Studies that examine disparities in health outcomes and access to healthcare among Latinx communities.
Community Health: Understanding health care access, linguistic barriers, cultural beliefs, and socioeconomic factors affecting Latinx populations in the United States.
Health Disparities: Examining the gaps in health outcomes and access to care for Latinx communities.
Reproductive Health: Understanding the cultural and linguistic barriers that Latinx communities may face in accessing reproductive health care, family planning, and contraception.
Mental Health: Exploring the unique mental health needs and barriers faced by Latinx communities.
Chronic Diseases: Investigating common chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer affecting Latinx populations and exploring root causes for higher incidence rates.
Health Promotion & Prevention: Engaging in culturally-appropriate health promotion and prevention activities to increase health literacy and decrease health disparities among Latinx communities.
Social Determinants of Health: Understanding the social determinants of health that contribute to poor health outcomes in Latinx communities such as poverty, racism, low education levels, and poor living conditions.
Barriers to Health: Identifying the barriers faced by Latinx communities in accessing health care, including language, cost, immigration status, and discrimination.
Health Care Systems: Understanding the interplay between Latinx patients and the health care system in the United States, including insurance coverage, health care services, and provider-patient communication.
Cultural Competence: Developing cultural competency skills to contribute to the creation of equitable health care for Latinx populations.
Hispanic Health: This area of study focuses on identifying the unique health needs and challenges faced by individuals who identify as Hispanic or have Hispanic ancestry, including cultural beliefs and practices.
Immigrant Health: This field focuses on the health and wellbeing of individuals who have recently immigrated or are first-generation immigrants, including language barriers, access to healthcare, and cultural adjustments.
Latino Health: Latino Health is a broad field that encompasses health and healthcare disparities among people of Latin American descent. It includes various factors like cultural beliefs, socioeconomic status, and access to healthcare.
Primary Care for Latinx Populations: Focuses on addressing the health needs of Latinx populations in primary care settings, such as community health centers.
Mental Health for Latinx populations: Focuses on the unique mental health needs and challenges faced by Latinx populations, including cultural beliefs regarding mental illness and stigma.
Health Policy for Latinx Populations: Examines how policies around healthcare and social services impact Latinx populations, including access to care, insurance coverage, and health outcomes.
Environmental and Occupational Health: This field studies the impact of environmental and occupational factors on health outcomes among Latinx populations, such as exposure to pesticides on farms or working in dangerous occupations.
LGBTQ Latinx Health: This area of study focuses on the unique challenges faced by Latinx individuals who identify as LGBTQ, such as stigma and discrimination within the Latinx community and healthcare system.
Women’s Health for Latinx Populations: This field focuses on the unique health needs and challenges of Latinx women, including access to reproductive health services and cultural attitudes toward women’s health.
Health Disparities and Social Justice: Studies how issues of social justice impact health outcomes for Latinx populations, such as discrimination, racism, poverty or limited access to education.