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.

This archived webinar originally presented by Jennie McLaurin, MD and Tillman Farley, MD, provides an overview of effective strategies to integrate behavioral health into health center operations. The presenters come with many years of experience in providing culturally appropriate and high quality health care to migrants and other underserved populations. This page includes links to other SAMHSA-HRSA sponsored archived webinars in additional topics.

October 15, 2012

Spanish version

Background
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate meningitis outbreak of fungal infections among patients who have received a steroid injection of a potentially contaminated product into the spinal area. This form of meningitis is not contagious. The investigation also includes fungal infections associated with injections in a peripheral joint space, such as a knee, shoulder or ankle.

Latinas are experiencing high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), teen childbearing, and unintended pregnancy. This report presents nine recommendations for sexual and reproductive health clinics and providers to increase young Latina women’s access to reproductive health services. The recommendations are based on findings derived from 14 focus groups conducted by Child Trends in three cities in the United States with young adult Latina women (18-24 years-old) and with reproductive health care and social service providers serving large Latina populations.

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).

Supportive Voice. Among The Most Vulnerable by Tina Castañares , MD. Fall 2008

Webinar Presentation by Tina Castañares, MD George Davis, MD Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Latino Migrants. Recorded on 8/22/2012.

¡Cuídate! is an educational resource on the prevention of musculoskeletal injuries at work. This comic is in Spanish, English and Haitian Creole.

This resource (in English and Spanish) gives a basic overview of what breast cancer is and some of the general terms used to describe breast cancer.

Patient education handout in English and Spanish on colorectal cancer from the American Cancer Society.

An April 2012 article from the Arizona Republic citing poll data on attitudes toward immigration in the state.

Moving Against Cancer: Effective Detection and Management of Cancer in Underserved Latinos. From Migrant Clinicians Network Sponsored Webinar presented June 12, 2012 by Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH