US-Mexico Border Health: Issues for Regional and Migrant Populations - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 076190896X ISBN 13: 9780761908968

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

Riassunto

The border region of the United States and Mexico is one of the most volatile settings for infectious disease transmission and other health problems due to fluid population movement, widely diverse sociocultural and economic demographics, and a rapidly expanding population. Written and edited by public health researchers, U.S.-Mexico Border Health offers a broad range of studies involving health care and health promotion on the United States-Mexico border. Section I examines how the cultural values of the border population influence their responses to health messages to participate in health programs. In Section II, the complexity of the health issues faced by the border region are explored through discussions of public health programs addressing tobacco and alcohol advertising, cross-border attempts to control tuberculosis, community mobilization to prevent the spread of HIV, and programs to promote contraception. Section III presents three models of health promotion that have been adopted in the border context, while Section IV focuses on the centrality of community in health promotion efforts on the border. The book concludes with a review of health care issues involving migrant and seasonal farm workers. As a course reader or a general update on border health issues and health promotion efforts, U.S.-Mexico Border Health is intended to provoke discussion and further research concerning health care in this important region.

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Contenuti

Introduction - J Gerard Power and Theresa Byrd
PART ONE: CULTURAL VALUES AND HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE BORDER REGION
A Mile Away and a World Apart - Sheila Murphy
The Impact of Interdependent and Independent Views of the Self on US-Mexican Communications
Increasing the Consent Rate for Organ Donation in the Hispanic Population - Irma Hinojosa
Psychological Risk Factors and Substance Abuse Among Young Adults - Patricia A Lawrence
A Comparison of Non-Hispanic Whites and Mexican Americans
Communicating about Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Borderlands - Robbin D Crabtree and Leigh Arden Ford
Hantavirus Education for Rural, Border and Migrant Populations
PART TWO: CHALLENGES OF TWO ADJOINING HEALTH SYSTEMS
Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising in the Border Region - J Gerard Power
Cross-Border Cooperation - Jillian Hopewell
A Case Study of Binational Tuberculosis Control
A Patch for the Quilt - Jesus Ramirez-Valles et al
HIV/AIDS, Homosexual Men and Community Mobilization on the US-Mexico Border
Easy Access to Contraceptives among Female Adolescents in a US-Mexico Border City - Ellen Parietti, Jo[ci]ao B Ferreira-Pinto and Theresa Byrd
PART THREE: MODELS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE BORDER REGION
Boundary Spanners - Leigh Arden Ford et al
Las Promotoras in the Borderlands
Project Vida - Bill Schlesinger
Community Health Models That Work
Alternative Approaches to Heroin Treatment and AIDS Prevention Among Youth in a Mexican Border City - Rebeca L Ramos, Jo[ci]ao B Ferreira-Pinto and Maria E Ramos
PART FOUR: COMMUNITY AND HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE BORDER REGION
Notes on Community Health on the Border From Theory and Practice - Theresa Byrd
Health Outreach Programs in the Colonias of the US-Mexico Border - Jesusa Lara
Divine Resources - Michael P Kelly
Health Education Activities at Churches Along the US-Mexico Border
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers - Sandra Benavides-Vaello and Heather Setzler
Health Care Issues

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 076190896X
• ISBN 13: 9780761908968
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Redattore: Power J. Gerald, Byrd Theresa
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Germania