Tag: Nancy Vargas

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Medical mistrust, misinformation factor into Latino vaccine hesitancy

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Lack of trusted medical sources, traumatic past experiences with medical care and widespread misinformation have contributed to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Latino communities.

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Grad student saw Latinx community struggling, so she leaped into action, addressing food insecurity and removing barriers to health

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Doctoral student Nancy Vargas saw Oregon’s Latinx communities struggling with food insecurity, so she stepped up to help get them the resources they needed.

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Alumni Health Tips Public Health

Isolate the problem

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CPHHS faculty, students and alumni addressed how COVID-19 has made isolation and health disparities even worse for Latinx communities