Webinar Series: Let’s Address Health Equity Together
Health equity is where everyone has a fair, just opportunity to be healthier. How can we reach this ideal, especially as Latinos face health dispariti…
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As Texans Lose Pandemic SNAP Benefits, Food Banks Brace for ‘Wave’ of Hunger
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps one in eight Americans put food on the table. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, million…
Study: COVID-19 Has Scary Impact on Young Brains
The rise of COVID-19 worsened daily life for Latinos and many others in areas like healthcare, housing, income, and food access. Stress and anxiety ar…
Dr. Trinidad Solis: Harvesting Infection Control Solutions for Farmworkers
In the small rural Central California town of Selma, a young Trinidad Solis watched long stretches of farmland float by through the car window. She li…
Long COVID: What Is Known & How Is It Impacting Latinos?
When COVID-19 first struck America in 2020, Latinos were deeply affected. Not only did the pandemic create high rates of infection, hospitalization, a…
3 Tools to Screen for Social Determinants of Health
As more healthcare systems start to screen patients for social determinants of health (SDoH), we at Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio are spotli…
Latinos, Help Researchers Understand How Social Factors Affect Rheumatoid Arthritis!
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be debilitating and place a significant burden on patients, their families, employers, and the government. While genetic…
How Health Confianza is Improving Health Literacy in San Antonio
Health literacy is defined by the CDC as “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health informat…
Latina Physician Collaborates with Promotoras in Sustainable Infection Control Efforts
In a modest house in Los Angeles, California, a young girl buried her nose in a book. She focused on the book’s colorful graphics of doctors helping…
The Rise of Screening for Social Determinants of Health
Did you know that your Zip code is more important than your genetic code in predicting how long you will live? That’s right – where you live can h…