Category: Salud

Bilingual report: Healthcare That Works Remotely: New Member Services at CenCal Health

CenCal Health, the publicly-sponsored health plan for Medi-Cal in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, is offering alternatives for healthcare access in order to support its members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The community-based health care organization is one of 55 Safety Net Health Plans across the country that have pledged to provide necessary treatment at no cost to its members and to reduce other impediments to care.

Bilingual report: County of Ventura COVID-19 update for April 15

The Ventura County Public Health Officer announced that the Stay Well At Home Order will be extended until May 15, 2020. The current Order is set to expire April 19, 2020 at midnight. The Public Health Officer will be modifying the current Order and making an announcement about the details before the current Order expires.

Bilingual report: Agricultural Commissioner Issues Advisory for Agricultural Worker Protection During COVID-19 Crisis

The County of Ventura, in a collaboration with the County Executive Office, the Farmworker Resource Program, Farm Bureau of Ventura County, Ventura County Agricultural Association, Reiter Affiliated Companies, Lideres Campesinas en California, Good Farms, Brokaw Ranch and the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, has issued an Advisory for Agricultural Worker Protection to be used during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Bilingual report: City of Oxnard Public Access Programming Updates | Actualizaciones de programación de acceso público

The City of Oxnard updated the local public access stations (Spectrum channel 10 and Frontier channel 35) with coronavirus content from the City, County, State and the CDC. Please see the broadcast schedule below.

Additionally, Ventura County hosts live press conferences everyday at 1 p.m. on News Channel 3 and ABC 7. Please be sure to tune in! These broadcasts from the County will also be shared online at https://vimeo.com/capsmediacenter.

Bilingual report: Spring Break No Cost Breakfast, Lunch Meals ‚ April 13-17) for Santa Maria Valley Children

NO Cost breakfast and lunch meals provided for Santa Maria Valley Children 18 & Under SPRING BREAK – APRIL 13-17, 2020 SANTA MARIA JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOLS 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ** Monday April 13th / Wednesday April 15th…

Bilingual report: Ventura Health Officer order for the control of COVID-19 directing vulnerable individuals living in the County to shelter at their place of residence

  *** ORDEN DEL OFICIAL DE SALUD PARA EL CONTROL DEL VIRUS COVID-19 DIRIGIENDO A LAS PERSONAS VULNERABLES VIVIENDO EN EL CONDADO PARA TOMAR REFUGIO EN SU LUGAR DE RESIDENCIA, RESTRICIONES DE CIERTOS NEGOCIOS, ENTRE OTROS ORDENES FECHA DEL ORDEN:…

Bilingual report: Ventura County Public Health COVID-19 Update

5 Community Transmission Cases Announced VENTURA — Ventura County Public Health has confirmed five new presumptive positive cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). These cases have an unidentified source of exposure. They are considered community transmission cases. Public health is completing…

Bilingual report: Update from Ventura County Public Health on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

VENTURA — The Ventura County Public Health Department continues to take steps to prevent the spread of 2019 novel coronavirus. The health and wellbeing of the community remains Public Health’s top priority. In Ventura County, as in counties across the…

Bilingual report: Visión y Compromiso seeking project coordinator for Ventanilla de Salud at Consulado de México in Oxnard

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   OXNARD — Bilingual report: Visión y Compromiso seeking project coordinator for Ventanilla de Salud at Consulado de México in Oxnard. *** Estimados amigos: Visión y Compromiso, agencia fiscal de la Ventanilla de Salud en…

Bilingual report: CenCal Health Launches Multiple Campaigns to Help Increase Vaccination Rates in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties

Unique Concepts Employed to Deliver Facts on Disease Prevention to the Public SANTA BARBARA — Vaccination is a hot topic in the national news, on social media platforms and at dinner tables across America. More recently it has become a…

Bilingual report: Public Health reports vaping-associated pulmonary injuries in Ventura County

OXNARD — Ventura County public health officials are reporting two Ventura County residents as suspected of having vaping-associated pulmonary injuries.  The cases were reported to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).  CDPH is currently investigating whether these two cases…

Bilingual report: Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. hosting Dental Health Fair on Feb. 16 in honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month

OXNARD — February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. If you have a baby or toddler, you may have questions about thumb sucking, your child’s first dental visit or how and when to clean your child’s teeth. If so, on…

Bilingual report: VCAAA, Alzheimer’s Association Challenge Local Businesses to Become Dementia Friendly

VENTURA — A new movement was introduced to Ventura County this summer as the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging, the Alzheimer’s Association, and other partnering agencies rolled out Dementia Friendly Ventura County to provide better service to local residents living…

Bilingual report: Ventura County Health Care Agency Discovers Vaccine & Medications Ineffective and Launches Remedy

