A lookover at Latines in alopathic and holistic medicine.
I am very proud to announce this month that I am officially a Doctor of Chinese Medicine! To celebrate I wanted to specifically highlight some interesting facts about medicine and the Hispanic/Latine population in the US. |
But first... Let's try to clarify some terminology!
What does Hispanic mean? This term refers to people who have Spanish ancestry, are Spanish speakers or have origins in Latin American or Spanish cultures.
What does Latino/a mean? This term refers to a person from Latin American origin such as Central America, South America, the Caribbean and includes Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Latino is the masculine noun while Latina is the feminine noun.
What does Latine mean? Latine is a gender-neutral term to describe people of Latin American descent, just like Latinx. I will be using this term over "Latino" or "Latina" to be inclusive and because I personally find it easier to read and conjugate than Latinx, which is also a gender-neutral term.
Why does this matter? Its important to distinguish between the use of Hispanic and Latine/Latino/Latina/Latinx since Hispanic is inclusive of a broader demographic of people outside of the Latin American map. Though some people and sources use these terms interchangeably. Any statistics or information pulled for this email will reflect the terminology used by the original source. |
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Eric Salazar was the principal investigator to lead the study of COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy for use in critically ill COVID-19 patients. This was a therapy employed during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, along with previous historical viral outbreaks, such as Ebola and SARS.
COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy takes the donated plasma of recovered COVID-19 individuals and infuses the plasma into critically sick COVID-19 patients. It was Dr. Salazar's study that helped the FDA grant "emergency use authorization" at the very beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Salazar is of Mexican-American decent, he grew up in Texas where his parents were farm workers. |
Hispanic/Latines in education and medicine
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Thank you all for your support as I trudged through 3 years of Doctorate schooling. It's a privilege to be on the other end of it! I am very proud as a first generation Latina to be a part of these numbers that are ever changing and evolving. I am proud to hold space as a Latina in a holistic healthcare setting and I am determined to bring awareness around Chinese medicine's offerings to Latine communities everywhere.
With much gratitude,
Dr. Denise Adán LAc |
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