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En los Estados Unidos, la cantidad de niños con obesidad ha continuado en aumento en las últimas dos décadas. La obesidad infantil plantea riesgos inmediatos y futuros para la salud. Los padres, tutores y maestros pueden ayudar a los niños a mantener un peso saludable al ayudarlos a desarrollar hábitos alimenticios saludables y limitar las tentaciones con alto contenido de calorías. También debemos ayudar a los niños a mantenerse físicamente activos, reducir el tiempo frente a la pantalla y dormir lo suficiente. El objetivo para los niños con sobrepeso es reducir la tasa de aumento de peso…
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Training Materials The Men’s Health League is a Cambridge initiative which addresses the prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, especially in men of color. Men of color are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, as well as other chronic diseases. The Men’s Health League has designed integrated programs to increase physical activity, support healthy eating, and educate men about key health topics. This free guide is designed to help readers to build men's health programs in their communities. (Author abstract modified)
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This excerpt from the Federal Register presents federal regulatory guidelines for working with federally recognized Indian tribes. It reviews the purpose of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and offers overarching principles for working with federally recognized Indian tribes and guidelines for consultation and communication with tribes, culture and mutual respect, nation-building and effective delivery of human services to Indian communities, coordination and outreach, administrative data management, and sustainability.
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This document is the proceedings from a joint working session on May 2-3, 2013 hosted by CLASP and the Scholars Network on Black Masculinity. Through this joint working session, the participants identified eight areas where they could be influential in crafting policy solutions for black maleadolescents and opportunities to act individually and collectively to advance work in these areas.
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Ravenell (2006) reports that a review of health and health perceptions in young African American men (15-45 years old) finds that African American males are disproportionately affected by accidental injury, human immunodeficiency virus and cardiovascular disease. These conditions are preventable and are amenable to primary care intervention yet young African American men underutilize primary care health services. Because healthcare utilization is strongly dependent on health beliefs, the purpose of this qualitative study was to identify and explore young African American men's perceptions of…
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Training Materials Previous studies focused exclusively on fatherinvolvement and outcomes for U.S born adolescentsfrom white middle class populations. The present study explores how father involvement is related to adolescent risk behaviors among a wider classification of youth than previously examined.
