Emergent Public Health Issues in the US-Mexico Border Region

• Main Author: Jill Eileen Guernsey De Zapien (auth)
• Other Authors: Cecilia Ballesteros Rosales (auth), Scott Carter Carvajal (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; border health; binational health; Binational collaboration; US
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

US-Mexico border region area has unique social, demographic and policy forces at work that shape the health of its residents as well as serves as a microcosm of migration health challenges facing an increasingly mobile and globalized world. This region reflects the largest migratory flow between any...