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The Border Health Consortium of the Californias—Forming a Binational (California–Baja California) Entity to Address the Health of a Border Region: A Case Study [PDF]

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.
Justine Kozo, Rogelio Zapata-Garibay, María Gudelia Rangel-Gomez, April Fernandez, Ricardo Hirata-Okamoto, Wilma Wooten, Adriana Vargas-Ojeda, Barbara Jiménez, Hector Zepeda-Cisneros, Charles Edwards Matthews   +9 more
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The potential impact of wildfire smoke on COVID-19 cumulative deaths in the San Diego-Tijuana border region

Environmental Research: Health, 2023
2020 broke records for the most active fire year on the West Coast, resulting in the worst air quality observed in decades. Concurrently, the public health threat of COVID-19 caused over 1 million deaths in the United States (US) and Mexico in 2020 and ...
Lara Schwarz, Rosana Aguilera, Javier Emmanuel Castillo Quiñones, L C Aguilar-Dodier, María Evarista Arellano García, Tarik Benmarhnia   +5 more
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Social inequalities and prevalence of depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study of women in a Mexican border city, 2014

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020
Objective. To assess the association between intersectional disadvantage and clinically significant depressive symptoms (CSDS), describing the magnitude of social inequalities in the prevalence of symptoms among adult women in Tijuana, Mexico.
Alheli Calderon-Villarreal, Oscar J. Mujica, Ietza Bojorquez   +2 more
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Changes in the Infant Mortality Rate in Twin Towns of Brazil: An Ecological Study

Children, 2022
Background: The infant mortality rate (IMR) is a proxy of the living and health conditions of a given population, which allows us to assess the risk of death for children under one year.
Heluza De Oliveira, Eliana Wendland
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Epidemiology of Antibiotic Use and Drivers of Cross-Border Procurement in a Mexican American Border Community

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundThe U.S.-Mexico Border is an area of opportunity for improved health care access; however, gaps remain as to how and where U.S. border residents, particularly those who are underinsured, obtain care.
Heather T. Essigmann, David A. Aguilar, William B. Perkison, Katherine G. Bay, Magdalena R. Deaton, Sharon A. Brown, Craig L. Hanis, Eric L. Brown   +7 more
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Detection of a Locally-Acquired Zika Virus Outbreak in Hidalgo County, Texas through Increased Antenatal Testing in a High-Risk Area

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Hidalgo County (HC), located along the Texas–Mexico border, was listed as a high-risk county for Zika virus (ZIKV) in 2017 by the Texas Department of State Health Services, based on its historical presence of Dengue.
Steven Hinojosa, Alexander Alquiza, Clarissa Guerrero, Diana Vanegas, Niko Tapangan, Narda Cano, Eduardo Olivarez   +6 more
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The Spillover of US Immigration Policy on Citizens and Permanent Residents of Mexican Descent: How Internalizing ‘Illegality’ Impacts Public Health in the Borderlands

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
Background: The militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border region exacerbates the process of ‘Othering’ Latino immigrants—as illegal aliens. The internalization of ‘illegality’ can manifest as a sense of undeservingness of legal protection in the ...
Samantha eSabo, Alison eLee
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Impacting Binational Health through Leadership Development: A Program Evaluation of the Leaders across Borders Program, 2010–2014

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.
Omar A. Contreras, Cecilia B. Rosales, Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga, Celina I. Valencia, Maria Gudelia Rangel   +4 more
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CAM Practices and Treatment Adherence Among Key Subpopulations of HIV+ Latinos Receiving Care in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region: A Latent Class Analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Latinos living in the United States-Mexico border region bear a disproportionate HIV/AIDS burden compared to individuals living in the interior of both nations and face a constellation of barriers that determine their ability to access and adhere to HIV ...
Charles Marks, Charles Marks, María Luisa Zúñiga, María Luisa Zúñiga   +3 more
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Drug use on both sides of the US-Mexico border

Salud Pública de México, 2018
Objective. To compare drug use for cities along the US-Mexico border. Materials and methods. Data are from the US-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC, 2011-2013), a survey of 4 796 randomly selected Mexican and of Mexican origin ...
Guilherme Borges, Sarah E Zemore, Ricardo Orozco, Cheryl J Cherpitel, Priscilla Martínez, Lynn Wallisch   +5 more
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