community interventions for health in mexico jorge a. ramírez, teresa fernández, beatriz champagne
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COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS
FOR HEALTH IN MEXICO
Jorge A. Ramírez, Teresa Fernández, Beatriz Champagne
Mexico
Mexico City
Source: www.lonelyplanet.com
Intervention and control areas
XochimilcoControl area
TlalpanIntervention area
Background to CIH in Mexico City Community work estabished in Tlalpan in 1998World Heart Day has been celebrated since 2000Epidemiogical studies taking place since 2001
Anthropological perspectiveCommunity coalitions formed within micro-regions, utilising cultural and socio-economic characteristics
Pueblos: rural, traditional Barrios: urban, traditional
Colonias: urban Blocks of flats: urban
CIH innovations in Mexico City
Technology was used to:
Track the physical activity of school children by geographic information system
Allow direct data entry from questionnaires onto lap-tops by school children
CIH innovations in Mexico CityDigital maps used to
identify socio-economic status by street block
Body analysers used in data collection
CIH Team in Mexico