Trends, Innovations, and Future Care for Chronic Conditions in Latinos: A Report From the 2024 Latino Primary Care Summit

Latinos face significant health disparities, particularly concerning chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, and cancer. Primary care plays a critical role in managing and preventing chronic diseases, yet Latinos face multiple barriers to accessing quality care, including uninsurance, employment environments without health care benefits, systemic discrimination, and increased social risks. To address the intersection of these complex topics, the Primary Care Latino Equity Research (PRIMER) Center convened the second annual Latino Primary Care Summit, focused on this theme, “Chronic Conditions in Latinos: Trends, Innovations and Care for the Future” in April 2024. The Summit consisted of 7 expert presentations with breakout discussion groups and discussant commentary to the entire Summit group. Nine key themes were identified from presentation content, and from notes taken at each small group discussion. Themes included: (1) social factors such as economics, political power, and advocacy, (2) Latino narratives, (3) characteristics and unique experiences of Latinos, (4) Latino subgroups, (5) family/aging/generational differences, (6) health care workforce limitations and transformation, (7) primary care approaches, systems, and quality for Latinos, (8) technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and telemedicine, and (9) trauma across the life course. From these discussions, we offer the following recommendations to the US health services and primary care research community, in order to generate knowledge that will positively impact the outcomes of chronic conditions in Latinos in the United States. By addressing these multifaceted issues with comprehensive and culturally aware strategies, primary care can significantly improve chronic care delivery for Latino patients.