HHS Region 2
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Lead Surveillance System
San Juan, PR
Cohort 12 - 2023
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Overview
As a lead-free community team, our team plans to promote educational material related to health on the island, provide webinar courses for parents of children enrolled in the WIC Program, train community leaders and healthcare providers, spread the word to other agencies for children to be referred, and prepare and address lead in high-risk places such as homes, schools, childcare facilities, etc.
Team Members
Wilmarie Muñiz-Forestier
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Mayra Toro Tirado
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Yvette López-Vázquez
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Gredia Huerta-Montanez
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Nicole Perez Rodriguez
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Documents
Team Puerto Rico 1
Various locations
Cohort 6 - 2017
NLAPH
Overview
The goal of the Puerto Rico cohort is to strengthen the capacity and leadership skills of public health professionals throughout Puerto Rico. The team is also managing the Puerto Rico Zika response.
Team members
Alexander Cruz-Benitez
Charlie Vidal
Damaris Díaz de Jesús
Emmanuel Morales Monsanto
Francis J. Galicia Feliciano
Gamaliel Monge-Ruiz
Johanna K. Corchado-Feliciano
Luis A. Rosario-Arroyo
Yesenia I. Vazquez-Navarro
Team Puerto Rico 2
Various locations
Cohort 6 - 2017
NLAPH
Overview
The goal of the Puerto Rico cohort is to strengthen the capacity and leadership skills of public health professionals throughout Puerto Rico. The team is also managing the Puerto Rico Zika response.
Team members
Marisol Peña-Orellana
Miguel Eduardo Marrero
Miriam Ruiz-Rapale
Rubén O. Brás-Morales
Sara C. Barreto-Arocho
Shelymar C. Acevedo Ortiz
Siomara Pérez-Quintana
Yanice M. Duquesne Maldonado
Team Puerto Rico 3
Various locations
Cohort 6 - 2017
NLAPH
Overview
The goal of the Puerto Rico cohort is to strengthen the capacity and leadership skills of public health professionals throughout Puerto Rico. The team is also managing the Puerto Rico Zika response.
Team members
Brenda I. Castro-Voltaggio
Edna Pacheco-Acosta
Jessica Irizarry-Ramos
Maria A. Martinez-Cárdenas
Michael I. Rivera- Morales
Monica Castellano Vega
Nivia Gerena-Pérez
Wilma González-Barreto
Team Puerto Rico 4
Various locations
Cohort 6 - 2017
NLAPH
Overview
The goal of the Puerto Rico cohort is to strengthen the capacity and leadership skills of public health professionals throughout Puerto Rico. The team is also managing the Puerto Rico Zika response.
Team members
Darielys Cordero-Rosario
Gisela Medina-Martínez
Himilce Vélez Almodóvar
Juan Angel Ortiz Rodriguez
Kayra Rosado-Ortiz
Mahmoud Kamal Aboukheir
Noemi Hernández-Meléndez
Vanessa Santiago-Pardo
Puerto Rico Health Leadership Team
San Juan, PR
Cohort 4 - 2015
NLAPH
Overview
The PRHLT members are currently working on maternal-child health (MCH) issues from a broader policy perspective at an island-wide level, focusing both on reducing premature birth and improving cognitive development outcomes. Specifically, team members are working to reduce the island’s alarming 15.1% premature birthrate by training clinicians on the causes of premature births and working with medical directors at private and public hospitals to implement “hard-stop policies” on early C-sections. Additionally, team members are working to implement policies and a national plan to improve service integration across agencies that target the SDOH leading to low MCH and childhood developmental outcomes.
Team members
Ricardo Torres-Muñoz
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Maria Levis
Impactivo, LLC
Jose Cordero
College of Public Health
University of Georgia
Maria Lacomba
Quantum Consulting