Toma Las Riendas campaign is part of AHRQ’s month-long effort to raise awareness of AHRQ’s Spanish-language Effective Health Care Program consumer materials and health professional resources among Hispanic consumers and clinicians who serve Hispanic patients. The effort encourages Hispanics to take control of their health and explore treatment options.To learn more about the initiative, please visit http://www.facebook.com/AHRQehc.espanol.
This Wednesday, December 7, 2011, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host a live chat with Scientific Review Officer Dr. Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez on its Spanish-language Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/AHRQehc.espanol).
Interested participants are encouraged to post questions on the Facebook wall in advance of the chat, or submit them to EHC_Outreach@ahrq.hhs.gov. Questions will also be accepted during the chat. Examples of questions include: How many treatment options are there for Type 2 diabetes? What is the difference between an ACEI and an ARB for treating high blood pressure? How effective is surgery for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)?
Dr. Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, is the campaign’s spokesperson. She is the Scientific Review Officer for AHRQ, and is the Toma las riendas campaign spokesperson. She has a degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Nicaragua, a degree in Clinical Genetics from the University of Chile, and a Master’s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. She previously worked at the National Institutes of Health, National Latina Health Network, and La Clínica del Pueblo in Washington, DC primarily in the area of health promotion for Hispanics. Dr. Ponce-González has practiced medicine and public health in her native Nicaragua, the United States, Chile, and Mexico.
She is regularly used as the voice/image for ARHQ’s Spanish language articles, podcasts and videos, which can be found both http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm and http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/defaultes.aspx
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