The Initiative's objective is to coordinate and optimize the availability of health resources for Mexican immigrants and their families through bilateral training, research, and health promotion activities.
A listing of farmworker organizations and agencies that are seeking volunteers and interns to support their work.
- SAF_Internship_Directory_Flyer.doc (123.5 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)
Following the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a vaccine targeting cervical cancer, Women in Government, a national, bi-partisan, non-profit organization representing women state legislators, today recommended that all girls entering middle school be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the cause of cervical cancer. The recommendation is part of the group's new policy recommendations for the HPV vaccine's implementation in the states. The group also supports parental exemptions to the HPV vaccine, based on existing state immunization exemptions. The new HPV vaccine policy recommendations are part of Women in Government's "Challenge to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Campaign," which mobilizes state legislators to help eradicate cervical cancer through education and policy initiatives. Since 2004, 45 states have introduced legislation or resolutions tackling this issue.
- helsinki.pdf (102.61 KB)
- nuremburg_code.pdf (14.92 KB)
- The_Belmont_Report.pdf (61.94 KB)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing changes to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), the agricultural worker regulation intended to provide basic workplace protection for millions of farmworkers.
- wps.pdf (181.02 KB)
The topic of this resource is Liver Cancer and Hep B and C. We present two articles in full and three abstracts on the issues.
- august06.pdf (107.41 KB)
FJF/MCN comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency against using human subjects to test pesticides.
- Human_Testing_FJF-MCN_Comments.doc (154 KB)
In June 2005 and June 2006, the ACIP made policy changes for use of live, attenuated varicella containing vaccines for prevention of varicella.
- VaricellaACIPProvRecom082006.pdf (90.63 KB)
Preventionof Tetanus,Dhiphteria and Pertussis among pregnant women. ACIP voted on June 30, 2006.
- TdapPregnantACIPProvRecom062006.pdf (46.39 KB)
Provides information and educational outreach on cancer-related legal issues to people with cancer and others impacted by the disease. A program of the Disability Rights Legal Center. https://thedrlc.org/cancer/clrc-intake-form/
- https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__thedrlc.org_cancer_clrc-2Dintake-2Dform_&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=ShRhHqecbgtTTYlNz1jb3aEok_TpArI5OaEDUmJApOs&m=8gap3KcQHgdHE_F55dgNztwWERWBJK9xS4ftkThIUcM&s=YFxgfBjGF0CUJv6vf0FcaCdhIuzySOHFj07tKrLLTHg&e=
- https://thedrlc.org/cancer/clrc-intake-form/
Easter Seals offers a variety of services to help people with disabilities address life's challenges and achieve personal goals. Easter Seals helps provide free wheelchairs and other medical related equipment, like walkers, commodes, bathtub rails, bathtub chairs, crutches, transfer benches, electric wheelchairs and scooters, on a short- or long-term basis. Some programs require deposits that are completely refundable.
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