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The Commission serves as a liaison for the Kansas Hispanic & Latino Community and the Office of the Governor.

This study investigates the association between race/ethnicity and acculturation variables (language preference and nativity) with use of contraception and contraceptive services among Mexican/Mexican American and "other" Hispanic women aged 15-44 when compared to non- Hispanic white women., Data was analyzed from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth. The sample contained 3357 women aged 15-44. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association between race/ethnicity and acculturation variables and contraceptive-related behaviors adjusted for other known covariates., After multivariate analysis, neither nativity nor language preference were significantly associated with contraception use or contraceptive services. Mexican/Mexican American women did not differ in their contraception-related behaviors when compared to non-Hispanic whites. Other Hispanic women, however, were less likely to obtain contraceptive services than non-Hispanic whites (OR=0.67, 95% CI=0.45-1.00). Women aged 30-39 and 40-44 were less likely to obtain contraception and contraceptive services than those aged 15-19. Single women were less likely to use contraception (OR=0.72, 95% CI=0.56-0.92) and contraceptive services (OR=0.69, 95% CI=0.53-0.89) than married/co-habiting women. Women with healthcare coverage were more likely to use contraception and contraceptive services than uninsured women., Among Hispanic women of different origin groups, age, marital status, and healthcare coverage were stronger indicators of contraception-related behavior than race/ethnicity, language preference, and nativity. Reproductive health programs that target increased use of contraception and contraceptive services among Hispanic origin groups should specifically target women who are over 30, single, and uninsured.

Vincent C. de Baca poses on the lawn at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. An assistant professor of history at Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, he wears a dark blue shirt, jeans, a cap and has a beard. He holds a can of coke. Main Hall is in the distance. The three story building is constructed of rusticated rhyolite and features a mansard roof, roof dormers and a tower with a cupola. The Jesuit crest is mounted in the building's tympanum. A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is in front of the building.

Three year old Chico Stange, a member of Azteca Art Colorado, plays a carved wooden drum in Denver, Colorado. He holds two carved, wooden drum sticks. He wears a feather headdress decorated with beadwork, and a fabric loincloth and apron decorated with Aztec patterns highlighted with glitter.

A young girl, Sofia Garcia, the daughter of Jim and Gloria Padilla de Garcia, carries a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe and marches in the 2010 annual Cesar Chavez Peace March on Cesar Chavez Day in Denver, Colorado. Young men and women march behind her with a banner that reads: "Cesar Chavez Peace March a[nd Justic]e Committee UFW Denver." A woman with a drum and a Mexican American man with a wood flute and dressed as an Aztec dancer are nearby. A crowd follows the lead marchers.

View of a mural of Cesar Chavez painted by artist Javier Flores on the side of a building located at Morrison Road and Lowell Blvd. in the Westwood neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the mural reads: "Remember ¡Si, Se Puede!" Lettering on the building reads: "Cultura Cura" and "www.graspyouth.org."

Dave Valdez, known as Uncle Dave and members of the Los Cochinos Motorcycle Club, a Hispanic biker club, pose on their motorcycles on a street in Denver, Colorado. Uncle Dave has a long, gray goatee, wears a leather vest and a head band that reads: "Los Cochinos." Two of the bikers have women passengers on the bikes.

Andrea Barela, NEWSED development director and event organizer for the annual Denver Cinco de Mayo celebration, poses with former Denver city councilwoman and vice chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Rosemary Rodriguez, in the courtyard of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in Denver, Colorado. Andrea Barela wears a print blouse and Rosemary Rodriguez wears a black dress with a shawl. She has gray hair and wears glasses. A sign on a building reads: "Boettcher Concert Hall."

Girls, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose near Civic Center Park during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright colors decorated with lace and ribbon. They all have their hair pulled up with flower decorations.

Paul Chavez and Dave Gallegos were Spanish speaking radio broadcast personalities on the Latin Connection on KBDO radio in Denver Colorado beginning in the late 1970s. They pose in a large space decorated with paper cutouts hung on a line from the ceiling. Paul Chavez is clean shaven and Dave Gallegos wears a Hawaiian print shirt and has trimmed goatee and dark eyeglasses.

