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Healthy InSights Informativo
Healthy InSights Informativo is a quarterly e-newsletter dedicated to sharing information and tips for reaching the Hispanic community. This newsletter can help you increase your business by focusing on the needs of the fast-growing Hispanic population. If you would like to receive the newsletter via e-mail please subscribe now .
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Publications & Clinical Papers
Factors Impacting Vision Care and Vision Wear of Culturally Diverse Groups: Focus on Hispanics
Contributors: Caleb R. Arias, Latino Health Access; Liany Elba Arroyo, National Council of La Raza; Emilio Balius, OD; Robert Feinfield, MD; Reyna Hernandez, OD; Lloyd Holness, optician; Madeline Romeu, OD, FAAO; Hector Santiago, OD, PhD, FAAO
2007
This consensus paper addresses obstacles in providing quality vision care and vision wear to the U.S. Hispanic population, summarizing discussions held at a professional roundtable event supported by Transitions on April 30 in Washington, D.C. Authors of the paper share practical tips for overcoming language barriers and advice for how to better relate to Hispanic patients on a culturally competent and clinically informed level. The paper concludes with key strategies that eyecare professionals and the industry can embrace to make a positive change for the eye health of Hispanics.