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Review
. 2016 Jul 20;9(Suppl 1):71-4.
doi: 10.4137/CMWH.S38488. eCollection 2016.

Health Disparity among Latina Women: Comparison with Non-Latina Women

Karen Paz  1 , Kelly P Massey  1
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Review

Health Disparity among Latina Women: Comparison with Non-Latina Women

Karen Paz et al. Clin Med Insights Womens Health. .

Abstract

Analyzing the Latino community and focusing on the women that make up this fast-growing demographic create a better understanding of the needs and considerations for health-care professionals and social policies. It is important that national health and health-care data on the Latino ethnic group be presented by gender in order to determine areas specific to women. This review focuses on the existing health and health-care data of Latino women (Latinas). The ability to distinguish the health-care experiences of Latinas will increase the understanding of existing barriers to their health care, the initiatives needed to overcome them, and increase the overall quality of health among Latina women.

Keywords: CVD; Latina; cancer; health care; women.

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