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Five on Friday | April 29, 2016

Apr 29, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Here are a few articles that caught the interest of MCN’s staff this week. We hope you enjoy them. 1. Candace, Specialist in Clinical Systems & Women’s Health, shared a MedScape article on the…
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Workers’ Memorial Day: Why do more Latinos die on the job?

Apr 28, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, as every day, two Latino workers will die in the US as a result of work-related injuries or illnesses. These deaths are largely preventable. Thousands of workers will die this year, on farms,…
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Nail salon workers in Houston: Trainings on chemicals, ergonomics, and workers’ rights make healthier workplaces and empower workers

Apr 27, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Nail salon workers encounter a surprising array of toxic chemicals at the workplace, and, as the New York Times reported in a scathing expose last year, workers are often unaware of the health risks…
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It’s Your Right to Know: Chemical Safety Webinar, to Help Prevent Illness and Death Among Workers

Apr 25, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, at a vinyl petrochemical plant in Mexico, a leak caused a deadly petrochemical blast that killed at least 13 and injured 136 more. In Norfolk, Massachusetts, an employee suffered facial…
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Staggering new report on severe workplace injuries, and how community health workers can be the answer: New MCN webinar series!

Mar 24, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Ver en españolLast week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a report on its first year in collecting incident reports relating to severe injuries. Under its new rules…
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In the Field: Environmental and Occupational Health in Puerto Rico

Mar 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, our Environmental and Occupational Health team headed to Puerto Rico for a train-the-trainer session at Hospital General Castañer, a community health center located in the mountains in the…
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In the Field: Tending Tomorrow’s Blooms with Migrant Head Start

Feb 24, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager presented on MCN’s Protecting Children While Parents Work project in…
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Kevin Keaney: Leader in the Field

Feb 17, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In its current issue, the Journal of Agromedicine celebrated the work of Kevin Keaney, chief of US Environmental Protection Agency’s Certification and Worker Protection Branch. Keaney is a driving…
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2015 Year in Review: MCN’s hard work… all on one page

Feb 16, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Earlier this month, we released our 2015 Year in Review, which highlights some incredible facts and figures on Migrant Clinicians Network’s programs and services and the voluminous and much-needed…
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Five on Friday | February 12, 2016

Feb 12, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Anniversary, Five on Friday! It was a year ago this week that we began to send out our weekly recommendations from staff. What recommendation in the last year do you remember most? Here are…
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MCN in the News: Benefits of Providing Childcare for Farmworkers

Feb 10, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Capital Press, an agricultural news weekly, published an article on the benefits of providing childcare for children of agricultural workers. This article highlights Protecting Children…
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Five on Friday | January 29, 2016

Jan 29, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
While in the MCN offices we celebrated the awarding of the Cares Award to Health Network and the publication of our op-ed on tuberculosis, we kept our finger to the pulse of health justice in the US…
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In the Field: Nail Salon Worker Health & Safety with HOPE Clinic, Houston

Jan 19, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, I helped facilitate an exciting training at HOPE Clinic aimed at improving the health and safety of women who work in nail salons in and around Houston, Texas. I was joined by Amy Liebman…
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Dairy workers’ immigration status: An occupational safety hazard?

Jan 7, 2016
By: Caitlin A. Fish J.D.
The American dairy farm has changed. The idyllic small family farm still gracing many milk cartons -- a few cows, rolling green hills, a red barn -- has largely been replaced by big farms with…
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2015 Top Five Highlights from MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health Team

Dec 30, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
This year was a very busy one for MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health team. Our hard-working Maryland office completed a number of projects and initiated some ambitious new ones, to keep…
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MCN’s 2015 Year in Advocacy Review

Dec 28, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
2016 is just days away -- it’s time to review the year’s hard work. Here, we celebrate MCN successes in the fight for health justice. Learn more about MCN’s advocacy efforts in Advancing Health…
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Occupational Safety On the Horse Farm

Dec 8, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
There are pockets of workers all over the country who don’t fall into the typical agricultural worker definition. Dairy workers, for example, are often left out of regulations for agricultural…
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On the Path to Migrant Health: Mayra Melendez and Immigration Issues

Nov 30, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Mayra Melendez was seven years old when she moved with her family to Salisbury, Maryland from Lima, Peru in 2001. “My dad came here with an H1B visa, through an employer,” Melendez recalled. “He…
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2015 MCN Health Justice Highlights: Thank You, MCN Supporters!

Nov 22, 2015
By: Charlotte McCann
We’re feeling very grateful for the wonderfully vibrant and dedicated community of migrant clinicians that we serve. Thank you for your hard work in the fight for health justice for the mobile poor!…
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Five on Friday | November 13, 2015

Nov 13, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We’ve had another very busy week at MCN. 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. Claire, Writer and…
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Environmental and Occupational Health at Midwest Stream Forum

Nov 12, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
This week, I joined Ricardo Garay, MCN’s Health Network Manager, and Theressa Lyons, MCN’s Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, to represent MCN at the Midwest Stream Farmworker Health…

Announcing: Streamline Autumn 2015

Nov 10, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our fall issue of Streamline, our quarterly clinical publication, is hot off the presses! Download the new issue and view dozens of back issues here. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the content, in…
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In the Field: Juliana Simmons on Pesticides Panel at AAP Meeting

Nov 5, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Tuesday, MCN’s Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager, attended a meeting hosted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter and the…
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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,…