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[Editor’s Note: September is Suicide Prevention Month. This blog post is offered by Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness at MCN.]In the last few months, I have been shaken over the unprecedent tragic increase in child attempted and completed suicides among youth, even in cohorts of five- to 12-year-olds, one facet of a larger mental health crisis for youth, especially youth of... Read More
Happy Friday to you! It’s that time again: here are five pieces that were shared by MCN staff this week, including one that’s a double Weekly Win. Kaethe forwarded on this troubling article, which features numerous graphs illustrating the disparities in infection rates. The Pandemic Marks Another Grim Milestone: 1 in 500 Americans Have Died of COVID-19Amy shared a perspective piece, also... Read More
Heat stress kills food and farmworkers – and every heat-related illness that these workers experience can be prevented. Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) is drafting a much-needed standard requiring employers to protect Maryland workers from heat-related illnesses, starting next year. During an agency hearing, Leslie Rodriguez, JD, Bilingual Program Manager for Environmental and... Read More
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are arriving across the US – and all of them will receive a health assessment in the coming weeks. Once they arrive on US soil, Afghan families are connected to local refugee resettlement agencies who then assist them with their next steps – finding them housing, providing case management, in some cases offering ESL classes and job training – so they can start... Read More
COVID-19 data keep pouring in. So, our understanding of the virus and its variants continues to grow. And, of course, policies and recommendations shift as we get to know this terrible virus. Frankly, many outside of the health field are confused and exhausted by the changes in recommendations and the ongoing flow of new information, some of which seems contradictory. (Many inside the health... Read More
Siempre me han perseguido ciertos tipos de injusticias. Desde la fundación de Testigo a Testigo (W2W por sus siglas en inglés), ha habido muchas cuestiones de las que no me podido librar. En julio de 2019, escuché el testimonio de la profesora de derecho de la Universidad de Columbia, Elora Mukherjee, ante la Comisión de Supervisión y Reforma de la Cámara de Representantes, en el que describía... Read More
Interpreters and interpretation hotlines are key tools for clinicians when they do not share a common language with their patients. While interpreters may work full time or part time in the office or clinic, hotlines generally work by passing a phone between the doctor and patient as a third party aids in communication. These means of communication are especially vital in the medical field, where... Read More
La exigencia de vacunación contra el COVID-19 por parte de los empleadores debe ir acompañada de protecciones básicas y adaptaciones para los trabajadores
Durante el primer año de la pandemia, las plantas de empaque de carne, granjas, huertos y bodegas de alimentos se convirtieron en focos de transmisión del virus ya que se requería que los trabajadores esenciales trabajaran durante la pandemia, a pesar de la peligrosa falta de protecciones en los centros de trabajo. Ahora, en la mitad del segundo año de la pandemia, muchos empleadores... Read More
Farmworkers & COVID-19: Partnerships to Protect Workers Highlighted in American Journal of Public Health
In 2020, America got a close-up look at the exploitative conditions, lack of basic occupational protections, poor access to health care, and institutional oppression that food and farm workers have endured for decades. These pre-existing occupational factors, paired with the continued operation of these workplaces as “essential,” made food workplaces ripe for COVID-19 outbreaks.“As COVID-19... Read More
Nomine a un proveedor de servicios de salud al Premio Kugel & Zuroweste a la Justicia en la Salud 2021 antes del 15 de septiembre
Los proveedores de servicios de salud que atienden a las comunidades marginadas están bajo presión. Su trabajo --atender a personas que a menudo tienen barreras concurrentes y complicadas para mantener su salud y acceder a la atención médica-- siempre ha sido muy difícil y no está bien reconocido. El estrés añadido, la incertidumbre y la carga de trabajo causada por el COVID-19 ha abrumado a los... Read More
