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A lot of us women,

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we take care of everyone,

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the family, husband, kids,

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but we don't take care of ourselves.

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Heart disease is a silent killer.

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Some women don't know that

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they need to get assessed.

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They don't know that they're walking around

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with hypertension.

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Mujer Poderosa, known as

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Powerful Women in English

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is a program to empower women

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to live a healthy lifestyle.

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The Pennsylvania Department of Health receives

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funding from CDC

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so that we can connect to community organizations

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like the Latino Connection.

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The goal is to lower cases

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in cardiovascular disease.

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Yo conocí a la Señora Betsy en el food bank.

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Me ha ayudado grandemente.

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We've had a great outcome

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connecting with these women.

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We go to churches, barbershops, beauty salons.

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Aprendí sobre diabetes, sobre colesterol,

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sobre cuidado profundo de la mujer,

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En términos de lo que abarca todo lo que es la salud.

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Aquí está, el silicone steamer.

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Por favor, úselo, porque me parece

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que es muy buena herramienta

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para poder cocinar tus vegetales riquísimos.

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Hace 10 años me mudé de Puerto Rico para la ciudad de Reading.

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Poder aprender el idioma es lo que ha sido un poco difícil.

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Our participants have very little knowledge

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on what to do when they go to a doctor or what

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to say if they have any questions.

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So they're afraid of asking, sometimes.

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Being able to get them into a doctor,

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reassuring them that they can go here,

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they're not going to get this huge bill.

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It's one of the reasons that I love this program.

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Being able to connect women

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to resources, empowering them to connect

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other women to those resources, it's my goal.

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Necesitamos más programas como este

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donde nos hagan sentir, que de verdad, somos personas

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interesantes e importantes, y donde nos enseñen

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a cómo cuidarnos más.

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9, 10.

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The support from the CDC has been critical

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to reducing health disparities

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in our communities.

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I am very proud of the work

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we do with the Latino connection and

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Mujer Poderosa to keep women healthy

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and their heart healthy as well.