TY - JOUR
T1 - The Frontera Collaboration
T2 - A Preliminary Report of Health Sciences Librarians Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in U.S.-Mexico Border Communities
AU - Cogdill, Keith W.
AU - Ambriz, Lorely
AU - Billman, Brooke L.
AU - Carter, Kathleen V.
AU - Nail-Chiwetalu, Barbara
AU - Trumble, Julie M.
AU - El-Khayat, Yamila M.
AU - Nuñez, Annabelle V.
N1 - Funding Information:
received: march 13, 2012; revised: June 11, 2012; Accepted: July 23, 2012. this project was funded in whole, or in part, with federal funds from the national library of medicine, national institutes of health, department of health and human Services, under contract numbers n01-lm-6-3505 with the houston Academy of medicine-texas medical Center library and n01-lm-6-3507 with the uClA louise m. darling biomedical library. this paper was based on a presentation at the 111th Annual meeting of the medical library Association, minneapolis, mn, may 17, 2011.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - This article reviews the formation of the Frontera Collaboration, a coalition of health sciences librarians serving clinicians and public health personnel in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Based on findings from an assessment of the target populations' learning needs, the Frontera Collaboration participants developed a shared set of training materials that have been used in pilot training sessions. The Frontera Collaboration's participants learned several lessons related to collaborative health information outreach and increased their understanding of the concerns and needs of clinicians and public health personnel serving border communities.
AB - This article reviews the formation of the Frontera Collaboration, a coalition of health sciences librarians serving clinicians and public health personnel in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Based on findings from an assessment of the target populations' learning needs, the Frontera Collaboration participants developed a shared set of training materials that have been used in pilot training sessions. The Frontera Collaboration's participants learned several lessons related to collaborative health information outreach and increased their understanding of the concerns and needs of clinicians and public health personnel serving border communities.
KW - Community outreach
KW - Hispanic Americans
KW - U.S.-Mexico border
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - frontera Collaboration
KW - health care disparities
KW - health sciences libraries
KW - health status disparities
KW - minority health
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U2 - 10.1080/02763869.2012.724285
DO - 10.1080/02763869.2012.724285
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23092417
AN - SCOPUS:84868096842
SN - 0276-3869
VL - 31
SP - 400
EP - 413
JO - Medical Reference Services Quarterly
JF - Medical Reference Services Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -