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Create a Meaningful Resolution on Racism as a Public Health Crisis!
Racism is a public health crisis. Decades of racism-infused social, economic, and political systems have led to inequitable communities for Black, Latino, and other people of color, who face high burdens of stress, disease, and premature death. You can help local leaders declare racism a public health crisis and commit to change! Download the free ...
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Volunteer for a Clinical Trial for Your Familia!
Cancer and Alzheimer’s hurt many of our abuelos, moms, dads, and others we love. Clinical trials help us fight for our familia. Clinical trials are studies that help researchers learn more to help slow, manage, and treat Alzheimer’s and cancer for current and future family members. But without Latino volunteers for clinical trials, the benefits ...
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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 disparities rooted in systemic inequities in income, health care, food, housing, and discrimination? You’re invited to a new webinar series, “Let’s Address Health Equity Together,” a collaboration of the Salud America! ...
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Health Care Workers: Find If You Have Implicit Bias & What to Do Next!
Doctors have implicit, subconscious preferences for white patients over those of color, studies show. This is implicit bias. These biases — stereotypes that affect our understanding and decisions about others beyond our conscious control — lead to discrimination and health disparities. Fortunately, implicit bias can be “rewired” for compassion for patients of color. Download the ...
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Help Your City Adopt Smoke-Free Multifamily Housing!
People who live in multifamily housing share air with their neighbors ─ including secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke contains over 70 cancer-causing chemicals, and has killed over 2.5 million people. The dangers are especially serious in multifamily housing, where secondhand smoke can travel through doorways, halls, windows, ventilation systems, electrical outlets, and gaps around fixtures. Download ...
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Share Stories of Latinos Who Changed Their Hearts and Got the COVID-19 Vaccine!
COVID-19 takes a big toll on Latinos. To help move Latinos from vaccine hesitancy to vaccine confidence, Salud America! is uplifting the stories of real Latinos who overcame misinformation, got the COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson), reconnected with family, and are helping end the pandemic and variants like Delta and Omicron. Share these ...
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Start ‘Handle With Care’ to Help Kids Who Face Trauma, Even If Schools Are Closed!
Some kids witness domestic violence or murder. Some see loved ones hurt in accidents. These kids still have to go to class or carry on while school is out for summer or due to a pandemic. They face a burden of stress and trauma that can interfere with their behavior and grades—and schools often aren’t even ...
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Discover the State of Health Equity in Your Community!
Wonder what health equity looks like in your community? Select your county name and get a customized Health Equity Report Card from Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio, which shows your area stacks up in housing, transit, poverty, health care, food, and other health equity issues compared to your state and nation. The Health ...
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Ideas for Action

Long COVID: How Latinos Can Help Enhance Recovery from COVID-19
While most people who have COVID-19 recover completely within a few weeks, some continue to experience symptoms weeks af…
COVID-19, Clinical Trials
Tell NASEM: Add Urban Planning Scholars to New Committee on Policies Impacting Health Equity
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has nominated an ad hoc committee to review federa…
Housing, Transportation & Mobility
Comment: Tell Government to Consider People Walking in Vehicle Safety Rating System
With roads designed to favor cars and the growing size of megacars – SUVs and passenger trucks – it’s no surprise traffi…
Transportation & Mobility
Watch Webinar: Overcoming Implicit Bias in the Doctor’s Office and Research Studies
Doctors often have implicit, subconscious preferences for white patients over those of color, studies show. This is impl…
Clinical Trials, Overcoming Harmful Biases
Women Comment on How COVID-19 Is Impacting Women’s Health
The National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health is seeking comments on how to improve treatm…
COVID-19
Comment Now: Increase Latino Representation in Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials!
The National Institute of Aging (NIA) is seeking comments and suggestions on how it can implement community-based resear…
Clinical Trials, Dementia