Vital Signs
Internet to Provide Health Care Information to Hispanics
Because the number of Hispanics with access to the Internet continues to increase several times faster than for any other minority group, providing health care information online is quickly becoming an effective way to reach Spanish speaking health consumers.
Gracias Doctor Solutions (GDS), a company that uses radio, television, print media and the Internet to provide information on health care issues for Spanish and Portuguese speakers, recently announced its collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to produce a Spanish language health care Web site. GDS will provide NIH with “culturally sensitive communications to better serve the Hispanic community,” according to the company.
Gracias Doctor Solutions CEO Emilio Williams adds, “NIH and GDS share a commitment to fill the health gap existing today between Hispanics and the [majority] of the U.S. population. We both understand that educating the public with culturally appropriate information is a key step to overcoming that gap.”
The high number of Latinos online seems to spell success for the NIH’s effort to reach out to Hispanics in need of health care advice and information: A recent study by Insight Research, a market-research firm specializing in the telecommunications industry, indicates that 48% of Latino households are online, compared to 45% of white households.
Similar Articles
Featured Content
EVENT
TITLE: National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition: Together. Stronger. Bolder. ORGANIZATION: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses DESCRIPTION:NTI offers hundreds of sessions for nurses who care for high acuity and critically ill patients, while highlighting the latest trends and best practices in healthcare. The Critical Care Exposition showcases the best of what’s new in practice and technology.
Web: www.aacn.org/nti
Phone: (800) 899-2226
email: info@aacn.org
JOB POSTING
POSITION: Froedtert Hospital, a Magnet Hospital, was also named one of Southeastern Wisconsin's "Best Places to Work." LOCATIONS: Milwaukee, WIJOB POSTING
POSITION: Nursing Faculty EMPLOYER: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center DESCRIPTION:The College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, invites applications for full time, tenure and non-tenure track positions. Faculty opportunities are available immediately for candidates with clinical expertise in the following areas of nursing (Adult Acute Care; OB, and Maternal Child). Positions are available at Tulsa campus.
READ MORE READ ALL
Comments
Health care information
Mon, 12/05/2011 - 11:41am — AllanBrouwer (not verified)Health care information should be available for every person on this planet. We know that's impossible but I’m just saying. Information is sometimes inaccessible though, even to those who have internet access. Last time I tried to find something related to the health system some malware files made me look for a registry cleaner instead!