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The
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC) works toward political
changes by creating awareness about the U.S.
Mexico border, its people, and its environment.
It
educates others about the unique challenges at the border through
outreach efforts, data collection and analysis, and joint
collaborative efforts with public and private partners in the border
health community.
The
USMBHC
serves as a rallying point for shared concerns about the U.S.-Mexico
border and as a catalyst for action to develop plans directed toward
solving specific health related problems.
The primary goal of
the USMBHC Arizona Delegation is to work toward strengthening and
supporting current binational public health projects and programs
along the Arizona-Sonora border which supports the Commission’s
mission of providing international leadership to optimize health and
quality of life along the United States-Mexico border. In
collaboration with the Arizona Department of Health Services Office
of Border Health, the Secretaria de Salud de Sonora, the USMBHC
Arizona and Sonora Delegation Outreach Offices target activities on
the following strategic directions and principals:
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Impacting border
health access/Leadership
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Impacting border
health research or data collection/Focus
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Impacting border
health promotion/Venue
In addition to the
strategic directions and principles, the USMBHC has identified
outlets to achieve these directions and goals:
Impacting Border Health Access
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Through health promotion, communication and outreach, the
USMBHC seeks to impact border health access and promote and
provide international leadership along the border. Along the
Arizona-Sonora border, our efforts to address border health
access are the following:
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Binational Health Councils
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The USMBHC Arizona and
Sonora Delegation Outreach Offices support meetings and
program developments within the binational councils (COBINAS)
including workforce development, and actively participate in
the activities carried out by the three local COBINAS of San
Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora/Yuma County; Ambos Nogales; and
Noreste de Sonora/Cochise County, Arizona and the trinational
health council of the Tohono O’Odham Nation/West Pima County/Sasabe
and Sonoita, Sonora.
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Health and Research
Forums
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The goal of the health
forums is to provide binational discussion to address public
health issues and problems that affect the Arizona-Sonora
border populations. The forums will provide a wide range of
information regarding specific regional disparities, models of
excellence in addressing these needs, current research along
the Arizona-Sonora Border region, the effects of migration on
public health, and the current status of TB and HIV/AIDS on
the border.
Information for Action Conferences
This
conference provides a forum for binational information sharing
focused on health risks, health status, and health care
programs, and projects addressing major health care issues
along the Arizona Sonora border region.
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Healthy Border/Healthy Gente 2010 Mini-Grants
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Through collaboration
with the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College
of Public Health, the USMBHC Arizona Outreach Office offers
mini-grants to organizations within border communities:
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Coordinate local
Healthy Border/Healthy Gente 2010 projects
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Promote/market Healthy
Border/Healthy Gente 2010 objectives at the local level
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Develop new community
projects in response to Healthy Border/Healthy Gente 2010
objectives
For information regarding grantees
please contact USMBHC Arizona-Outreach Office (see Contact
Information).
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Border Binational Health Week, National Infant Immunization
Week, Vaccination Week of the Americas
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Border Binational
Health Week (BBHW), National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW),
and Vaccination Week of the Americas (VWA) and just three of
the many events where the USMBHC collaborates closely with
community health centers, county health departments, Arizona
Department of Health Services, the Secretaria de Salud de
Sonora, federal, national, and international health
organizations, and the medical and public health professionals
to promote healthy lifestyles along the border.
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Office of Border Health Newsletter
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Created in
collaboration with the Office of Border Health staff,
colleagues and partners from ADHS and the community, the
Office of Border Health Newsletter provides an inside view of
Arizona border health news.
Newsletter Vol 2. Issue
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Newsletter Vol 2. Issue 2
Newsletter Vol 2. Issue 3
Newsletter Vol 2. Issue 4
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Impacting Border Health Research or Data Collection
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The USMBHC Arizona Outreach Office seeks to impact border
health research and/or data collection by means of increasing
research opportunities or personnel along the Arizona-Sonora
border.
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Internships
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The USMBHC Arizona Delegation provides support and
opportunities for internships, both graduate and
undergraduate, along the Arizona-Sonora border.
Internship projects supported through the USMBHC Arizona
Delegation Office, include:
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Interns and Related Projects |
| Intern, Program |
Project Title |
Date of Internship |
| Jason Crawford, MD/MPH candidate intern |
Triage and Stabilization Unit of Nogales
(PDF 23.7 MB) |
2003 |
| Samantha Sabo, MPH candidate intern |
Arizona-Sonora Health Resource Guide |
2003-2004 |
| Charles Lacy-Martinez, MPH candidate
intern |
Proposal for a Binational Injury
Prevention Plan for Arizona and Sonora |
2004 |
| Kristen Aggerback, MPH candidate intern |
Arizona-Mexico Commission: Binational
Emergency Physician Credentialing |
2006 |
| Fabiola Bien-Aime, Summer Research
Institute McNair Fellow under Commission Member Cecilia
Rosales |
Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in
the Arizona-Sonora Region (PDF 92 KB) |
2006 |
| Christy Trimmer, MPH candidate intern |
National Institutes of Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) funded “Challenges to Farmworkers’
Health at the US-Mexico Border” Study and Tucson Elvira
and Sunnyside
Survey (TESS) |
2006-2007 |
| Heidi Reukauf, MPH candidate intern |
National Institutes of Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) funded “Challenges to Farmworkers’
Health at the US-Mexico Border” Study, Tucson Elvira and
Sunnyside
Survey (TESS), and HIV/AIDS Service and Gaps in Yuma
County Research Program |
2006-2007 |
| Daniel Martinez, MAS candidate intern |
Continuation of Border Migration Institute
Recovered Remains of Border Crossers DataBase (PDF 516
KB) |
2007 |
| Graciela E. Silva, PhD, MPH |
Border Lives: Health Status in the U.S.-Mexico Border
Region - Diabetes and Cancer Chapters |
2007 |
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Impacting Border Health Promotion
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The USMBHC Arizona and Sonora
Delegation Offices support local initiatives that promote
border health, with special interest in workforce development
and training. As an identified need and valued entity,
professional development is supported through the office for
promotores, public health workers and medical professionals.
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