At Workers' Comp Hub we provide basic information for workers with job-related injuries and illnesses. We also share resources to advance pro-worker advocacy and action.
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) provides for federal regulation of pesticide distribution, sale, and use. All pesticides distributed or sold in the United States must be registered (licensed) by EPA. Before EPA may register a pesticide under FIFRA, the applicant must show, among other things, that using the pesticide according to specifications "will not generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.''
Haz-Map® is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the adverse effects of workplace exposures to chemical and biological agents. The main links in Haz-Map are between chemicals and occupational diseases. These links have been established using current scientific evidence.
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The Superior Court in the State of Delaware ruled that an undocumented worker who had been deported was entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits to cover medical costs incurred due to an injury sustained on the job while in the US.
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- Del.ValleyFieldvRamirez.pdf (1.65 MB)
If you would like to signal that yours is a welcoming business, social setting or place of worship, download one of MCN’s window posters and signal to the migrants in your midst, you are welcome here. Available in English and Spanish.
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- doctorandpatient_0.pdf (627.74 KB)
- womanworking.pdf (565.07 KB)
- womanumbrella.pdf (561.46 KB)
- sonandfather.pdf (567.95 KB)
- doctorandpatient_spanish_4.pdf (174.73 KB)
- sonandfather_spanish_0.pdf (181.57 KB)
- womanumbrella_spanish_0.pdf (162.52 KB)
- womanworking_spanish_0.pdf (1.11 MB)
Evidence is increasingly emerging about chronic health implications from both acute and chronic exposure. A growing body of epidemiological evidence demonstrates associations between parental use of pesticides, particularly insecticides, with acute lymphocytic leukemia and brain tumors. Prenatal, household, and occupational exposures (maternal and paternal) appear to be the largest risks.
This report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reviews findings from population studies and related animal toxicology studies linking early/ parental exposure to pesticides to adverse birth defects and health conditions in children.
© AAP - 2012; This document is copyrighted and is property of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Board of Directors.
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- PestExposureChild_Report_AAP.pdf (698.07 KB)
This poster is the first in a series at Pacific Lutheran University underwritten by a grant from the Pride Foundation.
The My Language. My Choice (MLMC) Campaign is a poster campaign to address the use of hurtful and harmful language. The campaign is focused on personal responsibility and choice. Student leaders from various areas on campus have been photographed tearing up a word that they personally choose not to use.
If you would like further information about hurtful/harmful language, provide feedback, and continue the conversation about language choice, please visit the PLU Diversity Center website at www.plu.edu/dcenter.
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- MLMC.Illegal.pdf (155.17 KB)
The California Healthcare News regularly posts jobs around the state. Check back frequently for updated information.
Cancer statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2012 by Rebecca Siegel MPH, Deepa Naishadham MA, MS, Ahmedin Jemal DVM, PhD
Article first published online: 17 SEP 2012
Abstract
Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest growing major demographic group in the United States, accounting for 16.3% (50.5 million/310 million) of the US population in 2010. In this article, the American Cancer Society updates a previous report on cancer statistics for Hispanics using incidence data from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2012, an estimated 112,800 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed and 33,200 cancer deaths will occur among Hispanics. In 2009, the most recent year for which actual data are available, cancer surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death among Hispanics. Among US Hispanics during the past 10 years of available data (2000-2009), cancer incidence rates declined by 1.7% per year among men and 0.3% per year among women, while cancer death rates declined by 2.3% per year in men and 1.4% per year in women. Hispanics have lower incidence and death rates than non-Hispanic whites for all cancers combined and for the 4 most common cancers (breast, prostate, lung and bronchus, and colorectum). However, Hispanics have higher incidence and mortality rates for cancers of the stomach, liver, uterine cervix, and gallbladder, reflecting greater exposure to cancer-causing infectious agents, lower rates of screening for cervical cancer, differences in lifestyle and dietary patterns, and possibly genetic factors. Strategies for reducing cancer risk among Hispanics include increasing utilization of screening and available vaccines, as well as implementing effective interventions to reduce obesity, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use. CA Cancer J Clin 2012;. © 2012 American Cancer Society.
New research out of Cornell University's College of Human Ecology found that low-income children of immigrants have much poorer health than low-income children of citizens, as reported in a special section of the journal Child Development.
This resource for Outreach Programs provides ideas and resources for how to do outreach in an anti-immigrant climate by addressing specific barriers, providing strategies, and listing resources.It is provided by Health Outreach Partners in collaboration with Quincy Community Health Center, Lorena Sprager and Associates, Migrant Legal Action Program, and attendees from the 2011 and 2012 Western Migrant Stream Forums (WMSF).
http://www.farmworkercliniciansmanual.com
This comprehensive manual was developed by the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health and the Migrant Clinicians Network for the diagnosis and treatment of occupational injuries in migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The information in the manual does focus on agricultural occupations in the Northeast.
