U.S. Mexico Border
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The following article discusses how mental health providers in Texas do not have a duty to warn and protect their clients' known and intended victims contrary to a 1976 California Supreme Court decision.
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Drug and Alcohol Review
Barriers and missed opportunities to HIV testing among
injection drug users in two Mexico - US border cities
Online Publication Date: 01 January 2008
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230701710845
Despite increasing HIV prevalence in cities along the Mexico –US border, HIV testing among
high-risk populations remains low. We sought to identify barriers associated with HIV testing among injection drug users
(IDUs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, the two largest Mexican border cities located across from ... |
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Discover effective strategies to reach those with HIV/AIDS in border areas
Outreach and Care Approaches to HIV/AIDS Along the US-Mexico Border
Edited by Herman Curiel, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman
Helen Land, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
http://www.haworthpress.com
The United States-Mexico border region extends over 2,000 miles, and those residing there struggle to come to grips with several health and poverty challenges. Outreach and Care Approaches to HIV/AIDS Along the US-Mexico Border discusses the various complex factors influencing the control of HIV/AIDS along the US-Mexico Border. The book presents in-depth insights into the problems of language differences, lack of resources, poverty, culture, social stigma, fear of ... |
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Spanish Presentation on Influenza
"La influenza es una enfermedad respiratoria viral altamente contagiosa..."
To Download this Publication in Spanish Click Here |
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Health Workers’ Group Training Manual for: Is It Difficult Being a Woman? A Guide on Depression
To Download Publication Click Here |
Irma Aguilar Salas, M.Ed.; Victor Manuel Salas, MA; Ma. Asunción Lara, PhD; Eva M. Moya, LMSW;
Patty Stephens, PhD, LMSW-ACP; Maricarmen Acevedo, MSc; Socorro Luna, BSc; and Rebeca L. Ramos, MA, MPH |
This Health Workers' Group Training Manual is a companion document to the English text “Is It Difficult Being a Woman? A Guide for Women on Depression.” Why focus on depression? According to a recent World Health Organization report on the top five causes of disease in the world, depression is number five.
Through the English text and this Manual is the attempt to respond to this fact and other pressing data. That other data includes: the status of mental health in the U.S in general, mental health and depression among the Latino/Hispanic population in the U.S. , and with three sub-groups of Hispanic women: long-term residents, recent arrivals and individuals who cross back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico border (transborder individuals).
For additional information on the project please contact Eva Margarita Moya LMSW, moyaevam@earthlink.net and Patty Stephens, Ph.D. and LMSW-ACP drpattystephens@aol.com |
The training guide and the book are available in spanish through Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatria.
Attention: Dr. Asuncion Lara Cantu - laracan@imp.edu.mx |
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Sec. Leavitt's 500 Day Plan |
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USMBHA 63rd Annual Report |
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The U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association periodic publications.
News/Noticias
Noticias-News is a U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association (USMBHA) quarterly bilingual news letter which has been published for 22 years. Its purpose is to inform the USMBHA members on the USMBHA activities carry out by its members and/or those issues relevant to the border.
The Journal of Border Health
Border Health
- Vol. X, No. 1, 1994
- Vol. X, No. 2, 1994
- Vol. X, No. 3, 1994
- Vol. X, No. 4, 1994
- Vol. IX, No. 1, 1993
- Vol. IX, No. 2, 1993
- Vol. IX, No. 3, 1993
- Vol. IX, No. 4, 1993
- Vol. VIII, No. 1, 1992
- Vol. VIII, No. 2, 1992
- Vol. VIII, No. 4, 1992
- Vol. VII, No. 1, 1991
- Vol. VII, No. 2, 1991
- Vol. VII, No. 3, 1991
- Vol. VII, No. 4, 1991
- Vol. VI, No. 1, 1990
- Vol. VI, No. 2, 1990
- Vol. VI, No. 3, 1990
- Vol. VI, No. 4, 1990
- Vol. V, No. 1, 1989
- Vol. V, No. 2, 1989
- Vol. V, No. 3, 1989
- Vol. V, No. 4, 1989
- Vol. V, Special Edition, 1989
- Vol. IV, No. 1, 1988
- Vol. IV, No. 2, 1988
- Vol. IV, Special Edition, 1988
- Vol. III, No. 1, 1987
- Vol. III, No. 2, 1987
- Vol. III, No. 3, 1987
- Vol. III, No. 4, 1987
- Vol. II, No. 1, 1986
- Vol. II, No. 3, 1986
- Vol. II, No. 4, 1986
- Vol. I, No. 1, 1985
- Vol. I, No. 2, 1985
- Vol. I, No. 3, 1985
- Vol. I, No. 4, 1985
For a more complete listing of publications relating to the U.S.-Mexico Border, please visit the El Paso Field Office web page.
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