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Second annual Latinos conference will focus on health statewide

By Denise H. Horton
dhorton@uga.edu

The health needs of Georgia’s growing Latino population will be the focus of the second annual Latino conference at the

Rebecca Mullis

university July 29-31.
“In the past decade the Latino population in Georgia has grown 300 percent, from 109,000 in 1990 to 435,000 in 2000,” says Rebecca Mullis, chair of the foods and nutrition department in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. “These new residents have a range of health needs that includes chronic diseases such as diabetes, but coupled with these diseases is a lack of access to health care and cultural barriers that often discourage families from seeking help.”
Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, professor of clinical public health at Columbia University, will present the keynote address on July 29. Her talk will focus on the growing challenge of Latino health in the United States. Aguirre-Molina is the author of three books on Latino health issues.
Nearly 20 different break-out sessions will be held during the three-day conference. Session topics will include drug and alcohol abuse in the Latino community, Latino children’s health, and effective use of Latino communications mediums, such as the Internet and CNN in Spanish, to convey health information.
“We hope that those who attend will learn about the Latino culture, find new ways of communicating with the Latino community, and be able to identify the components of an effective health program for Latinos,” Mullis says.
In addition to the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, conference organizers at UGA include the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach and the College of Education. DrTango, Inc., a company that develops and licenses Web-based health- and diet-related applications and content in Spanish and Portuguese, is also involved. Funding is being provided by Atlanta Gas Light Co., GoldKist, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Georgia Department of Human Resources.
The conference is designed for anyone interested in improving the health of Latinos--healthcare providers, government agency representatives, business owners who have a Latino workforce and church representatives. The cost is $175.

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