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A Critique of U.S.-Mexico Border Health Interventions

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Culture and Health Disparities

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Abstract

The effectiveness of recent health interventions along the U.S.-Mexico border is examined to identify gaps and deficiencies in the approaches to conducting program interventions. This chapter presents, discusses, and illustrates a systems approach as an appropriate methodology for refining our state of knowledge regarding successful, replicable intervention programs that are culturally meaningful, generalizable, and cost-effective. The resolution of data problems is key to developing plans for evaluation research and sharing of information about new and on-going public health interventions.

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    Despite an accumulating literature concerned with racial and ethnic disparities in children’s health, there have been few published studies of interventions that have been successful in eliminating these disparities. See Flores (2009).

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Bruhn, J.G. (2014). A Critique of U.S.-Mexico Border Health Interventions. In: Culture and Health Disparities. SpringerBriefs in Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06462-8_3

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