Investor Presentaiton
Task Force of Border Public
Health Officials - Topics
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Primary topics of interest:
• Access to preventative and specialized healthcare
services
• Lack of transit systems and transportation,
especially in rural areas
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High population of elderly living alone
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High population of uninsured or underinsured
resident
• 2018 Biennial Report Topics Covered:
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Border Public Health Infrastructure:
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• Establish border-centric multi-disciplinary
response teams
Environmental Health:
Improve process for recruitment and
retention of registered sanitarians
⚫ Chronic Diseases:
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Establish education-based components for:
Child obesity prevention.
• Advanced age pulmonary complications
Maternal and Child Health:
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Improve border surveillance
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Extend year-round lab capacity (southmost
counties without breaks in mosquito season)
Communicable Diseases:
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Expand community health worker training
curricula
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Establish outreach program for high-risk
pregnant mothers
Improve knowledge-sharing/training of
border health professionals
Collaboration with Texas Medical Association
and Texas Border Health Caucus
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