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By: MCN Admin, Mar. 3, 2016
AUSTIN, TX -- March 3, 2016 -- A new journal article released today revealed that an average of 2,827 people with active tuberculosis (TB) leave the United States each year, and only about ten percent of those patients receive case management to assure treatment continuation and completion at their new destination. The article, co-authored by researchers Cynthia Tschampl, PhD, her colleagues at... Read More
AUSTIN, TX -- March 3, 2016 -- A new journal article released today revealed that an average of 2,827 people with active tuberculosis (TB) leave the United States each year, and only about ten percent of those patients receive case management to assure treatment continuation and completion at their new destination. The article, co-authored by researchers Cynthia Tschampl, PhD, her colleagues at... Read More
Last week, several staff members of Migrant Clinicians Network headed up to Portland, Oregon, for the 2016 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. Karen Mountain, RN, MSN, MBA, the Chief Executive Officer for Migrant Clinicians Network was particularly taken by a poem that was read aloud by Dr. Tina Castaneres, a local Oregon doctor and longtime friend of MCN. She read “Home,” a poem by... Read More
Our winter issue of Streamline, our quarterly clinical publication, is available here! The Winter 2016 issue features the following articles:Integrating Community Health Workers into the Clinical TeamA Lifetime of Migrant Farmworker Experience: Profile of Wilson AugustaveUnderstanding Health Center ReimbursementsPromising Practices: Dental Health at Choptank Community Health SystemRethinking the... Read More
Friday is once again tugging on our brains, luring us into the weekend… What are your plans for this weekend? Care to add a little bit of health justice reading into the mix? Here are a few recommendations from MCN staff.1. Del, Director of International Projects, Research, and Development, sent back this report from the William T. Grant Foundation, which she discovered while at a conference this... Read More
This week, clinicians and health justice advocates from across the West Coast have gathered in Portland, Oregon for the 2016 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. The Western Forum features over 30 breakout sessions, and MCN is proud to co-facilitate three of those sessions, addressing key issues at the forefront of migrant health. Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPH, CNC, Senior... Read More
Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, Environmental and Occupational Health Program Manager presented on MCN’s Protecting Children While Parents Work project in Virginia. The presentation was one part of the 2016 National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association’s biannual meeting, with the theme, “Cultivating Minds and Hearts - Tending Tomorrow's Blooms.” “I... Read More
[Editor's note: Today's guest blog post is from our colleagues at Farmworker Justice, a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice. This post originally ran on their active blog, Harvesting Justice.] NPR recently aired a story, “Guest... Read More
Our Five on Friday blog posts are always a joyous reminder of how many organizations and individuals are working toward the same goals: health justice, a voice for marginalized populations like the mobile poor, rights for farmworkers... It’s thrilling to hear what other organizations are up to, and how we can lean on each other to grow our movement stronger. Plus, it’s Friday -- that’s a joyous... Read More
This quarter, Migrant Clinicians Network is hosting Li Ling, PhD, a visiting scholar focused on migrant health policy and public health in her home country of China. Dr. Ling is enjoying a multi-month stay at MCN’s main office in Austin, Texas, punctuated by short trips to MCN satellite offices in Maryland and California. Dr. Ling comes to us from the Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant... Read More
In its current issue, the Journal of Agromedicine celebrated the work of Kevin Keaney, chief of US Environmental Protection Agency’s Certification and Worker Protection Branch. Keaney is a driving force for worker protections against pesticides, as is evident in his long history of successes at the EPA, including the momentous announcement of revisions to the EPA’s Worker Protection Standard (WPS... Read More
