WHO WE ARE
Health Confianza
Health Confianza (Spanish for Trust or Confidence), a community-wide health literacy nonprofit, provides education, workforce training, health information and resources to the San Antonio area. We are rooted in the belief that health literacy – which is the ability to find, understand and use health information so that you and your family can be as healthy as possible – is a valuable tool in transforming health and achieving health equity for all.
Established in 2020 as a direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Health Confianza has set out to address the health disparities experienced by our mostly Hispanic and Black neighbors living in 22 zip codes in San Antonio (Westside, Southside and Eastside neighborhoods). The pandemic is a challenge for all of us. It can be especially difficult for people in our local community who have job instability, housing insecurity or lack transportation.
We want to empower our neighbors, health professionals and organizations through programs that increase health literacy while fostering connection and community. Working along side our partners, our greater mission is to change San Antonio’s generational pattern of poor health outcomes, from Covid-19 to diabetes, and to set the stage for a healthier community.
Health Confianza is a community-wide health literacy effort funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health. Health Confianza is a partnership between UT Health San Antonio, The City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and The University of Texas at San Antonio.
South Central AHEC (Area Health Education Center) and Health Confianza have created “Long Covid – Listening, Learning and Recovery,” a short video learning series coupled with an evolving set of resources developed with guidance from public health workers and providers.
News
Finding Your Gente
KLRN Healthy Kids Project and Health Confianza
Health Confianza teams up with KLRN’s (PBS) The Healthy Kids Project
Health Confianza Introduces Long Covid Resource Page
Health Confianza Introduces Long Covid Resource Page
CSL Conference: Learn How Public Health and Our Planet’s Health is Intertwined
CSL Conference: Learn How Public Health and Our Planet’s Health is Intertwined
Three Things to Know, Three Resources
Events
Who we are
Funded by a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health grant, Health Confianza is a community-wide partnership comprised of The University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health San Antonio), the City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and The University of Texas at San Antonio.