Education + Health Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

October 26, 2009

Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies.

September 30, 2009

Latinos must use political capital towards demanding passage of the REAL Act – (very good read)

April 27, 2009

Chicago school in Hispanic neighborhood being extra vigilant amid concerns of swine flu

December 10, 2008

Latino Nursing Scholarship opens doors – New scholarship opportunity paves the way for aspiring nursing students – Park City, Utah

October 20, 2008

Helping Young Minorities See They Can Be Doctors – New York

September 10, 2008

High school has new prescription for teaching Spanish – Washington Union students prepare for language needs in the medical field. – Fresno area

February 26, 2008

Durham’s Latino suicide trend not found in local school districts – Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City school systems – North Carolina

December 4, 2006

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Program Reaches Out to New Hispanic Health Professionals

November 30, 2006

Latino Students in Health Care Win $16,000 in Scholarships From National Hispanic Health Foundation

November 29, 2006

Med students help indigent populations through ‘missions’ – University of Florida

November 28, 2006

Research to tackle Hispanic concerns – The grants will research depression care and diabetes among Hispanics. – University of Southern California

November 27, 2006

Leadership course sharpens Latinos’ advocacy skills – Wisconsin

November 17, 2006

Did You Know? Between 1993 and 2004, the proportion of Hispanic/Latino biology majors who applied to medical school dropped from 75 percent to 39 percent

October 19, 2006

Sorority educates Latino students about HIV risks – University of Texas – Austin

October 13, 2006

Einstein College of Medicine receives $10 million grant to study health of Hispanic population – New York

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lands $22M contract to study Hispanic health

October 3, 2006

Spanish-Speaking Bicultural Students Pursuing Careers in Health Care Win $200,000 in Scholarships From the United Health Foundation and PacifiCare Foundation

September 28, 2006

Physical education class steps into a Latin groove – Des Moines, Iowa

September 13, 2006

Houston-area medical schools land near top of Hispanic list – Texas

September 1, 2006

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio among country’s best schools for Hispanic doctors

August 27, 2006

Looking like Don Quixote, not Sancho Panza

August 25, 2006

Latina nurse had rough time in blazing trail for University of Arizona diversity

Center for Hispanic Medical Students Loses All Its U.S. Aid in New York City

August 21, 2006

Healthy Living Conference For Spanish-Speaking Seniors & Caregivers in Westchester County, New York

A Resource with a Reassuring Message for Latino Families: Reading to your babies in Spanish will help them become A+ students in English – and every subject!

August 9, 2006

Where to enroll in Spanish CPR courses in Austin, Texas

Task force campaigns cut Hispanic traffic, pedestrian deaths. Florida

August 3, 2006

Three meetings on bilingual nursing set in Phoenix, Arizona

July 18, 2006

Free materials from the FDA for Educators who work with Latina women

June 28, 2006

Excelsior lauded for Hispanic participation in nursing program in New York

June 22, 2006

Temple University Holds Annual Latino Cancer Conference

June 21, 2006

In the Bronx, girls rule. New York

May 8, 2006

Red Cross offers lifesaving courses in Spanish for the first time in Providence, Rhode Island.

April 23, 2006

Organization aims to enhance Hispanic youths’ learning, health in Texas

April 2, 2006

Health care — telenovela style

February 28, 2006

Future doctors learn Spanish in Rochester, New York

February 27, 2006

WWAMI students tackle Spanish in an effort to improve doctoring. Montana State University

February 21, 2006

Nursing plan a concern for Hispanic community in Columbus, Ohio

January 31, 2006

To converse with patients, med students learn Spanish at Duke University, North Carolina

January 18, 2006

Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) is Now Accepting Applications for the 2006 HSHPS Student Training Programs

November 30, 2005

10 Latino Students Win National Hispanic Health Foundation Scholarships in Health Professions

October 27, 2005

Multicultural Bilingual Children’s Autism Books Excite Parents

October 26, 2005

UMKC seeks increase in Latino nursing students and doctoral candidates

UConn wins grant to expand Latino health outreach, education

August 25, 2005

La Guí Esencial Sobre Sexualidad Adolescente will be released and available for young people, parents, educators, physicians and to all those who have been searching for a science and reality-based sexuality resource for Spanish speaking populations.

July 25, 2005

As part of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Stars For Nursing project, about a dozen high school students from the Dallas-Fort Worth area are participating in a series of programs aimed at exposing them to different health care professions.