Chronic Illness News and Updates
Community Health Workers Encourage Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Worker Families to Make Healthier Decisions
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAW) are predominantly Hispanic. Family plays a significant role in this community's lives; they provide support, guidance, and encouragement. The family makeup of the Hispanic community goes beyond the traditional nuclear family. Households include cousins, aunts/uncles, grandparents, and sometimes family friends.
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Familismo & Fatalismo: How Cultural Beliefs Affect Health Care
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects millions of Americans. In addition to everyday tasks, people with diabetes require self-management of daily glucose levels, meals, physical activity, and medication to keep healthy. Hispanic/Latinos are the largest non-white group in the United States and have the highest rates of Diabetes as compared to other ethnic groups; this can be related to the lack of healthcare, genetics, obesity rates, insulin resistance, lower economic status, and sociocultural factors.
Diabetes and Stress: Reimagining Health Education Intervention Strategies
Traditional health education strategies used to prevent and treat diabetes can be reimagined to account for distress.
Diabetes Control and Management: Eye Health
Diabetes can lead to complications including Diabetic retinopathy, an illness that affects the health of the eyes due retina damage.
