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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.

Five on Friday: Visuals Help Tell the Story

Five on Friday: Visuals Help Tell the Story

Jan 28, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! Here are five articles shared by MCN staff this week, that perhaps you have missed. Amy shared "Social Determinants of COVID-19 Mortality at the County Level.” The…
Five on Friday: Health Care Workers Need Our Support

Five on Friday: Health Care Workers Need Our Support

Jan 22, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Del shared this New York Times piece, which may be helpful when providing information to…
Five on Friday: Focusing on Vaccination

Five on Friday: Focusing on Vaccination

Jan 15, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another busy week in the world of migrant health! Somehow, it’s already Friday. Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Karen…
Five on Friday: New Year 2021

Five on Friday: New Year 2021

Jan 8, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy new year! Lots of work to do this year in health justice. Here are a few resources, recommended by MCN staff, to help us push forward. Luis shared “Guía de autocuidado en diabetes…
Five on Friday: Coping With COVID-19 and the Holidays

Five on Friday: Coping With COVID-19 and the Holidays

Dec 18, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week’s Five on Friday continues our efforts to support frontline clinicians who are serving immigrant and migrant communities, by sharing some of the most useful articles and resources that we…
Five on Friday: Human Rights Week

Five on Friday: Human Rights Week 2020

Dec 10, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…
Five on Friday: The Well-being of Workers and Their Families

Five on Friday: The Well-Being of Workers and Their Families

Dec 4, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome to Five on Friday, where we at Migrant Clinicians Network share the top five articles, resources, and announcements of the week with you, our readers. As we tumble into the last month of…
Five on Friday: The Health Needs of Farmworkers

Five on Friday: The Health Needs of Farmworkers

Nov 27, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
While Thanksgiving looked different for many of us this year, for some, it is too much the same: millions of food workers across the US are still toiling in fields, farms, orchards, packing houses…
Five on Friday: Children and COVID-19

Five on Friday: Children and COVID-19

Nov 20, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Five on Friday is a roundup of new research, articles, resources, and more on health justice and migrant health that our MCN team recommends. Here’s this week’s edition: Amy shared Earth…
Five on Friday: Preparing to Distribute the COVID-19 Vaccine

Five on Friday: Preparing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine

Nov 13, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday again! It’s time to pull up five recommendations from MCN staff, including plus our “weekly win,” because we all need a little good news every week. Here they are: Kaethe shared “…
Five on Friday: Reducing Anxiety and Stress

Five on Friday: Reducing Anxiety and Stress

Nov 6, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For many, it’s been a stressful week! This week’s Five on Friday comes from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness. She has reviewed hundreds of resources on reducing anxiety and…
Five on Friday: Mental Health Among Frontline Clinicians

Five on Friday: Mental Health Among Frontline Clinicians

Oct 30, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you might have missed, chosen by MCN staff…
Five on Friday: COVID-19 Among Food Processing and Agricultural Workers

Five on Friday: COVID-19 Among Food Processing and Agricultural Workers

Oct 23, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’re headed into the weekend once again, and, unsurprisingly, the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network had a lot to share, particularly around the ongoing pandemic and health justice. Here are five…
Five on Friday: Who will receive the vaccine first?

Five on Friday: Who Will Receive the Vaccine First?

Oct 16, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday – time for our weekly rundown of recommended resources, opinions, journal articles, and more from Migrant Clinicians Network staff: Kaethe recommended the Brown Alpert Medical…
Five on Friday: State Protections Needed for Farmworkers

Five on Friday: State Protections Needed for Farmworkers

Oct 9, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It can be a challenge to select just five pieces to highlight each week, particularly with the speed of the news cycle these days. Here are some of the articles that we bet you haven’t seen yet…
Five on Friday: Healthcare in ICE Detention

Five on Friday: Healthcare in ICE Detention

Oct 2, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Almost a half-year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the devastation to the lives of vulnerable populations like agricultural workers continues to grow. This week’s Five on Friday focuses on new data and…
Five on Friday: Farmworkers Receive Hispanic Heritage Award

Five on Friday: Farmworkers Receive Hispanic Heritage Award

Sep 25, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Friday! It’s time to share five articles that MCN staff shared this week with each other – but this week, we highlight articles that are not directly related to COVID-19. After all…
Five on Friday: Essential and Marginalized

Five on Friday: Essential and Marginalized

Sep 18, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health inequities plague our country. MCN works hard to address those inequities and build new systems to bring health justice for all. In our day-to-day work, we share news, resources, and journal…
Five on Friday: COVID-19 and Chronic Stress

Five on Friday: COVID-19 and Chronic Stress

Sep 11, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another very busy week at MCN is wrapping up. Here, we share five articles that we shared with each other. Peek into MCN staff inboxes with this week’s edition of Five on Friday. Got news or…
Five on Friday: COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health

Five on Friday: COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health

Sep 4, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's Friday! Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared this week. Here are our picks for the week. Amy was excited to see that the connection between public health and…
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Five on Friday: "A CIViC DUTY"

Aug 28, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Have you heard of A CIViC DUTY? No, not your civic duty to vote – although that important civic duty has been called "a public health emergency” recently in some virtual hallways. We’re referring…
Five on Friday: Maternity Care at the Border

Five on Friday: Maternity Care at the Border

Aug 20, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In McAllen, Texas, MCN’s Nahiely “Pinky” Garcia reports that there is still plenty of good news in this troubling world. She works as a Health Network Associate, linking pregnant asylum seekers and…
Five on Friday: Farmworkers Vulnerable to the Virus

Five on Friday: Farmworkers Vulnerable to the Virus

Aug 14, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
COVID-19 continues to spotlight the shocking conditions under which American “essential” farmworkers toil daily. When COVID-19 becomes part of history – which we all hope will be very soon – what…
Five on Friday: National Immunization Awareness Month

Five on Friday: National Immunization Awareness Month

Aug 7, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s August! It’s National Immunization Awareness Month – and perhaps no other year has needed an immunization awareness month as 2020 does. As children get ready to go back to school (whatever…
Five on Friday: Public Charge Policy Blocked During Pandemic

Five on Friday: Public Charge Rule Blocked During Pandemic

Jul 31, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday again – time to gather some of the news and resources that we found most helpful or insightful this week, plus a double dose of the Weekly Win to bring our spirits up! Amy shared…
Five on Friday: The Hidden Toll of COVID-19

Five on Friday: The Hidden Toll of COVID-19

Jul 24, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday, your weekly rundown of news and resources on migrant health and beyond, chosen by Migrant Clinicians Network staff. COVID-19 once again dominated the news cycle and…