Latino Health Issues

The following webpages have been researched by students at Arizona State University in order to fulfill a perceived void on the Internet. They are not intended to provide medical advice, and are provided as an educational resource only. If you have further questions about any of the webpage topics, please consult your physician.

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Search Latino Health Pages: Salud by Xavier Cortada. Image used with permission.	ALS Awareness for Latinos Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Spina Bifida: A Latina's Concern Autism and Your Child Infant Mortality in Latinos Nutrition and School Diet and Health Migrant Health & Education Program
Health Issues of Low Wage Latina Workers
The Menstrual Cycle and Body Changes	Latina Pregnancy Prevention and Reproductive Health
Preventative Dental Care in the Latino Community	Dental Health
The ABCs of STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections)	Latinas and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
What Latinos and Health Practitioners Should Know About Valley Fever	Keeping Medications Effective: Antibiotic Resistance and You
MRSA: The Superbug	Helping Pregnant Latinas Get the Best Care
Latinas and HPV: Education and Prevention
Prenatal Care	Depression in the Latino World
Battling the Baby Blues: A Survival Guide for Latinas	Eating Disorders in Latina/Women of Color Communities
Avoiding Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy	Diabetes and Latino Youth
Diabetes Awareness for Latinas	Diabetes & Kids: Growing Up Healthy
Diabetes: Can it be Stopped?	Eye Complications due to Diabetes
Diabetes 101: A Guide to Understanding Diabetes for Latinos	Stomach Illnesses: Leading to Diabetes in the Latino Community
Obesity in the Latino Population	Fighting Obesity in the Latino Community
Obesity in Hispanic American Youth	Obesity in Hispanic Youth
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Latinas	Schizophrenia
Alcoholism	Alcoholism and Family Matters
Alcoholism in the Mexican-American Community	Alcoholism in the Mexican Community
Alcoholism and Your Family Solutions for Latino Drug Abuse	Methamphetamine Abuse: Potential Impacts for Latinos in the Southwest
What Everyone Needs to Know about Cancer Screening and Prevention	How Much Do You Know About Latinos/Hispanics and Cancer?
Prevenir es Vida: Latinas and Breast Cancer	Latina Silence About Breast Cancer and the Ways to Change It
Cancer Over the Border	Latino Childhood Cancer: Leukemia
Latino Cultural Norms and Smoking	Lung Cancer: How It Affects Latinos
Breast Cancer in Women of Mexican Descent	Testicular Cancer: An Educational Guide
Alzheimer's Disease in the Latino Community	Alzheimer's Disease in the Latino Community: Where to Start
Cardiovascular Disease	Latinos and Cardiovascular Disease
Aneurysms: What Are They?	High Blood Pressure
Heart Attack and Latinas	Tu Corazon
Stroke - Information Everyone Should Know	Addressing the Health Needs of the Latino MSM Community
HIV and Latino Youth	Latino Teens and HIV/AIDS
AIDS Among Latinos	HIV/AIDS
Youth, Adults and HIV	Drug Abuse and Unsafe Sex in the Latino Gay Community
Anemia	Malnutrition and Latino Youth
La Clinica: Affordable and Reliable Healthcare for Latino Families	Vegetarianism
Curanderismo: Origins and Beliefs	What are Botanicas: A Brief History
Malestares Hispanos: Descripción Cultural y Cientifica	Latino Cultural Awareness: A Guide for Improved Healthcare
What to Know Before Seeing a Doctor for the First Time	Latino Health Webpages Developed by UC Davis Students

The pages on this website have been developed by students in partial fufillment of requirements for the course TCL 323 : Latino Health Issues, taught by Dr. Seline Szkupinski Quiroga in the Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Arizona State University.

updated October, 2009
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