Health Connections: Health Care at the Border by Pat Gleich

Early in 2008, the National Health Ministries mobile health van, MoM, visited four small communities (colonias) along the Texas–Mexico border. Volunteer nursing students and instructors from Alma College in Michigan, and from Texas A&M, accompanied MoM, offering a range of services to people who have virtually no other options for care. The nearest health services for the area are 45 minutes away, but without transportation and money to pay in advance, those services are not an option for many residents of the colonias. In addition to these factors, people without legal status or documentation of legal status often are too afraid to seek needed care.

What are the health realities for people without legal status in the United States? Find out by reading the full text of this article in the September/October 2008 issue of Horizons.

Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the September/October 2008 issue (HZN-08-240; $4 plus shipping).

Pat Gleich is the associate for health ministries for the PC(USA).

Photo of National Health Ministries' mobile health van when they visited communities along the Texas—Mexico border earlier this year (2008) by Chandra Kearns

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What are the health realities for people without legal status in the United States? Find out by reading the full text of this article in the September/October 2008 issue of Horizons. Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the September/October 2008 issue (HZN-08-240; $4 plus shipping).	Health Care at the Border by Pat Gleich Early in 2008, the National Health Ministries mobile health van, MoM, visited four small communities (colonias) along the Texas–Mexico border. Volunteer nursing students and instructors from Alma College in Michigan, and from Texas A&M, accompanied MoM, offering a range of services to people who have virtually no other options for care. The nearest health services for the area are 45 minutes away, but without transportation and money to pay in advance, those services are not an option for many residents of the colonias. In addition to these factors, people without legal status or documentation of legal status often are too afraid to seek needed care. What are the health realities for people without legal status in the United States? Find out by reading the full text of this article in the September/October 2008 issue of Horizons. Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the September/October 2008 issue (HZN-08-240; $4 plus shipping). Pat Gleich is the associate for health ministries for the PC(USA). Photo of National Health Ministries' mobile health van when they visited communities along the Texas—Mexico border earlier this year (2008) by Chandra Kearns Other Articles Online This Issue Devotional Proclaiming Good News in the Midst of Bad Presbyterian Women: A Part of Immigration History Know Thyself: Why the U.S.A. Mission Experience? Home Economics: Our Neighbors on Rio Grande Boulevard Reflections Ten Things You Should Know About the Immigration Legal System Shifting Borders: Immigration in Eastern Europe Dispatch from Forbearance Presbyterian Church Health Connections Faithful Parenting Strengthening the PC(USA)	Current Issue SEPT/OCT 2008 About This Issue Contents FREE Resource How to Use In Our Next Issue to Horizons or call (866) 802-3635 the September/October 2008 issue, HZN-08-240 ($4 plus shipping/handling)

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