As health care providers, we at Migrant Clinicians Network strongly oppose immigration policy that separates children from their parents. The lifelong health impacts of such trauma administered by the US government are significant and unacceptable. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as separation from parents and time spent in detention are well documented to negatively affect health... Read More
It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and we want to send out our love and appreciation to all the mothers out there! We at MCN work to bring health, well-being, and safety to families everywhere, particularly among the mobile poor. Please consider giving a gift to MCN in honor of a mother you know and love. Here are some staff recommendations from this week, with moms at the center. ... Read More
[Editor’s Note: This blog post comes from MCN Board Member Eva Galvez, MD, a family physician at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, a Community Health Center based in Hillsboro, Oregon.] Earlier this week, I saw a patient for her prenatal visit. She is now in her 20th week of pregnancy. Her husband was deported during her tenth week of pregnancy and her seven-year-old son has been... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Ventanilla de Salud (VDS) is a program designed to help Mexican nationals living in the US find and access health care services at 55 consulates throughout the United States. MCN’s Leslie Diaz, MSW, is a Health Network Associate based at the Austin Consulate. Here, she reports back from a recent VDS conference. Read more about our partnership with Ventanilla de Salud here.]... Read More
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Clinicians have reported to us a concerning uptick in fear and anxiety among their mobile and immigrant patients in the last two years. These mental health concerns not only disrupt their daily lives, but they drive patients to avoid seeking care when they need it. Immigrants with legal status in the US are not immune. Of particular concern are mobile... Read More
[Editor’s note: MCN’s Diabetes Project ECHO brought together clinicians from over a dozen health centers with diabetes experts from around the country to best strategize how to bring A1c numbers down. Here, MCN’s Martha Alvarado interviews a participant on her experience. Read Martha’s previous interview here.] In the heart of one of the biggest cities in the country, Clínica Monseñor... Read More
Tomorrow is Workers’ Memorial Day, during which we honor those who have lost their lives while on the job, by striving to make workplaces safer. Unfortunately, 150 people die each day either on the job, or from occupation-related disease, according to an AFL-CIO report released yesterday. Part of our jobs as clinicians is to understand the risks and hazards that are associated with... Read More
Photo: Corporación de Servicios Médicos (CSM)Spanish translation hereBy Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MATired. Sad. Strong. These were just a few words that came to mind as I looked at my friend and colleague, Dr. Jose Rodriguez, as he welcomed me to Puerto Rico. I’ve been working for over a decade with Dr. Rodriguez, the medical director for the community health center, Hospital General Castañer,... Read More
What are you doing for Earth Day? Planetary health and mobile population health go hand-in-hand. “Climate refugees” are on the rise; and of course climate destabilization affects vulnerable populations the most. Mobile agricultural workers, in rural areas, with poor quality housing, working out-of-doors, and with little access to health care, are highly vulnerable to a significant weather... Read More
MCN Paper on Immigrant Dairy Worker Safety & Health Trainings Wins Sara Mazelis Paper of the Year Award!
Left to right: Adenike Bitto, Patricia M. Juárez-Carrillo, and Elaine Auld Migrant Clinicians Network’s Seguridad en las lecherías project has once again been honored, this time for a journal article on the Seguridad dairy worker safety and health trainings, entitled “Applying Learning Theory to Safety and Health Training for Hispanic Immigrant Dairy Workers.” Last week, Patricia M. Juárez-... Read More
