Sponsor Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Campaign Website: www.AHRQ.gov/superheroes
Volunteer Agency: Casanova Pendrill

Hispanics are 38% less likely than non-Hispanics to have visited the doctor within the past year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In addition, more than a quarter of Hispanic adults have never had their cholesterol checked, two-thirds of Hispanics over 50 have never had a colonoscopy, and nearly 54 percent of Hispanic women over 40 have not had a mammogram within the last year.

The fact that one-third of U.S. Hispanics are uninsured, along with linguistic and cultural barriers, plays a role in these disparities, as shown in AHRQ’s recent National Healthcare Disparities Report. Studies have found that Hispanics often lag behind the general population in access to preventive care even when they are insured.

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