June 14, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Culturally inclusive diets face regulatory barriers in long-term care facilities KCH Assistant Professor Mina Raj received a grant from the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability for her project entitled, ““Towards the development of guidelines for inclusive foods in long-term care.” The CHAD Pilot Grant, which is valued at […]
Category: Community Health
Community Health senior Briana Aldama discusses COVID and the class of 2021
June 20, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Students are attending college in a unique environment, and that includes students in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois. The AHS communications staff spoke with AHS seniors about online classes, truncated courses and how COVID-19 changed their expectations. Today, we speak with Briana Aldama, […]
Improving Latinas’ perinatal mental health during COVID-19 crisis
April 26, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Authors recommend culturally appropriate communication while providing anxiety resources Experiencing anxiety during pregnancy is associated with pregnancy complications, and Latinas today face many stressors related to COVID-19 as well as pre-existing racism and intolerance. A new commentary from KCH Assistant Professor Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo in Women’s Health Issues recommends ways […]
Community Health student feels confident about return to in-person instruction
April 26, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Student is also EMT and administers vaccines Nick Olivieri is a senior in the University of Illinois’ College of Applied Health Sciences, and expects to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in community health in May. But if he was returning to school in the fall—when UIUC and many other […]
Public health training gives chaplain a different perspective
Jan. 19, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Systematic reviews have found that religion is associated with decreases in depression, faster recovery from depression, less drug dependence, less drug abuse, better physical health, longer life, and an increased sense of purpose, well-being, hope and optimism Kristin Godlin is an ordained Presbyterian minister and a chaplain at Carle […]
Pandemic showed importance of telehealth, telemedicine
Dec. 12, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Telehealth is here to stay, even with the COVID pandemic essentially over Telehealth and telemedicine, two initiatives that became ubiquitous because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has ravaged the globe in 2020, are here to stay, according to two alums from the College of Applied Health Sciences’ Master of […]
MPH student Faith Washington talks about her contact tracing work
Dec. 10, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Students in the Master of Public Health program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois have been asked by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Dept. to apply the skills they are learning as contact tracers. Periodically, we will speak with them about how they are doing […]
MPH student Maggie Hamielec talks about working as a contact tracer and COVID
Dec. 07, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Students in the Master of Public Health program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois have been asked by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Dept. to apply the skills they are learning as contact tracers. Periodically, we will speak with them about how they are […]
MSHA alum Zaid Ahmed talks about his COVID-19 contact tracing work
Dec. 06, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Students in the Master of Science in Health Administration program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois have been asked by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Dept. to apply the skills they are learning as contact tracers. Periodically, we will speak with them about how […]
Mobile app aims to help older adults manage medications
Oct. 05, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo A team of researchers will seek to improve medication adherence rates in older adults with a novel app Despite known benefits of taking prescription medications on time and with regularity, estimates indicate about half are not taken, leading to increased health care costs and mortality. With new federal funding, […]