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About the Office of Border Public Health (OBPH) Community Health Worker Training Center

Vision

A healthy Texas-Mexico Border with empowered Promotores de Salud/Community Health Workers.

 

Mission

Create a Community Health Worker Training Center model that improves health and well-being along the Texas-Mexico border by collaborating to increase capacity and capability in public health.

 

Priorities

The following are OBPH public health priorities that have been identified through Healthy Border 2020 and recommendations from the Task Force of Border Health Officials.  

 

Communicable Diseases 
Chronic Diseases - Child and Adult 
Environmental Health 
  • TB: TB Meningitis
  • Multidrug-resistant TB, TB/HIV co-infections
  • STDs: HIV/AIDS, Gonorrhea, Congenital Syphilis
  • Liver Diseases
  • Pediatric and adult
  • Immunization rates
  • COVID-19
  • Pertussis
  • Obesity
  • Diabetes: pre- diabetes
  • Heart Disease: hypertension, pre-hypertension
  • Asthma
  • Cancer: Cervical, Breast
  • Sanitation
  • Removal of standing water
  • Use of Repellent
  • Reporting rashes and fever to health authorities
  • Vectors (mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks)
Maternal and Child Health
Mental Health 
Injury Prevention 
  • Zika virus
  • Teen pregnancy
  • Prenatal care
  • Post-partum care
  • Preterm born infants
  • Neural tube defects
  • Dental care
  • Family planning
  • Primary healthcare
  • Preventive screenings
  • Addiction
  • Depression
  • Violence (all types)
  • Seat Belt Use
  • Child car seat safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional and Local Health Operations

Regional and Local Health Operations

Office of Border Public Health Community Health Worker Training Center

Contact Us

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Physical Address

The Office of Border Public Health Community Health Worker Training Center
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
United States