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BORDER HEALTH CHALLENGES June 20, 2014 Prisci Quijada
Orozovich,MPH Connie Lafuente
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Established in 1999 by State Legislation (AB 63, Ducheny) as a
unit of the California Department of Public Health Services Focus
Area: Border and binational communities throughout California and
Baja California 3 OBBH Core Program Background
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4 Focus Area: Border and Binational Communities In California
And Baja California
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With contributions and cooperation from CDPH branches 5
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Jim Arriola, MBA Paula Kriner, MPH President/Chief Executive
Officer Senior Epidemiologist Sekure Healthcare Imperial County
Public Health Dept. Rosemarie Johnson, MD Blanca Lomeli, MD Medical
Community LiasionRegional Director, North America External
Relations Project Director TB Solution San Diego Medical Society
Foundation Project Concern International Alberto Manetta, MD Gil
Ojeda Professor Emeritus Board President University of California,
Irvine Latino Coalition for a Healthy California Alvaro Garza, MD,
MPH Carmen Nevarez, MD, MPH Representative Vice President of
External Relations California Conference of Local Health Officers
and Preventative Medicine Advisor (CCLHO) Public Health Institute
Mario Gutirrez, MPH Interim CEO Barbara Jimenez Center for
Connected Health Policy Deputy Director for Central and South
Regions San Diego County Health and Human Rose Anne Rodriguez, Esq.
Director Communications County of Los Angeles Department of Public
Health Services Agency 6
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To facilitate communication, coordination, and collaboration
between California and Mexico health officials, health
professionals and communities in order to optimize border and
binational health. 7
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Chief April Fernndez Health Program Manager II (619) 688-0159
Administrative Assistant(s) Diane Velez (.5 FTE) Vacant (.5 FTE)
(619) 688-0252 OBBH Program Manager Prisci Quijada Orozovich (619)
688-0218 TB Branch Comm. Disease Manager II Anne Cass (619)
688-0253 Administrative Assistant Katiana Snchez (619) 688-0263
Border Health Outreach Coordinator Connie Lafuente (619) 688-4285
Project Assistant Abel Martinez (619) 688-0154 Project Assistant
Natalie Svistoonoff (619) 688-0142 Epidemiologist Margarita
Santibaez MPH,MD (619) 688-6483 STD Branch Disease Intervention
Section Comm. Disease Specialist I Patricia Gonzales (619) 688-0234
STD Branch HIV Partner Services Jeffrey Egan (619) 688-3187
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program Esmeralda Iniguez-Stevens
Ph.D., MPH (619) 688-0111 USMBHC-COO Program Manager (619) 688-0178
Surveillance Officer Maria Fierro (760) 482-4702 CA BIDS Imperial
County Public Health Dept. Surveillance Officer Maria Fierro (760)
482-4702 CA BIDS Imperial County Public Health Dept. Surveillance
Officer Maria Fierro (760) 482-4702 Student Intern Vacant (619)
688-0110 April 28, 2014 Surveillance Officer Maria Fierro (760)
482-4702 =CDPH Employee =Contract Employee Operations & Finance
Staff Services Manager I Maria Celaya (619) 688-0267 California
Department of Public Health Center for Infectious Disease
California Office of Binational Border Health
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A.)175,000 B.) 120,000 C.) 60,000 D.) 10,000
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1. A. Los Angeles County 2. B. San Diego County 3. C. Imperial
County 4. D. none of the above
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A.) 10.3% B.)30.4% C.)61.2% D.) 80.3%
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Social Political Environmental Health
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Population Growth in both U.S & Mexico border counties
Unemployment rates Higher Poverty rates Deportation Education
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Border Security Economic
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Agricultural operations Vehicular pollution Industrial
facilities Power plants Dust from unpaved roads Trash burning
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Inequitable health conditions Higher rates of infectious
diseases Higher rates of chronic diseases Other adverse health
outcomes 17
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What are our Goals & Current Activities? 18
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Health Status Report Binational Infectious Disease Surveillance
collaboration Influenza-Like-Illness Surveillance Health Briefs
Binational Communication during Emergencies 19
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Mercury in Face Cream: Notification to Mexico and Outreach
Materials Communicate and collaborate during disease outbreaks
and/or increase of cases e.g, Meningococcal, Influenza etc.
