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Five on Friday

Every Friday, staff members from Migrant Clinicians Network open up their inboxes to share the latest news, podcasts, videos, and studies that further our understanding of migrant and immigrant health, and then we share them with our readers. The ever-popular Five on Friday features four curated picks and one Weekly Win -- because everyone wants to start their weekend with some good news.

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Five on Friday: Brazil Fights H.I.V. With Free Preventive Drug and the Premature Birth Report Card

Dec 15, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday to you! Here are five pieces that caught our attention at our Migrant Clinicians Network offices this week. What did you read? Share it with us on Facebook.Brazil Fights H.I.V. Spike in…
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Five on Friday: Worker Deaths from Using Methylene Chloride and Teenager Develops Heat-related Illness App

Dec 8, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As the holidays ramp up, our free time gets sucked away. Here, we’ve collected a few health justice pieces that MCN staff read this week, in case you missed some of the stories that matter. What did…
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Five on Friday: Wage Theft of Harvey Reconstruction Workers and Caring for Migrant Health Care Workers

Dec 1, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
December has arrived! Before you dive into the weekend’s festivities, take amoment to read some interesting articles and perspectives on migrant health! Here are five pieces from this week…
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Five on Friday: The Metabolic Legacy of Environmental Injustice and Slave Auctions in Libya

Nov 24, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant health justice has never been more relevant, more salient, or more urgent. On this Thanksgiving weekend, we send our deep gratitude to the millions of farmworkers who migrate every few weeks…
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Five on Friday: How a Small Hospital in Puerto Rico Survived Hurricane Maria and Rural America’s Disappearing Maternity Care

Nov 17, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
National Rural Health Week is coming to a close. For issues including disaster response, the opioid epidemic, and agricultural worker health and safety, clinicians serving rural patients take extra…
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Five on Friday: Scientists Solve 50-Year-Old Mystery About Breakbone Fever and Community Health Workers Help Vulnerable Communities

Nov 10, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are this week’s five articles on public health topics of interest that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members.Promotores…
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Five on Friday: Climate Change’s Affects on Health and Exploring Race and Farming in America

Nov 3, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Crisp mornings, shorter days, and orange leaves on the orchard floors -- fall has arrived. Even has the harvest seasons slow down on many farms, we continue to work for the health needs of…
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Five on Friday: Tech Infrastructure Help for Puerto Rico and a Surprise Farmworker Appreciation Video

Oct 27, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday covers tech infrastructure help for Puerto Rico, two pieces on underserved children’s health, and a farmworker appreciation video, all recommended by MCN staff.The NHIT…
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Five on Friday: Helicopter Flights Delivering Key Medicines in Ongoing Crisis in Puerto Rico and the Early Hours of the Sonoma Wildfires

Oct 20, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday gives a glimpse into how closely we are watching the health and safety developments in the days after the disasters around the hemisphere. Many of the patients we serve…
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Five on Friday: Documentary on Life and Work of Dolores Huerta and Impact of Emergencies on Health Information and EHR Safety

Oct 13, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
I live in Marin County, about 20 minutes from the frontlines of one of the massive Northern California fires raging on today. I write this from my parents’ house -- my daughter and I have left home…
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Five on Friday: Ben & Jerry’s Helps Improve Migrant Dairy Workers’ Conditions and Help For Puerto Rico

Oct 6, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s the first week of October, which for me means Fair Trade Candy Buying Week. It’s a troubling task -- if I wait much longer, it might not ship to me in time for Halloween and the local stores may…
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Five on Friday: Aid Lags in Hurricane-torn Puerto Rico as San Juan Mayor Pleas for Support

Sep 29, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As we reach the end of September, we look back at the devastation that this particular page in the calendar has brought to vulnerable communities across North America. Major earthquakes, hurricanes,…
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Five on Friday: Migrant Workers After Hurricane Irma and Humans of New York

Sep 22, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Just this week, can we rename this rundown of reads and resources, “Six on Saturday,” or “Seven on Sunday?” It’s awfully challenging to whittle down the list of suggestions from our well read staff…
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Five on Friday: The Heroin Addiction Epidemic in Ohio/Kentucky and Staying Safe After Flood Damage

Sep 15, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Have you seen the Binational Health Week GoFundMe page we created? We need to raise just $1400 to pay for services, childcare, and more during Binational Health Week in Austin, which this year serves…
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Five on Friday: Clinician Burnout Rates Increase at FQHCs and Denouncing the End of DACA

Sep 8, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Another difficult week for the mobile poor. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands just beginning to recover from Harvey, while thousands more are displaced by Irma. Meanwhile, across the…
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Five on Friday: Federal Judge Protects Texas Sanctuary Cities and Human Flow, Documentary on Global Refugee Crisis from Ai Weiwei

Sep 1, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Thank you to the migrant laborers across the country -- agricultural workers, custodians, construction workers -- who are often overlooked during our Labor Day festivities but make up an essential…
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Five on Friday: AgHelp Connects Migrants with Services and California Pursues New Health Protections on Chlorpyrifos

Aug 25, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The kids are headed back to school, some for the first time. But the first timers aren’t just the photo-ready Kindergarteners, with colorful backpacks and superhero lunchboxes. Some are newly arrived…
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Five on Friday: 25.6 Million People Using Health Centers and the Human DX Project

Aug 18, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s the end of National Health Center Week, in which hundreds of Federally Qualified Health Centers around the country offered community events, hosted their local representatives, and held health…
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Five on Friday: New Social Determinants Infographic and Sarbanand Farm Workers Protest After Employee Death

Aug 11, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s mid-August, and harvests are in full swing across the country. In the offices of Migrant Clinicians Network, we have been sharing a number of interesting articles and resources that we’d like to…
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Five on Friday: Pesticide poisonings in Watsonville and a day in the field with immigration enforcers in California

Aug 4, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
August is here! Only a few more days of peace before the rush of back-to-school madness. As you settle into your quiet August weekend, take a moment to read some of the news articles, reports, and…
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Five on Friday | July 28, 2017: New NACHC Health Center Chartbook and the Women Confronting California’s Farm Conditions

Jul 28, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Hot July evenings lend themselves well to an iced tea and a paperback. What’s on your summer reading list? Has a health justice title made the cut? Let us know on Facebook! In the meantime, here are…
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Five on Friday | July 21, 2017: Groups sue U.S. for turning away asylum seekers, and women on the run from IPV

Jul 21, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
By the time I wake up to go to work, agricultural workers in fields around the country have been bending over rows of plants and lifting crates of produce for a few hours already. While I come home…
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Five on Friday | July 14, 2017: Unaccompanied minor's new book, plus strengthening a Lakota community

Jul 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
July is prime picnic time. What do you have in your basket? After you spread out the blanket and the fixings, you can take a minute to relax and read some updates in health justice for the mobile…
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Five on Friday | July 7, 2017: Afraid immigrants forgo healthcare and health centers key to violence prevention

Jul 7, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Whew, it’s hot out there. Time to head to the lake or the pool or the beach… Wherever you take refuge from the heat, be sure to bring along some good reading about health justice. Here are a few…
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Five on Friday | June 30, 2017: Williams Unified helps students graduate, and Libya's deadliest route

Jun 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Fourth of July weekend is upon us! As we celebrate Independence Day this coming week, let’s toast to the work that we do collectively as clinicians and advocates to serve the marginalized portions of…
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Five on Friday | June 23, 2017: Deportation panic, Paul Farmer and an introduction to skin cancer

Jun 23, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We’re enjoying the long summer days! Before you grab the swim goggles and the beach towels, why not peruse the top five recommendations from MCN staff? We collect relevant news, resources, and…