Together for Health: An Initiative to Access Health Services for the Hispanic/Mexican Population Living in the United States

Rangel, Gudelia; Jaramillo, Ana María López; Svarch, Alejandro E.; Tonda, Josana; Lara, Juanita; Anderson, Elizabeth J.; Rosales, Cecilia

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2019.00273

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“…Outreach and technology-based approaches, including home visit programs, 43 mobile health units, 44 and telemedicine, 45 may be particularly important in bridging the GHA gaps for this and other largely rural populations in the southeastern United States. Various studies have shown that telemedicine has great, largely unfulfilled, potential to facilitate healthcare access among Latinos/as/x in rural areas 45,46 .…”

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Geographic Access to Primary Healthcare Services among Latinos/as/x in Western Alabama

Morales-Alemán

Ferreti

et al. 2022

Southern Medical Journal

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Objectives: Alabama's Latino/a/x population grew 278% from 2000 to 2018. Tuscaloosa County, located in the largely rural region of western Alabama, also experienced a significant influx of Latino/as/x during this time frame. Geographic healthcare access (GHA) to primary care and hospitals is crucial for immigrant Latino/as/x to care for their health, but few studies have characterized it. The goals of this article were to describe the availability (defined as number of provider locations) and accessibility (defined as travel impedance between potential patients and provider locations) of primary healthcare services and to discuss potential strategies to address these healthcare access challenges.Methods: We drew data from the US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Blue Cross Blue Shield national doctor and hospital finder database, the Alabama Department of Public Health, and Tuscaloosa Transit Authority. We used geographic data, geographic information systems, and spatial analyses to characterize the availability and accessibility of primary care services and hospitals for Latinos/as/x in Tuscaloosa County using ESRI, ArcGIS 10.6.1. We showed the distribution of Latinos/as/x by census tract with choropleth mapping and mapped primary healthcare providers alongside public transit routes and hospital driving times to support our findings.Results: This work demonstrated that Latinos/as/x in Tuscaloosa County were concentrated in more rural areas surrounding the county's city center, presenting significant barriers to GHA. These areas had fewer primary care providers and limited public transit. Many Latinos/as/x in this county had to travel ≥45 minutes to a hospital.Conclusions: Outreach and technology-based approaches, including home visit programs, mobile health units, and telemedicine, may be particularly important in bridging the GHA gaps for this and other largely rural populations the southeastern United States. Some of this potential was unlocked during the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis. These gains should be leveraged toward sustainable healthcare access initiatives for rural Latino/a/x populations.

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Geographic Access to Primary Healthcare Services among Latinos/as/x in Western Alabama

Morales-Alemán

Ferreti

et al. 2022

Southern Medical Journal

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“…The MHU staff provided credible health information regarding COVID-19, emotional support, and serve as a link to community resources during a difficult time. The method was later synchronized and used by the Mexican Section of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission across all 11 mobile health units ( 21 ) and 50 Ventanillas de Salud (VDS) and (Health Windows (HW) inside Mexico's Consular Network across the United States ( 22 ). Due to the high-need responses during the call-back campaign, the MHU staff provided mobile unit users with a paper version of the “COVID-19 call-back survey.” The MOVE-UP project was later created to help increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in Arizona with an emphasis among vulnerable populations.…”

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Health knowledge and livelihood experiences with COVID-19 amongst Arizona residents

Fingesi

Yon²,

Soto³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing public health concern that is rapidly evolving and has impacted individuals and communities differently. We analyzed deidentified survey datasets to evaluate the perceptions, experiences, and impacts of COVID-19 among Arizona residents. The survey included 1,472 eligible Spanish-speaking participants in Southern (Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Yuma County) and Central Arizona (Maricopa County). Eighteen questions which included participants' health and socio-economic status, source of information on COVID-19, preventive measures, the impact of COVID-19 on household income, and vaccination status were administered to the survey respondents. The analyzed data showed an unequal proportion of the reported source of COVID-19 information between Southern and Central Arizona participants. More male respondents (n = 833, 57%) participated in the study than did the female respondents (n = 638, 43%). Of the 1,472 total participants in both regions, 1,011 (68.7%) participants represented Southern Arizona while 461 (31.3%) participants represented Central Arizona. Of the 461 participants in Central Arizona, the majority reported television (56%) and social media (20%) as their primary source of information. Whereas, of the 1,011 participants in Southern Arizona, the majority reported social media (37%) and television (32%) as their major source of information on COVID-19. Overall, 82% of the participants were vaccinated, with a statistically significant difference between the proportion of vaccinated individuals in the Southern and Central Arizona (chi-square p-value of 0.00139). More individuals in Southern Arizona participated in the survey than in Central Arizona across both genders, with 58% of women reporting loss of jobs due to COVID-19. This study demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly had a more socio-economic impact on women than men, particularly Hispanic women in this subset.

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“…Sin embargo, los inmigrantes mexicanos son la población con menor probabilidad de tener uno, y los indocumentados tienen el doble de posibilidades de no tener seguro médico en comparación con los migrantes documentados. lo que los sitúa en mayor vulnerabilidad, al tener que regresar a su país de origen o vivir en enfermedad tanto física como emocional 7 , lo cual, agrava la situación en la cual se encuentran. Entre las posibles soluciones algunos autores proponen una reforma a las leyes de migración 8 , con lo cual concordamos; así como siempre buscar la alternativa legal para una inmigración segura.…”

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La salud y el fenómeno migratorio México-Estados Unidos de América en el contexto de la globalización

Martinez

Pérez²

2023

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La globalización nos ha abierto a intercambios económicos, políticos y tecnológicos más fuertes a través de la desaparición de las dificultades para trasladarse, junto con este fenómeno y debido a la proximidad territorial, la población migrante de México a Estados Unidos de América ha aumentado considerablemente. Acompañando a este fenómeno demográfico, se ha agravado un contexto de disparidades, en particular la problemática en torno a la salud del migrante mexicano.

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Together for Health: An Initiative to Access Health Services for the Hispanic/Mexican Population Living in the United States

Cited by 21 publications

References 19 publications

Geographic Access to Primary Healthcare Services among Latinos/as/x in Western Alabama

Geographic Access to Primary Healthcare Services among Latinos/as/x in Western Alabama

Health knowledge and livelihood experiences with COVID-19 amongst Arizona residents

La salud y el fenómeno migratorio México-Estados Unidos de América en el contexto de la globalización

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