The third issue of our Hispanic Equity Brief series, Cancer among U.S. Hispanics, recognizes National Cancer Prevention Month. The issue explores another significant health condition affecting Hispanic communities. Apparent racial/ethnic and geographic differences in outcomes may reflect variations in risk factors, service availability, and the health infrastructure across the U.S. In

Check out this article from US News on Promotores. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-08-23/aha-news-promotores-create-a-bridge-between-healthier-living-and-a-growing-hispanic-population  Promotores, the Spanish term for community health workers, have served as liaisons between communities and public health and social services across Latin America for a long time. They are important for our efforts to reach out to disenfranchised communities and narrow gaps

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Interviewer:  Welcome to our January podcast.  My name is Aaron Dabbah, anthropologist and blogger, and I’m here with Dr. Miriam Vega of the Latino Commission on AIDS, discussing a publication released this week entitled “The State of Latinos in the Deep South: Being Visible by Piercing the Stigma Veil”.  We all know that

By Miriam Y Vega @miriamyvega Our news cycle is short, and consequently our attention spans are shorter, thus stories about Latinos in America come and go with the political winds, primarily focusing on immigration or sensationalized crimes that make the dubious discovery that are “White-Hispanics” or debating the relative merits of