Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, 1225 Eighth Street, Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 448-3234, Lupe@LCHC.org

With Latinos being a sizable portion of California’s population, the health disparities that exist within and among the Latino community becomes a pressing health concern. The presenter will discuss the status of Latino health in California as well as policy and programmatic efforts to reduce and eliminate disparities. Further, this presentation will offer some recommendations on future work that may advance the effort to eliminate health disparities.

Learning Objectives:

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• The participant will gain knowledge of the status of health disparities for California Latinos (
• The speaker will discuss current policy efforts underway to eliminate health disparities

Keywords: Health Disparities, Health Care Access

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.