Latinx Heritage Month 2020

September 15 - October 15 is Latinx Heritage Month! We encourage you to show your UCSF PRIDE by sharing your Latinx Heritage with your colleagues and friends. Here are a few ways you can share.

  • Change your social media and Zoom profile picture to reflect your Latinx Heritage
  • On Zoom use a virtual background showing your Latinx Heritage (Bonus if the photo is one your took yourself)
  • Share your pictures and/or short videos of yourself in cultural attire or engaging in a cultural activity. Send to [email protected].
  • Add "Latinx Heritage Month" and/or an image showing your Latinx Heritage to your Email Signature

 

Latinx Heritage Staff Photos

Susy Garcia (Mexico); Norma Guerrero-Perez (Mexico); and Margot Lee (Guatamala) from "El Show de Colores

 

 

 

Latinx Children's Books 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Latinx Health Disparities Resources 

NATIONAL LATINX HEALTH DISPARITIES

HHS Office of Minority Health - Minority Population Profiles: Hispanic/Latino Americans

HHS CDC - Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

HHS CDC – Health of Hispanic or Latino Population

HHS CDC – Health of Mexican American Population

HHS SAMHSA – Behavioral Health Equity: Hispanic/Latino

US Census Bureau – Facts for Features; Hispanic Heritage Month 2020

U.S. Department of Education - White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Hispanics in the US: Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 

Pew Research Center – Hispanic Latino Demographics

Center for American Progress: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity – May 7, 2020

American Cancer Society – Cancer Facts & Figures for Hispanics/Latinos 2018-2020

League of United Latin American Citizens – Latino Health Disparities

National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families


LATINX YOUTH HEALTH DISPARITIES

HHS Office of Population Affairs - The Changing Face of America’s Adolescents

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - InsureKidsNow.gov - Health Disparities among Hispanic Youth

A National Portrait of the Health and Education of Hispanic Boys and Young Men – September 2016

Reducing Health Disparities for Hispanic Children with Special Health Care Needs – Feb 2013

Latino Disparities in Youth Incarceration by the Sentencing Project - 2017

Well-Being of U.S. Latino Youth Differs by Ethnic Background – July 19, 2017

Mental Health and Latino Kids: A Research Review by Salud America! – September 2017


CALIFORNIA LATINX HEALTH DISPARITIES

Latinx Health Equity in California: Facing Disparities and Building for the Future. A Report by Hispanics in Philanthropy and the University of California, San Francisco. – September 2018

Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: the California Landscape – California Health Care Almanac, October 2019

In a Statewide Disparity, More Latino Children Lack Health Insurance by California Health Report – September 11, 2019