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Epi Special Seminar |
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Health Sciences T-739
3:30 to 4:50pm
Mexico Border Health Issues
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Dr. Hugo Vilchis He is Associate Professor at New Mexico State University with the Health Science Department (College of Health and Social Services) and with the Molecular Biology Graduate program. He is also a Professor at El Colegio de Chihuahua and the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, higher education and research institutions in Mexico. |
Dr. Velchis obtained his medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1982 and his MPH from the School of Public Health of Mexico in 1985. Dr. Vilchis studied Epidemiology and Surveillance in Brazil in 1986.
Dr. Vilchis’ public health career started in Mexico City in 1980 working for the General Directorate of Epidemiology, Mexican Secretary of Health. He was Department Chief of the National Immunization Programs in Mexico and during his tenure, children immunization rates rose to 90%. In 1989, he was appointed to the Pan American Health Organization, first as the National Advisor for the Immunization Program in Mexico and in 1992 as the Medical Epidemiologist of the Field Office in El Paso, Texas. In 1996, Dr. Vilchis joined New Mexico State University and the NM Office of Border Health, where he developed the Border Epidemiology & Environmental Health Center.
He has been working on many different projects involving epidemiology, surveillance, community health, and international health. Dr. Vilchis obtained his expertise working in the United States and Latin American countries like Mexico, Brazil, and Guatemala, among many others.
Abstract:
Age, sex, and racial/ethnic differences generally account for many of the disparities in the US-Mexico border region. Disparities occur in exposure to risk for disease and quality of care, and these discrepancies may result in disproportionately higher morbidity or mortality from certain health conditions among certain populations. Geographic and economic factors in particular play a major part in inhibiting access to care and treatment along the US-Mexico border. Border residents have substantially less access to physicians and treatment facilities than inhabitants in many other states. Additionally, a lack of resources makes it difficult for many border residents to access prevention and screening programs.
This presentation will analyze the characteristics of the US-Mexico border populations and discuss some public health and research interventions to understand and address health disparities of this population.
Suggested readings:
- Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2009
- Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US - Mexico Border Region, 2003-06: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health
Updated on November 9, 2009