T D see attachment

Poor and inactive lifestyle causes major health conditions such as Cancer and heart diseases.

These issues are affecting Hispanic adults exposed to socioeconomic disadvantage.

28% of Hispanic adults do not have medical insurance, therefore lack of access to good healthcare.

The focus on Hispanic community needs to be health education.

The community is unaware of healthy lifestyle habits.

This will help target the home environment where poor lifestyle choices are rampant.

Participate in regular screening and examination.

Schulze, M. B., Martínez-González, M. A., Fung, T. T., Lichtenstein, A. H., & Forouhi, N. G. (2018). Food based dietary patterns and chronic disease prevention. bmj, 361.

Temple, N. J. (2022). Diet, health, and prevention: A revolution in progress against chronic diseases of lifestyle. Universal-Publishers.

Hispanic adult diet/lifestyle and the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Health Issue

Best Practice Tips

References

Oscar L Perez Torres

NR394-60713

Project Part 3

Cultural Community

20% of the 60 million of the U.S population are Hispanic.

Healthy living lifestyle is a major problem.

There is high prevalence of CVD and cancer diseases among Hispanic adults.

Obesity and overweight are major precursors of high prevalence rate of chronic diseases.

Cultural sensitivity is the foundation of effective CV and cancer prevention education.

Clinical Impact

Cancer and heart diseases have a huge impact on the Hispanic adults.

Hispanic adults are unaware of healthy lifestyle habits.

This causes a huge burden on the health system.

Chronic diseases affects the community both financially and socioeconomically.