John S. Luque

In late 2013, I attended and presented at APHA in Boston and AACR-Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Atlanta. At APHA, I presented our work to review barber-based health promotion, which is an Epub ahead of print in the Journal of Community Health. At AACR, we had two posters presenting our work on the Salud es Vida project funded by NCI to test the efficacy of a promotora program to increase Pap tests among Latina farmworker women in SE Georgia. At both conferences, the work was well received, and we were able to identify and network with colleagues doing similar work. At APHA, the Cancer Forum is going strong, and I will continue to work with the forum for the 2014 New Orleans APHA conference.

On a sad note, one of our promotoras passed away from cancer, Rosalina Mendes, pictured here receiving her training certificate. She will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with her friends and family.