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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

Comment Now: Tell HHS How to Improve Healthcare for Latinos!
As part of its draft Strategic Plan for 2022-2026, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking for feed…
Healthcare Access, Overcoming Harmful Biases
17 Awesome Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month is here! This annual U.S. observance, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, celebrates the histories, cultur…
Embracing Immigrants, Overcoming Harmful Biases
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 b…
Clinical Trials, Overcoming Harmful Biases
Help Your City Adopt Smoke-Free Multifamily Housing!
People who live in multifamily housing share air with their neighbors ─ including secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke con…
Air Quality, Chemical & Toxic Exposure, Quit Smoking
25,000 Comments Call for Safety Reforms in a Transportation Engineering ‘Bible’
More than 25,000 public comments were submitted to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on proposed changes to the…
Transportation & Mobility
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!…
COVID-19, Vaccines