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FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

Aug 8, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network continues to receive questions from our clinical network on COVID-19 and vaccines for migrant, immigrant, and farmworker communities. Here, we offer our…
The Updated COVID Vaccine Is Here. Who Should Get It, Why, and When? What about RSV and Flu Shots? Your Questions Answered.

The Updated COVID Vaccine Is Here. Who Should Get It, Why, and When? What about RSV and Flu Shots? Your Questions Answered.

Sep 19, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The updated vaccine is shipping to health centers, health departments, and retail pharmacies across the US after its approval last week by the FDA and release of recommendations by the CDC. While…
Dr. Trinidad Solis: Mobile Services, Telehealth, and Resources for COVID Can Prepare a Community for the Next Health Crisis

Dr. Trinidad Solis: Mobile Services, Telehealth, and Resources for COVID Can Prepare a Community for the Next Health Crisis

Aug 7, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The COVID-19 pandemic provided many lessons to clinicians that they can continue to utilize beyond the pandemic. These lessons need to be studied and discussed in order to properly prepare for…
New Study Finds COVID Outcomes Tied to Patient’s Preferred Language

New Study Finds COVID Outcomes Tied to Patient’s Preferred Language

Jun 15, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
An analysis released last month found that people with language preferences other than English or who need an interpreter took longer to access COVID-19 vaccination, and were more likely to be…
New MCN Podcast Miniseries on COVID’s Lasting Impact

New MCN Podcast Miniseries on COVID’s Lasting Impact

Jun 1, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Is there more to learn about COVID care for vulnerable communities? Turns out, there are a lot of critical strategies that most outpatient clinicians aren't aware of. Aiming to help primary care…
Top Concerns Clinicians Should Have for Migrant and Immigrant Patients with the End of the Public Health and National COVID-19 Emergencies

Top Concerns Clinicians Should Have for Migrant and Immigrant Patients with the End of the Public Health and National COVID-19 Emergencies

Apr 25, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The public health emergency declaration on COVID-19 expires May 11th, and a separate national emergency declaration already ended two weeks ago -- but that does not mean COVID is over. There are…
Trainings on COVID, Again? How MCN’s Engaging, Useful Learning Collaborative Breaks Free of the COVID Learning Burnout

Trainings on COVID, Again? How MCN’s Engaging, Useful Learning Collaborative Breaks Free of the COVID Learning Burnout

Feb 28, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
When Migrant Clinicians Network proposed to run a four-part learning collaborative for the promotores at Ventanillas de Salud (VdS) across the country, even the National Coordinator of the VdS,…
Start Prescribing Paxlovid, Please! Immigrants & Migrants Need Access.

Start Prescribing Paxlovid, Please! Immigrants & Migrants Need Access.

Jan 11, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Paxlovid, the highly effective treatment against COVID infection, is underprescribed in the US, particularly for the underserved. For example, Hispanic populations were 30% less likely to be…
COVID Kills Almost 300 People A Day. To Save Lives, MCN Supports Hyperlocal Effective Campaigns.

COVID Kills Almost 300 People A Day. To Save Lives, MCN Supports Hyperlocal Effective Campaigns.

Dec 7, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When bivalent vaccines arrived in September, Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus response coordinator claimed they represented "a really important moment in this pandemic." Days after its…
The Virtual Medical Home at Finger Lakes Community Health

The Virtual Medical Home at Finger Lakes Community Health

Nov 23, 2022
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In rural upstate New York, a farmworker heads to the nearby primary care clinic. After check-in, a medical assistant helps him log in with his psychiatrist in the exam room. While the clinic can’…
Florida Clinicians: How to Support Parents of Young Children in their Decision to Vaccinate

Florida Clinicians: How to Support Parents of Young Children in their Decision to Vaccinate

Jul 1, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did not permit health care providers to pre-order COVID vaccines for children between the ages of six months and four years. Last week, however, the state…
Migrant Clinicians Network Steps Up Language Access; Launches New Website

Migrant Clinicians Network Steps Up Language Access; Launches New Website

Jun 21, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) has long worked to make health care services and educational materials more accessible for the Latinx community, however, we still have a lot of work to do to reach…
Partner Spotlight: Cottage House Inc.

Partner Spotlight: Cottage House Inc.

Jun 14, 2022
By: MCN Admin
The Black Belt is a region of the southeast US that is defined socially, economically, and geographically by the expanse of highly fertile black soil. Following the abolition of chattel slavery,…
Supporting Teachers & School Communities in the COVID-19 Response – And Prepare for Future Emergencies

Supporting Teachers & School Communities in the COVID-19 Response – And Preparing for Future Emergencies

Jun 2, 2022
By: Myrellis Muñiz Márquez
In August 2020, only five months after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Puerto Rico, the first pandemic school-year calendar was published. It left out one of the most important items all…
Peletah Ministries members gathered

Partner Spotlight: Peletah Ministries

May 5, 2022
By: MCN Admin
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Health Worker (CHW) safety has increasingly been highlighted as a topic of concern. Over the span of MCN’s many COVID-19 learning…
Vaccine Acceptance Among Clinicians and What This Means for Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities

Vaccine Acceptance Among Clinicians and What This Means for Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities

Apr 7, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
A new paper describing health care worker COVID-19 vaccine confidence and acceptance shows that clinicians who work with immigrant communities were more vaccine acceptant. In Healthcare worker…
Partner Spotlight: Coalition of 100 Black Women

Partner Spotlight: Coalition of 100 Black Women

Apr 6, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Following years of disinvestment in US public health and social services, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the mounting systemic racial inequity, poverty, and unequal access to…
A man receives a vaccination from a clinician

Trusted Messenger: Bringing Stories of Local Leaders Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination

Mar 29, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When Alma Galván, MHC, received the new documentary, "Trusted Messenger,” from filmmaker Chris Newberry in September 2021, she immediately knew that it could have a lasting positive impact on…
FWAF staff

Partner Spotlight: Our Partners in Florida

Mar 15, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For rural health initiatives, partnership and collaboration are vital tools for getting people vaccinated and meeting the needs of communities where these initiatives operate. In Florida, many…
A parent and child

How to Prioritize Fun during Tough Times

Feb 8, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few months, Omicron has disrupted the holidays, work, school, events – practically every aspect of life. For most of us, this disruption has been hard to tolerate, after two long…
Two people wearing masks

How to Help Someone through the Uncertainty of Waiting

Jan 20, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For most of us, this has been a year of uncertainty. Whether in our roles as a family member, friend, or clinician, we can take steps to be helpful to others who are living through the…
Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Jan 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In December, Roxana Pineda, MPH, Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) Coordinator and Health Network Associate for Migrant Clinicians Network, was getting ready to open yet another weekly vaccination event at…
Partner Spotlight: American Indian Mothers Inc.

Partner Spotlight: American Indian Mothers Inc.

Jan 13, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Within rural regions, fear of COVID-19 vaccines has been a major barrier to protecting vulnerable communities during the pandemic. If we want to help these communities get protection from the…
Partner Spotlight: Campesinos Sin Fronteras

Partner Spotlight: Campesinos Sin Fronteras

Jan 4, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For over a decade, Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) has worked tirelessly to launch a bilingual radio station serving the border populations of Yuma County, Arizona, and the Northwestern corner of…
Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain

Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain

Dec 7, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Why should my six-year-old get vaccinated, if he's unlikely to get very ill with COVID-19? I don't want to get a new vaccine while I'm pregnant because I'm concerned for my baby. Why should I get…
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…