| Progreso Community Center (PCC) coordinates the Nashville Latino Health Coalition (NLHC). NLHC meets at PCC on the third Tuesday of every month from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. NLHC, founded in November 2005, is a collaboration among members of the grassroots Hispanic community and public health, healthcare, non-profit, academic and other organizations, who all share the common goal of improving the health of the Nashville Hispanic community. NLHC employs a community-based, participatory approach, which emphasizes community empowerment, democratic processes, shared decision-making power, and true collaboration. NEW!
NLHC is in the process of developing a bilingual health resource guide for the Nashville Hispanic community. A recent Community Readiness Assessment conducted by PCC and Tennessee State University identified a need in the Hispanic community for more easy-to-access information about local available health services and other resources, especially for people without health insurance. Updates on the development of the guide will be posted on this website. To improve the health of the Nashville Latino community by empowering grassroots community members to work collectively with organizations to promote health and prevent disease 1. To empower grassroots Latino community members to identify community strengths, needs, and solutions 2. To facilitate collaboration between Latino community members and organizations based on reciprocal learning and mutual benefit 3. To increase access to accurate health-related information and improve communication between organizations and Latino community members 4. To improve access to quality, culturally-appropriate health care among the Nashville Latino population NLHC MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS (Voting Members): American Diabetes Association, Middle TN Chapter Hope Clinic for Women Meharry Medical College, Prevention Research Unit Meharry Medical College, Department of Family & Community Medicine Metro Public Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County, Health Equality Progreso Community Center/Hispanic Community Group of TN Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Minority Health Tennessee State University, Center for Health Research United Neighborhood Health Services Vanderbilt Institute for Community Health NLHC AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS (Non-voting): American Heart Association, State Health Alliance Meharry Medical College, MBCCOP/Cancer Clinical Trials/Education Metro Public Health Department, Behavioral Health Services Metro Public Health Department, Health Care Access - Bridges to Care Metro Public Health Department, Health Care for the Homeless Metro Social Services Nashville Cares Nashville General Hospital at Meharry Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennessee _______________________________________________________________ NLHC Executive Committee: Chair: Juan Canedo (Progreso Community Center) Vice-Chair: Richard Ramker (American Diabetes Association) Secretaries: Irma Lira (Hispanic community member) Pamela Hull (Tennessee State University) Treasurers: Francisco Reyes (Hispanic community member) Yvonne Joosten (Vanderbilt Institute for Community Health) For more information contact: Juan Canedo, NLHC Chair nashvillelatinohealth@yahoo.com 615-569-3752 | 
