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Libro cómic educativo bilingüe sobre cómo prevenir las enfermedades zoonóticas. Desarrollado por MCN en colaboración con la Universidad Estatal de Ohio.

 

MCN y Farmworker Justice ofrecen estas guías para ayudar a los médicos en la comprensión de regulaciones de salud y seguridad de los  campesinos.  Información de los Estándares  de Saneamiento de  la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (OSHA) para los campos; la  Ley Federal de Insecticidas, Fungicidas y Rodenticidas (FIFRA) regulado por la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA); la Ley de la Protección de la Calidad de los Alimentos (FQPA) también regulado por el EPA; y el estándar de protección del trabajador (WPS) establecido por el  EPA.

MCN y Farmworker Justice ofrecen estas guías para ayudar a los proveedores de servicios de salud a comprender las regulaciones de salud y seguridad de los trabajadores agrícolas.  Información de los Estándares  de Saneamiento de la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (OSHA) para los campos; la Ley Federal de Insecticidas, Fungicidas y Rodenticidas (FIFRA) regulado por la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA); la Ley de la Protección de la Calidad de los Alimentos (FQPA) también regulado por el EPA; y el estándar de protección del trabajador (WPS) establecido por el EPA.

 

DATE RECORDED: Wednesday, June 17, 2014
PRESENTED BY: Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH, Dean Emanuel Endowed Chair/Director National Farm Medicine Center

MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health Programs

Learn more about MCN’s training and technical assistance programs to help clinicians and health centers improve the recognition and management of pesticide exposures and other environmental/occupational health conditions.

 

Mistakes can be dangerous. Accurate identification of pesticides responsible for a patient's illness is important to avoid iatrogenic errors with respect to acute treatment.  Join us for an important webinar that will focus on key decision points in the diagnosis of pesticide exposures and emphasize the usefulness of the newly revised resource for clinicians - The Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 6th ed.  Through interactive case studies, this webinar will illustrate effective recognition and treatment of patients over exposed to pesticides. 

The webinar, sponsored by Migrant Clinicians Network, the National Farm Medicine Center and AgriSafe Network features Dr. Keifer, a board certified occupational medicine specialist and internationally renowned researcher regarding pesticides and agricultural health and safety. For over 30 years, Dr. Keifer has focused his clinical practice and research largely on farmworkers. 

SPONSORED BY: AgriSafe Network, Migrant Clinicians Network, and the National Farm Medicine Center

OBJECTIVES: Participants will be able to:

Better recognize the signs and symptoms of pesticide overexposure Identify key decision points in diagnosing pesticide exposures Demonstrate an understanding of how to use The Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 6th ed. in a clinical setting

We encourage all participants to order The Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 6th ed. prior to attending this webinar. Order here. PDF versions are also available at http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/recognition-and-management-pesticide-poisonings
If you have experienced any trouble ordering your copy please contact: kbrennan@migrantclinician.org 

 

 

