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AHRQ Launches Health Advice Column in Spanish
Aoa eNews
August 2009
HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has extended its outreach to the Spanish-speaking consumers with the launch of Consejos de Salud Para Tí, (Health Advice for You), a new monthly online health advice column. The column provides evidence-based tips on preventive health, safe and appropriate use of medications and other medical therapies, ways to get better health care, and other key health care issues.
According to AHRQ’s 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report, the quality of health care is slowly improving for the nation as a whole but is getting worse for most Hispanics, especially those with limited English proficiency. AHRQ data show that Hispanics are 38 percent less likely than non-Hispanics to have visited the doctor within the past year. In addition, more than a quarter of Hispanic adults have never had their cholesterol checked, two-thirds of Hispanics over 50 have never had a colonoscopy and more than half of Hispanic women over 40 have not had a mammogram within the last year.
“One factor contributing to why Hispanics have poorer health care than other groups is their lack of access to unbiased, culturally competent information in Spanish,” said AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., who added “Consejos de Salud Para Ti” will give Spanish speakers the information they need to be more informed about their health care.”
To learn more about Consejos de Salud Para Tí, which is part of AHRQ’s Información en Español website, go to
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm
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