Su Salud cofounder receives honors
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Posted Jan. 6, 2006 |
By Stacie Crozier Washington—Dr. Guillermo Vicuña, cofounder of the Su Salud outreach program, received a Health Care Champion Award from U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Oct. 31, 2005.
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Honored: From left, Olivia Sosa, San Joaquin County Migrant Education; Ameen Kahn, staff member for Sen. Boxer; Dr. Guillermo Vicuña; Al Murrillo, San Joaquin General Hospital; and Robert Kavanaugh, retired Director of Guaranty Bank of San Joaquin pause as Dr. Vicuña displays his Health Care Champion Award.
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Su Salud, a program established to improve migrant workers' health and to help prevent disease through health awareness and education, has screened, immunized, counseled and referred more than 70,000 people in San Joaquin County free of charge since 1983.
"I am happy to have presented my Health Care Champion Award to Dr. Guillermo Vicuña, a man who has spent the past two decades working to improve the health of people who have nowhere else to turn," said Sen. Boxer.
Recently, Dr. Vicuña initiated a two-year study designed to educate migrant women and their children about good health practices and evaluate the effects of education on their health status. "By providing health education and research on its effects," Sen. Boxer added, "we will be able to make better decisions in the future about appropriate programs."
"I greatly appreciate Sen. Boxer's recognition of Su Salud," said Dr. Vicuña. "It is important that we continue to improve the overall health of the uninsured working poor."
Su Salud has received numerous honors and awards, including a "1,000 Points of Light" award in 1991, an ADA Access Recognition award in 1993 and an ADA Presidential Citation in 1999. Dr. Vicuña has also been nominated for an Extra Mile Points of Light—Volunteer Pathway award from the Ponts of Light Foundation. For more information on the program, log on to www.susalud-prevention.com  .
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