Delgado, Jane L. 1953–

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Delgado, Jane L. 1953–

PERSONAL: Born 1953, in Cuba; immigrated to United States, 1955; daughter of Juan Lorenzo Delgado Borges (a publisher) and Lucila Aurora Navarro Delgado; married Herbert Lustig, 1981 (marriage ended); married; second husband's name Mark; children: Elizabeth. Education: State University of New York at New Paltz, B.A., 1972; New York University, M.A., 1975; State University of New York, Stony Brook, M.S., 1985, Ph.D., 1985.

ADDRESSES: Office—National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations, 1501 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036.

CAREER: Clinical psychologist and administrator. Sesame Street (television show), New York, NY, children's talent coordinator, 1973–75; New York Experimental and Bilingual Institute, instructor; Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Westbury, NY, staff member, 1977–79; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, staff member in Immediate Office of the Secretary, 1979–85; National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations, president and CEO, 1985–. Kresge Foundation, trustee and chair of Audit and Special Op-portunities committees; Patient Safety Institute, secretary and treasurer; Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, member of executive committee; Ocean Awareness Project, secretary and treasurer. Member of advisory panel on Medicare Education, 2002—member of National Advisory Council for Mrs. Rosalyn Carter's Task Force on Mental Health, Robert Wood Johnson's National Advisory Committee on Hospice and Palliative Care, and Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act Advisory Council; member of honorary board, Alaska Native Heritage Center. Advisor to American Academy of Family Physicians and to March of Dimes.

AWARDS, HONORS: Las Primeras Award, MANA, 1994; Carter-Bumpers Award, 1995; Dr. Harvey Wiley Award/Food & Drug Administration Commissioner's Special Citation, 1995; Community Leadership Award, Puerto Rican Family Institute, 1996; Florence Kelley Consumer Leadership Award, National Consumer League, 2003.

WRITINGS:

(With National Hispanic Women's Health Initiative) ¡Salud! A Latina's Guide to Total Health—Body, Mind, and Spirit, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1997, revised edition, Rayo (New York, NY), 2002.

¡Salud! has been published in Spanish.

SIDELIGHTS: A practicing clinical psychologist and head of the largest network of Hispanic health-care providers in the United States, Jane L. Delgado is also the coauthor of ¡Salud! A Latina's Guide to Total Health—Body, Mind, and Spirit. The book is a medical guide that focuses on the U.S. Latina community, which is often underserved by the health-care system. Delgado divides her book into four sections that discuss the role of family and community in Latina health, specific women's health issues, general Latino community health problems, and lifestyle changes and medicines. Other issues covered include the role of Latina women as caregivers and issues associated with caring for the elderly. The author also pays special attention to sexual issues, such as contraception and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases that are often culturally taboo topics in the Latina community. Delgado also addresses how Latinas can be better health-care consumers and provides information on numerous resources from organizations and Web sites to books and pamphlets. Many of the topics addressed are also highlighted by personal histories, as well as a recounting by the author of her own youth and early lack of knowledge about personal health care. Barbara M. Bibel, writing in Library Journal, noted that Delgado "honors Hispanic culture throughout by stressing the importance of spirituality, alternative therapies, and family relationships in daily life." In a review in School Library Journal, Carmen Ospina called the book "practical, empowering, and engaging" and "the most comprehensive guide by and for Latinas." A Publishers Weekly contributor noted that the author "imparts crucial information with a warm, anecdotal, nononsense approach."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Notable Hispanic American Women, Book 1, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1993.

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, January, 1998, Maria S. Macias, review of ¡Salud! A Latina's Guide to Total Health—Body, Mind, and Spirit, p. 82; December, 2001, review of ¡Salud!, p. 157.

Publishers Weekly, November 19, 2001, review of ¡Salud!, p. 61.

School Library Journal, August, 2002, Carmen Ospina, review of ¡Salud!, p. S53.