JUNTOS Radio: a podcast created in collaboration with Spanish-speaking healthcare providers, Juntos Center for Advancing Latino Health, and a medical librarian

Authors

  • Brenda M. Linares, AHIP University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
  • Mariana Ramirez University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2023.1653

Keywords:

outreach, 'Covid-19', podcast, Spanish, Collaboration, Consumer Health, community engagement, Latinx

Abstract

Spanish-speaking healthcare providers, JUNTOS Center for Advancing Latino Health, and a medical librarian partnered to create a podcast on essential health topics relevant to the Latinx community. The podcasts were recorded in Spanish and included Spanish supplementary consumer health information from credible resources such as MedlinePlus en Espanol. The podcasts covered important topics about COVID-19 such as vaccines, clinical trials, and social distancing. It also includes other relevant topics that are affecting the Latinx community.

References

Daar, D.A., Alvarez-Estrada, M. & Alpert, A.E. The Latino Physician Shortage: How the Affordable Care Act Increases the Value of Latino Spanish-Speaking Physicians and What Efforts Can Increase Their Supply. J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 5, 170–178 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-017-0354-0.

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Published

2023-10-02

Issue

Vol. 111 No. 4 (2023): October 2023

Section

Virtual Project

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Brenda M. Linares, AHIP, Mariana Ramirez

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.