213405 Violence and Injury Prevention Observatory in Cuidad Juarez

Monday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AM

Maria Teresa Cerqueira, PhD, MS , U.S.-Mexico Border Office, PAHO/WHO, El Paso, TX
     
This presentation will include a review of strategies and plans currently implemented, and injury prevention plans for interpersonal violence and injuries in key settings: Schools, Homes, Workplace and Community, especially in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Learning Objectives:
1. To describe and explain the role of the PAHO/WHO Border Office in technical cooperation to improve health on the U.S. Mexico Border and the collaboration with the U.S. Mexico Border Health Association, including in the prevention of violence and injuries

Keywords: Injury Prevention, Violence Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have more than 20 years presenting lectures, teaching, as author and as conference speaker and panelist on topic of violence and injury prevention
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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