The Impact of Changing Demographics: Culturally Contextual Care, Partnerships, and a Comprehensive Medical History
“The Specifics of Venezuelan Prenatal and Delivery Care” Resources:
- Learn more about culturally contextual prenatal care by watching our recent webinar, Prenatal Care for Migrants: Services and Practices in Their Home Country and What Can Be Expected Throughout the Migrant’s Route to the US, which focused on pregnant Venezuelan asylum seekers. It was presented primarily in Spanish with English interpretation.
- In English: https://www.migrantclinician.org/webinar/prenatal-care-migrants-services-and-practices-their-home-country-and-what-can-be-expected
- In Spanish: https://www.migrantclinician.org/es/webinar/atencion-prenatal-para-migrantes-servicios-y-practicas-en-su-pais-de-origen-y-que-se-puede
“KFF Report: Immigrant Patients Report Unfair Treatment”
- Read the initial survey findings: https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/health-and-health-care-experiences-of-immigrants-the-2023-kff-la-times-survey-of-immigrants/
- Read the companion report: https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/poll-finding/kff-la-times-survey-of-immigrants
References:
- 1 Gramlich J. Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border hit a record high at the end of 2023. Short Reads: Pew Research Center. Published 15 February 2024. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/15/migrant-encounters-at-the-us-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-at-the-end-of-2023/
- 2 Green MA. Migration: This Time It’s Different. Stubborn Things: A blog of the Wilson Center. Published 23 January 2024. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/migration-time-its-different
- 3 Some Graphics About the Border and Migration. WOLA. Updated 4 September 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://conexionmigrante.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wola_migration_charts.pdf
- 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Southwest Border Migration FY 2020. Updated 19 September 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration-fy2020
- 5 U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Nationwide Encounters. Updated 12 April 2024. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters
- 6 Suarez A. Rising numbers of migrants risk lives crossing Darien Gap. Associated Press. 17 September 2021. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-colombia-forests-united-states-c9179be12e415f4b36145f0f29470e3b
- 7 Zuroweste E. Lessons from the Ebola Crisis: Global Health on your Doorstep. Recorded webinar. Migrant Clinicians Network. 17 December 2014. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.migrantclinician.org/webinar/lessons-ebola-crisis-global-health-your-doorstep-2014-12-17.html
- 8 Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis Is Now a Regional Emergency, New Analysis Finds. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 25 March 2019. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/0219/venezuelan-humanitarian-crisis-is-now-a-regional-emergency-new-analysis-finds
- 9 Garcia J, S Helleringer, G Correa, M Di Brienza. Updated estimates of infant mortality in Venezuela. The Lancet Global Health. January 2024. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00520-X/fulltext
- 10 Venezuelan Humanitarian and Refugee Crisis. Center for Disaster Philanthropy. Updated 16 April 2024. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/venezuelan-refugee-crisis/
- 11 Zerpa O. Migration of physicians and keys to success. Clin Dermatol. 2020;38(5):523-528. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2020.05.007
- 12 Garcia D, J Hermida Cordova, M Trujillo, S Kizer. Prenatal C are for Migrants: Services and Practices in Their Home Country and What Can Be Expected Throughout the Migrant’s Route to the US. Recorded Webinar. Migrant Clinicians Network. 29 February 2024. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.migrantclinician.org/webinar/prenatal-care-migrants-services-and-practices-their-home-country-and-what-can-be-expected
How Health Centers Can Work with Their Communities Before, During, and After a Disaster
Resources:
- Online toolkits and databanks like http://www.climatecheck.com and http://www.riskfactor.com provide ratings for individual properties. Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation, a part of the US Global Change Research Program, is a powerful tool that allows users to choose current or future community threats, at https://resilience.climate.gov/. Climate risks by county are also outlined at https://www.americancommunities.org/mapping-climate-risks-by-county-and-community/.
- Watch the webinar, now archived on the Migrant Clinicians Network website, in English or Spanish: https://www.migrantclinician.org/webinars/archive. MCN’s webinars are free, most are available in English or Spanish with simultaneous interpretation, and many offer continuing education credits for those who attend live. Visit our Upcoming Webinar page: https://www.migrantclinician.org/webinars/upcoming.
- Access MCN’s communications manual, called “Designing Community-Based Communications Campaigns.” This 58-page manual, which is also available in Spanish, goes in depth into many parts of building a climate emergency plan and how to communicate the strategies. While the manual was initially built for a COVID campaign, the strategies and tactics are generalized for use in many campaigns, including for a climate emergency. https://www.migrantclinician.org/resource/designing-community-based-communication-campaigns-manual.html
- Explore national community mobilization efforts in Latin America for other health risks. All of these resources are in Spanish.
