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ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2024

A border health crisis at the United States-Mexico border: an urgent call to action.

Alexander Tenorio, Linda L Hill, Jay J Doucet

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Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Neighborhood Adversity and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in a Low-Income Migrant Community on the U.S.-Mexico Border.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alexander TenorioDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Linda L HillSchool of Public Health, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Jay J DoucetDepartment of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this Viewpoint, we provide an overview of the worsening trend of traumatic injuries across the United States-Mexico border after its recent fortification and height extension to 30-feet. We further characterize the international factors driving migration and the current U.S. policies and political climate that will allow this public health crisis to progress. Finally, we provide recommendations involving prevention efforts, effective resource allocation, and advocacy that will start addressing the humanitarian and economic consequences of current U.S. border policies and infrastructure.

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AsylumBorder wallHealth policyImmigrationSpine injuryTraumatic brain injuryTraumatic injuries

Identifiers

PMID38304757
PMCPMC10827580

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