March 10, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Global and Community Leadership Honors Program Lecture Series will present a lecture on health disparities in the Hispanic community by Edwina Taylor, founder of Cahaba Valley Health Care (CVHC), Wednesday, March 24.

The lecture will be held from 3 to 3:50 p.m. in Heritage Hall Room 102, 1401 University Blvd. The event is free and open to the public. Call 205-934-8683 for more details.

Taylor will discuss the importance of collaboration in providing basic health care to under-served communities and ways in which the CVHC's work is lowering the barriers Hispanics face in receiving higher quality health care, including access and cultural insensitivity.

Cahaba Valley Health Care Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides basic health care to primarily under-served Hispanic communities in Jefferson and Shelby counties.

About the UAB Global and Community Leadership Honors Program

The UAB Global and Community Leadership Honors Program is designed to give students a deeper understanding of global and community issues. Through specialized courses, service-learning and other activities, students investigate and analyze common concerns faced by societies around the world and prepare for leadership roles that can address those issues.