5193.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| The border between the United States and Mexico extends 2,000 miles, from San Diego/Tijuana in the west to Brownsville/Matamoros in the east. Despite the international border that divides them, people of the border region interact frequently, crossing the border in both directions for economic, social, health and other reasons. While the residents share many health concerns, these problems often differ from the major health issues of either Mexico or the U.S. Developing appropriate health promotion activities for this region is an important challenge to the health authorities of both countries. In the U.S., the Healthy “Gente” program will carry out Healthy People 2010 activities within the border region of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. The four State Border Health Offices, with the support of the U.S. section of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, have developed 25 health objectives that address the most important health issues of the region. Like other Healthy People 2010 consortiums, the Healthy “Gente” program will develop community projects addressing health issues of concern to border communities. In Mexico, the Health Indicators program of the Secretaria de Salud collects information and tracks trends for 42 key health variables throughout Mexico, including the northern border region. Information from the Health Indicators program is a key component of health promotion activities in Mexico. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: 1. Identify the major health problems in the U.S.-Mexico border region. 2. List the objectives of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission. 3. Describe U.S.-Mexico collaboration on health promotion activities. | ||||
| Harry Kwon, MPH | ||||
| The role of the U.S.-Mexico border health commission Jeffrey Brandon, PhD | ||||
| Healthy "Gente": A Healthy People 2010 program for the U.S.-Mexico border Francis C. Notzon, PhD | ||||
| The National Health Indicators Program of Mexico Rene Navarro, MD | ||||
| Healthy Gente/Healthy Border: community projects and joint activities with Mexico Hugo Vilchis-Licon, MD, MPH | ||||
| Sponsor: | Public Health Education and Health Promotion | |||
| Cosponsors: | HIV/AIDS; Latino Caucus; Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||