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Hope and Celebration: Top Six MCN Blogs of 2021

Dec 29, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The end of the year presents opportunities for growth and reflection around future goals and visions. Here at Migrant Clinicians Network, we gather (this year, virtually) during the first few weeks…
A mother and child receive supplies from clinician

Climate-Impacted Communities Deserve Better, with Myrellis Muñiz-Márquez

Dec 28, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The climate crisis is constantly transforming the world as we know it. Alterations in climate patterns that previously took centuries to develop are now evident in only decades or even less.…
Remembering Don Villarejo

Remembering Don Villarejo

Dec 22, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, researcher, professor, and farmworker health advocate Don Villarejo passed away. Villarejo was a founder of the California Institute for Rural Studies, an important nonprofit research…
How to Support Migrant Farmworkers' Mental Health: It Starts with Partnerships

How to Support Migrant Farmworkers' Mental Health: It Starts with Partnerships

Dec 16, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Jenna Feinauer, Migrant Clinicians Network and Dr Ivette Ruiz, MS-HSBP, Healing by Growing Farms LLC Although the frequency of mental illnesses among migrants varies, all migrants are subject…
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Pregnant Asylum Seekers Deserve Better, with Pinky Garcia

Dec 8, 2021
By: jsanne
At Health Network, we help hundreds of pregnant asylum seekers every year. Their health needs are often complicated, and getting care for them is frequently very difficult because they are so…
Asylum-seeking Children deserve better

Asylum-Seeking Children Deserve Better – Giving Tuesday 2021

Nov 29, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Most of the children who arrive in the US to seek asylum with their families are healthy, which is pretty miraculous, considering the grueling and long journeys the families often take, sometimes…
Giving Thanks, Building Better Worlds

Giving Thanks, Building Better Worlds: MCN Reflects on Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As we gather around the dinner table to give thanks and share a meal, many of us will be missing the presence of a loved one who has passed, who is too sick to join at the table, who is too far…
Clinicians Standing together

How to De-Escalate a Tense Interaction

Nov 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Recently, at a shopping mall in an urban city, three community outreach workers were standing near a table that had a colorful tri-fold with helpful, local information about how to get a vaccine…
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Partner Spotlight: Alabama State Association of Cooperatives

Nov 17, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In rural Alabama, the struggle to get people vaccinated can be laborious work. “The people will tell us that ‘they’re waiting on God, it causes sterilization in male and females… it’s a hoax…
A CHW speaking with someone wearing a mask

One-On-One Encounters: The Toughest Hurdle in COVID-19 Vaccine Advocacy

Nov 10, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“I am passionate because I know what COVID is,” shares Nadya Julien, CRNP. Like many across the globe, Julien has felt the brutal impact of COVID-19. Falling ill with the virus last year, Julien…
A person receiving a vaccination

Partner Spotlight: Kansas Black Farmers Association

Nov 4, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For Black farmers in Kansas, the pandemic has not been easy. After decades of shrinking land ownership, the challenges of COVID-19 represent a new kind of threat, and organizations like the Kansas…
A person receives a vaccination at the BHW event

Binational Health Week: Ventanillas de Salud Give Opportunities for Health, Online and In-Person

Oct 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Earlier this month, on a warm Saturday in the cafeteria of an elementary school in Austin, Texas, dozens of families lined up, masked and distanced, and waited for their turn for a free eye exam.…
A person holding a vaccination record card

Include the Alias? Skip the Real Name? COVID-19 Vaccination Card Recommendations

Oct 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Names can be a complex thing for immigrant and migrant workers. These workers often must use a pseudonym in workplaces, as they may lack documentation to legally work in the United States using…
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Learning from the Past: Measles and Vaccine Confidence

Sep 29, 2021
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In 2017, Minnesota public health authorities were alarmed by an uptick in pediatric cases of the measles, which appeared to be the start of a second outbreak in a decade. Almost 20 years prior,…
A farmworker in the field

Heat Kills Workers, Standards Save Lives: MCN Comments on Maryland Heat Standard

Sep 15, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Heat stress kills food and farmworkers – and every heat-related illness that these workers experience can be prevented. Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) is drafting a much-needed…
A nurse speaking with Afghan refugees

10 Steps to Provide Trauma-Informed Care for Afghan Refugees

Sep 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are arriving across the US – and all of them will receive a health assessment in the coming weeks. Once they arrive on US soil, Afghan families are connected to…
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Tips for Making the Most of Interpreters and Interpretation Hotlines

Sep 8, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Interpreters and interpretation hotlines are key tools for clinicians when they do not share a common language with their patients. While interpreters may work full time or part time in the office…
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When My Sister Came Out as Trans, the Political Became Personal

Jun 30, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Years ago, I read a quote on a message board that changed my life. The posters were debating the implications of the hotly contested election results that declared Republican George W. Bush the…
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A Celebration of Patricia Juarez-Carrillo's Life Work Improving the Health of Migrants and Immigrants

Jun 16, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, Patricia Juárez-Carrillo, PhD, MPH, passed away at the age of 63 from pulmonary fibrosis. Patricia was a longtime collaborator and consultant for Migrant Clinicians Network, a close…
Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

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Jun 15, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The Trump Administration was regularly cited as a root cause for migrant and immigrant patients to avoid getting the health care they needed – according to clinicians who have taken Migrant…
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A Deep Dive into COVID-19’s Unequal Impact on Women

Jun 10, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness We have all read that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been more negative for women’s daily lives than for men’s. But it turns out…
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Asylum Seekers, Health Needs, Concertina Wire… and Hope: A View of the Entire US-Mexico Border, From the Health Provider’s Perspective

Jun 9, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the end of May, Deliana Garcia headed to the US-Mexico border – not just to visit one border town, but to travel the entire length of the border on the US side, from San Diego, California to…
Outreach workers speak with residents of community

Puerto Rico Gender-Based Violence Requires Sustained Attention and Practical and Accessible Resources

Jun 2, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few years, Puerto Rico has seen a significant spike in gender-based violence that has not been sufficiently addressed. Gender-based violence1 was already a growing concern before…
CHW speaks with a farmworker

Workplace Protections for Essential Workers Must Consider RIM Communities

Jun 1, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
While COVID-19 is a public health threat to the entire US population, there is growing evidence that the outbreak disproportionately affects some populations, including certain refugee, immigrant and…
CHWs speak with farmworkers

COVID-19 From the Perspective of a Community Health Worker: Veronica Martinez Vargas

May 27, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
COVID-19 has resulted in changes and struggles in our lives that most of us were not prepared for or expected. This includes dealing with illness, the loss of loved ones, mental health struggles…
Funding Opportunity to Prevent COVID-19 in Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Communities

Funding Opportunity to Prevent COVID-19 in Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Communities

May 20, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A new funding opportunity is now available for local health departments and community-based organizations to assist these groups to reach refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities to prevent and…