Health Status and Determinants of Health of Hispanic Populations
Welcome to the Hispanic Health Course offered by the Department of
Community Medicine, Baylor College of
Medicine. This course is
designed for pre-clinical or clinical medical students, and any
other health professional interested in learning about the health
of Hispanic subpopulations in the United States and abroad.
Goals for this course
- To help students acquire knowledge of the health status and
distribution of diseases in Hispanic populations, compared to other ethnic
or racial groups.
- To help students develop an understanding of the social, cultural,
economic, environmental, and genetic factors associated
with differences in disease frequency between Hispanics and other groups.
- To help improve students' understanding of the research methods
(including population and genetic epidemiology, social and behavioral
sciences, health services research, and computer technology) that can be
used to advance knowledge of the causes of disparities in health among
different ethnic groups and to develop solutions to these disparities.
If you are taking this course for
credit
then please read these instructions.
You may work through the following modules in sequence, or jump around
from module to module. The modules are self-contained. However, if you are
not already familiar with the cultural background and geographic
distribution of Hispanic populations, or the definition and measurement of
health, you should start with Module 1.
Modules for you to choose from
- I.Basic
Concepts
- II. Health Status of Hispanics
- III. Chronic Diseases in
Hispanics
- IV. Infectious Diseases in Hispanics
- V. Accidental Deaths and Injuries in Hispanics
- VI. Access to Health Services for Hispanics
- VII. Health Beliefs/Folk Medicine
- VIII. Immigrant Health
- IX. Hispanic Language and Culture
- X. Case Histories
- Severe asthma in a 27 year old Hispanic
female - Contributed by Benjamin
Interiano, M.D., Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Uncontrolled
hypertension in a middle aged hispanic male - Contributed by Carlos
Vallbona, M.D.,
Department of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Seizures in a 27-year-old male
- Contributed by Patrick McColloster, M.D.,
Department of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Development of Renal Insufficiency
ina amiddle-aged Hispanic female with a history of diabetes and
hypertension
- Contributed by Nancy Neff, M.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Hispanic Center of
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