Domestic Violence Awareness Month
In 2011, Migrant Clinicians Network, through support from the Office on Violence against Women, sought to Engage Migrant Men as allies as women in sexual and intimate partner violence prevention. Latino migrant men participated in MCN's Hombres Unidos Contra la Violencia Familiar workshop and through this workshop, created messages they felt needed to be communicated to their peers to empower and encourage them as advocates against sexual and intimate partner violence. The three most compelling messages were selected as the most compelling to communicate with other Latino migrant men and will soon be available in video and print with accompanying discussion material.
This Domestic Violence Awareness month, Migrant Clinicians Network encourages all Latino migrant men to join the effort by becoming allies of women as advocates to prevent domestic violence.
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By Michael Piorunski
Your patient reports stomach pain, nausea and headache. It's nearing the height of flu season - these are possible flu symptoms, you think. On examination, the patient doesn't present with a fever.
"Is anyone at home sick?" you ask.
No.
"When did the symptoms begin?"
Hoy (Today).
You notice the patient appears to be dressed for work. "Where were you when the symptoms began?" you ask.
En el trabajo (At work).
"And what do you do for work?"
Cosecho sandia (I harvest watermelons).
Watermelons, you think. That's it. The answer is now becoming clearer.
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© MCN - Earl Dotter 2013
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"Do you or does anyone else use pesticides or other chemicals at work?"
Sí. Ellos usan pesticida y la aplicaron pesticida en la mañana (Yes. They use pesticide and they sprayed it this morning.)
Upon completing the occupational history and consulting with outreach staff, you learn it was likely that your patient was exposed to a Diazinon-based organophosphate insecticide.
So now what do you do to effectively treat the exposed patient? [read more]
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Early Registration for In-person Course: Managing Ambulatory Health Care
Title: Managing Ambulatory Health Care
Date: February 17-20, 2014
Location: Austin, TX
We are pleased to offer early bird registration to MCN's network of clinicians for an upcoming in-person course taking place this February in Austin, Texas. The Managing Ambulatory Health Care course is an exciting collaboration between the National Association of Community Health Centers and Migrant Clinicians Network.
Register today to reserve your spot!
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Webinar: Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation on the U.S./Mexico Border 2.0
Title: Focus on HIV, as well as STDs, TB, Addiction, & Family Planning Concerns
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
This free continuing education workshop is available to promotores, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other providers serving the impacted patient populations.
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Conference: 26th Annual East Coast Migrant Stream Forum
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2013 - Saturday, October 19, 2013
Location: Puerto Rico
This conference is dedicated to improving health outcomes and health care delivery to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families along the East Coast. Through workshops and networking opportunities, health professionals and advocates learn about the latest in clinical trends, farmworker-specific service delivery models, cutting-edge research and legislative and funding initiatives.
Partially Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Webinar: The Development of MCN's Primary Prevention Workshop
Title: Hombres Unidos: Engaging Latino Migrant Men in Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
Date: October 29, 2013 - 11:00am to 12:30pm PDT
MCN's Family Violence Prevention Initiative Manager, Adrian Velasquez, will present this webinar focusing on the collaborative development of MCN's five-session primary prevention workshop for Latino migrant men, Hombres Unidos.
Hosted by: Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
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New Exhibition: "Health Is a Human Right: Race and Place in America"
Open: September 28, 2013 - January 17, 2014
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum in Atlanta, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Endowment, is hosting an important exhibit that looks at race and place in America and its links to health disparities.
You can visit the exhibit any week day throughout its duration. It will be open until January 17, 2014.
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Conference: Travis Service Area MFW Summit
Date: October 2, 2013
Location: Austin, TX
The Travis Service Area Migrant Farm Workers Summit will help define the common health issues Migrant Farmworkers and their children experience related to their farm work employment. Presenters discussed the importance of regular Texas Health Steps (Well Child) checkups and how Migrant Farmworker Children can access these services. Experiences of growing up as a child of a Migrant Farmworker were shared as well as how community resources can help reduce healthcare disparities of Migrant Farmworker Families.
For more information about this past event, click here.
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Webinars: Clinician Orientation to Migration Health
The complete series of 7 webinars
For the past 7 months, experts in the field of migration health have presented 1-hour webinars each month covering a breadth of knowledge and skills to help clinicians provide quality care to one of the most difficult to reach populations in the United States.
You now have access to the complete series
of recorded webinars to view at your convenience!
Each module is accredited for an hour of Continuing Nursing or Continuing Medical Education. Complete all 7 modules and you will receive a Certificate of Expertise in Migration Health.
Click here to access this series and find out more information.
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MCN's IRB Seeks Your Help!
Does your organization engage and/ or train its constituents or community members to conduct surveys or gather data?
What kind of training do you provide to those who gather this data?
Does the content of this training include topics related to confidentiality of PHI (personal health information) and best practices for ethical human subjects research?
Please send any training materials your organization uses to train lay health workers and community members in the protection of human subjects and PHI to Anna Krey, akrey@migrantclinician.org
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Make It Possible through the CFC
If you are a federal employee, please join the extraordinary group of federal workers who support their community through the Combined Federal Campaign. On behalf of the more than 4,400 charities who receive essential funds through the CFC, we ask that you contribute through the Combined Federal Campaign. Our CFC number is 47463. For more information about the campaign, contact your Keyworker or visit www.cfcnca.org
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Health Network
Health Network is a program to establish continuity of care for mobile patients. We are currently 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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For more information about the Affordable Care Act and the Marketplace, visit the ACA page on our website
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A special thank you:
Spanish translation by
Joanna Herrera. Spanish reviewed by Dr. Bertha Armendariz, MD.
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