VENTURA COUNTY — Ventura County Health Care Agency Discovers Vaccine & Medications Ineffective and Launches Remedy. Click here for the English-language version Click here for the Spanish-language version

Bilingual report: Wildfire smoke and face masks being distributed in Ventura County

VENTURA COUNTY — Due to continuing unhealthy air conditions resulting from the fires affecting Ventura County, free particulate respirators (N-95 masks) are being distributed / distribución as part of a coordinated effort of the Ventura County Public Health Department, Emergency Medical Services…

Bilingual commentary: More than 50 percent of Latinos in California lack health insurance

Latinos in California represent more than half of Californians who lack health insurance and Open Enrollment period is critical for those looking to enroll in, or change, their current health insurance plans. A recent survey from Dignity Health – one of the…

Bilingual report: Public Health officials report TB exposure case at Oxnard High School

VENTURA COUNTY — Ventura County Public Health (VCPH) officials have identified a case of Tuberculosis (TB) disease, at Oxnard High School (OHS). In June, public health officials also responded to a TB exposure involving a middle school in the El Rio…

CenCal Health: Un Modelo de Servicios Médicos Administrados en el Condado de Santa Bárbara desde 1983

Marcando su 35 º año, el plan de salud ahora sirve a 1 de cada 4 residentes del condado de Santa Bárbara, y 1 de cada 5 del condado de San Luis Obispo. Reconocido por Harvard por innovar el programa de…

Nov. 18 — Bilingual report: Health Fair in Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA — A Health Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 227 N. Nopal St.,  Santa Barbara. Free health screenings, resource tables, entertainment, activities for the entire family. Click on…

Bilingual report: Gold Coast Health Plan to present Seventh Annual Health and Resource Fair on June 23

OXNARD — Gold Coast Health Plan (GCHP) is teaming up with its provider and community partners once again to provide free health screenings and resources in Oxnard. GCHP’s Seventh Annual Health and Resource Fair will be held at Plaza Park…

Bilingual report: Camarillo Hospice announces General Bereavement Spanish Speaking Support Group

CAMARILLO — Camarillo Hospice, a program of Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association, is presenting a General Bereavement  Spanish Speaking Support Group Healing After the Loss of a Loved One.  Our Spanish Speaking Bereavement Support Group is open to anyone who has experienced a loss…

Bilingual report: Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. hosting dental health fair on Feb. 27 in honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month

OXNARD — February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. If you have a baby or toddler, you may have questions about thumb sucking, your child’s first dental visit or how and when to clean your child’s teeth. If so, on…

Health: Open Enrollment for Covered California begins Nov. 15

Period is one time of year when most Californians who need insurance cannot be denied by a health plan. Deadline is Feb. 15 By the Ventura County Health Care Agency VENTURA COUNTY —  Open Enrollment starts Nov. 15 and continues…

Local health information

> Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. will provide information on Covered California and free health screenings at selected locations throughout the month of November in Ventura County. Click here to find times, dates and locations.   > The Ventura County…

Health: Tomando Control de su Salud class hold graduation

Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care hosts six-week Santa Barbara class developed by Stanford Department of Medicine to help local Spanish-speaking community with chronic conditions SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara County’s first Tomando Control de su Salud (Taking Control of Your Health) graduating class received…

Local health information

> Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. will provide information on Covered California and free health screenings at selected locations throughout the month of September in Ventura County. Click here to find times, dates and locations. > The Ventura County Health Care…

Bilingual report: ‘Movement, Balance and Health!’ conference for older adults to be held in Oxnard on June 27

OXNARD — A “Movement, Balance and Health!” conference for older adults will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 27 at the Oxnard Family Circle ADHC at “The Palms” Outlet Center, 2100 Outlet Center Drive, Unit 280,…

Bilingual commentary: Is this how Dementia feels?

Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By David Magallanes / Guest contributor I…

Local health information

> Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. will provide information on Covered California and free health screenings at selected locations throughout the month of June in Ventura County. Visit http://www.clinicas.org/outreach/calendar/2015-06 to find times, dates and locations. > The Ventura County Health…

Café on A hosts mask-making workshop to benefit mental health

Click on courtesy photos above for a larger image OXNARD — Café on A in downtown Oxnard recently hosted a mask-making workshop to benefit mental health. “This what the Oxnard Multicultural Mental health Coalition refers to when we are advocating…

Bilingual commentary: Mental health in the Latino community

By David Magallanes / Guest contributor Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By…

Local health information

  > Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. will provide information on Covered California and free health screenings at selected locations throughout the month of April in Ventura County. Visit http://www.clinicas.org/outreach/calendar/2015-04 to find times, dates and locations.   > The Ventura…

Bilingual commentary: Wellness Center provides help for those struggling with mental health conditions

Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By the Wellness Center Depression,…

Bilingual commentary: Attachment vs. Passion

Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By David Magallanes / Guest contributor Most…