Author: Javier Vazquez, Florida State University MPH intern Illustrator: Chuck McCann
Acknowledgments
This endeavor would not have been feasible without the continuous assistance and support of Dr. Gail Bellamy, Director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Center for Rural Health Research and Policy, and Ms. AndrĂŠe Aubrey, Director of the Florida State University AHEC Program. Thanks to Maria Pouncey, coordinator of the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium (PAEC) Migrant Education Program, for supporting our efforts. A very special thanks to the instructor of the PAEC literacy classes, Guillermo Gonzalez, and to the students of the PAEC literacy classes for participating in this project. This project was funded by the Florida Department of Health.
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