Goal Areas

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Healthy Nutrition

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Physical Activitiy

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Access to Health Care

Who We Are

About Us

The Latino Health for All Coalition engages community partners in reducing disparities in health outcomes related to diabetes and other chronic diseases among Latinos in Kansas City/Wyandotte County. Read more.

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Mission

Reduce diabetes and cardiovascular disease among Latinos in Kansas City & Wyandotte County through a collaborative partnership to promote healthy nutrition, physical activity, and access to health services.

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Coalition

The Latino Health for All Coalition works in collaborative partnerships to improve health for all Latinos in Kansas City and Wyandotte County.

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Successes

  • Creating community, family, and school gardens
  • Converting unused park space into soccer fields
  • Forming Latino Health for All Soccer League for youth
  • Providing nutrition education to Latino families

Latino Health for All Coalition. A Decade of Impact.

Latino Health for All

Our Projects

in collaboration with partners

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Wyandotte Deserves
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Access to Health Services
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Park Improvement
Our Accomplishments
40 +
community partners
159
community changes
60,250
people reached
10
years creating change

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Our Team

Vicki Collie-Akers, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Monica Mendez
Community Mobilizer
Jerry A. Schultz, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
Stephen B. Fawcett, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Sara Obermeier, M.A.
Research Assistant

I'd Like to Get Involved

We’d like to hear from you. Please contact Monica Mendez to request materials or find out about upcoming meetings and partnership opportunities.



Latino Health for All

Center for Community Health and Development
University of Kansas, Dole Center
1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 4082
Lawrence, KS 66045
1.785.864.0533
mmendez@ku.edu