A member of a group to reduce minority health disparities, Lydia talks about Latino patients’ poor treatment and the push for Spanish translators in hospitals.

Created in the digital storytelling workshop in Denver in June 2009 as part of the research project, "Tobacco Control and Digital Storytelling: Collaborative Videography with Latino Adults to Promote Health Equity in Colorado" (09-0099).

Funding provided by the Latino/a Research and Policy Center University of Colorado, Denver (ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/research/centers/lrpc/Pages/LRPC.aspx); and the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Colorado, ctsa1.ucshc.edu

Marty Otañez, Principle Investigator and Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver marty.otanez@ucdenver.edu
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