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Migrant Clinicians Network Receives Aetna Grant for Health Education for Farmworker Parents

Oct 31, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network has been selected as a grantee in the Aetna Foundation’s Cultivating Healthy Communities program and was awarded a $100,000 community grant to implement a new program…
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From the Fields to the Exam Room: MCN Trains Thousands on Pesticide Poisoning Response

Sep 21, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Pop quiz: Before Migrant Clinicians Network trainings, what percentage of surveyed primary care clinicians knew if reporting pesticide exposures in their state was required? Read on to find the…
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Pesticide Poisoning in Monterey: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next?

Jul 5, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last month, we wrote about a pesticide poisoning that sickened over 50 agricultural workers in Bakersfield; the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos is thought to be responsible. A month later and 200…
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Pesticide Poisoning of Farmworkers in Bakersfield

May 10, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, more than 50 agricultural workers were sickened when exposed to pesticides while working in a cabbage field near Bakersfield, California. "We started getting an odor, pesticide odor,…
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In the Field: Reaching Rural CHWs in Puerto Rico

Apr 20, 2017
By: Alma Galván
On Thursday, April 6th, I had the pleasure of leading a workshop with Jose Rodriguez, MD, in Lares, a town in the heart of Puerto Rico well known for the coffee they produce. The goal of the workshop…
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Top 4 Reasons To Drop Everything and Read the New Issue of Streamline Now

Mar 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Streamline is here! And we’re convinced that you should share our slightly-over-the-top exuberance on the publication of the latest issue of our quarterly clinical publication. That’s because this…
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MCN’s Top Five Pesticide Resources for National Poison Prevention Week

Mar 23, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s National Poison Prevention Week. Agricultural workers are at a heightened risk for poisonings from pesticides -- and clinicians need the tools to be able to best recognize and manage a poisoning…
Amy K. Liebman and Jimmy Roberts, MD, MPH at West Kauai Medical Center

In the Field: Frontline Clinicians Recognizing and Managing Pesticide Poisonings in Hawaii

Mar 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In January 2016, 19 agricultural workers on the Hawaiian island of Kauai re-entered a crop research field owned by seed giant Syngenta Seeds. The field had been recently sprayed with chlorpyrifos…
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A Misused Pesticide Killed Four Children. Could This Have Been Prevented?

Jan 25, 2017
By: Alma Galván
By Alma Galván, MHC, Senior Program Manager of Environmental and Occupational HealthOver the weekend, at funeral services in Amarillo, Texas, the community mourned the death of four siblings who died…
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Three Reasons To Read the New Issue of Streamline

Dec 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Perhaps this post’s title is a bit too boastful, but we couldn’t help it! We are proud to announce the launch our newest issue of Streamline, Migrant Clinicians Network’s quarterly clinical…
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Five on Friday | October 28, 2016

Oct 28, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday features updates on refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe and the US, along with critical information on pesticide drift in Washington State and farmworkers’…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday | October 07, 2016

Oct 7, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
You know what bugs me? When all my favorite bloggers remind me that I should really forgo the Snickers and buy Fair Trade candy for Halloween… on October 29th, when it’s impossible to find at the…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday | September 30, 2016

Sep 30, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, our offices mourned the loss of Health Network Associate, Ricardo Guerrero. It is hard to find the time for the grief and sadness that follows, as the pace of work has not slowed, and…
Top Five MCN Resources for National Farm Safety and Health Week

Top Five MCN Resources for National Farm Safety & Health Week

Sep 20, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
National Farm Safety and Health Week is once again upon us. Agriculture continues to be one of the most dangerous industries in the US. Farmworkers are especially prone to occupational injury, in…
MCN In the Field - Occupational Health for Farmworkers in Kansas

In the Field: Occupational Health for Farmworkers in Kansas

Aug 29, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, MCN’s Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM, Specialist in Clinical Systems and Women’s Health headed to Topeka, Kansas…