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Witnessing: How Clinicians Can Move From Traumatic Stress to Empowerment While Serving Their Immigrant Patients

Oct 25, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(photo by Earl Dotter) When Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, first entered clinical practice as a psychologist and family therapist in 1970s Boston, she began to notice a common theme among her work with…
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On the Path to Health Justice: Marysel Pagán Santana

Oct 24, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
By Claire Hutkins-Seda Irma, Jeanne, Hugo. Bertha, Dean, Otto. Over the last 30 years, Puerto Rico has seen numerous devastating hurricanes, but last year’s Hurricane Maria was the most deadly,…
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Celebrate Children's Health Month by Empowering Farmworker Parents to Protect their Childrens' Health

Oct 15, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Every day, children are accosted with a barrage of parental nags, primarily aimed at keeping children safe and healthy: look both ways; tie your shoe; don’t talk to strangers; eat your…
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Berkeley Benefit Concert: Youth Support MCN Through Activism

Oct 9, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last month, 30 teenagers from around Berkeley, California, piled onto couches and squatted on shag carpeting in a rec room of a local Presbyterian church. They had been listening to Deliana…
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UN High Level Meeting on TB: Declaration Must Be Met by Political Will and Resources

Oct 3, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Investment follows political will.” -Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, at the UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis “Investment follows political will.” -Henrietta Fore, Executive…
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MCN and Ventanilla de Salud Celebrate Binational Health Week

Oct 2, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Edwardo Retta This time of the year marks the annual Binational Health Week at the Mexican Consulate of Austin. Along with Ventanillas de Salud all over the country, the Austin Ventanilla…
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Public Health or Public Charge? MCN Statement on the Administration’s Changes to Public Charge Policy

Sep 24, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
(Photo by Earl Dotter)As clinicians serving the mobile poor including many new immigrants, we strongly reject the proposed changes to “public charge” policy as it discourages people from seeking…
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TB Elimination: Unprecedented Efforts in Marshall Islands Will "Have Downstream Effects"

Sep 19, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Every morning for three weeks, MCN’s Co-Chief Medical Officers, Ed Zuroweste, MD, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, woke up early in Majuro, the capital city of the Marshall Islands, and went for a run.…
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Reprint | Response from the Field: Dr. Jose Rodriguez on Hurricane Deaths in Puerto Rico

Sep 13, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine affirms what clinicians on the ground already knew: the official death toll from devastating Hurricane Maria is vastly…
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Streamline Reprint: Disasters, Mental Health, and Puerto Rico: Interview with Dr. Lorena Torres

Sep 4, 2018
By: Alma Galván
photo credit: CSMBy Alma GalvanIn September 2017, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in what is called the strongest hurricane to ever hit the island. The devastation was widespread and long-…
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Zika in Puerto Rico: The Threat After Maria -- New Video

Jul 26, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Almost a year ago, Hurricane Maria changed the lives of Puerto Ricans, ripping through their homes, levelling their fields, damaging major infrastructure for months to come. Since the moment the…
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Summer Streamline: Integrated Team-Based Approach to Hypertension at Virginia Garcia

Jul 5, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
photo courtesy of Viriginia Garcia Memorial Health CenterBy Claire Hutkins Seda, Writer, Migrant Clinicians Network, and Managing Editor, StreamlineFour years ago, the providers at Virginia Garcia…
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Clear on Cost: Conversations between Health Center Patients and Providers about Cost of Care

Jun 5, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When Sarah* came to a rural health center for a six-month checkup after her pregnancy, she said she was comfortable working with the health center staff, from the front desk to her doctor. But she…
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One Word: Our Project ECHO on Diabetes & Hypertension Wraps up

May 24, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week marks the conclusion of our five-month ECHO sessions on diabetes and hypertension. As part of the closing, we asked participants to choose one word to describe the experience, and a short…
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In the Field: Latino Social Workers Come Together in Seattle

Apr 4, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, I found myself among a diverse group of Latinx social workers, walking together under the cherry blossoms that are central to the University of Washington campus, shivering as it…
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Combating Diabetes in Puerto Rico: Experts Join MCN’s Project ECHO

Mar 6, 2018
By: Alyssa Finley
Jessica, Leonardo and Cinthia. The Puerto RIco Diabetes team from PR Health DepartmentThis year, Migrant Clinicians Network’s ECHO series on diabetes has brought together dozens of health centers’…
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MCN Resolutions: Five Ways to Bring Hope, Health, and Equity in the New Year

Jan 2, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The new year brings renewed hope for meaningful and measurable steps toward health justice for the mobile poor. Amid setbacks and struggles, many gains have been made in the past year -- and more is…
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Update from Binational Health Week

Oct 24, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The Kick Off Fiesta to send the Ventanilla de Salud office into Binational Health month with a bang was filled with vendors the entire day of the 29th of September, from 9am - 7pm. Our partners…
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From the Field: Dr. Laszlo Madaras Honors the Medical Staff who Work in the World As It Is

Oct 9, 2017
By: Jannette Nuñez
As a doctor, I have worked with so many kind and excellent nurses over several decades - dedicated, hard workers in the ER, labor+delivery, intensive care, oncology, geriatrics, pediatrics, and non…
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Cots in Austin: Visiting the Local Shelter for Harvey Evacuees

Sep 5, 2017
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, Austin is set to receive somewhere between 1,500 to 2,000 evacuees fleeing the receding waters in their neighborhoods around Houston. They are to be housed in several locations, one of…
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Breaking Health Disparities for Transgender Patients

Aug 24, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Does a transgender patient’s preferred pronoun make its way from the patient’s registration form all the way into the exam room? How does a health center evaluate if a patient is a good candidate…
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Shots: Immigrant Community Under Fire for Measles Outbreak. What Can Health Care Providers Do?

Aug 23, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the suburbs around Minneapolis, Minnesota, an alarming measles epidemic has public health authorities on edge. As of mid-July, 79 cases have been confirmed, primarily among small children. Like…
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Do Health Centers Work?

Aug 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, community health centers around the country will celebrate National Health Center Week with community health fairs, advocacy efforts, and open houses. There will be a lot of fanfare about…
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MCN Heads to Atlanta for Ventanilla de Salud Conference

Jul 18, 2017
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
VDS coordinators are tasked with meeting directly with the community and connecting its members with the closest available health services for beneficiaries. Once a year, we get together to learn…
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Dr. Marc Schenker, Migration & Health Advocate, Retires

Jul 4, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In June, after a decades-long career dedicated to improving the lives and health of agricultural workers, Marc Schenker, MD, MPH, is celebrating his retirement. Dr. Schenker is the founding…
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Entre Hermanos: Bringing Latinx Pride to Seattle

Jun 29, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the final minutes of Pride Month, we caught up with Luis Fernando Ramirez, Executive Director of Entre Hermanos, to hear how the LGBTQ Latino community in Seattle, Washington has changed over the…