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Feature Articles:
The
El Paso Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Children in Danger
by Greg Bloom, FNS Editor
A youth risk behavior survey conducted among 7th and 8th
graders from El Paso County looks at tobacco, alcohol and illegal
drug use, weight, body image and exercise issues, television
viewing habits and the use of safety devices like seat belts
and bike helmets. The study found many threats to the health
and safety of city youth.
Hospital
de la Familia: Health Care for Cd. Juárez
by Greg Bloom, FNS Editor
The Hospital de la Familia, located in Ciudad Juárez,
is the city's fourth largest hospital with over 100 beds, according
to Dr. Gustavo Martínez, general director of the facility.
It sees approximately 30,000 people per month--including U.S.
citizens that cannot afford or access health care in their own
country. The hospital performs 43,000 services a month and does
this with no subsidy to its operating budget from the Mexican
government or other outside sources. Money for physical expansion
comes from Femap (Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones
Privadas de Salud y Desarrollo Comunitario, The Mexican Federation
of Private Health and Community Development Associations) and
the El Paso-based Femap Foundation, which serves as a channel
for US individuals, foundations and companies to more easily
give to Mexico-based Femap.
Tuberculosis:
A Disease that Demands Very Strict Controls
by Norma De La Vega, courtesy
of the Border Health Initiative
photos by David Maung
Everyday, Carlos López makes his way prowling through
Tijuana neighborhoods in his old but well-used car. His trips
are part of his work--personally delivering medicine to people
stricken by tuberculosis and making sure that they take it. He
is a community health worker (CHW) in a program known as DOT
(Directly Observed Therapy). The program, which is used around
the world has been recently implemented by the Baja California
Department of Public Health.
La
tuberculosis: una enfermedad que exige controles muy rigurosos
por Norma De La Vega, traducción
y fotos por David Maung
artículo gracias a la Iniciativa de Salud Fronteriza
En un carro poco deteriorado Carlos López va y
viene diariamente por recónditas colonias de Tijuana.
Los viajes forman parte de su trabajo de entrega de medicinas
a enfermos de tuberculosis. El es promotor del salud de un programa
conocido como TAES, que significa Tratamiento Acortado Estrictamente
Supervisado y que es implementado por el Instituto de Servicios
de Salud Pública de Baja California.
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