National Latina Health Organization
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National Latina Health Organization
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National Latina Health Organization
Organización Nacional de la Salud de la Mujer Latina
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Organización Nacional de la Salud de la Mujer Latina
NLHO
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Inspired by the health activism of African American women, especially the 1983 Spelman conference, Luz Alvarez Martinez co-founded the National Latina Health Organization (NLHO) in 1986, the first national organization by and for Latinas working on health issues and using the Self-Help framework pioneered by the National Black Women's Health Project. Based in San Francisco, the organization was especially committed to providing young Latinas safe spaces in which to discuss health concerns and also ran workshops for teenagers on building self-esteem. In 1997 the NLHO became a charter member of a new organization, the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective. In 2005, Martinez retired from the National Latina Health Organization and the organization shut down soon thereafter.
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AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) in women
Health care reform
Health education of women
Hispanic American women
Hispanic American women
Latina women
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