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Languages : en
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Health Without Boundaries, Proceedings of the U.S. -Mexico Border Conference on Women's Health, Salud Sin Fronteras, September 26-28, 1995
Author: Health Without Boundaries
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Category : Health education of women
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Proceedings of the U.S.-Mexico Border Conference on Women's Health
Author: United States Mexico Border Conference on Women's HealthPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Proceedings of the U.S.-Mexico Border Conference on Women's Health, September 26-18, 1995
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Category : Health education of women
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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NTIS Alert
Author: A Record of the Proceedings of the United States-Mexico Border Health Conference Meeting in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, May 30, June 1, 1944
Author: United States-Mexico Border Health Conference. MeetingPublisher:
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Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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A Record of the Proceedings of the United States-Mexico Border Health Conference Meeting in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, June 15, 1943 and El Paso, Texas, June 16, 1943
Author: United States-Mexico Border Health Conference. MeetingPublisher:
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Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Emergent Public Health Issues in the US-Mexico Border Region
Author: Cecilia Ballesteros RosalesPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889450473
Category : Emigration and immigration
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
US-Mexico border region area has unique social, demographic and policy forces at work that shape the health of its residents as well as serves as a microcosm of migration health challenges facing an increasingly mobile and globalized world. This region reflects the largest migratory flow between any two nations in the world. Data from the Pew Research Center shows over the last 25 years there has never been lower than 140,000 annual immigrants from Mexico to the United States (with peaks over 700,000). This migratory route is extremely hazardous due to natural (e.g., arid and hot desert regions) and human made barriers as well as border enforcement practices tied to socio-political and geopolitical pressures. Also, reflecting the national interdependency of public health and human services needs, during the most recent five year period surveyed the migratory flow between the US and Mexico has equaled that of the flow of Mexico to the US--both around 1.4 million persons. Of particular public health concern, within the US-Mexico region of both nations there is among the highest disparities in income, education, infrastructure and access to health care--factors within the World Health Organization’s conceptualization of the Social Determinants of Health, and among the highest rates of chronic disease. For instance obesity and diabetes rates in this region are among the highest of those monitored in the world, with adult population estimates of the former over 40% and estimates in some population sub-groups for the latter over 20%. The publications reflected in this Research Topic, all reviewed from experts in the field, addressed many of the public health issues in the US Mexico Border Health Commission’s Healthy Border 2020 objectives. Those objectives-- broad public health goals used to guide a diverse range of government, research and community-based stakeholders--include Non Communicable Diseases (including adult and childhood obesity-related ones; cancer), Infectious Diseases (e.g., tuberculosis; HIV; emerging diseases--particularly mosquito borne illnesses), Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health Disorders, and Motor Vehicle Accidents. Other relevant public health issues affecting this region, for example environmental health, binational health services coordination (e.g., immunization), the impact of migration throughout the Americas and globally in this region, health issues related to the physical climate, access to quality health care, discrimination/mistreatment and well-being, acculturative/immigration stress, violence, substance use/abuse, oral health, respiratory disease, and well-being from a social determinants of health framework, are critical areas addressed in these publications or for future research. Each of these Research Topic publications presented applied solutions (e.g., new programs, technology or infrastructure) and/or public health policy recommendations relevant to each public health challenge addressed.
Health Without Boundaries
Author: Humberto Romero ÁlvarezPublisher:
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Women and Change at the U.S.–Mexico Border
Author: Doreen J. MattinglyPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816549931
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
There’s no denying that the U.S.–Mexico border region has changed in the past twenty years. With the emergence of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the curtailment of welfare programs, and more aggressive efforts by the United States to seal the border against undocumented migrants, the prospect of seeking a livelihood—particularly for women—has become more tenuous in the twenty-first century. In the face of the ironic juxtaposition of free trade and limited mobility, this book takes a new look at women on both sides of the border to portray them as active participants in the changing structures of life, often engaging in political struggles. The contributions—including several chapters by Mexican as well as U.S. scholars—examine environmental and socioeconomic conditions on the border as they shape and are shaped by both daily life at the local level and the global economy. The contributors focus on issues related to migration, both short- and long-term; empowerment, especially reflecting shifts in women’s consciousness in the workplace; and political and social activism in border communities. The chapters consider a broad range of topics, such as the changing gender composition of the maquiladora work force over the past decade and border women’s non-governmental organizations and political activism. In most of the studies, both sides of the border are considered to provide insights into differences created by an international boundary and similarities produced by cross-border interactions. Together, these chapters show the border region to be a dynamic social, economic, cultural, and political context in which women face both obstacles and opportunities for change—and make clear the vital role that women play in shaping the border region and their own lives. This collection builds on Susan Tiano and Vicki Ruiz’s groundbreaking volume Women on the U.S.–Mexico Border by continuing to show the human face of changes wrought by manufacturing and militarization. By illustrating the current state of social science research on gender and women’s lives in the region, it offers fresh perspectives on the material reality of women’s daily lives in this culturally and historically rich region.