Cancer Resources

Dia de la Mujer Latina

Gilda's Club Minnesota August 15, 2019

The mission of Día de la Mujer Latina is to promote healthy behaviors within the underserved Latino community

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Día de la Mujer Latina promotes healthy behaviors by providing a culturally and linguistically proficient education, facilitating early detection screening, culturally preventative care interventions; promoting wellness with resource information, Promotores/Community Health Workers training and Patient Navigation for follow-up services.

Since 1997, Día de la Mujer Latina (DML) has earned national recognition as a Latino community based organization (CBO), founded by a Latina breast cancer survivor, dedicated to eliminating health disparities within the Latino community in 39 states and Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Its focus on providing culturally proficient health education and facilitating early detection screening is a results of its successful signature bilingual training modules for P/CHWs.