Health Centers serving the agricultural worker community are adept at addressing the unique needs of agricultural worker patients and families by developing innovative and strategic models of service delivery. Even with the recent national pandemic, health centers across the country have shown their ability to quickly adapt to meet the new and expanding needs of their agricultural worker patients as traditional barriers to care have been exacerbated with COVID-19. In this session, faculty will share information on the most relevant current agricultural worker policy issues. We will also explore effective service delivery models that include adaptations due to COVID-19. Finally, faculty will highlight training and technical assistance (T/TA) opportunities, resources, and promising practices to help support health center staff in the implementation of service delivery changes and adaptations when serving agricultural workers. This session is developed and presented by the Farmworker Health Network, a six-member network of organizations with decades of experience working with health centers to address agricultural worker health needs.
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Presenters
Gladys Carrillo is the Director of Program Services at the National Center for Farmworker Health. Ms. Carrillo provides oversight to Program services including training related services, diabetes prevention and control program services, and health education product development and dissemination. Her experience includes direct patient care, clinical service coordination, community education, outreach, program development and management. Ms. Carrillo graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Liberal Arts degree from St. Edward's University and a Master's Degree in Social work from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining NCFH, Ms. Carrillo worked in providing direct therapeutic services to children and families, and clinical consultation to providers in the non-profit and private sectors.
Alexis Guild, MPP, Director of Health Policy and Programs, has been with Farmworker Justice since 2011. In her role as Director of Health Policy and Programs, she coordinates FJ’s health promotion projects and health policy advocacy. She works with advocacy organizations, community/migrant health centers, farmworker community-based organizations, and legal services organizations to ensure health care access for farmworkers and their families across the United States. Alexis co-authored “Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Implementation and Impact of the Affordable Care Act in U.S. Farmworker Communities” published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2016); and “The Neighbors who Feed Us: Farmworkers and Government Policy – Challenges and Solutions” published in the Harvard Law and Policy Review (2018). Alexis has extensive experience in public health and community organizing. She worked on political campaigns and grassroots organizations. She also served as a Health Education Volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps in Guatemala. She graduated from Wellesley College and received a master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan. Alexis lives in Oakland, California.