There is a significant stigma around eating disorders in the Latino community, which prevent them to disclose eating disorder symptoms due to shame and guilt feelings. Establishing connection and rapport using the cultural values of personalismo and familismo can help health care providers to assess the eating disorder in a cultural appropriate manner. This webinar is designed to discuss how health care providers can integrate key cultural values in the Latino community during the identification and initial assessment of eating disorders.
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Funding for the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders was made possible by Grant No. H79SM081924 from SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, SAMHSA/HHS or the U.S. Government.
