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

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
<i>Las Promotoras</i> 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<i> Colonias</i> 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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