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Health Ambassadors: A Model For Engaging Community Leaders To Promote Better Health, Sandra Torres
Health Ambassadors: A Model For Engaging Community Leaders To Promote Better Health, Sandra Torres
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Obesity continues to be a growing epidemic in the United States. Individuals who live in low-income communities’ face inequities in areas that continue to have adverse and long-lasting consequences. These consequences can extend from economic conditions, social support, and a lack of access to healthy eating choices and physical activity, all of which contribute to higher obesity rates. It is essential to increase opportunities for change in low-income communities and provide ongoing recommendations to policymakers to allocate resources where it is needed. This paper aims to examine a Health Ambassador model in low-income communities tailored to residents in public housing …