A historical overview of the United States-Mexico border diabetes prevention and Control Project

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ID14965441
AuthorsRita V Diaz-Kenney (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, corresponding author), Rosalba Ruiz-Holguín (World Health Organization - Pakistan), Federico G de Cosio (0000-0003-4616-7212, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Rebeca Ramos (Border Network for Human Rights), Betsy Rodríguez (0000-0003-0950-6369, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Gloria L Beckles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Roger Valdez (0000-0001-9979-3140, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Rodolfo Valdez, Patricia E Thompson-Reid (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Year2010
Volume28
Issue3
Pages143-150
Publication date2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892010000900003
PMID20963260
OpenAlexW2113507461
SCIELO_PIDS1020-49892010000900003
LanguageEN
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Diabetes is a serious public health problem in the border region between the United States of America and Mexico, reflecting and by some measures surpassing the extent of national diabetes burden of each country. The U.S.-Mexico Border Diabetes Prevention and Control Project, a two-phase prevalence study on type 2 diabetes and its risk factors, was conceived and developed by culturally diverse groups of people representing more than 100 government agencies and nongovernmental organizations; health care providers; and residents of 10 U.S. and Mexican border states, using a participatory approach, to address this disproportionate incidence of diabetes. This report describes the project's history, conceptualization, participatory approach, implementation, accomplishments, and challenges, and recommends a series of steps for carrying out other binational participatory projects based on lessons learned

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