Under this new initiative, AHRQ is the production of two reports sound 60 seconds per month and distributed to Spanish-language radio stations nationwide. Each audio segment includes an interview with a native Spanish-speaking AHRQ physician who deals with current issues, such as the importance of regular screening for people with and how to prepare for an appointment with your doctor. Audio messages AHRQ Healthcare 411 on its website, where consumers can register and download the segments of a computer or a portable media device like an MP3 player. Information is a powerful tool in the fight against disparities that Hispanic Americans face every day, said AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy, MD health information in Spanish is particularly important for people who do not understand English or for whom the information printed in English may have limited value, because they do not read it easily.
In addition, AHRQ is working with ministries of health and local government, hospitals, community centers and health of migrants, and other organizations in areas with large Hispanic populations or fast-growing segments of audio information in Spanish on the other and their constituencies through their Web sites or the teaching of community health promotoras salud of – asking health care providers, many of whom work in community health centers.
The new initiative is part of a broader effort to AHRQ to reduce health disparities by providing information to Spanish-speaking Americans to their health and health care. Other elements in an attempt to include a monthly online health advice column called Consejos de Salud para t (health tips for you), stay active and healthy with anticoagulants, a bilingual 10-minute video on safe use of blood and effective drugs finer, and SuperH deer, a multimedia Spanish-language advertising campaign, the service developed in collaboration with the Council ad urges Latinos to get tested preventive health care they need. All of this information, and other brochures for consumers is available on the AHRQ Web page.
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