title: Strengthening rural Latinos' civic engagement for health: The Voceros de Salud project.
abstract: This article describes the Latino Health Ambassadors Network (Voceros de Salud ) project created to support and mobilize Latino community leaders to address health inequalities in a rural Oregon county. Voceros de Salud is discussed as a model that other rural communities may implement towards strengthening Latino civic engagement for health.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: López-Cevallos
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dierwechter
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Volkmann
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patton-López
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning; D003150:Community Health Workers; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D009922:Oregon; D012424:Rural Population