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MCN's Institutional Review Board Welcomes New Member
Jan 25, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network prides itself in filling in the gaps when it comes to migrant health. For almost two decades, MCN’s Institutional Review Board has stepped up to review and monitor…
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Five on Friday: Why So Many Doctors Kill Themselves, and the Search for Solutions as CHIP Funding Runs Low
Jan 19, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
January is National Blood Donor Month. This year’s severe winter weather and a rough flu season have left blood banks across the country with low supplies, as January donations plummeted. Have extra…
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Documentation As a Barrier to Care: Dr. Marsha Griffin on Border Health Care and Split Families
Jan 18, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
"Candle of Hope" by Alan PogueIn October of last year, Rosa Maria, a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, was being transported by ambulance from her hometown of Laredo, Texas to a nearby hospital…
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Calling All Clinicians!
Jan 17, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
You probably saw our pop-up window when you reached the website today. If you’re anything like me, you may have closed it before even reading it! This month, Migrant Clinicians Network launched a…
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Five on Friday: Nuclear Detonation Preparedness and Jack Geiger on Expiring Health Care for the Poor
Jan 12, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Day…
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Worker Safety & Health: What Barriers do Primary Care Providers Encounter?
Jan 10, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
James, a 36-year-old, arrives at the clinic with out-of-control diabetes, chronic back pain, depression, and asthma. Which of these health concerns might be linked to his job as a meat packer? And…
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A1C Under Nine: How to Get Diabetes and Hypertension Under Control, New ECHO Series in Spanish
Jan 9, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
How many of your patients with diabetes are keeping their Hemoglobin A1C levels below nine? Migrant Clinicians Network has taken on HRSA’s call to proactively address diabetes and hypertension to…
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Five on Friday: MCN's 2018 Top Five Reading List
Jan 5, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy New Year! As 2018 begins and the cold season continues, it's a great time to sip warm tea and cuddle up with a good book! Here are a few that MCN staff have enjoyed in 2017 and into the new…
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Outside the Clinic Walls: Health Centers Can Make an Impact on the Social Determinants of Health Through SDOH Academy
Jan 3, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
A patient is having a hard time getting her diabetes under control. The clinician has done everything -- the correct prescriptions, a class with the dietician, a group lesson and take-home brochure…
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MCN Resolutions: Five Ways to Bring Hope, Health, and Equity in the New Year
Jan 2, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
The new year brings renewed hope for meaningful and measurable steps toward health justice for the mobile poor. Amid setbacks and struggles, many gains have been made in the past year -- and more is…
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Five on Friday: A Journey Through a Land of Extreme Poverty and Freakonomics on the Headwinds/Tailwinds Theory
Dec 22, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN offices are closed today, but we still had plenty to talk about this holiday week. What health justice stories and resources excited you this week? What can you use in the new year?A Journey…
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Celebrating Winter Tomatoes: Tomato Guide Newly Translated In Spanish
Dec 21, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in North America, but across southern Florida, agricultural workers are still picking the tastes of summer. Along this tropical finger of…
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Five on Friday: Brazil Fights H.I.V. With Free Preventive Drug and the Premature Birth Report Card
Dec 15, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday to you! Here are five pieces that caught our attention at our Migrant Clinicians Network offices this week. What did you read? Share it with us on Facebook.Brazil Fights H.I.V. Spike in…
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In the Field: TB Control in Kazakhstan
Dec 14, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, the temperature in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is expected to reach a high of seven degrees Fahrenheit. Certainly colder than Central Texas -- but that didn’t stop Migrant Clinicians…
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December Travel: What Do You Do When Your Patient Gets Temporarily Mobile?
Dec 13, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
For several months every winter, 66-year old Phuong* visits family and friends in her homeland of Vietnam. This year, however, Phuong, a US citizen, tested positive for tuberculosis in her lungs and…
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Five on Friday: Worker Deaths from Using Methylene Chloride and Teenager Develops Heat-related Illness App
Dec 8, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
As the holidays ramp up, our free time gets sucked away. Here, we’ve collected a few health justice pieces that MCN staff read this week, in case you missed some of the stories that matter. What did…
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When the Fires Broke Out, CHWs in Oregon Took a Different Approach
Dec 7, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Lead Community Health Worker Toña Sanchez visits with migrant kids. Photo: The Next Door, Inc.When wildfires hit Oregon earlier this year, farmworkers suffered. Despite official recommendations to…
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Leslie Nickels: “One of our finest warriors," A Memorial from The Pump Handle
Dec 4, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
The occupational health and safety community is mourning the death of Leslie Nickels, MEd, PhD, who passed away earlier this week from breast cancer. Leslie embodied the heart and spirit of…
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Five on Friday: Wage Theft of Harvey Reconstruction Workers and Caring for Migrant Health Care Workers
Dec 1, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
December has arrived! Before you dive into the weekend’s festivities, take amoment to read some interesting articles and perspectives on migrant health! Here are five pieces from this week…
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Migrants Throughout the Americas: TB and TB-HIV Coinfection Advocacy in Panama
Nov 30, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
In the leadup to the 2016 summer Olympics, migrants arrived in Brazil in droves to build the infrastructure necessary to host the games. After the work was completed, many migrants, particularly…
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Growing Healthy Children: Growers and Childcare Providers Meet to Protect Agricultural Worker Kids
Nov 29, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, MCN’s Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager, arrived in Las Vegas to facilitate a focus group with childcare providers and growers -- an…
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Five on Friday: The Metabolic Legacy of Environmental Injustice and Slave Auctions in Libya
Nov 24, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant health justice has never been more relevant, more salient, or more urgent. On this Thanksgiving weekend, we send our deep gratitude to the millions of farmworkers who migrate every few weeks…
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Thanksgiving: Showing our Gratitude to Farmworkers through Awareness and Action
Nov 22, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude surrounding a huge feast. Those of us advocating year-round for farmworkers take the time at Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the hardworking people who…
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Honoring Dedication to Worker Health and Safety: Sara Quandt and Tom Arcury Receive Alice Hamilton Award
Nov 20, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Photo: thepumphandle.orgLook up the latest and most compelling research on occupational safety and health among the most unprotected and neglected workers in this country -- migrant farmworkers, or…
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Five on Friday: How a Small Hospital in Puerto Rico Survived Hurricane Maria and Rural America’s Disappearing Maternity Care
Nov 17, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
National Rural Health Week is coming to a close. For issues including disaster response, the opioid epidemic, and agricultural worker health and safety, clinicians serving rural patients take extra…
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MCN's APHA Poster Presentation: Clinicians' Role in Addressing Climate Change-Related Health Concerns
Nov 15, 2017
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Last weekend, MCN’s Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, headed to Atlanta for the American Public Health Association’s annual conference, boldly titled, “Creating…
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