Medical Education
Program
2615 East Clinton Ave.
Fresno, CA 93703
Tel: 559/224-3235
Source: Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF-Fresno
Phone: 559.243.3606/559.288.3257
E-mail: carapd@fresno.ucsf.edu
Web: http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2002
Latino Health Paradox in California—Challenges and Opportunities
Director
Public Affairs and Communications
Tel: (559) 243-3606
Fax: (559) 228-6926
On December 11, 2002, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno (UCSF Fresno) Latino Center for Medical Education and Research will host a lecture titled Latino Health in California—Challenges and Opportunities by David Hayes-Bautista, PhD, founder and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine. His major research areas include Latino demographics, health policy, culture, identity and behavior, and culturally effective health care delivery.
During the lecture, Hayes-Bautista will discuss the Latino health paradox in California. Specifically, he will talk about the availability of health care for the Latino population in California and the unique way medicine is delivered to them. In addition, Hayes-Bautista will address the shortage of Latinos entering the health care professions in California.
Event Details
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
3:30 p.m.
Arte Americas
La Casa de la Cultura
1630 Van Ness Avenue
Fresno, California
The lecture is open to the public. For more information about the lecture, please call 559.241.7670, or email latinotemp@fresno.ucsf.edu.