Daniel and Maruca Salazar pose with their adult children, Maruca Salome Salazar and Gabriel Numa Salazar in Denver, Colorado. Maruca, Director of the Museo de las Americas, has gray hair, wears a striped handwoven dress and a reboso over her shoulder. Her husband, Daniel is clean shaven and wears a striped shirt. He was a photographer for Walt Disney Productions, Producer/Director for KBDI-TV, a PBS affiliate in Denver, Associate Director for Colorado Council on the Arts, and currently Media Arts/Literacy Specialist for the Denver Public Schools. Their daughter Maruca Salome wears a dark dress and has a woven strap over her shoulder. Their son, Gabriel has a full beard and wears glasses.

The founding members of Chicano Humanities & Arts Council (CHAC), pose in front of paintings and drawings in Denver, Colorado. The artists are identified Left to right: Jerry Jaramillo, Al Sanchez, Stevon Lucero, and Carlos Sandoval.

Attorney and Hispanic folk violinist Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo poses with his Aunt, Hispanic folk singer Eva Nuanez in Denver, Colorado. The elderly Eva Nuanez wears a print dress, has gray hair and wears glasses. Her nephew, Dr. Trujillo, wears a shirt with a bolo tie and holds his violin.

American GI Forum Mile High Chapter Commander Cipriano Griego and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper set fire to rolled up papers during the AGIF Mortgage burning ceremony at AGIF headquarters at 1717 Federal Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Gallegos wears a red and blue cap with a logo that reads: "American GI Forum" and a name badge. Mayor Hickenlooper wears a bright red tie. Flags and bunting are in the distance. The GI Forum is a Mexican American Veteran's organization that promotes civil rights for Mexican Americans.

A wooden cross lies against the hard plastered adobe wall of the Garcia Morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in Garcia (Costilla County), Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.

View of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story, adobe building is mud plastered, has a pitched tin roof, shuttered windows, a wooden belfry and a narrow porch that runs the length of the building. A large wood cross is on a hill in the distance.

Mexican Americans, Rosemary Rodriguez, Paul Lopez and Ramona Martinez pose at an event presented by the Gay and Lesbian Fund of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. All three have served as Denver City Council Representatives for District 3. Rosemary wears a purple dress, and Ramona Rodriguez wears a gray and silver embroidered jacket. A sign in the distance reads: "Gay and Lesbian Fund of Colorado."

Mexican American, Pediatric Physician Assistant Magdalena Arellano Aguayo poses with Mayor John Hickenlooper and Sandos Westside Family Health Center Director, Mary O'Connor, M.D., on her retirement after 25 (twenty-five) years of service with the Denver Health Authority.

Portrait of Michael Atencio, he wears a devisa (ribbon and badge) at a convention of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. The ribbon belonged to his grandfather, Fredrico Ortiz, Jr. of Ortiz, Colorado. The ribbon reads: "Miembro," "S.P.M.D.T. Concilio No. 5, Ortiz, Colorado."

José A. Montez, (right) holds a photo of himself as a World War I soldier, at his induction into the American G.I. Forum Hall of Fame in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified member of the G.I. Forum stands beside him and has a trumpet under his arm, another stands at a podium in the distance. The men all wear caps.

Boyd Polhamus, rodeo announcer, poses with Mexican American Luis Canela, the master of ceremonies for the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza during the 100th anniversary of the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Boyd wears a denim shirt, jeans and a cowboy hat. He wears an ID card that reads: "National Western 07 B. Polhamus Coliseum announcer." Luis Canela wears a Mexican charro jacket with silver buttons, a silk bow tie and a Mexican sombrero with an embroidered brim.

Roberto Torres, Jr. carries the flag in the opening event of the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza during the 100th anniversary of the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Roberto rides a horse, wearing a traditional Mexican cowboy (charro) costume with an embossed leather jacket, chaps and a sombrero decorated with gold braid. He holds an American flag on a staff topped with a brass eagle.

Portrait of Mexican American Tony Garcia, the Executive Artistic Director of El Centro Su Teatro since 1989 and a member of Su Teatro since 1972. He holds a microphone and wears a shirt with two dark, embroidered panels. He has a trimmed beard and mustache.

