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Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the United States-Mexico Border

This book presents the objectives of the binational agenda for the Healthy Border 2010 program which was designed to facilitate and support community-based solutions for health promotion, disease prevention, and access to health services in the border region.

Author:

United States-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC), USMBHC

Audiences:

Health Educators/Communicators, Policy Makers

Topic:

Non-U.S. born persons, Program Management

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States

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