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Buena Salud Para Ahora Y Mañana was, started in September of 2007 sponsored by the, “The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.” Primary focus is to reach the low income Hispanic youth from the community. While ethnicity alone is not a risk factor for health disparities, some underlying social and economic conditions are, such; language barriers, higher rates of poverty, limited access to care, and cultural barriers. These factors may increase risk of Hispanics to “fall between the cracks” with respect to accessing ...
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The Cabot-GCI-AV dental program started in Auguest of 2007, and is sponsored by the REACH Health Care Foundation. Partnerships were as follows; the dental work is done by Cabot Clinic, the students participating are from the Alta Vista High School., and the Program coordinator is Leonora Solis, from Guadalupe Centers, Inc. Dr. Orlando Silva, Director of Dental Services, and Cabot Westside Health Center, did a survey of students of Alta Vista in 2007. The results of the survey were so alarming that the group from Cabot and Guadalupe knew ...
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Our program is located at 2600 Belleview in Kansas City, Missouri. We are a supported recovery program certified by the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Our bilingual staff provides counseling and education in an outpatient setting which also offers an array of comprehensive support services.
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In 1988 GCI developed a program to expand HIV/AIDS awareness among the Latino population. Statistics at the time revealed the Latino Community was disproportionately affected by the deadly disease. Currently there are an estimated 4,838 AIDS cases in the greater Kansas City area, while Hispanics comprise only 170 of these cases. The Guadalupe Center believes this number is not reflective of actual cases due to the low testing level among Hispanics as well as other factors.Initially, the program focused on the Latino community at large through ...
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GCI launched the Teen Pregnancy Program in 1982 as a response to a pronounced increase of teenage pregnancies in the community. Births to adolescent mothers correlate highly with low birth-weight infants, birth complications, dropping out of high school, and poverty. As a socially and medically under-served population, Latino adolescents are at an even greater risk to the adverse consequences of teen pregnancy. The program, designed to provide culturally sensitive and comprehensive care, serves pregnant or parenting teenage girls and their ...
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