Outreach
(Promoción)

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• Funding (Financiamiento)
• Publications (Publicaciones)
• Organizations (Organismos)

Funding
(Financiamiento)

• Daniels Fund Grants
  Program areas eligible for grants through the Daniels Fund fall under the categories of: Aging, Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, Amateur Sports, Youth Development, Disabilities, Homeless & Disadvantaged, and Education.
      Geographic Coverage: New Mexico
      Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
  

Publications
(Publicaciones)

• Developing and Adapting a Family-based Diabetes Program at the U.S.-Mexico Border
  The University of Arizona and two community health agencies on the Arizona border, Campesinos Sin Fronteras and Mariposa Community Health Center, collaborated to design, pilot and assess the feasibility of a lay health-outreach worker (promotora) to delivered diabetes education program for families. La Diabetes y La Unión Familiar was developed to build family support for patients with diabetes and to teach primary prevention behaviors to family members.
  Author(s): Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone, Rebecca Drummond, Ulrike Rawiel
  Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Journal citation: Preventing Chronic Disease Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Date: 01 / 2005
  Format: HTML
  
• Diabetes Is a Community Issue: The Critical Elements of a Successful Outreach and Education Model on the U.S.-Mexico Border
  Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions on the U.S.-Mexico Border, and culturally competent diabetes education is not available in many communities.
  Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Journal citation: Preventing Chronic Disease Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Date: 01 / 2005
  Format: HTML
  
• From Research to Practice: Challenges to Implementing National Diabetes Guidelines With Five Community Health Centers on the U.S.-Mexico Border
  A project designed to address the growing problem of diabetes among Mexican Americans whereby faculty from the University of Arizona work with community health centers to evaluate and improve diabetes care in border communities.
  Author(s): Kenneth A. Schachter, Stuart J. Cohen
  Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Journal citation: Preventing Chronic Disease Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Date: 01 / 2005
  Format: HTML
  
• Mujer Y Corazon: Community Health Workers and Their Organizations in Colonias on the US-Mexico Border An Exploratory Study
  Describes and evaluates a Comprehensive Community Initiative operating in communities on the Texas-Mexico border. The outreach program involves Community Resource Centers and para-professional outreach workers (Promatoras), who work to connect health care to the community.
  Author(s): Marlynn May, Ricardo Contreras
  Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 09 / 2004
  Format: Print
  
• Outreach Boosts Disease Prevention at U.S./Mexico Border
  A new study finds personal contact by community health outreach workers increased Mexican-American women's adherence to annual preventive medical exams by 35 percent.
  Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Date: 06 / 2004
  Format: HTML
  

Organizations
(Organismos)

• Arizona Rural Health Office
  Promotes the health of rural and medically underserved individuals, families, and communities through service, education, and research.
• Border Health Education Network
  A San Diego Border Health Education Training Center with the objectives to create a cross-border affiliation of healthcare professionals. Available in Spanish.
• Healthy Arizona 2010
  A comprehensive statewide prevention agenda designed to improve the health of all Arizonans over the next decade.
• Red de Educación para la Salud Fronteriza
  
• Texas Association of Community Health Centers
  A private, non-profit membership association that represents safety-net health care providers in the state of Texas.