Los Angeles County suffers from an acute shortage of culturally competent doctors to treat the area’s Latino community, compounding the problems Latinos experience accessing medical care due to the fact that they have the highest percentage of adults lacking health insurance, according to a UCLA study. California

“On the plus side, however, Latinos are becoming more physically active and have decreased their tobacco use in recent years, and continue to have lower rates of heart disease, cancer and stroke, according to the study from the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. The long”‘term threat to this healthy Latino profile is an ominous increase in overweight and obese youth and adults.

The findings are part of the “2006 Latino Scorecard: Road to Action,” a five-part report sponsored by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles that also examines housing, education, economic development and public safety….”

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