Jennifer Raymond, MD, MCR, Chief of the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, is co-leading an innovative multicenter study funded by a four-year R01 NIH grant testing a virtual peer group model—co-designed with youth and families—to increase diabetes technology use among Latinx adolescents.
Tag: LatinX Health
Addressing Health Inequities Could Help Avert a Neurologic Health Crisis
The closing plenary session at ANA2022 spotlighted neurologic health inequities and presented new research finding that neighborhood disadvantage strongly predicted likelihood of death from neurologic conditions independent of individual wealth and demographics.
New Latinx Scholarships for Psychology & Counseling Undergrads
Northern California’s leading school of psychology and counseling the creation of ten scholarships of $10,000 each for Spanish speaking, Latinx undergraduate students in the University’s BS in Psychology and Social Action program.
Black, Latinx People Confident in COVID-19 Safety Precautions but Skeptical About Vaccines
Black and Latinx people intensely sought information on COVID-19 and engaged in public health measures such as mask-wearing and testing due to devastating experiences during the pandemic but are still skeptical about vaccines, according to a Rutgers study.