This reports outlines the findings of a survey designed to document the health problems of African-American, Hispanic, and Haitian former Lake Apopka farmworkers, many of whom are experiencing significant and life-threatening health problems which they believe to be connected to their exposure to multiple sources of environmental contamination.
- LakeApopkaReport.pdf (340.76 KB)
- Medical_experts_say_boys.doc (33 KB)
This listserve, run by the National Center for Farmworker Health, is designed to facilitate, encourage and promote the exchange of migrant health research
An epidemic of obesity-related diabetes is sweeping across the United States and has begun its spread to the rest of the world. In 1998, the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) Diabetes Program launched the Diabetes Track II project to address this issue in the migrant population. Track II provides continuity of care for mobile individuals through transferring medical records and offering remote care coordination. Track II: Continuous Diabetes Care for Migrant Workers is a english/spanish resource.
- MCN_Track_II_Continuous_Diabetes_mono.pdf (488.38 KB)
The Migrant Clinicians Network’s (MCN) mission is to promote the health of farmworkers by providing a framework for professional development to clinicians and other healthcare providers. MCN responds to the expressed needs of clinicians in the field who serve farmworker families, the issues voiced by farmworkers themselves as they are interviewed and known by the representative members of MCN, and the strategic initiatives of the federal and public health communities as they impact migrant health. Monographs are one mechanism used by MCN to address gaps between medical care knowledge and migrant health practice. Acute, chronic, and preventive care needs of farmworkers require the clinician and health care community to recognize interrelationships between biological risk factors, environmental exposures, social and cultural components, political and economic realities, and occupational characteristics.
- HepBTesting_Vaccination012007.pdf (79.35 KB)
- RecommendedSchedules0-18years2007.pdf (267.29 KB)
Studies indicate that migrant and seasonal farmworkers often use herbal, home, or folk remedies instead of or simultaneously with conventional medical treatment. It is important to know when an herbal remedy should be discontinued, as well as those that need not be. Health care providers can gain substantial rapport with their patients by being open to the use of herbal remedies when appropriate. This resource is now over 20 years old, but much of the information is still relevant to current practice.
- A-HIPPA_Compliance_application.doc (89.5 KB)
- A-HIPPA_Compliance_application.pdf (183.27 KB)
- A-Protocols_with_minors_as_participants.doc (33.5 KB)
- A-Protocols_with_minors_as_participants.pdf (28.27 KB)
- A-Guidelines_for_informed_consent-.doc (49 KB)
- A-Guidelines_for_informed_consent.pdf (61.58 KB)
- helsinki.pdf (102.61 KB)
- nuremburg_code.pdf (14.92 KB)
About 45 farmworkers harvesting fruit in the orchards of the San Joaquin Delta in California were exposed to Di-Syston, an acutely toxic organophosphate pesticide, sprayed by a crop duster treating a nearby asparagus field, according a Sacramento Bee article published on September 22, 2006.
- Pesticide_Drift_Sickens_Farmworkers.doc (30.5 KB)
- The_Belmont_Report.pdf (61.94 KB)
- AgmartNCReport.doc (354.5 KB)
- OPneuro.pdf (141.98 KB)
- PEDIATRICS_DDT.doc (26.5 KB)
- KhanAJRCCMWtTB07.pdf (141.24 KB)
- NMprotocol.pdf (64.31 KB)
Objective, science-based information about pesticides - written for the non-expert.