U.S.-Mexico cross-border workforce training needs: survey implementation.

Background: Since the tragic events experienced on September 11, 2001, and other recent events such as the hurricane devastation in the southeastern parts of the country and the emergent H1N1 season, the need for a competent public health workforce has become vitally important for securing and protecting the greater population.

Objective: The primary objective of the study was to assess the training needs of the U.S.

Risk behaviors by ethnicity and Texas-Mexico border residence.

Objective: To determine whether residence on the Texas-Mexico border would modify the effect of ethnic differences on risk behaviors.

Design: We performed an analysis of 1999-2003 cross-sectional data from the Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Setting: Fifteen Texas-Mexico border counties compared with 239 Texas non-border counties.