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COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH IN MEXICO Jorge A. Ramírez, Teresa Fernández,

COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH IN MEXICO Jorge A. Ramírez, Teresa Fernández, Beatriz Champagne. Mexico . Mexico City. Source: www.lonelyplanet.com. Intervention and control areas. Xochimilco Control area. Tlalpan Intervention area. Background to CIH in Mexico City.

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COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH IN MEXICO Jorge A. Ramírez, Teresa Fernández,

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  1. COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS FORHEALTHIN MEXICO Jorge A. Ramírez, Teresa Fernández, Beatriz Champagne

  2. Mexico Mexico City Source: www.lonelyplanet.com

  3. Intervention and control areas Xochimilco Control area Tlalpan Intervention area

  4. Background to CIH in Mexico City • Community work estabished in Tlalpan in 1998 • World Heart Day has been celebrated since 2000 • Epidemiogical studies taking place since 2001

  5. Anthropological perspective Community coalitions formed within micro-regions, utilising cultural and socio-economic characteristics Pueblos: rural, traditional Barrios: urban, traditional Colonias: urban Blocks of flats: urban

  6. 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

  7. CIH innovations in Mexico City • Digital maps used to identify socio-economic status by street block • Body analysers used in data collection

  8. CIH Team in Mexico

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