“Given that Latinos became the largest racial ethnic minority in the United States it’s critically important that we understand their health status and health profile as it changes over time,” Talavera said.
An SDSU professor led the largest research study ever conducted on Hispanic and Latino health.
Graduate School of Public Health professor Gregory Talavera, is the principal investigator for the study.
The National Institutes of Health’s Hispanic Community Health Study Data Book hopes to understand the prevalence of disease and identify risk factors facing one of the largest minorities in the U.S.
The study is unique because it tracks 16,415 Hispanic and Latino adults over two to four years. The study tracked participants in San Diego, Chicago, Miami and the Bronx, N.Y.
The study includes five of the major Hispanic/Latino groups such as Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican in the study, allowing for comparisons between the heritage groups.
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