A lot of us women,
we take care of everyone,
the family, husband, kids,
but we don't take care of ourselves.
Heart disease is a silent killer.
Some women don't know that
they need to get assessed.
They don't know that they're walking around
with hypertension.
Mujer Poderosa, known as
Powerful Women in English
is a program to empower women
to live a healthy lifestyle.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health receives
funding from CDC
so that we can connect to community organizations
like the Latino Connection.
The goal is to lower cases
in cardiovascular disease.
Yo conocí a la Señora Betsy en el food bank.
Me ha ayudado grandemente.
We've had a great outcome
connecting with these women.
We go to churches, barbershops, beauty salons.
Aprendí sobre diabetes, sobre colesterol,
sobre cuidado profundo de la mujer,
En términos de lo que abarca todo lo que es la salud.
Aquí está, el silicone steamer.
Por favor, úselo, porque me parece
que es muy buena herramienta
para poder cocinar tus vegetales riquísimos.
Hace 10 años me mudé de Puerto Rico para la ciudad de Reading.
Poder aprender el idioma es lo que ha sido un poco difícil.
Our participants have very little knowledge
on what to do when they go to a doctor or what
to say if they have any questions.
So they're afraid of asking, sometimes.
Being able to get them into a doctor,
reassuring them that they can go here,
they're not going to get this huge bill.
It's one of the reasons that I love this program.
Being able to connect women
to resources, empowering them to connect
other women to those resources, it's my goal.
Necesitamos más programas como este
donde nos hagan sentir, que de verdad, somos personas
interesantes e importantes, y donde nos enseñen
a cómo cuidarnos más.
9, 10.
The support from the CDC has been critical
to reducing health disparities
in our communities.
I am very proud of the work
we do with the Latino connection and
Mujer Poderosa to keep women healthy
and their heart healthy as well.