Minority Health Care Issues:
Hispanic Americans

• High incidence of many health care risks: heart disease, cancer, diabetes, CKD, AIDS, motor vehicle accidents, etc.
• Lack of access to care (2 of every 4 are uninsured)
• High incidence of environmental and mental health problems
• Lack of Hispanics in health professions
• Language and lack of interpreters makes communication a major barrier
• Lack of medical profession cultural competence in dealing with population