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Toña Sanchez visits with migrant kids

When the Fires Broke Out, CHWs in Oregon Took a Different Approach

Dec 7, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Lead Community Health Worker Toña Sanchez visits with migrant kids. Photo: The Next Door, Inc.When wildfires hit Oregon earlier this year, farmworkers suffered. Despite official recommendations to…

Leslie Nickels: “One of our finest warriors," A Memorial from The Pump Handle

Dec 4, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The occupational health and safety community is mourning the death of Leslie Nickels, MEd, PhD, who passed away earlier this week from breast cancer. Leslie embodied the heart and spirit of…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: Wage Theft of Harvey Reconstruction Workers and Caring for Migrant Health Care Workers

Dec 1, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
December has arrived! Before you dive into the weekend’s festivities, take amoment to read some interesting articles and perspectives on migrant health! Here are five pieces from this week…
Group Photo Panama

Migrants Throughout the Americas: TB and TB-HIV Coinfection Advocacy in Panama

Nov 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the leadup to the 2016 summer Olympics, migrants arrived in Brazil in droves to build the infrastructure necessary to host the games. After the work was completed, many migrants, particularly…
child eating food at a picnic

Growing Healthy Children: Growers and Childcare Providers Meet to Protect Agricultural Worker Kids

Nov 29, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, MCN’s Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager, arrived in Las Vegas to facilitate a focus group with childcare providers and growers -- an…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: The Metabolic Legacy of Environmental Injustice and Slave Auctions in Libya

Nov 24, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant health justice has never been more relevant, more salient, or more urgent. On this Thanksgiving weekend, we send our deep gratitude to the millions of farmworkers who migrate every few weeks…
Farmworker's hand holding apple

Thanksgiving: Showing our Gratitude to Farmworkers through Awareness and Action

Nov 22, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude surrounding a huge feast. Those of us advocating year-round for farmworkers take the time at Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the hardworking people who…
Sara Quandt and Tom Arcury Holding Alice Hamilton Award

Honoring Dedication to Worker Health and Safety: Sara Quandt and Tom Arcury Receive Alice Hamilton Award

Nov 20, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Photo: thepumphandle.orgLook up the latest and most compelling research on occupational safety and health among the most unprotected and neglected workers in this country -- migrant farmworkers, or…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: How a Small Hospital in Puerto Rico Survived Hurricane Maria and Rural America’s Disappearing Maternity Care

Nov 17, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
National Rural Health Week is coming to a close. For issues including disaster response, the opioid epidemic, and agricultural worker health and safety, clinicians serving rural patients take extra…
APHA - Clinicians' role in addressing climate related health conditions

MCN's APHA Poster Presentation: Clinicians' Role in Addressing Climate Change-Related Health Concerns

Nov 15, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last weekend, MCN’s Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, headed to Atlanta for the American Public Health Association’s annual conference, boldly titled, “Creating…
Amy Liebman, Veronica Correa, Kerry Brennan, and Zlati Koscina

Support MCN for #GivingTuesday: Former MCNer Raises Funds for Puerto Rico

Nov 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
From left to right: Amy Liebman, MPA, MA Migrant Clinicians Network, Veronica Correa, LCSW-C, The Personal Wellness Center, Kerry Brennan, Dance Teacher, and Zlati Koscina, The Personal Wellness…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: Scientists Solve 50-Year-Old Mystery About Breakbone Fever and Community Health Workers Help Vulnerable Communities

Nov 10, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are this week’s five articles on public health topics of interest that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members.Promotores…
women's conference

MCN's Successful 3rd Annual Women's Conference in Austin!

Nov 9, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last weekend, Migrant Clinicians Network and our partner the Consulate General of Mexico celebrated a very successful third annual Women’s Conference, titled “Strengthening Women’s Entrepreneurship…
health network associate on the phone

Health Network’s Unique Strategies for Communication with Mobile Patients: Streamline Reprint

Nov 8, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network Associates encounter numerous obstacles to ensuring continuous care for the mobile patients enrolled in Health Network, MCN’s innovative and effective bridge case management system.…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: Climate Change’s Affects on Health and Exploring Race and Farming in America

Nov 3, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Crisp mornings, shorter days, and orange leaves on the orchard floors -- fall has arrived. Even has the harvest seasons slow down on many farms, we continue to work for the health needs of…
mcn giving tuesday global health network

Invest in Health on #GivingTuesday

Nov 1, 2017
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A patient, Kara, is diagnosed with cancer. Her treatment plan is laid out for her, her appointments are scheduled, and she begins treatment. After just two weeks, Kara announces that she needs to…
child reading a book with her dad

Migrant Clinicians Network Receives Aetna Grant for Health Education for Farmworker Parents

Oct 31, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network has been selected as a grantee in the Aetna Foundation’s Cultivating Healthy Communities program and was awarded a $100,000 community grant to implement a new program…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: Tech Infrastructure Help for Puerto Rico and a Surprise Farmworker Appreciation Video

Oct 27, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday covers tech infrastructure help for Puerto Rico, two pieces on underserved children’s health, and a farmworker appreciation video, all recommended by MCN staff.The NHIT…
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Update from Binational Health Week

Oct 24, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The Kick Off Fiesta to send the Ventanilla de Salud office into Binational Health month with a bang was filled with vendors the entire day of the 29th of September, from 9am - 7pm. Our partners…
Cars driving on hurricane beaten dirt roads

Discussing the Damage to Health Facilities in Puerto Rico

Oct 23, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN's Alma Galvan spoke via email with Alexis Serrano of Corporacion de Servicios Medicos, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Puerto Rico with which MCN has worked on multiple projects…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: Helicopter Flights Delivering Key Medicines in Ongoing Crisis in Puerto Rico and the Early Hours of the Sonoma Wildfires

Oct 20, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday gives a glimpse into how closely we are watching the health and safety developments in the days after the disasters around the hemisphere. Many of the patients we serve…
#metoo #yotambien now what?

#metoo. #yotambien. Now what?

Oct 18, 2017
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Facebook’s cute-kid-with-pumpkin photos and gloomy political posts were less prominent this week, as thousands and thousands of women and others -- likely many of your own Facebook friends -- posted…
Ed Zuroweste speaking at Washington State TB Educational Conference

How Health Centers Can Tackle TB Infection, According to Dr. Zuroweste

Oct 17, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
When we think of Tuberculosis identification and treatment, we often think of the local health department. After all, they are set up to take the lead role in such public health concerns, providing…
Jose Rodriguez and Alma Galván at East Coast Migrant Stream Forum

From the Field: Puerto Rico Health Center Providing Services, Needs Medication

Oct 16, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Left to Right: Alicia Gonzales (NCFH), Gladys Cate (HRSA), Alma Galván (MCN) and Jose Rodriguez (Medical Director at Hospital General Castañer.) Alma Galván, MHC: What does the health center look…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday: Documentary on Life and Work of Dolores Huerta and Impact of Emergencies on Health Information and EHR Safety

Oct 13, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
I live in Marin County, about 20 minutes from the frontlines of one of the massive Northern California fires raging on today. I write this from my parents’ house -- my daughter and I have left home…
hurricane and destroyed homes

Binational: When Disaster Strikes Your US Community and Your Home Community

Oct 11, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Leslie Diaz, who works as a Health Network Associate at the Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) in Austin, Texas, called Francisco Gámez, with Aids Interfaith Network/Manos Unidas and VdS in…