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This comic book in English and Spanish conveys basic information on respiratory health and air pollution. It reviews the respiratory system, particulate matter and sources of air pollution. It also talks about ways workers and their families can protect themselves.


Adults Get Vaccinated Too is an educational tool in the form of a comic book for health educators who work with the community and who need to provide information about vaccinations, when and where they are administered, and the symptoms that characterize the diseases they prevent.

Through a conversation between farmworkers in the field, this colorful and easy-to-understand comic book helps its readers to learn, in a simple and natural way, the importance of getting vaccinated and boosting their vaccines during their adulthood to prevent diseases such as hepatitis B, meningitis, chickenpox, influenza, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella and COVID-19.

Mi Salud es mi tesoro - Puerto Rico

La diabetes es una condición de salud común pero complicada que enfrentan los trabajadores agrícolas. Para ayudarles a conocer sobre esta enfermedad, Migrant Clinicians Network se asoció con Salvador Sáenz (artista profesional y coloborador) para crear "Mi salud es mi tesoro: una guía para vivir bien con diabetes". Este libro cómico en español explora el tema a través de la historia de un trabajador agrícola, quien recientemente fue diagnosticado con diabetes.

COVID-19 and Our Community - Flipchart

COVID-19 and Our Community: Better Safe Than Sorry! is an educational material to support the work of community health workers on COVID-19 and its prevention. It is complemented by a guide with concrete suggestions on how to use the flipchart and links to resources for those who want to delve deeper into the subject and investigate if there are any changes in the information.

The flipchart includes basic concepts of COVID-19, prevention and vaccination in the form of clear and simple messages that are supported by culturally appropriate illustrations to facilitate the process of communicating and transmitting information to community members. You can download these resources for free in both English and Spanish.

Helping the Helpers - Comic Book

Among the many obligations health care providers have to their patients, their families and life in general, they forget to put themselves on the priority list. This comic book dedicated to health care providers reminds them how important it is to take care of themselves to meet the needs of their patients and families. It also offers simple self-care steps to improve overall wellness.

Examples of Social media frames with images

These resources provide editable and printable poster templates to promote COVID-19 or other vaccinations. They are customizable and can be edited to include photographs and text. They are available in English, Spanish, or Haitian Creole, and with English or Spanish editing directions. 

To Me Vaccination Is...

These resources provide editable and printable poster templates. They can be used as flyers or social media posts to promote COVID-19 vaccination. They are available in English, Spanish, or Haitian Creole, and include English or Spanish editing directions. 

Poster Banner

These resources provide printable posters to promote vaccination and raise awareness of COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. They are available in pre-made and template formats. They can be edited to include community-specific vaccine information including sign-up website links and phone numbers, as well as organization logos. The templates are fully editable, and directions are provided in both English and Spanish. 

Sobre La Vacuna

These resources can be shared on social media or printed and hung in public places to encourage vaccination. The flyers can offer helpful facts about the COVID-19 or other vaccines. This resource is available in pre-made and template formats, and in three languages including English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. 

Environmental Education Curriculum

The primary goals of this project to be achieved through this curriculum are:

1) Increasing the capacity of students and community to think critically about environmental problems and the related decisions that affect human health and the environment as it relates to disaster preparation and response;

2) Increase community participation and collaboration with the goal of improving protections for human health and the environment as it relates to disaster preparation and response; and

3) Ensure chemical safety and safe water as it relates to disaster preparation and response.

 

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Currículo de educación ambiental: Introducción y contexto
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Currículo de educación ambiental: Agua segura y seguridad con químicos
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Currículo de educación ambiental: Emergencias y desastres
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  1. Currículo de educación ambiental: In this Spanish-language presentation, Alma Galván, MCH, Senior Program Manager of Occupational Health, provides an introduction to MCN’s environmental education curriculum presented in Puerto Rico.
     
  2. Agua Segura y seguridad con químicos: In this Spanish-language environmental education presentation, MCN’s Myrellis Muñiz-Márquez, MPH, Program Manager in Puerto Rico, shares tools to stay safe from chemical exposure, contaminated water, and non-point source pollution, before, during, and after a disaster.
     
  3. Emergencias y desastres: In this Spanish-language environmental education presentation, MCN’s Marysel Pagán-Santana, DrPH, MS, Senior Program Manager in Puerto Rico, identifies the environmental and health risks of disasters and encourages prevention measures and planning to protect individual and community health during and after emergencies.

 

Materials

Safe Water resources

Safe Water | Environmental Education Resources

 

Emergency and Disaster Management

Emergency and Disaster Management | Environmental Education Resources