Two Evidence-Based Prevention Approaches for the Hispanic and Latino Communities: Meet the Developers!

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Two Evidence-Based Prevention Approaches for the Hispanic and Latino Communities: Meet the Developers!

Wednesday, November 18, 2019 2:00 p.m. EST

Hispanic and Latinos are expected to reach one quarter of the U.S population by the year 2050, and are at a disproportionate risk for negative behavioral health outcomes such as substance use and alcoholism (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2007), sexually transmitted illnesses such as HIV (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007), and mental health concerns (Prado et al., 2006). With this knowledge, researchers have developed Evidence Based Practices that focuses on culturally based risk factors within the Latino community.