As part of its Allied4SC series, the Upstate-based Hispanic Alliance hosted its Allied4Health event on June 4, which is designed to bridge the gap between Hispanic residents and health care providers.
“Over the past year or so, the Hispanic Alliance has really intentionally conducted community-based research studies and projects,” said Andrew Skinner, director of public relations and development for the Hispanic Alliance. “These are across areas of life that are particularly important to the Hispanic community here in the Upstate.”
As it embarks on the health care part of its overarching program, the Hispanic Alliance organized an Allied4Health free seminar that targets the area’s medical community. During the event, the Hispanic Alliance presented the results of the 2023 Greenville Hispanic Health Study, which was conducted by a coalition of partners, including Bon Secours St. Francis, Clemson University, and the Piedmont Health Foundation. Skinner said the group hopes to host additional seminars in the future.
“We are looking for the medical community to come — people who have a vested interest in learning about the research and the findings of our collaborative health study,” he said. “How can we get more doctors, more nurses and other medical providers to be more culturally competent when it comes to caring for their Hispanic patients?”
Allied4Health is only one facet of the group’s efforts. Other programs focus on workforce diversity and cultural inclusion.
“This is part of a broader push from our organization to look at what issues are affecting the Hispanic community and what can we do at an organizational level by working in concert with our partners to create more opportunities and prosperity for a community that has been historically underserved in South Carolina,” Skinner said.
