RWJF Fellow Wins Women's Health Leadership Award
August 3, 2012 | Story
University of New Mexico Health Policy Center Fellow honored for pioneering work in ‘sex and gender medicine.’
Cultural, Gender, Racial, Religious and Ethnic Barriers
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Program to Address Sociocultural Barriers to Health Care in Hispanic Communities
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The program developed and implemented community-based interventions that would address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans.
El Paso's Hispanic Health Needs Assessed in First Phase of National Program to Reduce Sociocultural Barriers to Care
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe participated in the Hispanic Health Needs Assessment during the first year of the program.
Brooklyn Proyecto HEAL Project Promotes Culturally Friendly Child Health Care and Teen Health Education
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The Puerto Rican Family Institute implemented Proyecto HEAL through its Bushwick Child Placement Prevention Program, which serves more than 300 children in Brooklyn.
How the Supreme Court's Health Reform Ruling May Affect the Latino Population
July 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Latinos had a lot at stake in this decision, as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is projected to expand insurance to 9 million Latinos. It is therefore not surprising that support for health care reform, and the ACA in particular, has been higher among ...
Proyecto HEAL Project Helps Colorado Agency Reach Latino Families With Health Information
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The Latin American Research and Service Agency, located in Denver, implemented community-based interventions to address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans.
Watsonville, Calif., Proyecto HEAL Provides Health Education to Underserved Youth and Families
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
Salud Para la Gente conducted a project to: address overall community health status, address diseases/causes of death that had particularly high rates in the community, and provide health education.
Proyecto HEAL Helps East Los Angeles Multicultural Center Reach Families and Women With Health Services, Education
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The Multicultural Area Health Education Center was established in 1985 through a US Department of Health and Human Services grant to promote and improve family-oriented primary health care and prevention services in an East Los Angeles community.
Dade County, Fla., Proyecto HEAL Project Teams Seniors With Youths for Health Education
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Center of Dade County implemented a program that teamed older adults with preadolescents for activities designed to promote a general awareness of health issues and to bring youth and seniors closer together.
Albuquerque Proyecto HEAL Project Expands Health Education to Youth and Families
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
Youth Development, Inc. implemented Proyecto HEAL by conducting youth health education and leadership classes in collaboration with local schools, providing Strengthening Families training to parents, and conducting community health education.