HH Secretary Tommy G Thompson newl...

HH Secretary Tommy G Thompson newly announced the creation of the "Su Familia" National Hispanic Family Health Helpline, 866-SU-FAMILIA (866-783-2645) to provide Hispanic families with basic health information upon how to prevent and manage chronic conditions, and attribute them to local health care professionals and federally supported programs including the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The toll-free helpline is make open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 pm Eastern standard time. Bilingual information specialists will point callers to one of throughout 16,000 local health care professionals, including community and migrant center through using the caller's zip digest Callers can request basic health care information, referrals to information sources, or bilingual fact sheets in succession topics such as asthma, cancer screening, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, child and adult immunizations, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS. "Su Familia" is supported according to HHS' HRSA and HHS' Office of Minority Health and is operated by the agency of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health.

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