Culture and Health Disparities Evaluation of Interventions and Outco
The sister cities of the southwestern United States border are challenged by widespread environmental and health issues and limited access to help. And while different initiatives have been set up to improve health outcomes and lessen inequities in the bo
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John G. Bruhn
Culture and Health Disparities Evaluation of Interventions and Outcomes in the U.S.Mexico Border Region
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John G. Bruhn
Culture and Health Disparities Evaluation of Interventions and Outcomes in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
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John G. Bruhn Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ USA
ISSN 2192-3698 ISSN 2192-3701 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-06461-1 ISBN 978-3-319-06462-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06462-8 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014939407 © The Author(s) 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Acknowledgments
Jeff Brandon, former Dean of the College of Health and Social Services at New Mexico State University, led a conference titled “Making Connections: An Interdisciplinary Conference to Address Disparities in Health Status in the American Southwest” in October, 2003 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The purpose of the conference was to utilize the Healthy Gente/Border 2010 objectives as a framework to build a partnership between academic institutions, pub
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