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A nonprofit, community-based legal and social service agency serving the low-income Latino and foreign-born community in the D.C. metropolitan area. 202-387-2870
MMWR 2004;55 [No. RR-11].
- CDC_RELEASES_UPDATED_HEPATITIS_A_VIS.pdf (53.62 KB)
Patient education handout that discusses how diabetes affects the mouth and teeth. Available in English.
- OralHealth.pdf (219.64 KB)
High blood glucose levels and high blood pressure can cause problems with your vision, and can even lead to blindness. This patient education handout discusses how these problems can be addressed early on before major damage has occurred.
- DiabEyeEngWord.pdf (88.22 KB)
- Hepatitis_A_is_a_serious_liver_disease.pdf (86.78 KB)
This calendar worksheet allows patients to document their exercise for healthy living. Available in Spanish and English.
- MCNExerCalendar2pgs-1-1.pdf (721.83 KB)
Fotonovela for diabetes education and awareness that walks through the discovery of one woman that she has developed Type II Diabetes, and the emotions and life style changes that she goes through to adjust to the reality of having diabetes. Available in Spanish and English.
- Fotonovela2005.pdf (465.81 KB)
Includes: 1. Substance Use and Migrant Labor: Part Two 2. Effects of hepatitis C virus co-infection on survival in veterans with HIV treated with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. 3. Integrating Hepatitis, STD, and HIV Services into a Drug Rehabilitation Program. 4. The impact of barriers to Hepatitis C virus treatment in recovering heroin users maintained on methadone. (HepTalk project note: one of the agencies and some of the authors involved in this study are from the Oasis agency, one of MCN's peers in the Viral Hepatitis Education and Training co-hort of current CDC Division of Viral Hepatitis grantees. We are planning to use some of Oasis' excellent educational materials in our clinician training.) 5. Knowledge of and interest in hepatitis C treatment at a methadone clinic.
- dec05.pdf (34.57 KB)
In this edition, we offer resources and information about water and sanitation issues. Fecal-to-oral transmission, via contaminated water, food, or other objects, is the principal means of spreading HAV, the virus that causes Hepatitis A.
- Oct_05.pdf (91.02 KB)
We began in July with information about substance abuse among migrant workers. The current edition is Harm Reduction Strategies for HCV Substance Abusers. Potential substance abuse treatment sites and resources for migrants will follow in September.
- august05.pdf (30.97 KB)
This photonovella accompanies the video "La Vida Mia"
- La_Vida_Mia.pdf (1.33 MB)