In eleven pages the border between Mexico and the United States is a setting for an examination of how successfully preventing or treating tuberculosis may be hampered by cultural beliefs particularly as far as Mexico is concerned. Thirteen sources are cited in the bibliography.
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The area on each side of the 2,000-mile border between the US and Mexico has been described as holding a "third culture" (Brennan), one that is not
entirely American and one that is not entirely Mexican. Daily - and legal - border crossings numbered high before the advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
but in the decade since that agreement went into effect those daily crossings literally number in the thousands (Brennan). Many of these crossings are related to manufacturing and shipping;
many result from the fact that hundreds of workers live in one country but work in the other. An ongoing and growing health
problem in the border region is the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB). Cases in the US are higher in the four border states, and incidence among the foreign-born is much
higher than among those born in the US. "The purpose of this article is to determine whether cultural beliefs of the Mexican population affect the increase in number of
TB cases" seen in the border region between the two countries. "In the United States 25 percent of the TB cases are of Mexican origin. This significant number
needs to be explored as to why such a high number of cases exists." 2.0 Complicating Factors
Though the purpose of this literature review is to assess what types and forms of cultural beliefs might influence treatment in the border region, there is a
decided non-cultural factor that is of more significance in the border region than in the rest of the United States. Those warning of growing antibiotic resistance have been regarded
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