US-Mexican Partnership for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Control of TB and Related Infectious Diseases: Training, Research and Community Outreach

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US-Mexican Partnership for the Prevention,
Diagnosis, and Control of TB and Related
Infectious Diseases Training, Research and
Community Outreach

• Funded by ALO-USAID

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Institutions

• UTEP College of Health Sciences, Department of
  Health Promotion
• UACJ Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto
  de Investigaciones
• Other Participating institutions
• INER-Mexico City
• PAHO Field Office
• TDSHS- Regions 9 10

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Major Objective

• Initial 3-year partnership intended to build
  sustainable inter-institutional ties through
  collaborative graduate level training, research,
  and community outreach

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Activities Focused on

• 1. Enhancing institutional capacity of the
  Mexican partner
• 2. Developing expert core of UACJ faculty
  dedicated to TB and related infectious disease
  prevention, diagnosis, and control and improving
  health of Mexican communities

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UACJ-UTEP Partnership Sustainability

• Follow-on training of UACJ faculty and
  continued collaborative research and outreach
  intended to enhance institutional sustainability
  and professional relationships developed during
  the initial 3 years of the partnership agreement

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Specific Components

• UACJ faculty scholarships for MS study in UTEP
  Dept of Health Promotion (n7)
• Specialty training (mini-sabbatical) for UACJ
  faculty at UTEP 1-2 semester (n2-4)
• Short-term training workshops for UACJ-UTEP
  faculty (2 workshops/year)
• Establishment of bi-national TB/infectious
  disease research center (UTEP-UACJ)
• Joint UTEP-UACJ partnership website
• Media events

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Structure

• U.S. Director Dr. Rodrigo Armijos
• U.S. Co-Director Dr. Meg Weigel
• Mexican Director Dr. Hugo Staines
• Program Coordinator Dr. Laura Alvarez

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UTEP Department of Health Promotion Graduate
Program
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UTEP College of Health Sciences
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UTEP College of Health Sciences
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Mission of Department of Health Promotion

• Preventing disease and improving health status of
  US and international populations through
  education, research, and community outreach

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Major DHP Goals

• Train future leaders in health promotion
• Conduct research using community-based health
  strategies
• Carry out community-based health projects linked
  to teaching and research

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SABPAC-Approved Program at UTEP

• One of only 16 in US meeting the stringent
  accreditation requirements for SABPAC approval
• Approval is a designation awarded by joint
  committee of the Society for Public Health
  Education (SOPHE) and American Association for
  Health Education (AAHE)
• SABPAC approval recognized as a standard for
  entry-level health education preparation programs

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National Certification Eligibility

• Professional credential
• M.S. Program graduates eligible to take the
  national Certified Health Education Specialist
  Exam (CHES)