{"id":137395,"date":"2023-10-12T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//?p=137395"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:23:41","slug":"making-a-difference-in-hispanic-healthcare-disparities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//making-a-difference-in-hispanic-healthcare-disparities/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//","title":{"rendered":"Making a Difference in Hispanic Healthcare Disparities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hispanics continue to face severe health disparities and UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u2019s College of Medicine can play a role in easing those challenges, says Caridad Hernandez, chair of medical education, at a recent Hispanic Heritage Month event./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/n

A 2021 study found that 34% of nonelderly Hispanic residents in the United States do not have a physician /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u2014 compared to 18% of African Americans and 16% of Caucasians. This lack of access to care, along with poverty, language challenges, food insecurity and other societal factors /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u2014 called the social determinants of health /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u2014 lead to higher rates of diseases including diabetes, heart disease, HIV/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395//AIDS and cancer for Hispanics./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u201cWhere you live /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u2013 your zip code /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u2014 is the most important determinant of your health, regardless of race or ethnicity,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u201d says Caridad Hernandez, professor in the College of Medicine. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u201cLet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u2019s look at ways that we, as educators, researchers and clinicians, can make a difference./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137395/n