Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Editorial

Culturally-Tailored Education Programs to Address Health Literacy Deficits and Pervasive Health Disparities among Hispanics in Rural Shelbyville, Kentucky: From an Occupational Therapy Perspective

Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Texas, USA

Corresponding Author:

Emily F Piven
Retired Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Texas-El Paso Occupational Therapy Program
Health Matters First of Florida
Inc. P.O. Box 64, Oakland, Florida 34760, USA
Tel: (915) 203-0718
E-mail: emilyh@utep.edu

Received Date: January 23, 2014; Accepted Date: January 25, 2014; Published Date: January 27, 2014

Citation: Piven EF (2014) Culturally-Tailored Education Programs to Address Heath Literacy Deficits and Pervasive Health Disparities among Hispanics in Rural Shelbyville, Kentucky: From an Occupational Therapy Perspective. J Community Med Health Educ 4:e123. doi:10.4172/2161-0711.1000e123

Copyright: © 2014 Piven EF. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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