Salud: (noun) the Spanish word for "health."
Salud is also the name of a Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus Initiative for Hispanic/Latino Health. The purpose of our organization is to alleviate the cultural and linguistic barriers that many Hispanics/Latinos in Baltimore encounter when seeking medical care.
To this end, Programa Salud targets two populations: First, the Hispanic/Latino community through health fairs, health education presentations, and community outreach, and Second, their healthcare providers through cultural competency training and interpretation services.
Salud is composed of volunteers consisting of undergraduate, graduate, public health, and medical students. We work with a number of partner institutions throughout Baltimore to achieve our goals of health promotion and cultural competency education.