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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 difícil y costoso. Pero en algunos condados hay programas que buscan ayudarlos.

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 Medicaid-funded family planning program five years ago when state officials said they wanted to specifically exclude Planned Parenthood because the group provides abortions. Dozens of women’s […]

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 the lot, and the men swarm. Among them is Marcos, at 65, wiry and bronzed with a silvery smile. He’s been in the country illegally […]

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 are increasingly sourcing local, seasonal, and sustainable products. These ingredients, which make for fresher and tastier dishes, not only support the local economy and promote […]

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 and Chief Executive Officer. Brodine, who currently serves as President of W. J. Brodine & Co., a consultancy that supports community health centers, will succeed […]

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 Prescription program) that provides fruit and vegetables for people suffering health problems that stem from malnutrition. EFE/Ivan Mejia “One apple a day keep the doctor […]

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 mercado de pequeños agricultores, de donde llevan fresas y moras para balancear su alimentación, en el sur de Los Ángeles, California. Iván Mejía EFE Los latinos con […]

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 found their patients’ health improves in 57 percent of cases, Kristyn Male, a spokeswoman for Eisner Health clinics, told EFE on Monday. Male said that […]

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 apoyar un programa creado por un cocinero. Los médicos de Los Ángeles que participan en un programa que ayuda a proveerse de frutas y verduras […]

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 apoyar un programa creado por un cocinero. Para acabar con la carencia de vegetales en la despensa de personas con un presupuesto mínimo, el chef […]

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 apoyar un programa creado por un cocinero. Para acabar con la carencia de vegetales en la despensa de personas con un presupuesto mínimo, el chef […]

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 to additional funding from Target and a partnership with the national non-profit Wholesome Wave, Eisner Health will be participating in the Fruits and Vegetables Prescription […]

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 certain optimism associated with youth funding that appeals to donors across the spectrum and provides common ground that everyone can rally around. Meanwhile, though, the […]

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 les exigen un título de maestría. Los centros médicos solo les confían los embarazos sin riesgo. www.univision.com/los-angeles/kmex/noticias/embarazo/dar-a-luz-con-partera-un-viejo-metodo-que-esta-renaciendo-en-los-angeles-video?eov=true#eov  

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 Wholesome Wave, we’re helping under-served families become healthier through the FVRx program by giving them access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

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, 2017 NEW YORK CITY—As the evening rush hour peaked, Blanca Palomeque stationed herself by the carts selling roasted corn, tamales, and ice cream at the […]

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 them out of the program. Since Trump’s election last November, parents have been calling the L.A. Care Health Plan to request that their kids be […]

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 the Year award Thursday for its Los Angeles program, funded by Target, that allows doctors at Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center to write prescriptions […]

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 cabo uma experiência piloto que pretende fazer isso mesmo e os resultados estão a ser satisfatórios, não só na prevenção e na redução de doenças, […]