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Cross-border utilization of cancer care by patients in the US and Mexico – a survey of Mexican oncologists
BackgroundThe US-Mexico border is the busiest in the world, with millions of people crossing it daily. However, little is known about cross-border...
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Epidemiology of asylum seekers and refugees at the Mexico-US border: a cross-sectional analysis from the migrant settlement camp in Matamoros, Mexico
BackgroundThe number of migrants and asylum seekers at the Mexico-US border has increased to historic levels. Our objective was to determine the...
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Understanding the US-Mexico Border Through a Decolonial Lens
Border theorists characterize the US-Mexico border region as a place of hybridity and cross-fertilization (Nail, Theory of the border. Oxford...
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Assessment of immigration law enforcement presence in a teaching hospital along the US/Mexico border
BackgroundOver the past decade, the United States (US) has seen a spike in migration across the US-Mexico border with an increase in hospital...
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Social and environmental determinants influencing injection drug use and HIV risk among two sister cities on the US–Mexico border: a comparative cross-sectional study, 2016–2018
The economic, social, cultural and political milieus that influence injection drug-related HIV risk behaviors along the US–Mexico border in the...
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Modes of governance and the ethnography of activism at the Mexico-US border
Inspired by political philosophy, critical studies of border regimes often reduce human rights and relief work to some accomplice role in migratory...
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Contexts of Drinking- and Alcohol-Related Problems Among Whites and Hispanics on and off the US/Mexico border in California
BackgroundThis paper examines the association between drinking context use by Whites and Hispanics on and off the US/Mexico border and alcohol...
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Interpersonal and Community-Level Influences Across the PrEP Cascade Among Young Adult Latinx Men who Have Sex with Men Living in a US-Mexico Border Region: A Qualitative Study
Latinx men who have sex with men (MSM) are an at-risk population for new HIV diagnoses. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a suite of biomedical...
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‘My tongue doesn’t believe in boundaries’: A®tivism Across the US/Mexico Border
This chapter focuses on the work of Mexican American slam poetry a®tivists who question embedded narratives about borders and separation, national...
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use and Discontinuation in a Federally Qualified Health Center in a Mexico-US Border City
BackgroundLatino men who have sex with men (MSM) experience disproportionately high rates of HIV diagnoses in the United States. Pre-exposure...
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Chapter 13: Deported to death: How drug violence is changing migration on the US–Mexico border
Jeremy Slack’s Deported to Death is a timely and more than welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on the US–Mexico border. This multi-sited...
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The unreachable doorbells of South Texas: community engagement in colonias on the US-Mexico border for mosquito control
Mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit continue to place millions of people at risk of infection around the world. Novel methods of vector control...
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Flood resilience in paired US–Mexico border cities: a study of binational risk perceptions
Disastrous floods in the twin cities of Nogales, Arizona, USA, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico (collectively referred to as Ambos Nogales) occur annually...
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Virtual Seminar on Coronavirus 2019 for the US-Mexico Border Region: Building Opportunities for Communication and Collaboration
While the US-Mexico border region has had increasing restrictions due to coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), the economically and socially integrated region...
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La vida en la frontera: protocol for a prospective study exploring stress and health resiliencies among Mexican-origin individuals living in a US-Mexico border community
BackgroundMexican-origin adults living near the U.S.-Mexico border experience unique and pervasive social and ecological stressors, including...
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Border Rules An Abolitionist Refusal
This book examines both border policies and oppositional narratives of “the border,” 2011–2021, demonstrating that the term designates not merely a...
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Map** Conditions of (In)security for ‘Dreamer Parents’ at the Mexico-US Border
This chapter investigates the everyday (in)securities of Mexican deportees who have experienced family separation as a result of being deported from...
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Minorities in Mexico: stereotypes, threat, discrimination, and contact toward indigenous Mexicans, US immigrants, and Honduran immigrants
Mexico is one of the most diverse countries with numerous social minorities such as indigenous Mexicans, but also immigrants coming from countries so...
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Culturally-consistent diet among individuals of Mexican descent at the US-Mexico border is associated with sleep duration and snoring
BackgroundExisting studies show that consuming food consistent with one’s culture reduces cardiometabolic risk. However, few studies have assessed...
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Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income community on the US-Mexico Border
BackgroundPrevious studies have shown that low-income Latinos generally drink bottled water over tap water and might be at increased risks for...