Pan American Journal of Public Health, Special Issue on:
Diabetes Along the U.S.-Mexico-Border
Table of Contents: Vol. 28 No. 3 / September 2010
Available online at: http://bit.ly/dAIUHm
EDITORIAL
Securing a diabetes-free border Mirta Roses Periago
Highlights the results from phase I of a prevalence study conducted by the U.S.-Mexico Border Diabetes Prevention and Control Project.
Coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) U.S.-Mexico Border Office in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Mexican ministry of health (or Secretaría de Salud, SSA).
“…….The traditionally unique yet diverse demographic, social, cultural, and political characteristics of the U.S.-Mexico border area made this study particularly challenging. At the beginning of the XXI century, this geographic zone was home to approximately 14 million people spread across the 44 counties and 80 municipalities comprising the six northern Mexican states and four southern states in the
The history of public health enterprise along the U.S.-Mexico border is filled with a series of ambitious events and the development of effective mechanisms propelling binational collaboration. The Project whose work is presented in the following pages is a shining example of how the cohesive, on-the-ground efforts of a binational partnership led to a determination of the prevalence of diabetes, identification of the risk factors, and development of a viable diabetes prevention and control program capable of responding to the specific needs of the border population.
The Project came about because local public health authorities on both sides of the border became alarmed by the disproportionately high morbidity and mortality rates related to diabetes. They became painfully aware of the chronic and debilitating effect this disease was having not only on those living with its effects, but also on families, communities, health services, and local economies.
The information emerging at the turn of the 1990—2000 decade pointed to an ever-increasing number of the population presenting with diabetes and other risk factors for chronic diseases. In the
Meanwhile, in
Bridging the knowledge-action gap in diabetes along the U.S.-Mexico border Maria Teresa Cerqueira
“….The information shared in this special issue contributes significantly to strengthening the knowledge about diabetes and chronic disease risk factors on the border, and we hope that in so doing it will contribute to improving the policy and environmental conditions that are the underlying causes of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2 ) on the border.
The evidence clearly points to a critical need to create supportive environments for an active lifestyle, increase access to healthy and affordable foods, improve outreach and access to quality health services, continue research to enrich the evidence base of effective experiences, and strengthen surveillance along and across the border using a common methodology and considering the whole border as an integral epidemiological region….” [Maria Teresa Cerqueira]
SPECIAL REPORTS
A historical overview of the United States-Mexico Border Diabetes Prevention and Control Project
Rita V. Diaz-Kenney , Rosalba Ruiz-Holguín , Federico G. de Cosío , Rebeca Ramos , Betsy Rodríguez ,
Gloria L. Beckles , Rodolfo Valdez , Patricia E. Thompson-Reid
Federico G. de Cosío , Beatriz A. Díaz-Apodaca , Rosalba Ruiz-Holguín , Agustín Lara , Carlos Castillo-Salgado
ARTICLES
Cooperación transfronteriza en investigación sobre diabetes mellitus tipo 2: México-Estados Unidos
Jaume Canela-Soler , María Frontini , Maria Teresa Cerqueira , Rosalba Ruiz-Holguín , Beatriz A. Díaz-Apodaca
Maya Vijayaraghavan , Guozhong He , Pamela Stoddard , Dean Schillinger
Beatriz A. Díaz-Apodaca , Shah Ebrahim , Valerie McCormack , Federico G. de Cosío , Rosalba Ruiz-Holguín
Access to health care and undiagnosed diabetes along the United States-Mexico border
Xuanping Zhang , Gloria L. Beckles , Kai McKeever Bullard , Edward W. Gregg , Ann L. Albright , Lawrence Barker , Xinzhi Zhang ,
Rosalba Ruiz-Holguín , Maria Teresa Cerqueira , María Frontini , Giuseppina Imperatore
Suad Ghaddar , Cynthia J. Brown , José A. Pagán , Violeta Díaz
Disparities in undiagnosed diabetes among United States-Mexico border populations
Pamela Stoddard , Guozhong He , Maya Vijayaraghavan , Dean Schillinger
Beatriz A. Díaz-Apodaca , Federico G. de Cosío , Jaume Canela-Soler , Rosalba Ruiz-Holguín , Maria Teresa Cerqueira
Ethnic and health correlates of diabetes-related amputations at the Texas-Mexico border
Nelda Mier , Marcia Ory , Dongling Zhan , Edna Villarreal , Maria Alen , Jane Bolin
Smoking behavior among Hispanic adults with diabetes on the United States-Mexico border: a public health opportunity
Pamela Stoddard , Guozhong He , Dean Schillinger
Short communication
Support for disease management, depression, self-care, and clinical indicators among Hispanics with type 2 diabetes
in San Diego County, Unites States of America
Addie L. Fortmann , Linda C. Gallo , Chris Walker , Athena Philis-Tsimikas
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