Tag: Health

  • Community Health Worker Academy Targets Latinas

    Community Health Worker Academy Targets Latinas

    By Brian Myers   A weekly public health and leadership training is attempting to fight chronic diseases in low income neighborhoods. The workshops are hosted by Project Concern International (PCI), an organization with programs globally and locally in San Diego. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that chronic diseases in the United…

  • Assemblywoman Atkins Tries Again To Get Medical Interpretation Covered

    By Megan Burks San Diego Assemblywoman Toni Atkins said she’s working with the Governor’s Office to include $15 million in the next state budget for medical interpretation. Gov. Jerry Brown, a fellow Democrat, has vetoed two bills on the issue and a third failed to get traction in recent years. It’s something San Diego immigrants and…

  • Interpreter Training Aims to Lift Burden Off Children, Friends at the Doctor’s Office

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers The Alliance for African Assistance is putting on a 40-hour mental health interpreter training course. It’s offered through their Global Village program, a branch that provides language and cultural support to healthcare providers, social service agencies and other organizations. Global Village Programs Manager…

  • Law Gives Tenants New Recourse For Moldy Apartments

    By Megan Burks It’s one of the most frequent complaints among California tenants, but until this year there was little they could do about potentially hazardous mold in their units. Now, state law considers mold a condition of substandard housing. That means for the first time, renters can report mold problems to the city, which…

  • Covered California Identifies Uninsured Hotspots

    By Kenny Goldberg Covered California has identified hot spots where relatively large numbers of uninsured residents live. The exchange has designated six such hot spots in San Diego County, where it plans to concentrate its enrollment efforts. The six areas are: parts of the the South Bay, parts of East County, the city of San…