It's June! Five on Friday is here to lead you into your weekend (if you have Saturday-Sunday weekends, that is) with five pieces shared by MCN staff this week. If you don't already, be sure to follow us on Facebook [2] or Twitter [3], where we share all sorts of articles and resources, all week long.
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Candace shared a Washington Post article chronicling one outreach worker's week in her agricultural town in Northern California: “Five Days, 100 Vaccine Doses, and a Wildfire of Conspiracy Theories [4].”
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Karen shared an article focused on telehealth for Merced, California-area agricultural workers that does a good job elucidating the many barriers that workers encounter when trying to access care, the high burden of diabetes on workers in that region, and the promise of telehealth: “UC Davis Co-Launches High-Touch Telehealth Program in the Central Valley for Agricultural Workers [5].”
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Jillian says, “this film is tragic but beautifully done and gives you insight into the world of migration.” From the New Yorker: “Mothers of Missing Migrants Ask, ‘Have You Seen My Child?' [6]"
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Kaethe shared the Health Affairs opinion piece prompted by the resignation of a top editor at JAMA, that calls out medical journals for "gatekeeping culture” that has led to ignoring racism as a major health issue needing to be addressed: “Medicine’s Privileged Gatekeepers: Producing Harmful Ignorance about Racism and Health [7].”
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Weekly Win: Claire shared a US News article outlining some of the efforts along the US-Mexico border to serve asylum seekers’ mental health needs: “For Migrants, A Hopeful Journey Out of Darkness [8].”
Have a safe and healthy weekend!
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