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295638
Improving Reproductive Health at Binational Level, Sonora-Arizona Cooperation


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Jamie Leon Varela, M.D, MPH, External Relations, Secretary of Health Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
     
Teen Pregnancy is a public health priority in the United States-Mexico Border. High rates of teen parenthood, school dropout, violence, bullying, clinical health problems, increasing levels of poverty and major socioeconomic problems. Secretaries of Health of Arizona and Sonora, and the COBINAS (Bi-national Health Councils) are reviewing their different interventions in order to control this issue with technical support of UNFPA and PAHO. Analyze the different perspectives and approaches, organizations involved, lessons learned and next steps. Propose new and original interventions that have worked mainly in the border, as well as main difficulties in the implementation of bi-national strategies.

Learning Areas:

Epidemiology
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate the impact of teen pregnancy in the health system and socioeconomic consequences to the community Compare different approaches to the situation and main lessons learned Propose specific interventions according to the reality of the United States – Mexico Border

Keyword(s): Teen Pregnancy, Reproductive Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Deputy Director of External Relations at Secretary of Health of Sonora in charge of coordination of activities in the Sonora-Arizona border.
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.

Back to: 3321.1: PAHO Border Health Session