San Diego, California—More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend "Por La Salud de San Diego" Health Fair in Chicano Park on Saturday March 29th, 2008. The fair, sponsored by the Association of Professionals and Students, seeks to address health care issues in lower income families by offering a number of free health services to the community at no cost whatsoever. Studies have shown that Hispanics bear a disproportionate burden of disease, injury, death, and disability as compared to other non-Hispanics. As the largest ethnic population in the United States, Hispanics court a higher risk of illness with little to no health care to offset the illnesses that affect them and their families. With 25.4 percent of the population cited as Hispanic in the latest US population census, and about 10.6% of families or 14.6% of the population below the national poverty line, the community of San Diego typifies the hardships that a rising cost of health care can incur on lower income communities. The Association of Professionals and Students (APS) is a non-profit organization that provides social and educational programs that focus on empowering low-income communities. Over the course of the last three years, the organization has steadily increased the number and quality of services it offers to the primarily Latino community by offering annual health fairs to low-income families all throughout Southern California. |
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