Latinos are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. and account for one in every seven U.S. women of reproductive age. Latina immigrants are less likely to receive adequate reproductive health care, including annual pap smears, contraceptives, HIV treatment and sex education. Due to barriers, lack of health care coverage, basic information, culturally and linguistically appropriate services, as well as fear of deportation many Latinas do not have access to reproductive health care services.
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December 2005)
