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Transgender Health and COVID-19
Nov 19, 2020
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By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach More than eight months after the Coronavirus first emerged in the public awareness as an impending health crisis,…
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Women’s Conference Creates Virtual Safe Space for Austin-Area Latinas
Nov 19, 2020
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By Diana Cañas, MCN InternEarlier this month, the sixth annual Women’s Conference, hosted by the General Consulate of Mexico in Austin and Migrant Clinicians Network, was virtual. In total, 68 women…
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Helping Patients Stay Safe in an Age of Misinformation
Nov 18, 2020
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Gayle Thomas, MD, is concerned. She has learned that many of her patients, whom she serves as the medical director of the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program, believe that if they go to the…
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Capacity Building in Occupational Health: Ventanilla de Salud of San Bernardino, CA
Oct 28, 2020
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By:Graciela MolinaIn our community of San Bernardino, in the Inland Empire not far from Los Angeles, a significant percentage of workers harvest fruits and vegetables, and the majority of these…
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Building Capacity in Occupational Health: Campesinos Sin Fronteras and La Ventanilla de Salud de Yuma, AZ
Oct 21, 2020
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ByRose Guerra, Betsabe Ruiz and Idolina CastroCampesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote self-sustainability for agricultural workers and people with low…
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Celebrating Binational Health Week XX Virtually
Oct 19, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By L. Roxana Pineda, MPH, Coordinator of the Ventanilla de Salud at Mexican Consulate in Austin, Migrant Clinicians NetworkEarlier this month, Migrant Clinicians Network and the Ventanilla de Salud…
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New Article Explores Vaccine Hesitancy Among Mexican Males Ahead of COVID-19 Vaccine
Oct 14, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
A health fair attendee receives an immunization at the Mexican Consulate in Austin, Texas. The COVID-19 vaccine may not be ready for initial distribution for many months, but health authorities…
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Wildfires and COVID-19: When Disasters Overlap, Agricultural Workers Struggle
Oct 13, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Photo: United Farm Workers For almost two months, wildfires have suffocated the Northern California sky. A dry mid-August lightning storm ignited thousands of fires, many of which grew rapidly in…
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MCN Position Statement: Testing of Agricultural Workers Helps Essential Workers Stay Safe and Healthy
Sep 29, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
In the absence of a national, evidenced-based testing strategy, decisions regarding the provision of COVID-19 tests for agricultural workers have been left to states, to counties, and, in many cases…
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Crab Pickers Face Health Disparities in Maryland, Says New Report
Sep 25, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
“Every year, hundreds of migrant women make the arduous journey from their homes in Mexico to Maryland’s Eastern Shore to support our treasured crab industry – but in doing so, they put their…
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Statement: Community Health Workers, Outreach & Education Must Be Front & Center to Support Immigrants & Migrants When COVID-19 Vaccination Arrives
Sep 8, 2020
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Aníbal Yariel López Correa
We thank the Committee for the opportunity to express our strong support of prioritizing immigrants and migrant workers and their families through enhanced vaccination programs at community…
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Dr. Zuroweste, TB Expert, Calls for Increase in Public Health Resources as COVID-19 Draws Resources Away from TB
Aug 6, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Tuberculosis kills over 1.5 million people, every year. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, TB experts are gravely concerned that the already unacceptable number of annual deaths from TB is going to…
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Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award: Open for Nominations
Aug 5, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award recognizes a rising star clinician hard at work to achieve health justice, providing them with a one-time $1,000 award and national recognition through…
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Update from Witness to Witness: Pivoting to Virtual Peer Support for Clinicians Experiencing Moral Injury During Pandemic
Jul 28, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
For decades, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, has explored how witnesses to violence are affected by that witnessing. Several years ago, Dr. Weingarten began to wonder how the helpers – like pro-bono…
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Unhoused and Undersupported in Post-Camp Fire Chico, California
Jul 27, 2020
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By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach, Migrant Clinicians Network Jennifer Smith, a Kansas resident, knows firsthand what hardship is. The blind mother of three…
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Community Mobilization as a Model for Preparedness with Equity
Jul 15, 2020
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Written by Marysel Pagán Santana, DrPH, MS, MCN’s Program Manager in Puerto RicoFor years, climate experts have warned of the implications of the climate crisis and how it will affect seasonal…
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Monterey County Medical-Legal Partnership Lays Groundwork for Expanded and Unprecedented Coalition of Agricultural Leaders, Farmworker Advocates, and Clinicians
Jul 13, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
In mid-March, as California’s abrupt COVID-19 shutdown pushed millions to shelter in place, a group of farmworker advocates began to discuss the vulnerabilities of local farmworkers, who were working…
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Best Practices in Mobile Team Outreach
Jun 8, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Just west of Portland, Oregon, thousands of acres of orchards, vineyards, and berry bushes stretch out across fertile plains. Every June, these fields are closely tended and harvested by migrant and…
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A Tribute to a Patient Who Died of COVID-19
Jun 3, 2020
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Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for the Migrant Clinicians Network His name, translated from French, was something like “Dear Heart”* I got to know him when I admitted him to our…
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Health Centers on the Frontlines: Finger Lakes Community Health on Telehealth
May 11, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Toward the end of March, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect US communities, an expeditious jump to virtual health care transpired at health centers across the country. Finger Lakes Community…
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Position Statement: Racist Rhetoric About Workers Must Stop; Emergency Protections Must Increase
May 8, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network is gravely concerned about the implications and repercussions of recent comments about the cultures and personal lives of essential workers in meatpacking plants. The…
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Q&A With Dr. Eva Galvez: How Clinicians Can Protect Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Partnerships and Advocacy
May 6, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
In Oregon, migrant farmworkers will soon begin to arrive to pick the ripe berries for which Oregon is famous. As “essential workers,” farmworkers have labored in fields and orchards across the US…
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Trauma, Mental Health, and COVID-19: Giving Tuesday Offers Support for Frontline Clinicians
May 5, 2020
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The last time I ever spoke to my friend Anna, she cried about resigning from her job. Educated at my own alma mater, eventually graduating with a degree in counseling, she had run the gamut of…
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Health Centers on the Frontlines: HOPE Clinic Ramps Up Telehealth, Starts Rapid Testing
May 4, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
In Houston, Texas, HOPE Clinic is living up to its name. The large urban community health center rapidly ramped up its telehealth services as the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and now almost 20 percent…
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New Spanish-Language Comic Book on Living with Diabetes
Apr 29, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network’s groundbreaking new Spanish-language comic book, “Mi salud es mi tesoro: Un guía para vivir bien con diabetes,” or “My Health Is My Treasure: A Guide to Living Well With…
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Worker Safety is Safety for All of Us
Apr 21, 2020
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Amy Liebman
Photo by Earl Dotter By Amy K. Liebman, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, Migrant Clinicians Network “There are mountains beyond mountains. The struggle continues.” Citing the…
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