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Mil Gracias for Not Smoking Indoors!
By choosing to not smoke indoors, a smoker deserves a thank-you for protecting their family, friends, and neighbors from secondhand smoke. That’s why the new “Mil Gracias (A Thousands Thanks) for Not Smoking Indoors!” campaign from UT Health San Antonio is inviting people share gratitude for smokers who respect others’ air during the COVID-19 respiratory ...
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New Latino Bilingual Campaign: Juntos, We Can Stop COVID-19!
COVID-19 continues to disproportionately impact Latinos, killing over 53,000 and hospitalizing many more of our mothers, fathers, children, and grandparents. That is why Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio is launching the “Juntos, We Can Stop COVID-19” digital communication campaign in English and Spanish to help Latino families take action to slow the spread ...
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Get Your City to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis!
Racism is a public health crisis. Decades of racism-infused social, economic, and political systems have led to inequitable communities. These areas face higher burdens of stress, disease, and premature death. Now, amid U.S. protests for racial/ethnic and social justice, city leaders are creating resolutions that declare racism a public health crisis and commit to action. ...
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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

What’s Your Big Idea for Healthy Kids?
What is the one thing you want most for kids? Salud America! can customize an “Action Pack” just for you to help you bui…
Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Get Kids More Access to Water!
Dehydration. Fatigue. Poor classroom performance. Water can help solve these issues for kids, but Latino kids don’t have…
Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Water
Tell FDA: Save Menu Labeling (Again)!
You helped save menu labeling—for now! Supporters of Salud America!, our national Latino child health promotion program…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Dile al FDA: Yo Quiero Etiquetado de Calorías en los Menús de Restaurantes (Hay Más Tiempo)
El FDA (la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos) ha retrasado los reglamentos del uso de información sobre las cal…
Healthy Food
Tell FDA: Support Menu Labeling to Help Latino Families!
UPDATE! The FDA has extended the deadline for public comments. Go here to comment by Aug. 2, 2017! The FDA recently dela…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities