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#metoo. #yotambien. Now what?
Oct 18, 2017
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Facebook’s cute-kid-with-pumpkin photos and gloomy political posts were less prominent this week, as thousands and thousands of women and others -- likely many of your own Facebook friends -- posted…
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How Health Centers Can Tackle TB Infection, According to Dr. Zuroweste
Oct 17, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
When we think of Tuberculosis identification and treatment, we often think of the local health department. After all, they are set up to take the lead role in such public health concerns, providing…
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From the Field: Puerto Rico Health Center Providing Services, Needs Medication
Oct 16, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Left to Right: Alicia Gonzales (NCFH), Gladys Cate (HRSA), Alma Galván (MCN) and Jose Rodriguez (Medical Director at Hospital General Castañer.) Alma Galván, MHC: What does the health center look…
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Five on Friday: Documentary on Life and Work of Dolores Huerta and Impact of Emergencies on Health Information and EHR Safety
Oct 13, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
I live in Marin County, about 20 minutes from the frontlines of one of the massive Northern California fires raging on today. I write this from my parents’ house -- my daughter and I have left home…
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Binational: When Disaster Strikes Your US Community and Your Home Community
Oct 11, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Leslie Diaz, who works as a Health Network Associate at the Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) in Austin, Texas, called Francisco Gámez, with Aids Interfaith Network/Manos Unidas and VdS in…
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From the Field: Dr. Laszlo Madaras Honors the Medical Staff who Work in the World As It Is
Oct 9, 2017
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Jannette Nuñez
As a doctor, I have worked with so many kind and excellent nurses over several decades - dedicated, hard workers in the ER, labor+delivery, intensive care, oncology, geriatrics, pediatrics, and non…
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Five on Friday: Ben & Jerry’s Helps Improve Migrant Dairy Workers’ Conditions and Help For Puerto Rico
Oct 6, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s the first week of October, which for me means Fair Trade Candy Buying Week. It’s a troubling task -- if I wait much longer, it might not ship to me in time for Halloween and the local stores may…
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For DACA Med Student, The Path to Becoming a Clinician for the Underserved is in Jeopardy
Oct 5, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn at San Francisco General Hospital. Photo: Jirayut LatthivongskornOne month ago today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a March 5th, 2018 end of Deferred Action…
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MCN Stands with Puerto Rico: Clinician Partners Struggle to Access Critical Resources After Disasters Across North America
Oct 2, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Nothing could prepare our clinician partners for the level of destruction we have seen in North America in recent weeks. In Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island following on…
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Five on Friday: Aid Lags in Hurricane-torn Puerto Rico as San Juan Mayor Pleas for Support
Sep 29, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
As we reach the end of September, we look back at the devastation that this particular page in the calendar has brought to vulnerable communities across North America. Major earthquakes, hurricanes,…
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Farmers Adjust to Fewer Workers: Reprint of Rural Migration News Blog
Sep 28, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
[Editor’s Note: This week, the mobile agricultural worker shortage was once again in the news. Last month, Rural Migration News blog posted this analysis of how farmers are shifting gears in…
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After the Waters Recede, Worker Vulnerabilities Rise: How to Prepare Workers in a Post-Disaster Environment
Sep 26, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
After any disaster -- earthquake, hurricane, explosion, attack -- there are immediate survival concerns. Puerto Rico is right now on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, as millions face every new day…
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Five on Friday: Migrant Workers After Hurricane Irma and Humans of New York
Sep 22, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Just this week, can we rename this rundown of reads and resources, “Six on Saturday,” or “Seven on Sunday?” It’s awfully challenging to whittle down the list of suggestions from our well read staff…
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From the Fields to the Exam Room: MCN Trains Thousands on Pesticide Poisoning Response
Sep 21, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Pop quiz: Before Migrant Clinicians Network trainings, what percentage of surveyed primary care clinicians knew if reporting pesticide exposures in their state was required? Read on to find the…
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Barely Recovering from Irma, Puerto Rico Health Centers Brace for Maria
Sep 20, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
When Daniel Ramos, MPHE, from the Primary Health Care Association of Puerto Rico, picked up the phone yesterday, he sounded surprisingly upbeat. He asked how I was doing, and I had to admit I was…
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After the Storm: National COSH's Perspective from their Train-the-Trainer Sessions in Houston
Sep 19, 2017
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Jessica E. Martinez
I’m writing you from Houston, on the third and final day of an intensive bilingual “train-the-trainers” session for workers who want to see their city rebuilt safely and securely. What I’ve…
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Five on Friday: The Heroin Addiction Epidemic in Ohio/Kentucky and Staying Safe After Flood Damage
Sep 15, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Have you seen the Binational Health Week GoFundMe page we created? We need to raise just $1400 to pay for services, childcare, and more during Binational Health Week in Austin, which this year serves…
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Multifaceted, Overlapping, Critical to Understand: The Spheres of Influence Affecting Agricultural Worker Health and Safety
Sep 14, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, the Journal of Agromedicine released a special issue focused on utilizing the socio-ecological model (SEM) to improve agricultural safety and health. Migrant Clinicians Network’s…
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Luck of the Draw: A Sudanese Woman's Journey to the United States
Sep 13, 2017
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Jean Schrecengost
Fatima*, a North Sudanese woman in her mid-twenties, welcomes me into her apartment for an interview. She wears jeans and a blouse but no turha, the term she uses for the headscarf she usually dons…
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Harvey vs. Irma vs. Katrina: Can Displaced Patients Get the Care They Need?
Sep 12, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
"There is such an unmet medical need," says Kristin Malaer, another social worker who also showed up to volunteer. "Just going and connecting with people, you find out so many of them are diabetic or…
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Five on Friday: Clinician Burnout Rates Increase at FQHCs and Denouncing the End of DACA
Sep 8, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Another difficult week for the mobile poor. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands just beginning to recover from Harvey, while thousands more are displaced by Irma. Meanwhile, across the…
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Access to Health Care in a New Immigration Environment
Sep 7, 2017
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Farmworker Justice
Photograph: Earl DotterEditor’s Note: How do immigration policy changes -- or even the tone of the national conversation around immigration -- affect health care needs and access for people who lack…
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In the Field: HOPE Clinic in Houston Rides Out Harvey
Sep 6, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
A week ago, as Harvey thrust toward its clinics, HOPE Clinic, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Houston, took stock. And then moved that stock. “We transferred our vaccine storage to our…
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Cots in Austin: Visiting the Local Shelter for Harvey Evacuees
Sep 5, 2017
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Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, Austin is set to receive somewhere between 1,500 to 2,000 evacuees fleeing the receding waters in their neighborhoods around Houston. They are to be housed in several locations, one of…
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Five on Friday: Federal Judge Protects Texas Sanctuary Cities and Human Flow, Documentary on Global Refugee Crisis from Ai Weiwei
Sep 1, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Thank you to the migrant laborers across the country -- agricultural workers, custodians, construction workers -- who are often overlooked during our Labor Day festivities but make up an essential…
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Maria, Two Months Old, Had Congenital Zika. Should She Stay on the Immunization Schedule?
Aug 30, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Maria* is a two-month-old patient at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Puerto Rico. It’s time for her two-month vaccinations -- but her doctor is hesitant. Maria had congenital Zika, which…
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