Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United States
The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved access to healthcare in the United States. However, immigrants —especially those undocumented— still faced difficulties, which have increased during the Trump administration. In order to bring access to health services to its nationals, the Mexican governm...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
2020-03-01
|
| Series: | Estudios Fronterizos |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/824 |
| _version_ | 1819169688862588928 |
|---|---|
| author | Valeria Marina Valle Wilma Laura Gandoy Vázquez Karla Angélica Valenzuela Moreno |
| author_facet | Valeria Marina Valle Wilma Laura Gandoy Vázquez Karla Angélica Valenzuela Moreno |
| author_sort | Valeria Marina Valle |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved access to healthcare in the United States. However, immigrants —especially those undocumented— still faced difficulties, which have increased during the Trump administration. In order to bring access to health services to its nationals, the Mexican government has implemented the Health Windows Program (Ventanillas de Salud, or VDS). The article reviews changes in the U.S. healthcare system from the ACA to date, and assesses the role of VDS. The methodology is qualitative, consisting of a literature review, interviews with community leaders and Mexican government officials, and questionnaires sent to four VDS: Arizona, Florida, Idaho and Texas. Results show that VDS provide reliable and affordable access to basic healthcare services, and detection of chronic and non-communicable diseases, especially within undocumented immigrants. Public policy recommendations are offered based on these findings. Limitations of the study include the data collected, which is non-representative of all VDS. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-22T19:23:29Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-73e5be9b4b804aeaa059f1846d2334e7 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 0187-6961 2395-9134 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-22T19:23:29Z |
| publishDate | 2020-03-01 |
| publisher | Universidad Autonoma de Baja California |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Estudios Fronterizos |
| spelling | doaj.art-73e5be9b4b804aeaa059f1846d2334e72022-12-21T18:15:19ZengUniversidad Autonoma de Baja CaliforniaEstudios Fronterizos0187-69612395-91342020-03-012110.21670/ref.2001043Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United StatesValeria Marina Valle0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-6003Wilma Laura Gandoy Vázquez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-1022Karla Angélica Valenzuela Moreno2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-3057Universidad Iberoamericana Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores Universidad Iberoamericana The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved access to healthcare in the United States. However, immigrants —especially those undocumented— still faced difficulties, which have increased during the Trump administration. In order to bring access to health services to its nationals, the Mexican government has implemented the Health Windows Program (Ventanillas de Salud, or VDS). The article reviews changes in the U.S. healthcare system from the ACA to date, and assesses the role of VDS. The methodology is qualitative, consisting of a literature review, interviews with community leaders and Mexican government officials, and questionnaires sent to four VDS: Arizona, Florida, Idaho and Texas. Results show that VDS provide reliable and affordable access to basic healthcare services, and detection of chronic and non-communicable diseases, especially within undocumented immigrants. Public policy recommendations are offered based on these findings. Limitations of the study include the data collected, which is non-representative of all VDS.http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/824healthcare accessconsulatesinsurancepreventive careearly detection of chronic and non-communicable diseasescommunity health clinicsventanillas de salud |
| spellingShingle | Valeria Marina Valle Wilma Laura Gandoy Vázquez Karla Angélica Valenzuela Moreno Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United States Estudios Fronterizos healthcare access consulates insurance preventive care early detection of chronic and non-communicable diseases community health clinics ventanillas de salud |
| title | Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United States |
| title_full | Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United States |
| title_short | Ventanillas de Salud: Defeating challenges in healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in the United States |
| title_sort | ventanillas de salud defeating challenges in healthcare access for mexican immigrants in the united states |
| topic | healthcare access consulates insurance preventive care early detection of chronic and non-communicable diseases community health clinics ventanillas de salud |
| url | http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/824 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT valeriamarinavalle ventanillasdesaluddefeatingchallengesinhealthcareaccessformexicanimmigrantsintheunitedstates AT wilmalauragandoyvazquez ventanillasdesaluddefeatingchallengesinhealthcareaccessformexicanimmigrantsintheunitedstates AT karlaangelicavalenzuelamoreno ventanillasdesaluddefeatingchallengesinhealthcareaccessformexicanimmigrantsintheunitedstates |