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Core Nursing Values The TB Binational Project
Catalina Navarro RN, BSNHeartland National TB Center
February 23, 2012
US-Mexico Border
Tuberculosis Rates U.S. – Mexico Border States, 2008
• The four U.S. border states have the highest per population infection rate in the U.S.
•The six Mexican border states have TB incidence rates among the highest in Mexico
Source: CDC, 2008; CDPH, 2008; DGEPI Mexico, 2008; INEGI, 2005; SINAVE, 2007. *Based on 2007 data. **All United States data is based on all types of TB and all Mexico data is based on pulmonary TB only.
Challenges to Treat TB in the Border
• High poverty rates
• Overcrowding living conditions
• Limited access to health services
• Non adherence to treatment
• Personnel shortages in HC system
• Lack of coordinated care
• Limited access to food
• Violence
How to Overcome the Challenges?
US-Mexico Binational Projects
Texas-Mexico Projects
Sin Fronteras
Los Dos Laredos
Juntos
Esperanza y Amistad
Los Dos Laredos Binational Project Activities
• Provide expert consultation on complicated cases (specially MDR).
• Pt were seen and evaluated in Mexico by US staff
• Nurse case management (NCM) exhibiting Core Values along the border
Nurse Case Management (NCM) Along the Border
Nurse Case Management and Core Values
Excellence Integrity
Accountability
Respect
Diversity
ConclusionsBinational Nurses in collaboration with US nurses:
• Are dedicated to serving the people of the US-Mexico border taking in consideration their unique and diverse needs
• Are committed to control the TB in the US-Mexico border working with high standards based on the values of Integrity, excellence, diversity, respect, and accountability
• Applied all the elements of Nurse Case Management NCM in the treatment of TB
•Undertake many roles in the management of patient with TB
References
Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. The Situation of Tuberculosis on the United States- Mexico Border El Paso, TX: PAHO/WHO. March 2011
CDC. Preventing and Controlling Tuberculosis Along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Work Group Report. MMWR January 19, 2001/Vol.50/No. RR-1
