MOLA-NAMS Conference Speaker Spotlight:
Re-centering Latin American Social Medicine raices in health equity for Spanish speaking communities in the US
Speaker Spotlight: Glenn Martinez, Dean and Language Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
Friday morning plenary
Objectives:
- Discuss the basic tenets of Latin American Social Medicine (LASM) and its historical development.
- Identify how LASM principles and perspectives can profitably be incorporated into efforts to address linguistic, cultural, and structural barriers to health equity for Spanish speaking communities.