Children and Teen Health

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4.5
Average: 4.5 (2 votes)

Adolescent Farmworkers at Risk

Professional education for healthcare providers on health risks for adolescent farmworkers.

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5
Average: 5 (2 votes)

Age Considerations: Impacts on Pesticide Exposure and Health Outcomes

Presentation developed by the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, University of Washington.

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CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - offers screening, research and surveillance information.

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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

California Department of Public Health offers numerous bilingual educational materials regarding childhood lead poisoning prevention.

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Children's Health Fund

Founded by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD in 1987, The Children's Health Fund (CHF) works nationally to develop health care programs for the nation's most medically underserved population - homeless and disadvantaged children. CHF brings medical care and essential services directly to underserved children in rural and urban communities via Mobile Medical clinics (doctor's offices on wheels) and fixed site clinics.

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Farmworkers, Pregnancy and Pesticides

Palm Beach Post’s page Farmworkers and Pesticides. Excellent artilces on Florida's farmworkers, with special attention to pregnant farmworkers and birth defects.

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5
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Grasshoppers, Dust and Salsa - An Old Toxin in a New Setting: A Fresh Look at Lead Poisoning in Migrant Populations

This hour long webcast features Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH – a former medical director of a migrant and community health center and a pediatrician with over 20 years of practice serving farmworker and immigrant populations.

 

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InfantSEE

Public health program designed to ensure early detection of eye conditions in babies. Member optometrists provide a free comprehensive infant eye assessment to children younger than one year.

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Lamaze Publishing Company

Free video called “Lo Mejor Para Su Bebe”, which covers infant care and breastfeeding.

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Maternal and Child Health Library

The MCH Library's online catalog includes materials for consumers and professionals in numerous languages other than English, and the Organizations Database identifies additional sources for these materials.