Summary of the June 2012 article from the New York Times on American attitudes toward immigration.
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An April 2012 article from the Arizona Republic citing poll data on attitudes toward immigration in the state.
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The 2012 Blueprint for Protecting Children in Agriculture. Awarded 2013 Paper of the year by the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH), this National Action Plan takes an updated look at preventing childhood agricultural injury and death.
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- BlueprintAgricultureNCC_0.pdf (6.84 MB)
These county level guides provide a wealth of resources and information for low-income and uninsured cancer patients in Texas. The guides are all written in Spanish. Currently we have guides for the following Texas counties: Bexar, Dallas, El Paso, Maverick, Travis, Webb and Zavala.
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- AccesoBexarCountyEspanol_0.pdf (219.06 KB)
- AccesoDallasCountyEspanol_1.pdf (181.66 KB)
- AccesoElPasoEspanol_0.pdf (192.51 KB)
- AccesoMaverickCountyEspanol_0.pdf (168.19 KB)
- AccesoTravisCountyEspanol_0.pdf (198.06 KB)
- AccesoWebbCountyEspanol_0.pdf (172.17 KB)
- AccesoZavalaEspanol_0.pdf (187.96 KB)
To promote, foster, create, advance research in chronic illness care.
This booklet is intended to help Community Health Centers put in place an effective and efficient workers' compensation program.
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- MedicalServicestoWorkers-2012.03.27.pdf (5.57 MB)
Hidden Harvest is a nonprofit organization that gleans or rescues produce from Coachella Valley fields and packing houses. After harvest is complete, local farmers leave millions of dollars worth of first-rate produce behind in the fields due to market fluctuations and other factors.
Hidden Harvest takes advantage of this bounty and delivers the healthy produce free-of-charge to agencies that serve the hungry and needy
Hidden Harvest's mission is twofold - 1) to hire low income farmworkers at $10 per hour (above prevailing wage) to 2) to"rescue" or glean fresh, healthy and locally grown food from farmers' fields and area packing houses to feed the poor and hungry.
Migrant Health Issues Monograph series regarding Disaster Relief for migrant populations.
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- migrantdisaster.pdf (57.33 KB)
This flyer describes oral health for the diabetic. It is in English and Spanish.
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- OralHealth.doc (684.5 KB)
This flyer explains diabetes and kidney disease. Available in Spanish and English.
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- MCN+Diabetes+and+Kidney+Disease+ENG+SPN.doc (774.5 KB)
This flyer describes depression and the steps to health living. Available in Spanish and English.
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- MCN+Depression+and+Health+Living.doc (706 KB)
The Workbook provides a process that can support state, local,and tribal planners as they advance in their efforts to reach all populations—and specifically, special populations—in day-today communication and during crisis or emergency situations.
The Workbook is divided into three primary sections, each representing a major stage in the process of communicating with special populations,and provides a baseline of research plus selected resources that should substantially reduce the work required of health departments to begin this process.
The Denver Foundation is a community foundation. Community foundations are endowments - a permanent pool of money contributed by numerous local donors to benefit charitable causes.
The Place, Migration, and Health (PMH) network, a diverse group of researchers committed to understanding the links between migration processes and the health of migrants, their families.
The PMH website aims to generate and improve knowledge on the links between migration processes and the health of (im)migrants, their families, and their sending and receiving communities using across-national lens for research and policy.
The work of the researchers in the PMH network seeks to address knowledge gaps in areas critical for understanding the determinants of immigrant health and to inform intervention and policy opportunities to promote the the health of first-generation immigrants and their offspring.
The Place, Migration, and Health (PMH) network, a diverse group of researchers committed to understanding the links between migration processes and the health of migrants, their families.
The PMH website aims to generate and improve knowledge on the links between migration processes and the health of (im)migrants, their families, and their sending and receiving communities using across-national lens for research and policy.
The work of the researchers in the PMH network seeks to address knowledge gaps in areas critical for understanding the determinants of immigrant health and to inform intervention and policy opportunities to promote the the health of first-generation immigrants and their offspring.
Use the link below to access MCN's Rapid Assessment Tool to help adolescent farmworkers identify agricultural tasks they perform in agriculture and facilitate clinician understanding about the health risks associated with it. Youth worker images are adapted and reproduced with permission from the National Children Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. Images copyrighted through Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin.
If computers and internet access are unavailable where patient care is provided, the worker assessment sheet and clinician information grid are available in PDF.
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- adol_fw_ rapidrisk_assess_clinician.pdf (3.94 MB)
- adol_rapidrisk_assess_board_2_0.pdf (7.03 MB)
To help more pregnant women and new moms get information about caring for their health and giving their babies the best possible start in life, the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) launched text4baby, the first free health text messaging service in the U.S.Text4baby supports moms by providing accurate, text-length health information and resources in a format that is personal and timely, using a channel she knows and uses. Over 85% of Americans own a cell phone and 72% of cell users send or receive text messages.