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A Guide on the Journey to Womanhood
Nurse practitioner Mary Arnold’s innovative "Girltalk" workshops help young girls and their families prepare for the challenges of puberty
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Comic Strip Helps Raise Diabetes Awareness in the Hispanic Community
To help spread the word about this serious health threat, Baldo co-creators Hector Cantú and Carlos Castellanos partnered with the National Alliance for Hispanic Health
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Nurses, Culture and Cancer
Through culturally competent outreach, education, research and patient care, nurses can make a dramatic difference in reducing minority cancer disparities
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Preventing Premature Birth Disparities
How nurses can address the growing crisis of high preterm birth rates in minority women and help give infants of all colors an equal chance for a healthy start in life
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Minority Women and Lupus
Women of color have higher incidence rates of this serious autoimmune disease than their white counterparts. They also tend to have a more severe and aggressive form of the disease. What role can nurses play in helping to fight lupus disparities?
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Body and Soul
For a dedicated group of parish nurses in Mississippi, educating communities of color about health promotion and disease prevention isn’t a job—it’s a spiritual calling
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Better Bedroom Ventilation May Help Reduce SIDS Risk
Nurses can help reduce this tragic disparity by educating minority parents, families and communities about proven “safe sleep” techniques for decreasing SIDS risk.
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Touching Hearts
African American women have a disproportionately high rate of heart disease, yet many of them are unaware that they’re at risk. By reaching out to black communities where the need is greatest, nurses can increase awareness and empower vulnerable women to reduce their risk.
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Opportunities in Forensic Nursing
Even though it’s still hard to find a full-time career in this emerging specialty, the outlook for future jobs is promising and the need for more minority forensic nurses is growing
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UF College of Nursing Receives Over $1 Million for Minority Health Research
The University of Florida (UF) College of Nursing in Gainesville found itself $1,531,000 richer this year after receiving three separate grants to pursue research in cancer, asthma, infant mortality and other health problems that disproportionately affect minorities.
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Filipino Nurse Honored by Schering/KEY for Asthma and Allergy Awareness
Under the leadership of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and Schering/KEY, NASN’s primary corporate partner, the efforts of school nurses to teach students and parents about asthma and allergies are being recognized and rewarded.
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Shock Treatment
Scaring inner city teens into making better life choices may seem like an unorthodox tactic. But as “Shock Mentor” Allen Wolfe has proven, this hard-hitting approach really works.
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Helping At-Risk Kids Get “Teen Smart”
In a unique community partnership, student nurses teamed up with Inner City high school teachers and students to help reduce minority teens’ health risks. Their secret weapon: the Internet.
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Toxic Avengers
For years, disadvantaged neighborhoods have been unfairly singled out as targets for corporate polluting. Now minority environmental health nurses are helping these communities fight back.
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"Patient Navigators" Help Increase Colon Cancer Screening Rates
In New York City, an innovative community-based cancer prevention initiative that utilizes bilingual "patient navigators" to guide participants through the process of receiving a colonoscopy is achieving remarkable results in increasing rates of colon cancer screening and early detection among the city’s minority populations.
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Nurse, Advocate, Activist
Haydee Canovas is a nurse with an exceptional commitment to improving lives in the Hispanic community--and health care is just the beginning.
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Coming Soon: 249 New Ways to Fight African-American Health Disparities
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Spreading the Word
A unique cancer education and early detection program helps nurses of color share life-saving prevention information with residents of at-risk minority communities--and each other.
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Community Spirit
In Los Angeles, a community development organization is partnering with local colleges and hospitals to develop a much-needed resource: more Latino nurses.
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Minority Children’s Health Gets Poor Report Card
In the year 2000, 86% of Caucasian children in the U.S. were reported by their parents to be in excellent or very good health, compared to only 75% of Hispanic children and 74% of African-American children.
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