No relegues tu salud: explicamos cómo recibir atención médica si eres indocumentado y mayor de 65 años
Los adultos mayores que no tienen papeles en EEUU no son elegibles para Seguridad Social, Medicare o Medicaid. Tampoco pueden comprar un seguro dentro de los mercados de salud del […]
Enfermos y sin acceso a la salud: las barreras que enfrentan los adultos mayores indocumentados en EEUU
https://www.univision.com/shows/despierta-america/enfermos-y-sin-acceso-a-la-salud-las-barreras-que-enfrentan-los-adultos-mayores-indocumentados-en-eeuu-video Por falta de cobertura muchos inmigrantes mayores de 65 años de edad postergan los chequeos médicos, lo que hace que su diagnóstico empeore y el tratamiento se haga más […]
States Extend Medicaid For Birth Control, Cutting Costs — And Future Enrollment
The Trump administration is weighing whether to allow Texas to receive millions of federal Medicaid dollars for its family planning program, which bars abortion providers. The Lone Star State eliminated its […]
NBC News – Another health care crisis: $3.6B in community health funding at stake in this budget battle.
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Aging, Undocumented and Uninsured Immigrants Challenge Cities and States
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/01/03/aging-undocumented-and-uninsured-immigrants-challenge-cities-and-states WASHINGTON, D.C. — Early on a recent morning, men huddle in the Home Depot parking lot, ground zero for day laborers on the hunt for work. Cars pull into […]
NBC News – Medi-Cal and Fruits & Veggies Program
NBC News – LA County’s Medicaid Programs
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Putting Private-Public Partnerships to Work for Food Access
https://www.foodfuture.co/blog-harvest/2017/10/24/foodaccess America’s farm-to-table food movement and the ever-growing emphasis on local food are good news for both the environment and our economy. From haute cuisine to small food businesses, owners […]
Eisner Health Welcomes Warren J. Brodine as New President and CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles, CA (August 24, 2017) – Eisner Health announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously chosen Warren J. Brodine as the organization’s next President […]
Médicos recetan frutas y verduras a hispanos que comen mal
More fruit, vegetables for Latinos with malnutrition, doctors say. The beneficiaries of the Fruit and Vegetables Prescription program (FVRx) in California are 95 per cent Hispanic.
http://aldianews.com/articles/culture/more-fruit-vegetables-latinos-malnutrition-doctors-say/49275 Carmen Hernandez (r.), seen with her son Alexander Rodriguez, at a farmers’ market in Los Angeles on July 27, 2017, where they benefit from the FVRx (Fruit and Vegetables […]
En lugar de medicinas, recetan fruta y verduras a hispanos que comen mal
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/vivir-mejor/salud/article164701997.html Una fotografía del 27 de julio de 2017 muestra a María Cornelio (d), beneficiaria del programa de Frutas y Verduras con receta médica (FVRx), asistiento con sus hijos al […]
US Doctors Prescribe Fruit, Vegetables for Latinos with Malnutrition
http://www.laoferta.com/2017/08/01/us-doctors-prescribe-fruit-vegetables-for-latinos-with-malnutrition/ Los Angeles, Jul 31 (EFE).- Doctors in Los Angeles, while taking part in a program that provides fruit and vegetables for people suffering health problems that stem from malnutrition, have […]
Frutas y verduras con receta, la estrategia para mejorar la alimentación de los latinos en EE.UU.
http://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/frutas-y-verduras-con-receta-la-estrategia-para-mejorar-la-alimentacion-de-los-latinos-en-ee-uu.html Los latinos con la salud deteriorada por una inadecuada alimentación cuentan en Los Ángeles con frutas y verduras subvencionadas gracias a la unión de médicos, tiendas y granjeros para […]
Recetan fruta y verduras a hispanos que comen mal
http://www.elpreg.org/Content/Social/Social/Article/Recetan-fruta-y-verduras-a-hispanos-que-comen-mal/-2/-2/11728 Los latinos con la salud deteriorada por una inadecuada alimentación cuentan en Los Ángeles con frutas y verduras subvencionadas gracias a la unión de médicos, tiendas y granjeros para […]
En lugar de medicinas, recetan fruta y verduras a hispanos que comen mal
https://www.efe.com/efe/america/ame-hispanos/en-lugar-de-medicinas-recetan-fruta-y-verduras-a-hispanos-que-comen-mal/20000034-3340777 Los latinos con la salud deteriorada por una inadecuada alimentación cuentan en Los Ángeles con frutas y verduras subvencionadas gracias a la unión de médicos, tiendas y granjeros para […]
Eisner Health Doctors Prescribing Fruits & Vegetables For Second Year in a Row
Low-income patients receive free produce. Award-winning program made possible by Target & national non-profit Wholesome Wave. (July 18, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA) Doctors prescribing fruits and vegetables? Yes. Thanks […]
Beyond Zero-Sum Choices: The Promise of Funding Intergenerational Equity Solutions
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/6/28/intergenerational-research-what-foundations-can-and-should-be-learning Children and youth are at the very top of many funders’ grantmaking strategies today, as foundation boards look to the future and strive toward better days ahead. There’s a […]
¿Por qué las madres gestantes están eligiendo parteras en vez de médicos para dar a luz?
Las futuras mamás se están beneficiando de esta nueva opción, que, sin embargo, requiere de una ardua preparación. Y aunque el método no es nuevo, existe un lugar que lugar […]
Dar a luz con partera, un viejo método que está renaciendo en Los Ángeles
Unos 1,200 bebés nacen cada año con la asistencia de las parteras en un hospital del centro de Los Ángeles. No se trata de inexpertas, sino de profesionales a quienes […]
Wholesome Wave’s Mission Video
Thank you to our amazing partner Wholesome Wave, for allowing us to be a part of this incredible project – we are so grateful for the opportunity. Through our partnership with […]
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Are Scaring Eligible Families Away From the Safety Net
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/03/trump-safety-net-latino-families/520779/ Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Are Scaring Eligible Families Away From the Safety Net Social-service organizations are reporting a drop in enrollments in food stamps and other programs Annie Lowrey | MAR 24, […]
Families wary of enrolling undocumented kids in Medi-Cal
http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/03/13/69803/families-wary-of-enrolling-undocumented-kids-in-me/ Tens of thousands of children in the U.S. illegally are enrolled in Medi-Cal, but fear of deportation by the Trump administration has many of their parents considering pulling […]
Business, community groups boost health partnerships
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/17/business-community-groups-boost-health-partnerships/97973932/ Investing in community health makes sense “in this political environment and in any political environment,” said Michel Nischan, founder of Wholesome Wave. His group won the Health Means Business’ Partnership of […]
Prescrição de frutas e legumes: americanos querem curar doenças com hortofrutícolas
E se quando fosse ao médico recebesse uma prescrição de frutas e legumes em vez dos habituais medicamentos? Nos Estados Unidos da América, uma organização não-governamental está a levar a […]