The mission of Nuestra Salud is to increase collaborative partnerships with community-based organizations, higher education researchers, and state/city elected officials to work toward reducing health disparities affecting Hispanic communities in New Mexico and the nation through research, training, and outreach. Nuestra Salud was founded to address the void in culturally and linguistically sensit
ive programs that meet the health care needs of Hispanics around issues of cancer, diabetes, asthma, tobacco control, and other chronic diseases by Promoting interdisciplinary and interagency state-wide collaboration as a strategy for the development of multicultural resources to serve the Hispanic community
We are incorporated in New Mexico, based in Albuquerque, but work to link services in a national and binational capacity. We provide health education, patient navigation and psychosocial family support group services targeting the underserved Spanish speaking population.
