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Woman and Clinician

New ACOG Resource Calls for Clinician Responsibility in Preventing Environmental/Occupational Health Risks for Women

Nov 1, 2013
By: Candace Kugel
The Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) is pleased to receive support of our mission to be a force for health justice for the mobile poor from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (…
Watermelon Toss

EPA's New Pesticide Resource Includes Expanded Content, Features MCN

Sep 11, 2013
By: mpiorunski
Your patient reports stomach pain, nausea and headache. It’s nearing the heart of flu season - these are possible flu symptoms, you think. On examination, the patient doesn’t present with a fever. “…
Ed Zuroweste and a medical student examine a patient

BRIEFING: A Clinician's Call for Safer Farmworkers and Families

Jul 15, 2013
By: Brenda Ramirez
Today and tomorrow on Capitol Hill, more than a dozen farmworkers from across the nation are meeting with their members of Congress to call for the implementation of stronger protections for…
Woman at clinic

Engaging Migrants in Participatory Research

May 16, 2013
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By student from Miami, Rachel BeckerA paucity of literature provides an in-depth exploration of the mental and physical health of migrant workers. Researchers and clinicians have a variety of…
World TB Day banner

Commited to a World Free of TB

Mar 22, 2013
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Many advances have occurred since March 24 of 1882, the day that Dr. Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis. There is still much left to do in order to eradicate this disease on a global…
Farmworker harvesting blueberries

Educational Attainment for Farmworkers

Mar 4, 2013
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By DanielaDelgadoThe notion of equal opportunity is a reason for migrating to the United States. Educational advancement forms part of this notion, yet the educational attainment of some immigrant…
Tina Castenares, MD

Clinician Spotlight: Tina Castañares

Sep 18, 2012
By: James OBarr
I became aware of Tina Castañares while attending my first Migrant Health Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1990. I’m not sure we actually met or even talked, but with her dandelion head of…
Girl writing in notebook

Get Informed: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Goes into Effect August 15

Aug 14, 2012
By: mpiorunski
Today, August 15, the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services agency will begin accepting requests for consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from children and young adults who…
People protesting

Polls, Immigration Expert Suggests Americans' Support an Option for Immigrants to Stay

Jun 21, 2012
By: mpiorunski
Two recent polls show Americans’ attitudes toward immigration and illegal immigrants are not as contentious as political rhetoric would suggest.According to Tim Dunn, a professor of sociology at…
SoCal COSH - Dia Del Trabajador

MCN Honors Workers on International Workers' Memorial Day, Children in Agriculture Have Unequal Protections

Apr 27, 2012
By: mpiorunski
On the heels of International Worker Memorial Day, the day slated to honor the ultimate sacrifice of workers and families throughout the world, the Obama administration released a statement saying…
Cholinesterase Monitoring Algorithm Preview

MCN and Partners Develop Comprehensive Clinical Tool

Apr 10, 2012
By: mpiorunski
As part of our series of continuing education webinars, MCN partnered with the National Farm Medicine Center and Agrisafe Network in March to present the Nuts & Bolts of Cholinesterase…

Poisonings a Leading Cause of Death, Poison Prevention Week Celebrates 50

Mar 20, 2012
By: mpiorunski
During the month of March, MCN is taking the opportunity to share with you a series of blog posts about poisonings and poison prevention. This week marks the 50th Anniversary of National Poison…
Family Violence group

Stories From the Field

Oct 24, 2011
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
One of my colleagues at MCN has recently reminded us of the need to tell the stories of the people that we encounter and the work that we do. So often we put our nose to the grindstone and don’t look…
PHOTO: Caroloyn Davis FNP 2010

Shrimp Burgers, Night Clinic and Canine Rescue: Celebrating a Career Devoted to Caring for Migrant Farmworkers

Dec 14, 2010
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Article from Streamline, November - December, Issue: Volume 16, Issue 6 MCN- Carolyn Davis, Family Nurse Practitioner, was awarded the Steve Shore Community Catalyst Award at the 2010 East Coast…
BANNER: Save a Life. It may be your own. National AIDS Awareness Day.

Be Informed and Educate Others on National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

Oct 15, 2010
By: Carmen Vélez Vega
HIV/AIDS takes an especially heavy toll on the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in US society. Poverty, low income, limited education, sub-standard housing, and limited access to health…
PHOTO: Farmworkers working in blueberries.

Agricultural Health and Safety: Incorporating the Worker Perspective

Sep 14, 2010
By: Caitlin A. Fish J.D.
Excerpt of this article taken from: Liebman, Amy K. andAugustave, Wilson 'Agricultural Health and Safety: Incorporating the Worker Perspective', Journal of Agromedicine, 15:3, 192 - 199“We are…
PHOTO: Young boy coughing from Pertussis also known as whooping cough

Critical outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in California

Aug 24, 2010
By: Chelsea Renz
There is a critical outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in California: it is classified now as an epidemic. Five infants, all Latino, have died. This is due to unrecognized pertussis in older…
Dr. Ed Zuroweste

Dr. Zuroweste Reports from the Field

Nov 10, 2009
By: Brenda Ramirez
I was amazed today to be copied on an email about a big concern about the emergency response of the influenza team in Eastern Europe. I was copied because of the possibility that we may need to…
cows at farm

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operators at Greater Risk for H1N1?

Oct 3, 2009
By: Brenda Ramirez
There is great concern from clinicians we talk to that many of the migrants we serve, specifically those who work for large agricultural companies that raise and slaughter pigs and chickens (CAFOs--…
Dr. Ed Zuroweste with other WHO doctors

MCN’s Chief Medical Officer Deployed to the World Health Organization

Oct 1, 2009
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Dr. Ed Zuroweste, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, has been deployed to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland for four months to assist healthcare providers in limited resource…
worker in tobacco field

The Case For Putting an End to “Building Good Grower Relationships”: Why it is Time to Stop Discriminating Against Farmworkers

May 28, 2009
By: Mark Heffington
When discussing farmworker health risks, we include language and cultural barriers to health care access as well as the inherent risks of farmwork. We also recognize important factors such as…
researcher in lab

Innovation More Important Than Ever

Apr 2, 2009
By: Candace Kugel
It often seems that the most innovative programs develop out of the most hopeless seeming situations. The world of migrant health is full of examples of individuals who see a great need and then…
leading community training

Community Health Centers Demonstrate Malpractice Coverage Success!

Mar 16, 2009
By: Brenda Ramirez
In 1992, Congress passed legislation for HRSA through the Bureau of Primary Health Care to institute a Federal Government Self-insured malpractice program that was named “Federal Tort Claims Act (…
protester holding up sign

Hoax!

Feb 5, 2009
By: Candace Kugel
Yesterday I had an experience that reminded me of how ingrained anti-immigrant sentiment has become—even while we are observing a resurgence of hope and change on the political scene. I received a…
Fence at Border

Dying to Work

Feb 4, 2009
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
MCN was featured in an American Public Health Association (APHA) blog for our conference session entitled “Dying to Work: The Risks from Injury and Death on the Migrant’s Journey to Work in the…
Woman works in farm field

Authentic Voices

Apr 17, 2008
By: Brenda Ramirez
MCN is pleased to offer these five audio slideshows featuring farmworkers and health care providers. We want to hear your thoughts. What did these slideshows make you think about that you may not…