  CLINICAL TOOLS & RESOURCES   Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings 6th Edition
An essential clinical reference for recognizing and managing pesticide overexposures. Pesticide Reporting and Workers’ Compensation Map
This interactive map provides state-specific pesticide reporting requirements and contact information to facilitate reporting.  It also includes state-specific Workers’ Compensation criteria and agencies responsible for enforcing the Worker Protection Standard. Cholinesterase Testing Protocols for Healthcare Providers and Cholinesterase Testing Protocol Algorithm
These clinical tools provide a concise and simple guide for clinicians in managing care for patients working with Class I and Class II organophosphates (OP) and N-methyl-carbamates. Acute Pesticide Exposures Clinical Guidelines
Important guidelines for health centers outlining how to handle acute pesticide exposures, emergencies and decontamination. Pesticide Exposure Assessment
A user-friendly form and check list for data collection on the acute pesticide exposed patient. EOH Screening Questions for the Primary Care Setting
Three screening questions in both English and Spanish to quickly ascertain work-related and environmental exposures and injuries.   National Pesticide Information Center
Supports a toll-free telephone service and extensive website providing impartial information about pesticides across the United States. Phone: 1-800-858-7378  Email: npic@ace.orst.edu American Association of Poison Control Centers
Offers a listing of regional Poison Control Centers. Poison Control Centers provide information regarding possible or actual environmental or occupational exposures and recommended treatments EXTOXNET
Objective, science-based information about pesticides - written for the non-expert   PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS   Aunque Cerca Sano (Comic Book)
Educational comic book targeting farmworker parents to address children’s risks to pesticide exposure and ways to minimize these risks. Lo Que Bien Empieza… Bien Acaba (Comic Book)
Educational comic book addressing pesticide exposure in women of reproductive age. Poco Veneno… ¿No Mata? (Comic Book)
Educational comic book with a story and messages about risks from pesticide exposure and ways to minimize these risks in the home.   ARCHIVED WEBINARS & TRAINING RESOURCES   Pesticide Health Effects Medical Education Database 
A diverse collection of training materials useful in the training of physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. The Nuts & Bolts of Cholinesterase Monitoring for Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Workers
Webinar addressing the importance of recognizing and managing certain pesticide exposures with a specific focus on the ways in which cholinesterase monitoring is a key component in clinical care for individuals working in agriculture.
  Workers and Health- How Frontline Providers Make a Difference in the Protection of Migrant Farmworkers and their Families
Webinar focusing on the factors that put migrant workers at increased risk for occupationally related injuries and illnesses and chronic diseases.  Emphasized exposure to pesticides and other contaminants as a particular concern to migrants and their families.
  Caring for the Injured Worker: Effective Partnerships between Clinicians, Health Centers and Lawyers
Webinar offering practical information for using the workers’ compensation system as well as legal avenues available to injured workers through a series of case studies.  Explores how clinicians can work collaboratively with legal advocates to help their patients secure these benefits.
    LOCAL PESTICIDE RESOURCES  

The following will provide information regarding the pesticides used in your areas:

Minnesota’s Agricultural Extension offices
Program team and Extension County Offices Illinois’s Agricultural Extension offices
Program team and Extension County Offices

MCN's Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, Amy K. Liebman, appeared on the radio broadcast Epicenter: West Marin Issues on KWMR 90.5 FM to talk pesticides and the Worker Protection Standard. Liebman was joined by Hector Sanchez of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. Host Frederick Smith discusses with Liebman and Sanchez a variety of pesticide-related issues, including protections for farmworkers and their families, farmworkers' risks of pesticide exposures, how pesticides are regulated, their health effects on farmworkers and their families, and what healthcare providers can do to mitigate, diagnose, manage, and report pesticide exposures.

During the interview Liebman referenced the Agricultural Health Study, which is available here.

!Cuídate! es un recurso educativo sobre la prevención de lesiones musculoesqueléticas en el trabajo. Este libro cómic está disponible en español, inglés y criollo haitiano.

Three printable brochures on Asthma, Lead and Pesticides produced by Farmworker Justice. 

This resource helps you address stigmatization by providing best practices for inhibiting and the actions to take when you encounter stigmatization when new infectious diseases and illness emerge.

Early in an outbreak, such as the 2009 H1N1 outbreak, groups of people, places, and animals can be singled out and will be at risk of being stigmatized by association with the threat this virus poses. Groups are stigmatized by an infectious disease when the risk of infection to others is not present or remote but the association of the risk is magnified by others for that population group, or place or animal.

Este libro cómico sobre pesticidas está dirigido a los trabajadores comunitarios y a las familias de trabajadores agrícolas migrantes y temporales. Tiene por objeto educar a los padres sobre los riesgos de exposición a pesticidas que tienen sus hijos y cómo reducir estos riesgos de exposición. La última edición sólo está disponible en español, aunque estamos trabajando para publicar una versión actualizada en inglés.

Actualmente se encuentra agotado el formato impreso de este libro cómico. Estamos buscando fondos adicionales para imprimirlo. Mientras tanto, usted puede descargar una copia electrónica libremente.

A Spanish language comic books that explains the dangers of pesticides and offers practical, less toxic approaches to pest control. Produced by the Center for Environmental Resource Management at UTEP.