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World Refugees In Our Hometowns: Serving Unaccompanied Minors

Jun 20, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is World Refugee Day. Here in the US, thousands of people arrive at our borders each year requesting asylum. Many of them are children who arrive without an adult. “Unaccompanied children”…
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Five on Friday | June 16, 2017: Housing shortages, addiction, and crackdown posing health risks

Jun 16, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Away we go into another weekend! What’s on your weekend reading list? Won’t you incorporate a few suggestions from Migrant Clinicians Network? Here are a few pieces that we sent to each other this…
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Tech and Ag: Using EHRs to Better Identify and Train Agricultural Workers on Occupational Exposures

Jun 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Fernando* had worked in agriculture on and off for six years. He drove out to the local apple orchards for four months out of the year, pruning, fertilizing, applying pesticides, and harvesting.…
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Five on Friday | June 9, 2017

Jun 9, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Summer is pouring its bounty into farmer’s markets across the country -- the days are getting hot. For clinicians, now is a great time to remind outdoor worker patients of the risk of heat stress and…
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Health Network’s Bridge Case Management Goes Far Beyond Records Transfer

Jun 8, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network cases aren’t just a matter of setting up appointments; the illnesses and treatment regimens that patients face often inflict significant stress and emotional turmoil on the patients,…
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Five on Friday | June 2, 2017

Jun 2, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The warmer days are here! Fields across America are swelling with the produce that will make up our summer picnics and graduation barbeques. We’re looking forward to a relaxing June weekend as we…
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The High Cost of Closing Pennsylvania's Health Departments

May 31, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Here’s how Pennsylvania’s health departments currently work: A patient with active tuberculosis is in the third month of his six-month treatment in southwest Pennsylvania. Like many patients with…
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Five on Friday | May 26, 2017

May 26, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members.Ed, Co-…
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Mosquito Season: Making the Critical Diagnosis

May 24, 2017
By: Brenda Ramirez
By Ed Zuroweste, MD, Co-Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians NetworkA patient arrives at your office with high fever, joint and muscle pain, and a headache. He is a 54-year-old agricultural…
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Hospital General Castañer Wins EPA Award

May 23, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, Jose Rodriguez, MD, Medical Director at Hospital General Castañer, attended an awards ceremony in New York City to receive the 2017 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
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Five on Friday | May 19, 2017

May 19, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Graduation season is upon us, and college students across the country are cramming for final exams. This week, MCN said goodbye to four of our hardworking interns who have learned the ins and outs of…
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Five on Friday | May 12, 2017

May 12, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff membersDel,…
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Pesticide Poisoning of Farmworkers in Bakersfield

May 10, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, more than 50 agricultural workers were sickened when exposed to pesticides while working in a cabbage field near Bakersfield, California. "We started getting an odor, pesticide odor,…
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Five on Friday | May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s been a busy week in the MCN world. Here are a few news pieces that caught the eye of MCN’s staff:It’s Cinco de Mayo, which is oddly celebrated more herein the US than in Mexico. Alma, Senior…
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Fair Trade Arrives on US Farms

May 4, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Fair Trade standards for US-grown products went into effect, potentially changing the scope of Fair Trade in the US market and promising a new model of fair labor practices, social justice…
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Empowerment: CHWs Help Patients Combat Chronic Diseases

May 2, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The newspapers report on it every day, our medical journals are filled with the latest data, and the patients in our exam rooms confirm: Diabetes is on the rise in the US and worldwide, including…
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Five on Friday | April 28, 2017

Apr 28, 2017
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today is Workers’ Memorial Day. Immigrant agricultural workers are one of the segments of US workers most vulnerable to workplace death. How do we as clinicians contribute to a safer work environment…
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Mourning the Dead, Fighting for the Living: Workers’ Memorial Day

Apr 27, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Over the course of 2015, almost 5,000 people in the US went to work one day and never came home. An additional estimated 50,000 workers died from occupational diseases. That’s according to the AFL-…
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Five on Friday | April 21, 2017

Apr 21, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Earth Day! Mobile patient health and the health of our planet are intimately connected. Planetary health is a field of study dedicated to better understanding the interconnectedness between the…
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In the Field: Reaching Rural CHWs in Puerto Rico

Apr 20, 2017
By: Alma Galván
On Thursday, April 6th, I had the pleasure of leading a workshop with Jose Rodriguez, MD, in Lares, a town in the heart of Puerto Rico well known for the coffee they produce. The goal of the workshop…
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In the Field: Austin Interns at Texas Public Health Networking Fair

Apr 17, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On April 7, we had the privilege to attend the Texas Public Health Networking Fair to represent both Migrant Clinicians Network and The Ventanilla de Salud of Austin. The fair was hosted by the…
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Five on Friday | April 14, 2017

Apr 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As we roll into the weekend, we’d like to offer up some of the interesting news pieces that arrived in our inboxes this week. What did you see this week? Let us know on Facebook and Twitter.Candace,…
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In the Field: MCN's Week in Puerto Rico

Apr 13, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Alma Galván, MHC, Senior Program Manager of Environmental and Occupational Health and Deliana Garcia, Director of International Relations, Research, and Development headed to Puerto…
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In the Field: Screening All Adults on Ebeye Island

Apr 12, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
For the last three weeks, MCN has been missing two key players in our all-star lineup of clinicians and health justice advocates: Ed Zuroweste, MD and Candace Kugel, CRNP, CNM, who spent three weeks…
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James and His Brother: A Health Network Case Study on TB and HIV Co-Infection

Apr 5, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“When James* was first enrolled with Health Network, he was on the verge of death,” recounted Health Network Associate Olivia Hayes. James was enrolled in January 2016 by a mid-Atlantic state’s…
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TB Still Kills: Deliana Garcia’s New Op-Ed Asks for More Recognition of TB As a Worldwide Health Threat

Apr 4, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Tuberculosis kills. In 2017, millions of people will die of TB, the disease which tormented Chinese dynasties a thousand years ago, which gripped Europe during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance,…