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).
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 an award-winning health literacy effort funded by Bexar County and housed at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
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Who we are
Established in 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Confianza is a collaborative program that utilizes health literacy principles and strategies to enhance health equity for those individuals living in ZIP codes with the most significant health disparities. The goal is to equip people with skills and access to scientific/accurate health information to make informed health decisions for themselves and their families.
Health Confianza offers an innovative Health Literacy Pledge Program for organizations, a peer-based Community Health Club Program for community members, workforce training, mobile clinics, and accurate and accessible bilingual health communications. All programs are provided at no cost to participants.
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