THANK YOU FOR MAKING 2013 A GREAT YEAR

To all of you who consider yourselves part of Migrant Clinicians Network...

For all you do to increase access to care for the special populations we serve...

For giving your time; being part of our migration health and clinical training webinars; enrolling your patients in Health Network to ensure their continuity of care; shining the spotlight on environmental and occupational health and worker safety; for training migrant men to become advocates against violence; for your participation on our advisory committees; your contributions of time; and last but not least, for your generous donations that help to make all this possible...

However you connect to MCN, please accept our deep appreciation for making 2013 a year that advanced health justice for the mobile poor. May 2014 lead to greater success.

From all of us at MCN

We are looking forward to our upcoming in-person course in Austin, Texas. Click here for more information on The Managing Ambulatory Health Care course hosted by Migrant Clinicians Network and the National Association of Community Health Centers.

Register Here

Seattle Marriott Waterfront
Seattle, WA

Join us at the Forum! MCN will give two presentations: Dr. Jennie McLaurin and medical student Erica Swenson will present a sentinel case that captures the current care needs of migrant families in "Ruptured Appendix, Ruptured Care." Dr. McLaurin will also lead a session called "Ten Tips for Clinical Operational Reviews" to assist FQHC members in their upcoming Operational Site Reviews.

The Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health is an annual conference bringing together health professionals from migrant and community health centers and allied organizations for the purposes of education and training, information and resource sharing, coalition building, and program and policy development.

April 8-9, 2014

Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania

MCN's Candace Kugel will be part of a panel on sexual violence and will report on recent developments in MCN's Hombres Unidos program.   

The conference offers an excellent opportunity to improve your understanding of the health and safety needs of migrant and immigrant farmworkers while networking with health care administrators, providers, advocates, rural community agency representatives and extension educators from across the state who regularly interact with this special population.

For more information about the conference and registration, contact Terri Klinefelter at the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health: 814-863-8214 or tjc136@psu.edu

Through Bridge to Care, MCN's Health Network patient navigation program will ensure that recently incarcerated and detained HIV+ individuals returning to society or their country of origin--in circumstances where mobility creates barriers to effective care--will receive the treatment they need. MCN's goal is to improve disease management, treatment completion and, and ultimately, improved health status for this population, who are economically, socially, and geographically marginalized.

Migrant Clinicians Network is excited to announce that our Hombres Unidos violence prevention program received the Mary Byron Project's 2013 Celebrating Solutions ROTH Award.

"Your outstanding efforts to break the cycle of violence serve as a model for the nation." - Mary Byron Project

The Mary Byron Project (MBP) is a national thought leader on domestic violence. The Roth Award specifically recognizes programs that address the needs of underserved populations.

Hombres Unidos Contra la Violencia Familiar empowers Latino migrant men to become advocates against sexual and intimate partner violence. As a primary prevention program, it is the first of its kind in the nation. Men learn together in community settings with peer facilitators about violence and healthy relationships. The supportive atmosphere allows men to open up and speak about issues seldom discussed publicly.

"The workshop taught me to face my emotions and control them before reacting. ... It allowed me to discover new things about family violence, and most importantly, how to avoid it completely." Hombres Unidos participant

Hombres Unidos is one of several MCN initiatives that increase access to care and reduce disparities for migrant workers and other mobile underserved populations. It builds on 20 years of work to reduce sexual/intimate partner violence in the migrant community with promotor/community health worker training and community-based programs for women, families and men.

We celebrate the ROTH Award's recognition of Hombres Unidos and its impact toward our pursuit of health justice for the mobile poor.

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