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MCN Conducts Focus Groups with Dairy Workers
As part of Seguridad en las Lecherías, an educational intervention addressing immigrant worker health and safety in dairy, MCN and the National Farm Medicine Center talked to about 20 workers during three focus groups in early June 2012.  The purpose of these discussions was to gain a better understanding of worker experiences in dairy and their training preferences and needs. The conversations confirmed that by and large, the workers understood the major hazards involved with dairy but were unsure of
the ways to be safer in
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their jobs. The workers also noted that few health and safety resources are available and they very much desire training on this topic. MCN staff also toured a Wisconsin dairy farm and learned much about dairy from a local farmer.
Seguridad en las Lecherías is NIOSH-funded project that is part the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center.
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Brian Forrest, co-owner of Maple Ridge, showing us around his farm.
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A calf born that day being
trained to drink from the bucket.
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MCN Sponsored 4-Part Webinar Series: Working with Migrant & Immigrant Communities to Prevent, Treat & Survive Cancer
During the months of May and June, Migrant Clinicians Network presented a four-part webinar series on cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship to health centers and others working with immigrant populations. If you missed any of these presentations, the title of each webinar listed below will direct you to a page on the MCN website where you may access the archived version along with addtional resources.
Demonstrating Quality of Care in Cancer Screening for Difficult to Reach Populations
Presenters: Edward Zuroweste, MD and Hans Dethlefs, MD
May 23, 2012
Moviéndose en contra del Cáncer (Presented in Spanish)
Presenter: Bertha Armendariz, MD
May 30, 2012
How to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Your Primary Care Practice
Presenter: Durado Brooks, MD, MPH, American Cancer Society
June 6, 2012
Moving Against Cancer: Effective Prevention, Detection and Management of Cancer in Underserved Latinos
Presenter: Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH
June 12, 2012
**Migrant Clinicians Network is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
*Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
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We are excited to welcome Robert L. Moore, MD to the MCN Board of Directors
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Robert L. Moore, MD
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Dr. Moore is a graduate of the University of California at San Francisco's School of Medicine. He has a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Moore completed his Family Medicine Residency Program at Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura, California in 1995. His clinical interests include: Pediatrics (including immunizations, childhood obesity, and oral health), Women's Health, Diabetes, and Public Health (including Tuberculosis). His administrative interests center on quality improvement, education of students in the health professions, and use of information technology in health care. Dr. Moore served as Medical Director of Clinic Ole for 14 years. He is now Chief Medical Officer at Partnership HealthPlan but continues to see patients at the Clinic on a limited basis.
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Dr Moore says, "I am excited to join the board of MCN, a which fills a critical need and focuses on health justice for a mobile vulnerable population that transcends state and national borders. I am excited to be able to combine my on the ground experience with caring for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Napa county, with my work in health system improvement and transformation in health centers, health centered controlled networks, state primary care associations, and now a public health plan."
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MCN announces Board Chair
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Kristine McVea, MD, MPH
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MCN is pleased to annouce that Kristine McVea, MD, MPH, is our new board chair. Dr. McVea has been a member of the MCN board since 2008. Dr. McVea has dedicated her work as a physician and public health educator to help those most underserved by health care in America - the uninsured, the working poor, the homeless, minorities and immigrants.
Since she became medical director of OneWorld Community Health Center (formerly the Indian-Chicano Health Center) in 1997, Dr. McVea has treated thousands of patients as a doctor of internal medicine and pediatrics. She is known for her tireless follow-up to be sure patients get quality medical care. Each year, OneWorld serves more than 8,000 patients, in more than 27,000 personal contacts.
We look forward to the exciting work to come under Dr. Vea's leadership.
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Join Us in Welcoming Damiana Villa to the MCN Staff
Damiana Villa joined Migrant Clinicians Network at the end of April. She is the new Health Network Associate.
Born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and raised by migrant parents, Damiana spent most of her childhood moving between Mexico and the United States. At the age of 10 Damiana's mother decided to keep her and her brother in Brownsville, Texas and her father, to this day, continues to travel as a migrant worker. After graduating High School, Damiana went off to college at Texas A&M University - Kingsville, not too close or too far from home. After graduating in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish she spent 2.5 yrs working for the state at The Texas Department of Family & Protective Services in Cameron county and then Travis County, which brought her to Austin. Since then Damiana has worked at a couple of non profit organizations and now MCN since April 2012. She enjoys live music, indie & foreign films, Barton Springs, and going home to Brownsville; to spend time at the beach with her mother. You can reach her at dvilla@migrantclinician.org
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Health Network Update
Health Network has handled an average of 736 cases for the month of May.
For weekly updates, please regularly visit the Health Network page on MCN's website.
Health Network is a program to establish continuity of care for mobile patients. We are scheduling Health Network enrollment trainings. If you are interested in this free program please contact Ricardo Garay at (512) 579-4508 or rgaray@migrantclinician.org.
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A special thank you:
Spanish translation by
Bertha Armendariz, MD.
Review by Alejandro Ahuja and Deliana Garcia, MA.
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