Perspectives on a US-Mexico Border Community's Diabetes and "Health-Care" Access Mobilization Efforts and Comparative Analysis of Community Health Needs over 12 Years

• Main Authors: Cecilia Ballesteros Rosales (Author), Jill Eileen Guernsey de Zapien (Author), Jean Chang (Author), Maia Ingram (Author), Maria L. Fernandez (Author), Scott C. Carvajal (Author), Lisa K Staten (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper describes a community coalition-university partnership to address health needs in an underserved US-Mexico border, community. For approximately 15 years, this coalition engaged in community-based participatory research with community organizations, state/local health departments, and the...