National Latino Addiction Treatment Community Network

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Welcome to the National Latino Addiction Treatment Community Network. This website will emphasize science-based information related to the health of Hispanic communities by particularly addressing drug use problems and consequences, drug treatment and health care availability, co-occurring condition protocols, patient assessment instruments, and human resources such as specialists and consultants knowledgeable of the health of Hispanic/Latino communities.

Our goal is to provide accessible, meaningful data on the complex drug and health related issues of our Hispanic/Latino communities. By functioning as a centralized information hub, The National Latino Addiction Treatment Community Network will disseminate science-based data that can help educators across all levels of the drug use workforce community provide effective services.

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	Raising Low ‘Patient Activation’ Rates Among Hispanic Immigrants May Equal Expanded Coverage In Reducing Access Disparities Abstract: There is a growing consensus that activating consumers to become better managers of their health is an essential component of U.S. health care reform. The researchers measured how activated blacks, whites, and Hispanics are—that is, how confident, skillful, and knowledgeable they are about taking an active role in improving their health and health care. They found that patient activation among blacks and Hispanics was low, relative to that of whites. For example, 24.8 percent of Hispanics were at the highest level of patient activation, compared to 39.5 percent of blacks and 45.3 percent of whites. Among Hispanic immigrants, low acculturation and lack of familiarity with the U.S. health care system contribute to low activation. The findings indicate that increasing activation levels among Hispanic immigrants may be as important as expanding insurance coverage in reducing disparities in unmet medical need. Reference Cunningham, P. J., Hibbard, J.,...

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Upcoming events

Current events during the month of September 2011:

9/14/2011: 17th Annual LBHI conference: Advancing Latino Behavioral Health:...

News

New Publications on the Page

Review the publication section on the Webpage. This section continually provides relevant links to abstracts presenting information on "Hispanics" or "Latino" and "Substance Use Disorders"; "drug...

Kaiser Fact Sheets Examine Medicaid's Role for Black Americans and Hispanic Americans

Two new fact sheets from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid...

Links

• National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse

• Latino Behavioral Health Institute

• Adm. de Salud Mental y Abuso de Sustancias

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Featured Publications

• The impact of ethnic identity on changes in high risk HIV behaviors in sexually active migrant worke

• Hispanic women's experiences with substance abuse...

• A cross-national study on Mexico-US migration, substance use and substance use disorders

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