Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #118646

Frank Cantu, Division of Border Health, HRSA-ORPH, 1301 young street suite 1014, Dallas, TX 75202, 214-767-3171, fcantu@hrsa.gov, Matilde Alvarado, RN, MSN, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Prevention, Education, and Control, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2480, Room 4A-16, Bethesda, MD 20892-2480, and Hector Balcazar, PhD, El Paso Regional Campus, UT Health Science Center-School of Public Health, 1100 N. Stanton, Suite 100, El Paso, TX 79902.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) joined in partnership in 2001 to bring the Salud para su Corazon (SPSC) program, translated as Health for Your Heart to the U.S. Mexico Border Region. The SPSC program promotes healthy behaviors that reduce the risk of cardio- vascular diseases by raising awareness and transforming attitudes about cardiovascular health. The expansion of the program to community health centers facilitates the opportunity to connect the primary health clinics to the SPSC outreach strategy driven by promotores(lay health workers) to provide information about prevention of the risk factors that predispose to cardiovascular diseases and to encourage behaviors that result in better clinical outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

• At the end of the presentation the audience will be familiar with the Salud para su corazón program and how it is impacting communities in the US Mexico Border region.

Keywords: Access to Care, Community Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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