The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for healthcare workers to have easy-to-use, informative, bilingual tools on infection control practices in the healthcare setting.
With this in mind, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched Project Firstline, a training and education collaborative designed to ensure all healthcare workers, no matter their role or educational background, have the infection control knowledge and understanding they need and deserve to protect themselves, patients, and coworkers.
As part of Project Firstline, Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio and the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) is bringing you a Salud Talks Podcast series, “Behind the Mask,” to explore infection control in healthcare.
In this special Episode 44 of “Behind the Mask” on the Salud Talks Podcast, Dr. Jorge Moreno, assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and internist and obesity medicine specialist, and Dr. Elena Rios, previous leader of NHMA and current president of the National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF), discuss the importance of building infection control-oriented Latino healthcare leaders.
WHAT: A special #SaludTalks Podcast discussion about building infection control-oriented Latino healthcare leaders.
WHERE: Available on SoundCloud
WHEN: The podcast is available as of Aug. 29, 2024
WHO: Amelie Ramirez, DrPH, director of Salud America! and its home base, the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio; Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP, formerly of NHMA and currently of NHHF; Jorge Moreno, MD, Dipl. ABOM, of Yale School of Medicine; and Alyssa Gonzales, Salud America! Salud Talks Podcast Producer
In this episode, we explore questions such as:
- How can healthcare workers access the Project Firstline pledge and sharing toolkit?
- How can Latino healthcare workers join NHMA?
- How can Latino healthcare workers implement lessons from CDC’s Project Firstline into their own practices in the healthcare setting?
Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTalks to join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram — share more information about infection control!
Don’t forget to check out the Salud Talks podcast, and, of course, subscribe.
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