title: The Frontera Collaboration: a preliminary report of health sciences librarians promoting evidence-based practice in U.S.-Mexico border communities.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health Library, Bethesda, MD 20892-1150, USA. keith.cogdill@nih.gov
authors.forename: Keith W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Cogdill
authors.forename: Lorely
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ambriz
authors.forename: Brooke L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Billman
authors.forename: Kathleen V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nail-Chiwetalu
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Trumble
authors.forename: Yamila M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: El-Khayat
authors.forename: Annabelle V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nuñez
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008800:Mexico; D020380:Needs Assessment; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States