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Window of opportunities: The US Mexican consulate and susan g. komen's inspired approach to address breast cancer disparities among Mexican women in the US
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Public health or related education
Learning Objectives:
Describe the innovative approach being piloted to deliver culturally-relevant health education to Mexican women and facilitate access to care using a non-traditional collaborative platform.
Describe the impact achieved in 4 “Ventanilla de Salud” (Window of Health) pilot sites in the US.
Discuss implementation of a comprehensive evidence based domestic national partnership based on lessons learned and best practices obtained during the pilot.
Describe plans to implement adapted partnership model in Mexico in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
Keywords: Breast Cancer Programs, Immigrant Women
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to be an abstract Author on the content I am responsible for because the project being presented is a cross-department collaboration and I am the international lead as Regional Director for Latin America. Additionally, I manage the realitonship with our domestic partner - the US Consulate. My colleague is managing the domestic component of the partnership. We both have extensive public health experience and have collaborated on previous projects focusing on disparities.
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.