Frontiers in Public Health
Volume 5, Issue JUN, 2017

Ventanillas de Salud: A collaborative and Binational health access and Preventive care Program (Article) (Open Access)

Gomez M.G.R. , Tonda J. , Zapata G.R. , Flynn M. , Gany F. , Lara J. , Shapiro I. , Rosales C.B.*
  • a Secretaría de Salud de México, Mexico City, Mexico
  • b Instituto de Mexicanos en el Exterior, Mexico City, Mexico
  • c Mexico Section, US Mexico Border Health Commission, Tijuana, Mexico
  • d National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC, United States
  • e Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
  • f VDS, Mexico City, Mexico
  • g Ventanillas de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
  • h Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Abstract

While individuals of Mexican origin are the largest immigrant group living in the U.S., this population is also the highest uninsured. Health disparities related to access to health care, among other social determinants, continue to be a challenge for this population. The government of Mexico, in an effort to address these disparities and improve the quality of life of citizens living abroad, has partnered with governmental and non-governmental health-care organizations in the U.S. by developing and implementing an initiative known as Ventanillas de Salud-Health Windows-(VDS). The VDS is located throughout the Mexican Consular network and aim to increase access to health care and health literacy, provide health screenings, and promote healthy lifestyle choices among low-income and immigrant Mexican populations in the U.S. © 2017 Rangel Gomez, Tonda, Zapata, Flynn, Gany, Lara, Shapiro and Rosales.

Author Keywords

Collaborative programs Binational programs Prevention programs health-care access Border health

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029391294&doi=10.3389%2ffpubh.2017.00151&partnerID=40&md5=ff8b47dfc0661203613fc226d32a7308
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00151
ISSN: 22962565
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English