March 8th - Migrant Clinicians Network

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IN THIS ISSUE
Upcoming Events
Blog Entry
Recent Happenings
Poetry Corner
Announcements
New Resources
MARCH 6, 2013
Dear Jennifer Sanne,
MCN's e-newsletter, Network News, provides you with news and
resources available from MCN and our partners. We welcome your
feedback and/or suggestions for content. Please email Jillian
Hopewell with your comments.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Upcoming Free MCN Webinars
March 13th
Wednesday
Cultural Proficiency in the Context of
Migration Health part
2 of our 7-part series Clinician Orientation to
Migration Health
Presented by Dr. Jennie McLaurin, MD,
MPH. Register here!
March 27th
Wednesday
Coughing Up The Facts On Pertussis
This webinar, presented by Stacey Martin, MSc
with the Division of Bacterial Disease of the
National Center for Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases, will provide background
on pertussis, including key features, and
spectrum of illness in infants, children,
adolescents and adults. Register here!
International Women's Day: March 8th
Congratulations to our
partner: King David
Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Maria Rodriguez, founder
and executive director of the
King David Foundation, Inc.,
is proud to announce that
the Health Promoters
curriculum designed by King
David Foundation has been
approved by the Florida
Certification Board. The
Foundation also has been
certified to provide
educational services with
CEUs.
Free app for migrant
farmworkers
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MCN recognizes the importance of the work that migrant women
do and health risks they take in moving for work----often across
borders, exposing their families to the uncertainties of a mobile
life, and performing the work in occupations such as agriculture. Be
sure to view some of MCN resources related to Women's Health:
LO QUE BIEN EMPIEZA...BIEN ACABA - Pesticide Prevention
During Pregnancy Comic Book
Lead Clinical Guideline for Pregnant Migrant Women and
screening tool
Reproductive Health Effects of Pesticide
Exposure (monograph in English and Spanish)
Check out all the events that are taking
place for International Women's Day on
the official website.
All women's health titles by Hesperian
Health Guides are on sale through
March 8th. Receive 25% off on all
women's health titles by Hesperian,
including Where Women Have No
Doctor, A Book for Midwives, and A
Health Handbook for Women With Disabilites in
English and Spanish! Just enter coupon code WOMEN13 as you
check out of their online bookstore.
2013 Rural Migrant and Immigrant Farmworker
Health Conference
March 19-20, 2013
Holiday Inn, in Grantville, Pennsylvania
MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental &
Occupational Health, will be part of a keynote panel on the health
and safety of immigrant dairy workers. She will share preliminary
findings from the Seguridad en las Lecherías: Immigrant Dairy
Worker Health and Safety Project. This project is a collaborative
effort of the Upper Midwest Agriculture Safety and Health
Center, National Farm Medicine Center and MCN.
The conference offers an excellent opportunity to improve your
understanding of the health and safety needs of migrant and
immigrant farmworkers while networking with food producers,
advocates, educators, students, and policy makers who regularly
interact with this special population.
View our calendar for registration information.
A crowdfunding campaign is
currently running to fund the
launch of a mobile
application targeted for
farmworker, farmer, and
outreach workers. This free
app, called CampesinoSOS
(Farmworker SOS), will help
migrant farm workers locate
resources as they travel hand
harvesting crops across the
country. If you would like to
help contribute to this
project or for more
information click here.
Health Network
Health Network is a program
to establish continuity of care
for mobile patients. We are
currently scheduling Health
Network enrollment trainings.
If you are interested in this
free program please contact
Ricardo Garay at (512) 5794508 or
rgaray@migrantclinician.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Univ. of Minnesota Lecture
Series on Immigrant and
Refugee Health
New EPA Rules Protect
Women and Children from
Chemical Testing
The Environmental Protection Agency,
on Friday, February 8, strengthened
federal standards to make it harder for
the chemical industry to use people as
test subjects in pesticide research...