- Learn about El Salvador’s strategic plan for TB: https://docs.bvsalud.org/biblioref/2023/10/1512604/plannacionaldeabogaciacomunicacionymovilizacionsocialparaelcon_6rDSlXr.pdf
- See how Honduras uses community mobilization against COVID: https://www.paho.org/es/noticias/2-3-2020-alianzas-movilizacion-comunitaria-para-enfrentar-covid-19
- Access a step-by-step guide on risk communication and community engagement on the Zika virus. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/33671
- Read about Dominican Republic’s National Strategy. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/31104
References:
- 1 Webber T. Climate change doubled chance of weather conditions that led to record Quebec fires, researchers say. Associated Press. 23 August 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-climate-change-analysis-38a64e59ff5b73fcdeadb8fb90ccb073
- 2 Canada’s record-breaking wildfires in 2023: A fiery wake-up call. Government of Canada. 8 September 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://natural-resources.canada.ca/simply-science/canadas-record-breaking-wildfires-2023-fiery-wake-call/25303
- 3 Speck E. Canadian wildfire smoke invades Florida choking skies with smoke, unhealthy air quality. Fox Weather. 4 October 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/florida-air-quality-canadian-wildfire-smoke
- 4 Asthma-Associated Emergency Department Visits During the Canadian Wildfire Smoke Episodes — United States, April– August 2023. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 25 August 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7234a5.htm
- 5 Seda C. Overlapping Environmental Factors, Paired with Social Determinants like Diet and Stress, Set Up Agricultural Workers for Poor Respiratory Health – And A Whole Host of Other Health Concerns. Streamline. Migrant Clinicians Network. Spring 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.migrantclinician.org/streamline/2023/spring
- 6 Bethuel NW, Wasson K, Scribani M, Krupa N, Jenkins P, May JJ. Respiratory Disease in Migrant Farmworkers. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63(8):708-712. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002234
- 7 Clarke K, Manrique A, Sabo-Attwood T, Coker ES. A Narrative Review of Occupational Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Farmworkers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(8):4097. Published 2021 Apr 13. doi:10.3390/ijerph18084097
- 8 Seda C. Overlapping Environmental Factors, Paired with Social Determinants like Diet and Stress, Set Up Agricultural Workers for Poor Respiratory Health – And A Whole Host of Other Health Concerns. Streamline. Migrant Clinicians Network. Spring 2023. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.migrantclinician.org/streamline/2023/spring
- 9 Pagán-Santana M, Liebman AK, Seda CH. Deepening the Divide: Health Inequities and Climate Change among Farmworkers. J Agromedicine. 2023;28(1):57-60. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148034
- 10 Seda C. Pharmacists Play a Key Role in Care Team at Holyoke Health Center. Streamline. Migrant Clinicians Network. Winter 2023/2024. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.migrantclinician.org/streamline/pharmacists-play-key-role-care-team-holyoke-health-center
Dehydration: Migrant Agricultural Workers at the Crux of Social Risk Factors, Climate Change, and Public Health
References:
- 1 Pagán-Santana M, Liebman AK, Seda CH. Deepening the Divide: Health Inequities and Climate Change among Farmworkers. J Agromedicine. 2023;28(1):57-60. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148034
- 2 Hansson E, Mansourian A, Farnaghi M, Petzold M, Jakobsson K. An ecological study of chronic kidney disease in five Mesoamerican countries: associations with crop and heat. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):840. Published 2021 May 1. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10822-9
- 3 Romanello M, Napoli CD, Green C, et al. The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms. Lancet. 2023;402(10419):2346-2394. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01859-7
- 4 Lacet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change. Accessed 2 May 2024. https://www.lancetcountdown.org/about-us/interact-with-the-key-findings/
Diabetes Care, Complicated at the Border
Resources:
- Learn more about Health Network: www.migrantclinician.org/healthnetwork
- Donate to Health Network to support migrants in finding care at their next destination: www.migrantclinician.org/donate
In Memoriam: Jillian Hopewell, Editor-In-Chief
Resources:
Read about Jillian’s full life and her impact on our team at MCN:
- Jillian Hopewell, MCN’s Chief Program Officer of Education & Communications https://www.migrantclinician.org/blog/2023/dec/memoriam-jillian-hopewell-mcns-chief-program-officer-education-communications.html
- How to Practice Love to Create a More Just Social Order? Jillian Hopewell Showed the Way. https://www.migrantclinician.org/blog/2024/feb/how-practice-love-create-more-just-social-order-jillian-hopewell-showed-way.html
- Remembering Jillian Hopewell: Health Justice Warrior https://www.migrantclinician.org/blog/2024/feb/remembering-jillian-hopewell-health-justice-warrior.html
With the support of Jillian’s family, Migrant Clinicians Network has created the Jillian Hopewell Fellowship to support Migrant Clinicians Network staff and applied interns in designated activities to strengthen their education and pursuit of careers in migrant health. Learn more and contribute to this new fellowship: https://www.migrantclinician.org/donate/jillian-hopewell-fellowship
