policies could enhance Hispanic children’s access to health care. And by moving away from exclusionary immigration policies, the administration can create a …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00027162211050007

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Cancer and Hispanic or Latino People Cancer CDC

(1 days ago) WEBTwo-thirds of Hispanic people in the United States have limited health literacy. Health care organizations can also help by developing culturally relevant …

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/health-equity/hispanic-latino.html

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Improving access to health care in Latino communities - PubMed

(Just Now) WEBPublic debate about health care reform often focuses on the need for health insurance coverage, but in Latino communities many other barriers also inhibit access to medical …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8416110/

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Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Care for

(Just Now) WEBHealthcare system access is a large barrier to care encompassing physical, economical, and social obstacles that is well documented in the literature [11, 17, 22, …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-024-02011-2

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The Latino Mentoring Relationships We Need, and the Future of …

(Just Now) WEBSince earning his BSN from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 2014, Owen Smith predominantly served Spanish-speaking and HIV positive immigrant male …

https://nursing.jhu.edu/magazine/articles/2022/01/the-latino-mentoring-relationships-we-need-and-the-future-of-research/

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Racial and ethnic disparities post-hospitalization for COVID-19

(Just Now) WEBEvidence shows racial/ethnic variations in long-term acute care hospital and rehabilitation unit use after critical illness 26,27, with non-Hispanic Blacks and …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61097-0

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Data and Statistics on Sickle Cell Disease

(7 days ago) WEBMore than 90% of people in the United States with SCD are non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black), and an estimated 3%–9% are Hispanic or Latino.

https://www.cdc.gov/sickle-cell/data/index.html

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Navigating geographical disparities: access to obstetric hospitals …

(4 days ago) WEBDesignations for maternity care access. Maternity care access designations were created by the Perinatal Data Center at March of Dimes [7, 33].U.S. counties were …

https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-024-06535-7

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Self-Care of Diabetes and Diabetes Distress in Non-Hispanic Black

(8 days ago) WEBThe findings indicate a relationship between self-care of diabetes and diabetes distress; as diabetes distress increases, so do the attempted activities of self-care of …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26350106241249157

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From Analysis to Action: Launching US History Lesson Plans …

(9 days ago) WEBMay 16 marked a year since the release of our collaborative report with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy Analyzing Inclusion of Latino Contributions …

https://unidosus.org/blog/2024/05/21/from-analysis-to-action-launching-us-history-lesson-plans-inclusive-of-latino-contributions/

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Adults who had difficult childhoods are not receiving sufficient …

(3 days ago) WEBAmong adults who had at least one adverse childhood experience, 47.9% of those ages 18–35 reported an unmet need for mental health services in the past year …

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/adverse-childhood-experiences-adult-psychological-distress

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Walmart health care closings may mean less access for rural patients

(9 days ago) WEBPatients face longer trips, less access to health care after Walmart shuts clinics. For rural and lower-income Americans, staying healthy will become more time …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2024/05/12/walmart-health-centers-closing-less-access/73619365007/

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Dental care and insurance costs too much. ACA rule could change …

(2 days ago) WEBThe deficit in dental coverage is immense: Nearly 69 million U.S. adults did not have dental insurance or access to routine oral health care last year, according to a …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/05/20/dental-care-insurance-costs-too-much-aca-rule/73766660007/

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Trump Distorts New Regulation Extending ‘Obamacare’ to DACA …

(3 days ago) WEBTrump tried ending DACA, but was blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020. CMS estimates that its new policy could result in 100,000 DACA recipients …

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/trump-distorts-new-regulation-extending-obamacare-to-daca-recipients/

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