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MCN Farmworker Awareness Week 2015

Weekly Round-Up | March 20, 2015

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

We had a busy week here at MCN -- we're excited for the weekend. Here's our weekly rundown of news and notes in the world of migrant health and beyond, as recommended by MCN staff. Make sure to…

CHW Promotores

Highlights from Our Community Health Workers Webinar Series

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Tomorrow is the third installment of our ten-episode webinar series for promotores conducted entirely en Español, entitled Principios de Salud Pública para Promotores. The first two webinars -- ¿Que…

NWRPCA Open House

NWRPCA Open House

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Last week, MCN’s Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH, MA, joined about 40 others for an open house at the new office space of the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA) in Seattle, WA. Jennie was…

MCN Weekly Round-Up

Weekly Round-Up | March 13, 2015

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Hooray for Friday! Here’s something to bring with you into the weekend: this week’s news and notes, from MCN staff, on migrant health and beyond. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed to receive our…

Jillian Issue Brief

MCN Weekly Round-Up | March 6, 2015

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Is it Friday, already? Here are some great updates on migrant health and beyond, sent by staff members at MCN. We hope you enjoy them. From Jillian, Director of Professional Development and…

MCN and EPA Visit

Environmental Health in the Field: Our EPA Partners Experience Migrant Workers' Lives Firsthand

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

This week, MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health office in Maryland was thrilled to host our partners from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for visits to several local sites where we…

MCN

MCN Weekly Round-Up | February 27, 2015

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Happy Friday! Here are a few interesting pieces to keep us up-to-date in the world of migrant health, as recommended by staff at MCN. Amy, MCN’s Director of Environmental and Occupational Health,…

Juliana, Amy, Barb

In the Field: A look at MCN’s environmental and occupational health team

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Last week, Amy Liebman, MCN’s Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Juliana Simmons, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager, escaped the dreary winter skylines of…

Dr. Rogers

Valentine's Week Round-Up

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Happy Friday! Here are some articles, talks, and resources that caught the eye of MCN employees this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. From Charlotte, Development Coordinator: Here's a…

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Why is a reporter doing the work of a clinician? Pesticide drift in Washington State

By: Amy Liebman

Editor's note: This post, written by MCN's Amy Liebman, first appeared in The Pump Handle, a public health blog. Please visit The Pump Handle at http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/. Pesticide…

Prenatal Office

Birth Defects: Anencephaly and Health Justice in Washington State

By: Chelsea Renz

Editor’s Note: Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH is MCN’s Specialist in Child & Migrant Health and Bioethics. She is a member of the Washington State Department of Health Anencephaly Advisory Committee.…

Ebola Webinar

“Lessons from the Ebola Crisis” Webinar: Informative, Highly-Rated, and Now Archived

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

On Wednesday, Ed Zuroweste, MD, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, led an hour-long webinar entitled “Lessons From the Ebola Crisis: Global Health At Your Doorstep.” Twenty-three days earlier, Dr.…

Global Health Nursing

"Global Health Nursing": New Book Features Chapter Written by MCN’s Candace Kugel

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Nurses providing care to diverse populations around the world are highlighted in the newly published Global Health Nursing: Narratives from the Field. The book provides firsthand accounts of the…

How Do We Avoid Another EHR Mishap? Part Two

By: Brenda Ramirez

In light of the recent mishandling of a patient with Ebola virus in Dallas, Texas, MCN has been discussing internally the importance of communication between each patient’s care team. Such issues…

How Do We Avoid Another EHR Mishap? Part One

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

EDIT: MCN is saddened to hear Thomas Duncan has passed away. We offer our condolences to his family and friends.On September 25, Thomas Eric Duncan went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in…

PHOTO- Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

Congress Will See Life Through the Eyes of Farmworkers with Seth Holmes' "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies"

By: KerryBrennan

Last week, President Obama and every member of Congress received a copy of Seth Holmes’ Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies. For nearly two years, physician and anthropologist Seth Holmes lived and worked as…

Watermelon Toss

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

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

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…

Tina Castenares, MD

Clinician Spotlight: Tina Castañares

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…

Cholinesterase Monitoring Algorithm Preview

MCN and Partners Develop Comprehensive Clinical Tool

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

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…

PHOTO: Caroloyn Davis FNP 2010

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

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

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…

Dr. Ed Zuroweste

Dr. Zuroweste Reports from the Field

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?

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--…

researcher in lab

Innovation More Important Than Ever

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…

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