Category: Health
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How Community Members Can Help Their Neighbors Thwart Chronic Diseases
By Tarryn Mento When you are looking for advice, you likely turn to those closest to you. That’s what a nonprofit in San Diego’s City Heights community wants neighbors to do when it comes to their health. Project Concern International’s community health worker program aims to plant knowledgeable neighbors in ethnic communities where rates…
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Early Study Results Show High Rates Of Anxiety Among Syrian Refugee Kids
Syrian refugee children arriving to the U.S. reported high rates of anxiety, according to a study’s initial findings presented this month at an annual meeting in San Diego. The preliminary results, shared at the American Psychiatric Association conference, showed within one month of coming to the U.S., nearly two-thirds of surveyed kids had probable anxiety…
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Locally Grown Health Benefits at Farmers Market
By Cameron Jones, Paola Evangelista, & Victoria Fuentes
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Early Childhood Club Prioritizes Wellness
An after school club that focuses on building healthy students in pre-k and kindergarten was started by volunteers of the Parent Center at Rosa Parks Elementary in City Heights. Marcela Mercado is a mother and care provider who helped initiate the PreK-Kinder Wellness Club. She would often take both her children and the children she…
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Health Center Works With Restaurants to Improve Nutrition
Sang Dao, a restaurant serving Thai and Lao cuisine, has been partnering with Health center Operation Samahan to serve nutritional menu items. By Brian Myers Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders are disproportionately likely to develop diabetes and at lower weights and younger ages. Health center Operation Samahan partners with local ethnic restaurants to provide nutrition counseling…