Rosales, Cecilia Ballesterosde Zapien, Jill Eileen GuernseyChang, JeanIngram, MaiaFernandez, Maria L.Carvajal, Scott C.Staten, Lisa K.2018-05-142018-05-142017-07-10Rosales, C. B., de Zapien, J. E. G., Chang, J., Ingram, M., Fernandez, M. L., Carvajal, S. C., & Staten, L. K. (2017). Perspectives on a US–Mexico Border Community’s Diabetes and “Health-Care” Access Mobilization Efforts and Comparative Analysis of Community Health Needs over 12 Years. Frontiers in Public Health, 5, 152. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00152https://hdl.handle.net/1805/16174This paper describes a community coalition-university partnership to address health needs in an underserved US-Mexico border, community. For approximately 15 years, this coalition engaged in community-based participatory research with community organizations, state/local health departments, and the state's only accredited college of public health. Notable efforts include the systematic collection of health-relevant data 12 years apart and data that spawned numerous health promotion activities. The latter includes specific evidence-based chronic disease-preventive interventions, including one that is now disseminated and replicated in Latino communities in the US and Mexico, and policy-level changes. Survey data to evaluate changes in a range of health problems and needs, with a specific focus on those related to diabetes and access to health-care issues-identified early on in the coalition as critical health problems affecting the community-are presented. Next steps for this community and lessons learned that may be applicable to other communities are discussed.en-USAttribution 3.0 United StatesBorder healthBorder health surveyCommunity engagementCommunity healthCommunity-based participatory researchArticle