MCN Supports Occupation in
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Indigenous Knowledge Conference
Friday, April 26, 2013
Oxnard College (Oxnard, CA)
The Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) has
organized this event to cover:
The Oaxacan indigenous Community in Ventura County
Oaxacan indigenous traditions and beliefs
How to provide culturally-aware services to the indigenous
community
Migration patterns and history
Interpretation and language access
Indigenous perspectives on health and education
View their facebook event for more information
BLOG ENTRY
Educational Attainment for Farmworkers
By Daniela Delgado
The notion of equal opportunity is a reason for migrating to the
United States. Educational advancement forms part of this notion,
yet the educational attainment of some immigrant groups,
including farmworkers, is still low. In the U.S., a third of child
farmworkers drop out before graduating from high school and the
mean highest grade completed by farmworkers is eighth grade
(Human Rights Watch, 2010; NAWS, 2007-2009). Additionally, the
constant mobility of migrant children and the need of some to
work in the fields are contributing factors to high dropout rates
(National Center for Farmworker Health, 2011). The low education
of migrant workers is also an index for their low wages.
Farmworkers earn $9.12 per hour and a median income of $18,970
per year, which is below the poverty line for a family of three
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012; NAWS, 2007-2009). The deficit in
education increases migrant workers' vulnerability, as the inability
to leave farm work can lead to withstanding abuse and
inadequate working conditions... [read more]
EHRs
MCN strongly supports including work
information, namely industry and
occupation, in electronic health
records (EHRs). Information related to
the patient's occupation is important
in the recognition and management of
injuries, illnesses and exposures...
NEW RESOURCES
Appropriate Use of NonEnglish-Language Skills in
Clinical Care
State Workers' Compensation
Requirements for Employers of
Farmworkers
Open Access for Migrant
Patients - Patient Centered
Medical Home
USEFUL LINKS
» About MCN
» Toolbox & Resources
» News & Announcements
» Events Calendar
A special thank you:
Spanish translation by
Ricardo Garay and reviewed
by Alejandro Ahuja.
CONNECT WITH US
RECENT HAPPENINGS
New Hombres Unidos Implementation Site
MCN is excited to announce Moses Lake Community Health Center
as a partnering site for our Engaging Migrant Men project. The
project will implement the Hombres Unidos Contra la Violencia
Familiar curriculum in Quincy, WA, to engage Latino migrant men
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to become advocates against intimate partner violence. Moses
Lake Community Health Center is one of two partners for this
project, the other being Keystone Health Center in Reading, PA.
For more information on this project or the Hombres Unidos
curriculum, please contact Adrian Velasquez at
avelasquez@migrantclinician.org
Pictured:
Jesus Santiago MLCHC Promotor
Emiliano Diaz De Leon TAASA Men's Engagement Specialist
Victorino Ramirez MLCHC Promotor
David Huerta MLCHC Promotor
Edwin Pereira MLCHC Promotor
Adrian Velasquez MCN Family Violence Prevention Manager
Tuberculosis education, prevention, and
awareness campaign on the border
Sanitary District II, located in Juarez, Mexico, in collaboration with
the Juntos Binational Project launched a call for
submissionsregarding upcoming events for World TB day (on
March 24) to high school students to send an image related to
Tuberculosis prevention. This image will be used for a Tuberculosis
education, prevention and awareness campaign.
The winning image was submitted by High School CBTIS 128 and
the team advised by teacher Eva Mendoza, with students Diego
Armando Lozano Andazola, Jashua Armendáriz, Josué Rodriguez,
Karen Ivette Duarte Durán, Odalis Elías Rodríguez, and Daniela
Mendoza. The photograph is by Sabino Serrano.
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This contest was hosted by Dr. Luis Mauricio Acosta, Assistant
Director of Sanitary District II; Dr. Esteban Vlasich; Gloria Cardenas;
Maria Francisca Guerrero; Adrian Garcia Castro; Santiago Garcia;
Alberto Maya; Laura Hernandez; and Graciela Hernandez.
MCN recently invited colleagues, as part of a grant application, to
write an original short poem that reflected the heart of MCN's
mission. We were touched and profoundly moved by the response
from MCN's friends. We did not receive the grant, but we did
receive gifts of enduring value. The first of them appears here.
Other poems will appear over the next few months. We are
grateful to and thankful for this community of caring.
BORN TO CARE
For Migrant Clinicians Network
by James O'Barr
Born to care, 'cause that's our calling,
going where poor workers go
for the work that needs the doing,
and the wage, a life of woe.
Born to care, we ask for justice,
and we dare demand their right
to a life of health and wholeness,
not in shadow, but in light.
Born to care, we serve the migrants,
giving what we have to share,
hands and hearts and minds and spirits,
and our love----we're born to care.
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