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Mi salud es mi tesoro: A Joint Effort to Improve the Lives of People Living with Diabetes in Puerto Rico

Mi salud es mi tesoro: A Joint Effort to Improve the Lives of People Living with Diabetes in Puerto Rico

Oct 30, 2023
By: Mónica Fossi
A remarkable 13.3% of the Puerto Rican population has diabetes. That’s 2% higher than the general US population, and 1.5% higher than the Hispanic US population overall. An even higher prevalence…
Free Services at Ventanilla de Salud Offices Support Binational Health

Free Services at Ventanilla de Salud Offices Support Binational Health

Oct 27, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Across the United States, the Ventanillas de Salud (VdS) offices within the Mexican Consulates have been celebrating Binational Health Month, one of the largest mobilization efforts in the US to…
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New Spanish-Language Comic Book on Living with Diabetes

Apr 29, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network’s groundbreaking new Spanish-language comic book, “Mi salud es mi tesoro: Un guía para vivir bien con diabetes,” or “My Health Is My Treasure: A Guide to Living Well With…
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Diabetes Clinical Teams: Q&A with Kevin Alfaro-Martinez, Eva Galvez, MD, and Sarah Deines, PharmD, from Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Jun 25, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Kevin Alfaro-Martinez and Eva Galvez stand in front of health center. Kevin Alfaro-Martinez is a Primary Care Community Outreach Worker at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, a community…
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Spring Streamline: Motivational Interviewing: A Primer for Improving Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes

Apr 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Rocio*, an agricultural worker, has just been diagnosed with diabetes. With an A1C of 12 and a plan to return to Florida in about three weeks, Rocio is at risk for her diabetes to continue out of…
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Reverse Diabetes with Plant-Based Diets: Two Doctors Invite You To Try

Nov 8, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by Earl Dotter) Top four reasons why Latino patients are good candidates to go plant-based In 2012, Dr. Leon and Dr. Carral, who originally hail from Mexico, launched Vegetariano en 21…
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In the Field: Empowering Patients with Diabetes & Hypertension in Puerto Rico

May 17, 2018
By: Jenna Feinauer
Today is World Hypertension Day, during which we recognize the“silent killer” and its impact on people around the world and push for stronger programs for prevention and control of hypertension. Too…
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Diabetes, Food Deserts, Depression, and More with Martha González from Clínica Romero

May 2, 2018
By: Jenna Feinauer
In the heart of one of the biggest cities in the country, Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero, or simply Clínica Romero, provides a variety of much-needed health services to the medically underserved…
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Diabetes ECHO: Interview With Diana, Health Promoter, on Diabetes In Her Community

Apr 3, 2018
By: Jenna Feinauer
MCN’s ECHO Diabetes series drew attention from health centers throughout the United States, with participation from twenty-two community health workers who represented ten health centers and programs…
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Successful Programs of Self-management, Control and Prevention of Diabetes

Mar 21, 2018
By: Alyssa Finley
In the fifth session of our Project ECHO on diabetes, MCN facilitated talks with experts on self-management for diabetes. This ECHO series aims to share tools and tactics, help community health…
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Straight To The Frontlines: Diabetes Experts Engage Directly with Community Health Workers in MCN’s Newest Project ECHO

Feb 7, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
A woman with a hemoglobin A1C of 9 struggles to change her diet with so little money, no education on cooking healthier foods, and no markets with fresh food in her neighborhood. Another woman, a…