Impacting Binational Health through Leadership Development: A Program Evaluation of the Leaders across Borders Program, 2010–2014 [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2017 BackgroundWorkforce and leadership development is imperative for the advancement of public health along the U.S./Mexico border. The Leaders across borders (LaB) program aims to train the public health and health-care workforce of the border region.
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Journal of Migration and Health, 2023 Background: COVID-19 has had a significant public health impact on both the United States and Mexico. Cross-border mobility between southern California and Mexico raises questions of transmission trends between these jurisdictions.
Meagan R. Chuey +9 more
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Ventanillas de Salud: A Collaborative and Binational Health Access and Preventive Care Program [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2017 While individuals of Mexican origin are the largest immigrant group living in the U.S., this population is also the highest uninsured. Health disparities related to access to health care, among other social determinants, continue to be a challenge for ...
Maria Gudelia Rangel Gomez +7 more
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Crossing Borders, Missing Data - Cancer Inequities in Displaced and Migrant Populations: A Scoping Review [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthObjectivesTo review recent developments in cancer disparities affecting displaced and migrant populations in the U.S.–Mexico border region and identify barriers in public health and epidemiologic tracking.MethodsA structured scoping review was conducted ...
Brandon M. Godinich +4 more
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Advancing Evidence-Based Health Innovation in Brazil: A Qualitative Program Evaluation of a Binational Educational Initiative to Build Interprofessional Capacity [PDF]
Nursing ReportsBackground: Health innovation education often lacks focus on local realities and practitioner-led approaches. An international Canada-Brazil academic partnership was developed to address this gap within Brazil’s Unified Health System.
Kateryna Metersky +5 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 The California–Baja California border region is one of the most frequently traversed areas in the world with a shared population, environment, and health concerns.
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Transforming community health advocates into peer interventionists: a binational harm reduction model [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundCommunity Health Advocates (CHAs) are widely employed as outreach workers for people who use drugs (PWUD), yet there is limited evidence on how to design capacity-building interventions that strengthen peer-driven behavior change in binational ...
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the need for and importance of cross-border public health collaboration. San Diego, California and Tijuana, Baja California are an interconnected region with one of the busiest international borders in the world and ...
Barbara Jiménez +5 more
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Distribution of Mother-to-Child Transmitted (MTCT) Infections and Socioeconomic Vulnerability Within the Gran Chaco Region [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseMother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of infectious diseases remains a public health challenge in socially vulnerable regions with limited healthcare access. This study assessed the epidemiological situation, spatial distribution, and socioeconomic context
Carla Rodríguez González +6 more
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Binational patterns in use of Food is Medicine among Mexican immigrants [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionIntroductionMigration may affect how immigrants use foods and beverages to prevent or treat acute and chronic illness; however, little is known about the impact of binational migratory patterns on medicinal food and beverage intake.
Marcela D. Radtke +9 more
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