Ventanillas De Salud: A Collaborative and Binational Health Access and Preventive Care Program

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• Personal Author:
  Flynn M ; Gany F ; Lara J ; Rangel Gomez MG ; Rosales CB ; Shapiro I ; Tonda J ; Zapata GR
• Description:
  While individuals of Mexican origin are the largest immigrant group living in the U.S., this population is also the highest uninsured. Health disparities related to access to health care, among other social determinants, continue to be a challenge for this population. The government of Mexico, in an effort to address these disparities and improve the quality of life of citizens living abroad, has partnered with governmental and non-governmental health-care organizations in the U.S. by developing and implementing an initiative known as Ventanillas de Salud-Health Windows-(VDS). The VDS is located throughout the Mexican Consular network and aim to increase access to health care and health literacy, provide health screenings, and promote healthy lifestyle choices among low-income and immigrant Mexican populations in the U.S. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emigration And Immigration Healthcare Disparities Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Prevention Programs Binational Programs Border Health Collaborative Programs Communication Systems Global Health Health-care Access Health Care Health Care Facilities Health Communications Health Disparities Health Programs Health Promotion Immigrant Workers Intervention Language Barrier Medical Screening Partnership Preventive Medicine Quality Of Life Racial Factors Sociological Factors Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  2296-2565
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050175
• Citation:
  Front Public Health 2017 Jun; 5:151
• Contact Point Address:
  Cecilia Ballesteros Rosales, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States
• Email:
  crosales@email.arizona.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Frontiers in Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0226dbc748b249732593eb62b32beaa27e0ea96c62ea00d699d0d7fa56122cb18e837c12e056e34a9ee109e1b650fb4f21b8f1a51c958161a6f020c757736edd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210641/cdc_210641_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 327.58 KB ]