Success Stories of the REACH Project
Public health challenge In a 2017 Report; the researcher looks at bicycling practices and bicycle environment preference of Blacks and Hispanics were different from Whites. After surveying 1537 households, the data showed that Hispanic/Latino riders preferred to ride with family and friends, preferred cycling tracks and trails and preferred to travel on their bicycle when […]
Public Health Challenge In the United States, Hispanic adults were found to have a 22.6% prevalence of diabetes which is twice the prevalence of non-Hispanic White adults (11.3%). Hispanic adults were found to have a 10.1% prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes which is more than twice the amount of undiagnosed diabetes among non-Hispanic White adults (3.8%). […]
Public health Challenge In the United States, there are federal laws that state employers must provide breastfeeding support at a worksite and are required to provide a reasonable space and break for milk expression. Additionally, most mothers (60.5%) with a child less than a 1-year-old participant in the workforce. However, there are no laws that […]
In 2018, Penn State College of Medicine was awarded a REACH grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve key chronic diseases prevention programs serving Hispanic and Latino populations in Lebanon and Berks counties. We are excited to collaborate with community partners in these counties to implement locally tailored practice- and […]