Resources Featured | Streamline Fall 2024

As the Climate Crisis Advances, This Outreach Team Pivots to Meet Their Community’s Needs

Resources:

• Empathy Map from GameStorming: http://bit.ly/3N7vemQ
• Use our Community Risk Assessment, in English and Spanish, to understand vulnerabilities in your community: https://www.migrantclinician.org/resource/community-resource-mapping.html-0. You can use the World Café method: https://theworldcafe.com/tools-store/hosting-tool-kit/ 
• Guide your community in a conversation to find out and document their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats with our in English and Spanish: https://www.migrantclinician.org/resource/swot-analysis.html.
• Document their resources with our Community Resource Mapping page: https://www.migrantclinician.org/resource/organization-materials-resource-mapping-template.html 
• Use our manual Designing Community-based Communication Campaign for ideas, templates, and more: https://www.migrantclinician.org/resource/designing-community-based-communication-campaigns-manual.html  

References: 

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May 2024 was Earth’s warmest May on record. 13 June 2024. https://www.noaa.gov/news/may-2024-was-earths-warmest-may-on-record  

• National Centers for Environmental Information. May 2024 National Climate Report. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202405

Shifts in Demographics: Anticipating, Responding, Meeting New Needs at Community Health Centers

Resources:

• Use MCN’s “EOH Screening Questions” resource which is available in English and Spanish, and in an EHR-friendly format: https://www.migrantclinician.org/resource/environmental-and-occupational-health-screening-questions-primary-care.html
• Read MCN’s article on community-based partnerships to address health and safety, in the American Journal of Public Health: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306323?journalCode=ajph
• Watch MCN’s archived webinar on lessons learned from COVID-19 on creating and sustaining partnerships: https://www.migrantclinician.org/webinar/health-equity-what-covid-19-can-teach-us-about-creating-and-sustaining-partnerships-between 
• MCN’s comic books are image based and low literacy, on critical topics like dairy farm safety, pesticides, respiratory health, and much more. Available in English and Spanish. www.migrantclinician.org/comics
• Many of MCN’s vaccine and respiratory disease resources are highly customizable to make them relevant to one’s specific community needs. Includes resources for print, social media, and more. Most are available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. https://www.migrantclinician.org/covid-19-vaccine-awareness-campaign-resources  
•  See MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health resources on various topics that may apply to newly arrived migrants who may be working in dangerous industries with which they have minimal experience: 
  • Heat: https://www.migrantclinician.org/explore-environmental-justice-and-worker-health/heat.html 
  • Climate Justice: https://www.migrantclinician.org/our-work-climate-crisis/climate-justice.html 
  •  Dairy: https://www.migrantclinician.org/immigrant-dairy-worker-health-and-safety-seguridad-en-las-lecherias.html 
  • Avian flu/H5N1: https://www.migrantclinician.org/avian-flu.html 
  • Pesticides: https://www.migrantclinician.org/explore-environmental-justice-and-worker-health/pesticides.html 
  • Workers’ Compensation: https://www.migrantclinician.org/explore-environmental-justice-and-worker-health/workers-compensation.html 
  • Wildfires: https://www.migrantclinician.org/our-work-environmental-justice-and-worker-health/wildfires.html 
  • Environmental Education: https://www.migrantclinician.org/explore-environmental-justice-and-worker-health/environmental-education.html 
• Understand some of the major barriers that migrants face that interrupt their health and limit their access to health care even when they need it on MCN’s Migrant Health Issues page: https://www.migrantclinician.org/explore-migration/migrant-health-issues.html  
• The SDOH Academy, a collaboration of which MCN is a part, has numerous archived webinars on the role that social determinants of health play on patient access and health. https://sdohacademy.com/  
• Anti-immigrant rhetoric results in health concerns and may cause immigrants to avoid health care for which they are eligible. MCN’s Words Matter campaign features first-person videos in English and Spanish, five deep-dive blogs on the research about anti-immigrant rhetoric, and a webinar series for clinicians to learn to support their immigrant and migrant patients: https://www.migrantclinician.org/wordsmatter  

References: 

• National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. Dairy Workers Fact Sheet 2024. June 2024. Accessed 21 October 2024. https://www.ncfh.org/dairy-workers-fact-sheet.html  

• Bohnert K. More and More Dairy Workers Speak Another Language: K’iche’. Dairy Herd Management. 15 April 2024. https://www.dairyherd.com/news/labor/more-and-more-dairy-workers-speak-another-language-kiche 

• Semple K. A Somali Influx Unsettles Latino Meatpackers. New York Times. 15 October 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/16immig.html  

• Minor N. Cargill, Somali-American Workers Reach $1.5M Settlement Over Discrimination, Terminations. CPR News. 14 September 2018. https://www.cpr.org/2018/09/14/cargill-somali-american-workers-reach-1-5m-settlement-over-discrimination-terminations/ 

• New York Times (n3). 

• Kingston S. Why is the Haitian population of Springfield, Ohio, booming? ABC News. 17 September 2024. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/haitian-population-springfield-ohio/story?id=113731377 

• Ibid.

How Does Informal Communication and Misinformation Influence Migration? A Health Network Case Study

Resources:

• Migrant Clinicians Network’s Misinformation and Disinformation page includes resources like quick written primers, videos, presentations, and MCN’s Five Key Questions handout, available in English and Spanish: https://www.migrantclinician.org/misinformation-and-disinformation-toolkit-clinicians-and-public-health-workers.html.  

• Learn more about Healthy Mothers, Babies, and Children: https://www.migrantclinician.org/healthy-babies-children-and-mothers.html 

• Health Network is available for any migrants with health concerns, moving before they can complete their treatment. Learn more about Health Network and how to enroll patients on our website. The information is also available in Spanish. https://www.migrantclinician.org/our-work/health-network.html.

• We regularly host webinars on Health Network. Watch our Upcoming Webinars page to find out: https://www.migrantclinician.org/webinars/upcoming.   

References: 

• Acevedo N and L Albinson. Misinformation fuels false hopes among migrants after deadly fire in Mexico. NBC News. 20 March 2023. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/misinformation-fuels-false-hopes-migrants-mexico-fire-rcna77398 

• Digital lifelines: The use of social media networks among Venezuelan refugees and migrants heading north. Mixed Migration Centre. November 2023. https://mixedmigration.org/resource/digital-lifelines-social-media-venezuelan/

More Migrant Health News and Resources: Visit the Migrant Clinicians Network Website 

• MCN’s Blog: Clinical News Between Issues 

  • Migrant Clinicians Network offers clinicians and health advocates a deep dive into issues of migrant health and health justice in its active blog, Clinician to Clinician. Access the blog and subscribe: www.migrantclinician.org/blog 

• MCN’s Popular Webinars 

  • Our webinars are free of charge for participants, and many are accredited for continuing education, and available in English or Spanish. Visit our webinars page to access upcoming webinars or watch archived webinars: https://www.migrantclinician.org/education-and-training  

• Subscribe to our mailing list to receive notification of new webinars or learning opportunities: https://www.migrantclinician.org/connect