California
Lead Contacts
(Contactos Principales)
California Office of Binational Border Health Office
(Oficina Binacional de Salud Fronteriza de California)
Protects and improves the health of California communities affected by border or binational conditions and activities through facilitating cooperation between California and Mexico health officials and health professionals.
Protege y eleva la salud de comunidades en California afectadas por condiciones y actividades fronterizas o binacionales facilitando la cooperación entre autoridades y profesionistas del ramo de la salud en California y México.
Maura Mack, Ph.D.
Chief, California Office of Binational Border Health
3851 Rosecrans Street (92110)
P.O. Box 85524, MS P511B
San Diego, CA 92138
(619) 692-5558 / Fax (619) 692-8821
mmack@dhs.ca.gov
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/dcdc/COBBH/
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission Office
(Oficina de la Comisión de Salud Fronteriza México-EE.UU.)
Provides international leadership to optimize health and quality of life along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Brinda liderazgo a nivel internacional a fin de optimizar la salud y calidad de vida a lo largo de la frontera México-EE.UU.
Elizabeth Santillanez, M.P.A
Director, California Outreach Office
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission
3851 Rosecrans Street (92110)
P.O. Box 85524, MS P511B
San Diego, CA 92138
(619) 692-5793 / Fax (619) 692-8821
esantill@dhs.ca.gov
http://www.borderhealth.org/
Additional California Contacts
(Contactos Adicionales California)
State Data
(Datos de los Estados)
California
Success Stories
(Historias de éxito)
- Angel Flight West: A Higher Level of Kindness
Angel Flight West provides free, private air transportation for people with medical and other needs.
- Divide Wellness Center
El Dorado County Public Health Department established the Divide Wellness Center to provide comprehensive and integrated health and social services to the community.
- EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
- Healthy Families / Familias Saludables
Four chronic conditions have been particularly debilitating
for U.S. Hispanics: diabetes, hypertension, high blood
cholesterol, and depression. Familias Saludables was designed to address these conditions through prevention, education, and early intervention, using a family-centered
intervention model.
- Project for Rural Access to Substance Abuse Treatment
This collaboration was formed to provide substance abuse treatment, primary medical care, childcare, and transportation assistance to residents in rural areas of the county.
- Sierra Mobile Clinic
Because the Western Slope of El Dorado County includes several isolated, rural communities - none of which were large enough to support a medical practice, the El Dorado County Public Health Department and Marshall Hospital joined forces to create the Sierra Mobile Clinic to offer these communities primary and urgent medical care.
Funding Programs
(Financiamiento)
California Funding
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