Public Health in San Fernando
Public healthcare in San Fernando, California, does not receive the attention it deserves. For example, low-income children, seniors and undocumented immigrants do not have access to mental health services. The same groups are also vulnerable to chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma. Reports by community organizations and hospitals in the area rate heart diseases, stroke, and cancer as the leading healthcare concerns, with those vulnerable groups being the hardest hit. Teenage mothers also grapple with the same problems. However, for teenage mothers it is worse because they are at a high risk of dropping out of school, becoming ...
