Making a Connection to Improve Latino Health
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HERE'S OUR STORY
Vicente Escobedo was a family man.That’s why his daughter’s word hurt so much, and spurred him to do the right thing – quit smoking.Read more>>
Rosalie Rodriguez
has been a smoker
for the past
14 years
pretty much all of
her adult life.
Now she’s ready
to change that.
And she’s
set a date
to quit.
Read
more>>
has been a smoker
for the past
14 years
pretty much all of
her adult life.
Now she’s ready
to change that.
And she’s
set a date
to quit.
Read
more>>
“[It’s like] scoring
in the Super Bowl;
you’re not doing it
for the fans.
You’re not doing it
for anyone. You’re
doing it for yourself
because the reason
you smoke is
for yourself.”
read more>>
in the Super Bowl;
you’re not doing it
for the fans.
You’re not doing it
for anyone. You’re
doing it for yourself
because the reason
you smoke is
for yourself.”
read more>>
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Are you a Hispanic cancer survivor? Did you see our PSAs and become inspired to get screened?
Have you or your loved ones become more physically active or start eating right to avoid obesity-related maladies? Do you conduct research to improve health among Latinos?
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Upload text and photos to help tell your story, and we will post it on this Web site. We want to recognize your efforts to get healthy, and we want to share your story with others so they will get healthy, too.
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Dr. Roberto Trevino grew tired of “waiting for diabetic people age 40 and older to walk into the clinic, going blind and losing limbs.” So he created Bienestar, a school-based diabetes prevention program to boost kids’ fitness and healthy eating.
Read more about work being done to fight Latino childhood obesity.
Joan Treviño Lawhon had a choice: let breast cancer take over, or fight to survive.
Read more survivor stories in Nuestras Historias. |
Mary Jane Torres was shocked when a cervical cancer screening found a uterine mass.How could the San Antonio, Texas, grandmother undergo treatment, surgery and a struggle to survive with no car to get to clinic appointments and few relatives for support? She found a navigator. Read more about work being done to eliminate Latino health disparities. |
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