Health, hope, and human development: building capacity in public housing communities on the U.S.-Mexico border

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Nov;24(4):1432-9. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0168.

Abstract

In this paper we highlight results from our recent survey of public housing residents living in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Our data inform our interdisciplinary (public health, education, environmental engineering, sociology) efforts to improve health and educational equity in our community, and provide ripe opportunities for policy advocacy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Educational Status
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medically Uninsured / statistics & numerical data
  • Mexican Americans / statistics & numerical data*
  • Mexico
  • Middle Aged
  • Public Housing*
  • Smoking / epidemiology
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States
  • Young Adult