Border Health Strategic Initiative » MEZACOPH http://www.borderhealthsi.org Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:17:44 +0000 en hourly 1 Just another WordPress weblog No No Border Health Strategic Initiative http://www.borderhealthsi.org/border-health-strategic-initiative/ http://www.borderhealthsi.org/border-health-strategic-initiative/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:17:44 +0000 admin http://www.borderhealthsi.org/?p=3 To confront the threat of diabetes on the U.S.-Mexico Border, representatives from border communities in Yuma and Santa Cruz Counties joined the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZACOPH) to develop and test a comprehensive and sustainable model for community-oriented chronic disease prevention and control.  Launched in October 2000, the Border Health Strategic Initiative (Border Health ¡SI!) model promoted individual prevention and control, while assisting communities to develop system-level strategies that support healthy
behaviors.  Central to the model’s success were promotores de salud, who not only provided services to individuals, but also engaged community members in addressing the health of their environment.  Border Health ¡SI! was a true collaboration between community and academic partners.

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