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Meetings with Baja CA Health Officials Border Health Consortium
of the Californias: To enhance communication, coordination, and
collaboration among public, private, and academic institutions in
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public, private, academic institutions US-Mexico Border Health
Commission 21
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American Diabetes Association Por tu Familia-2014 Adelante
Promotores Conference to build Capacity-July 2014 Promotores
Education Conference-Oct 2014 Cervical Cancer DVD Baja California
Pediatric Oncology Conference Jornadas Epidemiolgicas
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Collaboration with US, Mexico, and Canada to Plan and
Coordinate Binational Health Week 2014 Conference Coordination and
Participation: Sexual Reproductive Health Summit-2014 US Mexico
Border Binational Infectious Disease Conference-2014 Adelante
Promotores Conference-2014 Annual Promotores Education
Conference-2014 National HIV/AIDS Conference-2014 26
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United States-Mxico United States-Mxico Border Health Border
Health Commission (BHC) Commission (BHC)
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Mission To provide international leadership to optimize health
and quality of life along the United States Mxico border Goals
Institutionalize a domestic focus on border health that can
transcend political changes Create an effective venue for
binational discussion to address key public health issues at the
border
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Serves as a unique binational and horizontal framework that
brings together two federal governments,10 states and a multitude
of other public and private partners to address border and
binational health issues. Serves as a catalyst to identify,
convene, and encourage action on key strategic binational issues
that also brings focus to diverse populations. Serves as a focal
point to assist federal and state agencies in both countries in
addressing specific border health related issues.
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U.S. and Mxico Federal Governments 10 State Health Departments
4 Offices of Border Health 10 BHC Outreach Offices 90 Local Health
Departments Mexican Consulates Binational Health Councils Clinics,
Hospitals, and Health Service Providers Community-based
Organizations Promotores Organizations Academic Institutions Pan
American Health Organization Border Governors Conference National
Rural Health Association U.S. and Mexico Media Outlets
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Operates along the busiest and most complex binational borders
in the world in support of diverse national, state, and local
public health systems. Has limited resources to address the whole
host of border health issues Identify unified priorities from each
government Focus health system to address chronic diseases as well
as infectious disease Utilize comprehensive approaches that
includes health care systems, policy makers, academia, media, and
public health Focus resources to the border region Expand focus to
include preventive and health promotion strategies Promote
sustainable partnerships among various sectors
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Tuberculosis Obesity/Diabetes Access to Care Research, Data
Collection, and Academic Alliances
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Binational Mammography Day January 1- February 1, 2014 Cancer
Resource Center of the Desert- Community Symposium: Utilization of
Health Services by Mexican Immigrants With Breast Cancer On the
U.S./Mexico Border: Struggles and Aspirations September 7, 2013
Promotores Conference 2013 October 18, 2013 Town hall Resource
Fair- Chula Vista & San Ysidro November 5, 2013 and January 11,
2014
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Border Reproductive Health Symposium - March 19, 2014 PPPSW 5
th Annual Binational Dialogue - October 3, 2013 Affordable Care Act
Webinar - September 8, 2013
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5 th annual United States Mexico Border Tuberculosis Consortium
Meeting (TB Consortium) July 14-15, 2014
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American Diabetes Association Promotores Training: Prevention
and management of diabetes
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Vulnerable Populations Network meeting Imperial County July 10,
2014 Power of Collaboration August 6 & 7 Border Health Research
Workgroup and Expert panel TBD
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Office of Binational Border Health 5353 Mission Center Rd.,
Suite 215 San Diego, CA 92108 619-688-0218
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