Health

What does it mean to be ‘healthy’ for kids?

Scarborough Research posed this question to teens via the Scarborough Kids Internet Panel (S.K.I.P.). In this customized, teen-focused study, we set out to learn more about teen health perceptions and to examine their habits and lifestyles. Download report here.

Pampers launches web series ‘A Parent Is Born’.

Pampers diapers launched “A Parent Is Born,” a 12-episode Web series documenting the real-life journey of a young couple as they experience pregnancy and birth for the first time. The series debuts on Pampers.com today, and also includes a syndication plan with a number of partners online.

The Latino health issue that no one is talking about.

This week we have Dr. Margarita Alegria, Ph.D. , she is the Director of the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research at Cambridge Health Alliance, and a full professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is also the first and only tenured Latina professor at Harvard University. We spoke with her about mental health issues, trends, challenges, and disparities in service delivery among the Hispanic population. To listen to podcast CLICK above.

The American Heart Association launches the Hispanic Stroke Prevention Program.

The Latino Stroke Awareness Program has been designed to inform the Hispanic community of what stroke is, how to recognize symptoms and how to live a lifestyle that will prevent stroke. Hispanics are at risk of stroke due to high incidence of some major risk factors, including Diabetes, Obesity and High Cholesterol.

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