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Get involved to improve health for Latino and all families with our action campaigns, action packs, and Salud Health Report Cards on the health of your town!

How to Start Screening for the Non-Medical Drivers of Health
To truly improve patient and community health, we must address the non-medical drivers of health, such as access to housing, transportation, and food that can make it harder for people to stay healthy. That’s where screening for the non-medical drivers of health comes in. Screening for the non-medical drivers of health is a questionnaire given ...
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Webinar Series: Let’s Improve Health in South Texas and Beyond
We want all people to be as healthy as possible. How can we reach this ideal, especially as we face high rates of cancer and chronic disease and many people struggle with access to clinical trials, income, health care, food, housing, and other issues? You’re invited to a webinar series, “Let’s Improve Health in South ...
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5 Reasons to Pledge to Complete CDC Project Firstline Training on Infection Control!
When you practice infection control consistently and confidently, it can help stop the spread of disease in healthcare settings and save lives. This is why you and all frontline healthcare providers can publicly pledge to take training through the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s Project Firstline program. Project Firstline is a training and education ...
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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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Check Out Resources on Infection Control from CDC Project Firstline!
We love our frontline healthcare workers. That’s why we are excited to share Project Firstline, a training and education collaborative from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure all healthcare workers, no matter their role or educational background, have the infection control knowledge and understanding they need and deserve to protect ...
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Discover the State of Health in Your Community!
Wonder what health looks like in your community? Select your county name and get a customized Health 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 issues compared to your state and nation. The Health Report Card auto-generates ...
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Start ‘Handle With Care’ to Help Kids Who Face Issues at Home!
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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New Action Pack: How to Start a School Food Pantry
About 1 in 6 children are food insecure. They don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Fortunately, your school can help these students! The new Salud America! “School Food Pantry Action Pack” is a free guide to help school personnel talk to decision-makers, work through logistics, and start a School Food Pantry to ...
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New Action Pack: Help Your School Support Students!
About half of U.S. children suffer abuse, poverty, parental incarceration. These kids face deep physical and mental scars that impair development, learning, and health. How can schools support and help students dealing with these issues? The new Salud America! “Help Your School Support Students Action Pack” is a free guide with coaching to help school ...
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Ideas for Action

23 Surprising 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 and con…
Embracing All People, Increasing Recognition
Nearly 10,000 People Spoke Up to Limit Sugar, Alcohol in New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
A few years ago, scientists advised federal leaders to adjust the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to lower added sugar…
Healthy Food
Nearly 3,000 Comments to NHTSA About Considering Pedestrians in Vehicle Safety Ratings
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to consider pedestrians in their vehicle safety…
Transportation & Mobility
UPDATE: Report Card Covers Child Opportunity, Location Affordability, Transit Access
We have updated our Salud America! Report Card to cover your county’s child opportunity score, environmental justice sco…
Access, Healthy Food, Housing, Transportation & Mobility, Understanding & Reducing Poverty
832 People Told EPA to Limit PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sought public comments on its proposal to limit and regulate several types of…
Chemical & Toxic Exposure
433 People Urge Better Crash Data Collection to Guide Traffic Safety
For too long, the blame for our nation’s high traffic fatality rate has fallen on individual drivers and factors, rather…
Transportation & Mobility