UVA Latino Health Initiative

The UVA Latino Health Initiative (LHI) is an organization of the University of Virginia that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the Latino community in the Charlottesville area and by doing this narrow the gap between the University of Virginia and this community. LHI is supported by faculty members from the School of Medicine other colleges and more than 50 graduate and undergraduate students. With an engaged community advisory board and a faculty advisory group, we run 5 different community health programs: The Latino Clinic, the Cardiovascular Initiative for the Latino Community Health, the Compañeros Training, and Empowerment Program, Family Health Evenings at Southwood, and an educational radio program.

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Iniciativa de Salud Latina de UVA

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UVA Latino Health Initiative Newsletter

 

Latinx Health Access

The UVA Latino Health Initiative believes that a continual and united effort to provide health services will alleviate health disparities within the Latino community.

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Latino Health Initiative News

We are quickly entering a new and exciting phase of the Latino Health Initiative of the UVA. To that end, we are hiring a new team member with leadership and management experience.

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Accurate and culturally appropriate health information and healthcare education is one of our priorities. To that end, we wanted to announce that we have created a Youtube channel that will provide easy access to our recorded educational activities. Please visit and subscribe to our channel!
https://www.youtube.com/@IniciativaDeSaludLatina/videos

 

Check out this awesome article about the Latino Health Initiative in the April 2023 edition of Amplify in the Champion’s Corner!
https://www.flipsnack.com/uvadiversity/amplify-spring-2023/full-view.html

Recognitions

LHI in UVA Health News COVID-19 and Latinx Community: 4 Things You Should Know

UVA latino health Initiative covid-19 team

LHI SIM Students Win Best Poster Presentation

LHI is happy to announce that the SIM program that exposes 1st year medical students in Social Issues in Medicine has recognized LHI as best poster of the year. The best poster was voted on the by the attendees of the conference. 

 

Local Hero Spotlight: UVA Latino Health Initiative

UVA Latino Health InitiativeSpanish-speaking faculty and students from the UVA Schools of Medicine and Nursing launched the Latino Health Initiative (LHI) to bridge the gap between health care providers and our Latino neighbors here in Charlottesville. “Our community has a large proportion of folks who don’t have access to care or receive regular care,” explains third-year medical student Daniel Giraldo Herrera. Working with many committed and generous community partners, volunteers like Daniel provide a range of preventative and wellness education programs and services in addition to conducting research aimed at improving the health of the Latino community.

Latinx Communities and COVID-19: A Message from Max Luna, MD

Latinx communities have suffered great losses in the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardiologist Max Luna, MD, speaks to the social inequities that have made Latinx communities more vulnerable to COVID-19, and the importance of access to vaccines as the communities begin to recover.

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Listen About Our Experience

UVA Latino Health Initiative podcast teamThese podcasts were created by collaborating UVA undergraduate students with the support of their faculty professor Esther Poveda in her courses. They write for social justice and change and community conversations.

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UVA COMMUNITY TESTING PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF FREE COVID-19 TESTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

The community testing program began this summer, and more than 3,000 tests have been performed so far. On average, each site administers about 75 to 115 tests per outing, usually over about a two-hour period.

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