Heart disease
(Enfermedades del corazón)

On this page:

• Tools (Herramientas)
• Publications (Publicaciones)
• Organizations (Organismos)

Tools
(Herramientas)

• United States - Mexico Border Virtual Health Library
  Provides a database of publications and other information sources related to the U.S. - Mexico border region.
  Sponsoring organization: Pan American Health Organization
• The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors
  Lists chronic diseases, risk factors, and preventive services by State.
  Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Healthfinder (en Español)
  Healthfinder es un servicio del Departmento de la Salud y Humanos de los Estados Unidos
  Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• MedlinePlus: Enfermedades del corazón
  Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
• MedlinePlus: Enfermedades del corazón: Prevención
  Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
• Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources
  A Latino community-based heart-health promotion initiative that provides educational materials for patients and the general public.
  Sponsoring organization: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• Insuficiencia Cardíaca en Línea

Publications
(Publicaciones)

• Border Report: A Status Report On The Health Of People In El Paso County, Texas And Dona Ana County, New Mexico
  Presents selected health information on two communities in the U.S. - Mexico border region. Information is based on the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone-based survey of randomly-selected adults. The survey gathered information about many health conditions and personal behaviors that affect health across the United States.
  Sponsoring organization: Paso del Norte Health Foundation
  Date: 2005
  Format: PDF
  
• The U.S./Mexico Border: Demographic, Socio-Economic, and Health Issues Profile I
  Identifies the subgroups within the Latino population. Provides demographics, socio-economic statistics and other characteristics of the Latino population living along the U.S. Mexico Border.
  Date: 12 / 2006
  Format: PDF
  

Organizations
(Organismos)

• American Heart Association
  Works to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Information available in Spanish.