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In the Field: MCN promotes worker health and safety at APHA meeting in Chicago

Nov 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN’s Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, attended the 143rd American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Chicago. Yesterday,…
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Five on Friday | October 30, 2015

Oct 30, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Halloween! If, by chance, you haven’t yet purchased your stash of candy for tomorrow’s tiny Elsas and Batmans at the front door, consider buying fair trade chocolate or other ethical treats, to…
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Want to stop domestic violence? Turn to the men, first.

Oct 27, 2015
By: Carmen Vélez Vega
Here we are in the final days of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, during which editorial pages around the country gave some light to the topic we as a society spend a lot of time ignoring. But one…
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True Costs: The patients at health centers affected by drug price increases

Oct 27, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In August, the cost of Daraprim was raised from $13.50 to $750 per pill. The drug, known generically as Pyrimethamine, does not have a generic currently on the market. Last month, the news of the…

Health Network Video #2: How To Set Up Health Network in Your Clinic

Oct 25, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last month, we launched a video to give an overview of Health Network, our bridge case management system, which helps mobile patients continue their treatment, whether they move from California to…
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Five on Friday | October 23, 2015

Oct 23, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday exposes the many fronts on which the struggle for migrant justice is fought: in detention centers, in health centers, in government offices. Here are the top five…
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In the Field: Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee in Washington, DC

Oct 22, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health at MCN, is in Washington, DC to serve on the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee. Liebman is beginning her two-year…
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Blanca Borrega was arrested at her doctor’s office. What does that mean for other immigrants?

Oct 19, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last month, Blanca Borrega was arrested at her gynecologist’s office in a suburb of Houston. She had provided the office with identification that the front desk found suspicious, and they called…
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Five on Friday | October 16, 2015

Oct 16, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The final days of harvest have arrived for much of the country. The last sugar beets are being pulled out of the ground in North Dakota; apple harvest has a few more weeks in New York State. In…
The MCN family has suffered an incredible loss on October 5th, 2015 with the death of Homero Segovia, a remarkable and compassionate member of the Health Network team who died in a tragic car accident. His tender concern for the many patients whose care he managed was inspiring. He will be deeply, deeply missed.

Remembering MCN's Homero Segovia

Oct 14, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Health Network Associate Homero Segovia tragically passed away in a car accident. We are still reeling from the loss. We compiled some memories and impressions of Homero, which we…
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Linking Health and Justice in the Migrant Community

Oct 11, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Sharena Hagins, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Alexis Guild, Farmworker Justice As clinicians who treat migrant patients, you often see people whose health is affected by far…
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Five on Friday | October 9, 2015

Oct 9, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Homero Segovia, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Health Network Associate, tragically lost his life in a car accident. We at Migrant Clinicians Network struggled to keep working with the…
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Farmworker Voices

Oct 8, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), farmworker advocates quickly took action. We recognized how infrequently the WPS is…
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On the Path to Migrant Health: Refugee Care with Elena Diller

Oct 6, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“But this won’t cut my food stamps, right?” asked the Iraqi man sitting behind me. I looked over his pay stubs that I had just uploaded to Compass, the Georgia online system to apply for…
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In the Field: 2015 Symposium on Excellence in Primary Care

Oct 5, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the 2015 Symposium on Excellence in Primary Care, Tom Bodenheimer, MD, declared that we already know what good primary care looks like. Dr. Bodenheimer then challenged the participants to consider…
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Five on Friday | October 2, 2015

Oct 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s post could have been called “A few dozen on Friday” -- there were lots of happenings in the world of health justice for the mobile poor. Here’s a tidy selection of the offered news pieces…

Engaging Community Health Workers to Address Oral Health

Sep 30, 2015
By: Elaine Penn
by Ileana Maria Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPH, CNC, Senior Advisor for Scientific and Strategic Planning, Migrant Clinicians Network; and Laura Flores Cantrell, JD, Senior Program Officer, Washington…
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MCN Receives Susan Harwood Training Grant

Sep 29, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) was awarded a Susan Harwood Training Grant for capacity building from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). MCN’s project, Worker…
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At last: A revised Worker Protection Standard

Sep 28, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network is thrilled to announce today that the Environmental Protection Agency has at long last released its revised Worker Protection Standard, fortifying the rules that protect…
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Five on Friday | September 25, 2015

Sep 25, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
To round out our celebration of National Farm Safety and Health Week, we dedicate this week’s Five on Friday blog to the health and well-being of children in agricultural settings. Here are some…
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Celebrating our Dairy Workers: National Farm Safety & Health Week

Sep 24, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
National Farm Safety & Health Week is an annual campaign that recognizes the essential yet extremely hazardous work of our nation’s farmers. Today, we’re shining a light on America’s dairy farms…
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Improving Care for Transgender People

Sep 24, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Ginny Cassidy-Brinn, MSN, ARNP On September 3, 2015, the US Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule that would outlaw discrimination against transgender people in health care…
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Children Need Protection, Too: Celebrating National Farm Safety and Health Week

Sep 23, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week marks National Farm Safety and Health Week. While there is much to be celebrated in terms of advancements in farm safety, there is still much work to be done -- particularly when over 100…
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Five on Friday | September 18, 2015

Sep 18, 2015
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. 1.…
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Pushing hard till very end for a stronger Worker Protection Standard

Sep 16, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) discussed their current review of the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). The WPS is the Environmental…
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Migrating Along the Campaign Trail: Fact Versus Rhetoric in the Immigration Debate

Sep 9, 2015
By: Tim Dunn
Migrating Along the Campaign Trail: Fact Versus Rhetoric in the Immigration Debate By Timothy Dunn, Professor of Sociology, Salisbury University For those working with immigrants and providing…