Mexican American sculptor Eduardo Martinez poses in his studio beside the clay model for his oversized bronze sculpture of Joe P. Martinez, the first Hispanic to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II. The sculpture was a commission for the grounds of the Colorado State Capitol.

Crowds attend a Cinco de Mayo celebration in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. Musicians and spectators are in the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors. Shows advertising banners and loudspeakers. The North Building of the Denver Art Museum, designed by Gio Ponti is in the distance.

View of unidentified Mexican folk dancers at a Cinco de Mayo celebration in Denver, Colorado. A woman in a blue costume decorated with purple and white frills dances with a man wearing a Mexican serape and a sombrero. The woman has ribbons and a bow in her hair.

View of a crowd of Mexican Americans and undocumented Mexican migrants at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They wave American flags and a sign that depicts a map of the United States and reads: "We Don't Cross the Border, It Crossed Us."

Tomas Romero, secretary for the Concilio Superior for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos sits at a computer his office in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears glasses and a sweater and has gray hair. A painting of Celedonio Mondragon, founder of the S.P.M.D.T.U. is on the wall beside him.

View of the Concilio Superior for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos on main street in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows a two story plastered building with a shaped parapet, pilasters topped with spheres, and a recessed entry. Lettering on the building reads: "S.P.M.D.T.U. 1900," "Built 1925," and "Concilio Superior."

Members of the Sangre de Cristo Parish in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado, walk in a Good Friday pilgrimage from San Francisco to San Luis with Father Pat Valdez "Father Pat" (second from left). A woman crucifer carries a processional cross at the head of the procession. The members of the congregation wear winter clothing and snow covers the ground.

A young, unidentified, Mexican American teenage woman in a low cut gown waves and carries a large umbrella decorated with flowers in the parade at the Santa Ana Fiesta in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears a rhinestone crown.

Portrait of a man identified as Ernie, he was a rancher and operated a barbershop in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He sits in a chair next to a heater. He wears a dark shirt, jeans, and cowboy boots. He has a mustache and wears eyeglasses.

Portrait of Teresa Vigil, an expert in medicinal herbs (curandera) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She poses in her kitchen in a blouse and sweater. A stove, cutting board and pots and pans are nearby.

View of the Catholic Capilla de Todos Los Santos, a part of the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross (La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia, Hill of Piety and Mercy) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The Spanish Colonial style adobe building has two arched towers topped with cupolas and crosses and a dome.

Portrait of Frances Miera Montez of Denver, Colorado. She poses with he head against the shoulder of an unidentified woman. She wears a black dress with a corsage, a string of pearls and pearl earrings.

Father Benito Hernandez preaches from a lectern in the Catholic Sangre de Cristo Church in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears vestments and his arms are outstretched. A wooden Gothic style altar with a large crucifix is in the distance.

Unidentifed members of Hermanos Penitentes pose near a wood stove in their adobe morada in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows young, middle aged and old men.

Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The men carry booklets and one man carries a large, carved cross. Shows snow covered hills.

Portrait of an unidentified Hispanic cowboy who trained horses at the rodeo arena in Manassa (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears a dark cowboy hat over his gray hair, has a weathered face and full, gray beard.

View of the R & R Market (Romero's Market) located in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The hard plastered building has vigas, a covered portal with a tile roof and a carved front door. Signs on the building read: "R & R-Market Colo's Oldest Estab. 1857," "Film," "License Fishing, Hunting," "Pop" and "Cards."

Priests, who include Father Benito Hernandez, wash the feet of teenage parishioners on Maundy Thursday at Sangre de Cristo Church in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Altar boys and parishioners look on.

View of San Acacio Catholic Church in San Acacio (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has buttresses and is surrounded by and adobe wall with a gate. The building has a shingled roof and a shingled bell tower.

Actor, playwright and musician, Daniel Valdez plays the guitar at a march and celebration of life observance for civil rights activist Rodolpho Corky Gonzales in Mestizo-Curtis Park, Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Yolanda [Gutierrez or Ortega?] and Jesse Ogas stand next to him.

Chicano playwright, actor and musician Daniel Valdez poses with his elderly mother, Estevan Flores and Celia Flores. Estevan Flores wears a coat and tie and Celia Flores wears eyeglasses.