From 2002 to 2007, areas in Tennessee including Nashville, Murfreesboro and Davidson have seen their foreign born population increase by more than 50%, according to the U.S Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
As the region becomes more diverse, medical professionals are now dealing with a new issue— how to work around language barriers involving non-English speaking [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Medical providers in Tennessee working to improve barriers to care among non-English speaking patients
Posted in Health Care, Immigration on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Healthy Women, Healthy Families holds first community forum in Austin, TX
Posted in Health Care on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week the Texas-based Healthy Women, Healthy Families coalition held its first community forum in Austin on how healthcare inadequacies impact the lives of women and their families. NLIRH serves as a national advisor to the Healthy Women, Healthy Families coalition which is made up of over 20 grassroots social justice and community organizations.
From the [...]
Victory! Univision agrees to run condom ads
Posted in HIV/AIDs, NLIRH in the News, Take Action on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and Catholics for Choice are happy to share the wonderful news that Univision has decided to run our Condoms4Life radio ads. We emailed all of you last week, urging you to take action and ask the President and COO of Univision Radio to run these important advertisements. The [...]
Research shows doctor patient relationship matters to Latinas
Posted in Research on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A recent study in the Annals of Family Medicine explored factors that influence what Latinas tell and don’t tell their doctors. It was reported that a warm and compassionate patient-doctor relationship will help create trust is key to fostering good communication between Latinas and their doctors.
While this study didn’t interview white women or women from [...]
Chicago Workers Organize and WIN!
Posted in Health Care, Reproductive Justice on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a five-day sit-in at a Chicago window and door factory, workers declared victory as the Bank of America decided to extend credit to Republic Windows and Doors.
The factory was slated to close when the Bank of America refused to continue credit to Republic Windows and Doors, a manufacturer of energy-efficient doors and windows, which [...]
Study shows CVS treats communities of color differently
Posted in Contraception, Health Care, Reproductive Justice on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A recent report done by labor and immigrant advocacy groups is showing that CVS, the largest source of prescription drugs in the United States, has fewer locations in minority neighborhoods.
Aside from having fewer pharmacies, research shows that in areas heavily populated by people of color, CVS stores have kept condoms and infant formula in locked [...]
Univision refuses to run condom ads
Posted in HIV/AIDs, Take Action on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and Catholics for Choice recently ran two Spanish language radio ads in NYC, scheduled in conjunction with World AIDS Day.
You can listen to the two ads here and here, but here is a summary:
The radio ads appeal to people of faith with one of the 60-second spots noting [...]
Groundbreaking Radio Ads Launch on World AIDS Day about Condoms in Catholic and Latino Communities
Posted in HIV/AIDs on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Catholics for Choice and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health are proud to announce the launch of the first-ever Condoms4Life radio ads. The two Spanish-language ads take on myths about condom use in Catholic and Latino communities and highlight the importance of condom use and that Good Catholics Use Condoms. The radio campaign will [...]
