On Friday, October 12th, 2012, First Lady of Chihuahua, Bertita Gómez de Duarte, and the Director of Seguro Popular of Chihuahua, Pedro Hernández Flores, visited The University of Kansas Medical Center to meet with Dr. Edward Ellerbeck, Chair of the KUMC Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Paula Cupertino, Juntos Director, Ramon Murguia, attorney at law, Leo Prieto, Advisor for the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, and representatives from the Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City.

Moving along Juntos Center for Advancing Latino Health’s partnership with Mexico, we welcomed First Lady of Chihuahua, Bertita Gómez de Duarte, and the Director of Seguro Popular of Chihuahua, Pedro Hernández Flores, to Garden City for a two-day visit in the state of Kansas. On Thursday October 11th, 2012, Paula Cupertino, Arturo Ponce, Mercedes Saint-Elin, and Miriam Munoz from Juntos accompanied First Lady of Chihuahua Mrs. Duarte and Chihuahua officials on a visit to Liberal, … Continue reading →

                                                                                              WICHITA, Kan.—Free screenings for HIV will be available in southwest Kansas from October 8-11. The screenings will be provided by staff from the University of Kansas School of Medicine–Wichita at four area United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries (UMMAM) clinics.

                               To download the 2012 Calendar of Binational Health Week events in Southwest Kansas, please click on this link: 2012 BHW events in Southwest Kansas Thursday, October 11th, 2012: Town Hall Meeting in Liberal, KS:  Invitacion a la Junta con Comunidad en Liberal Blog Posted by Mercedes Saint-Elin

    Dibujo de la Ganadora del concurso 2011: Soleil Bernal, 8 years old, Kansas City, KS       

Promotores de Salud of Southwest Kansas took part in training sessions entitled Participating in Cancer Research Studies that were conducted in Spanish on Monday, June 4 and Friday, June 22, 2012 at UMMAM Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Training facilitators were Dr. Paula Cupertino, Juntos Director, and Mercedes Saint-Elin.

KU Endowment Media Release KANSAS CITY, Kan. — An award from the government of Mexico for the University of Kansas Medical Center addresses health disparities of Latinos in southwest Kansas. This will provide support for the medical center’s Juntos Center for Advancing Latino Health.

Moving forward with the Ventanilla de Salud Móvil in Kansas, Juntos director Paula Cupertino and Juntos partners were invited to visit Tyson Foods, Inc. in Finney County, Kansas. Dr. Paula Cupertino and Cielo Fernandez from El Centro, Inc. met and had lunch with Tyson Foods’ officials to start planning health outreach activities. This initiative will bring health outreach programs to a workforce that is mostly comprised of Latino immigrants.

Juntos Center for Advancing Latino Health is overcoming the barrier of participation by conducting additional cancer education training sessions at different times and days of the week at popular community locations.  The cancer education program has become so popular that several community leaders are calling to ask if the training can also be offered during the evenings.  

After the Cancer 101 training, Aprendámos sobre el Cáncer, held on Monday, April 09, 2012, Promotores de Salud participated in a training session entitled Empowering the Community to Ask Questions about Cancer Research Studies that was conducted in Spanish on Monday, May 07, 2012 at UMMAM Care Center in Liberal, Kansas.