The main goal of the study is to eliminate the financial barriers the Latino community faces in receiving health care, and try to make them more accessible.
was receiving clients before the pandemic who lost their housing or their employment because of a cancer diagnosis.
Darcie Green, the executive director, said the pandemic only added an extra layer to the problem. She's excited for this health assessment. "As a county, it's not okay for us to expect that someone would become unhoused or unable to feed themselves because of a cancer diagnosis. Maybe an outcome of this needs assessment for our community can be looking into taking a deeper dive into what are people challenged with and what are they facing when just trying to prioritize their health," Green said."I believe the way we do this is together," Green said.
Angelica Diaz is the Health Communities Branch Director for the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. "I think we have the greatest impact towards achieving health equity when we ask the right questions ask of the right people. And part of the process will be to identify and address different health conditions or health outcomes. Part of that will be prioritizing the solutions or specific actions we can take as a county to improve the health outcomes. That may be increasing resources and investment where it's most needed," Diaz said.
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