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[Content Note: This case study includes sexual assault.][Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from Nahiely Garcia, whom we call Pinky, one of our Health Network Associates in Texas. You can support Pinky’s work by donating to Migrant Clinicians Network. For $500, you can support case management for a pregnant asylum seeker like Karla, from their release after seeking asylum, to the safe... Read More
Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain
Why should my six-year-old get vaccinated, if he's unlikely to get very ill with COVID-19? I don't want to get a new vaccine while I'm pregnant because I'm concerned for my baby. Why should I get vaccinated? These are valid questions that clinicians are facing daily – and as the virus has changed and data have been gathered, our answers have solidified.Migrant Clinicians Network is changing... Read More
Omicron dominated the health headlines, but many other critical health topics found coverage this week, as well. But don't worry – MCN staff has you covered. Here are five pieces we shared this week.Del shared an important article highlighting the new research on Tuberculosis which shows airborne transmission similar to COVID-19 via restful breathing – and a surprise to the medical community who... Read More
Cranky During the Holidays? Battling Unrealistic Expectations? How to Get Through the Holidays in One Piece, with Tips from Kaethe Weingarten
[Editor’s note: Happy Holidays! For those of us who may struggle during this holiday season, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Founder and Director of Witness to Witness, has some ideas to help you through. Witness to Witness has a very special end-of-year match campaign, where every dollar you donate to W2W will be doubled. Make a big impact: support clinicians and frontline workers who have experienced... Read More
[Editor’s Note: It’s Giving Tuesday! You have an unprecedented opportunity to support Migrant Clinicians Network’s many critical programs like SCAN through a triple match, today only. MCN’s match campaign for Giving Tuesday is moving to Global Giving, who will match every monthly donation up to $2500. So, your $10 will become $30, thanks to MCN donors and Global Giving! Don’t want to donate... Read More
So, last week, we got ahead of ourselves. We said it was Black Friday – one week too early! I guess we were a little too eager for the Thanksgiving time off. Our apologies! MCN offices are closed today, but we still have plenty of resources, news articles, research reports, and more to share. Here are five that crossed our inboxes.Laz says: “At first, I thought this story was about our patient in... Read More
As we gather around the dinner table to give thanks and share a meal, many of us will be missing the presence of a loved one who has passed, who is too sick to join at the table, who is too far away to be able to join us. This is particularly true among migrant and immigrant families. Across the country, COVID-19 has devastated migrant and immigrant communities unequally. Their dangerous and... Read More
It’s Black Friday! We love the movements to ditch the consumerism and focus on health, instead, like the #OptOutside movement started by retailer REI. (We know, ironic.) Why not take a local hike? Before you grab your hiking boots, though, have a look at five resources or news pieces that we shared at MCN for our weekly Five on Friday post.Claire shared a new report from the American... Read More
[Editor’s Note: The Fall 2021 issue of Streamline is now arriving at mailboxes – yes, those physical boxes that receive paper – across the country! You can read the entire issue, which features articles on climate change, marginalized worker health, farmworker mental health, and more, here. Here’s one of the articles from this issue, edited for the MCN blog. Watch our social media in the coming... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Since July 2021 Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (Alianza), Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), Rural Coalition (RC) and 20 organizational partners and members have mobilized 221 community health outreach workers across 20 states and Puerto Rico to encourage vaccination within Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) rural communities through a learning collaborative. Funded by... Read More
