Health Care
ISSUE BRIEF 7: MESSAGE TRANSLATION
DECEMBER 2009
Background
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) convened the Commission to Build a Healthier America (2008-2009) to explore why some Americans... Visit website
A study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) indicates that migrants represent 20 percent of health care professionals working in the United States. As reported... Visit website
An estimated 100,000 immigrants in the United States carry the virus that causes AIDS, and more than a fifth of them are Mexican. In the... Visit website
Currently, legal immigrants, who work and pay taxes that contribute to our health care system will continue to be ineligible to receive federally-funded Medicaid services... Visit website
There are many cultural differences that exist between the Southeast Asian immigrant community and ours when in comes to medical treatment. This can have a... View video
Many Southeast Asian immigrants are unable to obtain adequate health care because of language barriers. They can't effectively communicate with health care providers, and are... View video
Hypertension is becoming more and more prevalent in the Southeast Asian immigrant community, particularly among older adults. This is largely attributed to the stress they... View video
“The latest loser in the political pandemonium over health care reform may be immigrants living in America, an estimated 24 million people likely to be... Visit website
When Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had nowhere to turn. Visit website
Teen girls aged 15 to 19 accounted for the largest number (409,531) of the 1.5 million reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the United States... read more
Al Quinlan, president of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, talks about why prevention is one of the most popular elements of health reform.
When it comes... Visit website
This Swahili show educates the Swahili public that diet and physical activity have direct implications on their quality of health. The show portrays a group... Listen to audio
Basic information about the H1N1 Flu vaccine. Listen to audio
Somali producer Mukhtar Gaaddasaar is back! This time, he takes the audience on a journey to learn about sexually transmitted diseases. He explores social attitudes... View video
The Philadelphia New Routes project, Our Stories, Our Health has just released three short videos aimed at improving the health of Southeast Asian immigrants. "Hypertension",... read more
Egal Shidad's new show is here!
Are you Somali? Do you work with Somalis? Are you interested in ways to talk about sexually transmitted diseases... read more
This is an interview with several experts led by Dr. Carlos del Rio, a public health professor at the Emory School of public health and... Listen to audio
ECHO Minnesota, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has created video, audio, print and other resources on H1N1 Novel Influenza in multiple... Visit website
With the Latino population set to triple by 2050, the already alarming number of cancer diagnoses in the Latino community could rise just as sharply,... Visit website
A group of Somali friends gather for coffee and conversation. They talk about the Somali habit of taking double cream and double sugar in their... View video
One in seven Latina teens attempts suicide, according to the CDC.
Mother-daughter conflict drives many Latinas to the brink, psychologist Luis Zayas, a psychologist at... read more
Host Ursula Huang presents realistic ways to reduce your medication costs.
Written, Directed & Edited by Ming Lo Exec Producers: Eric Olander (LA-18), Dr. Michael Ong... View video
Very practical information for Chinese seniors who speak Chinese and need information about their medications.
Executive Producers Michael Ong, Alexander Li and Eric Olander; Directed and... View video
Very practical information for Chinese seniors who speak Chinese and need information about their medications.
Executive Producers Michael Ong, Alexander Li and Eric Olander;
Directed and Produced... View video
SOY (I am) is a ground breaking campaign to address the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the Latino community. A diverse group of Latinos, ranging in... View video
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