In this presentation, Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz will discuss the structural factors that sustain health inequities among Latinx populations. He will describe opportunities to disrupt systems that cause health inequities in Latinx populations and provide examples of interventions and strategies to work toward health equity in Latino populations.
Learning Objective 1: To discuss the structural factors that sustain health inequities among Latinx populations.
Learning Objective 2: To describe opportunities to disrupt systems that cause health inequities in Latinx Populations.
Learning Objective 3: To illustrate strategies to work toward health equity in Latinx populations.
About the Speaker
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University-School of Public Health. Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz is a bilingual and bicultural community health scientist with two decades of experience practicing public health and conducting community-centered research in Puerto Rico, the Americas, and the Caribbean. His work has focused on health equity through actions on the social determinants of health, with particular attention to Latinx communities, sexual and gender minority populations and people affected by HIV.