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Environmental and Occupational Health Screening Questions for Primary Care
Three concise and effective environmental/occupational health screening questions for the primary care provider. English and Spanish. MCN, 2014.
An EHR-friendly version of these screening questions was developed through MCN's Workers & Health Program. This can be used as a reference for integration into the health center's Electronic Health Record.
Pregnancy, Reproductive Health and Pesticides Monograph
This 2008 MCN/FJ Monograph compiles research on pesticides, pregnancy and reproducitve health. English and Spanish.
Pepin Comic: After the Shot, English
Report Pesticide Exposures
Follow this link to easily report pesticide poisonings in any state. Many states have mandatory reporting requirements for clinicians.
Occupational Exposure History Tools
Follow this link to easy to questions for screening occupational exposures and taking occupational exposure histories.
Ihea International Health Education Alliance
Appropriate health education programs for use by individuals and organizations on the local, national and international levels. Multiple cancer handouts in multiple languages.
November/December 2007 Heptalk Listserv Archive
Includes an article about the screening of people from countries where Hep B is endemic. The second part offers resources for clients from Central America who speak languages other than Spanish, such as the indigenous Mixteco. Though the study was completed in Eastern North Carolina, the resource list presented is national in scope and very broad.
Another Success for Hepatitis A Vaccine
An editorial by Carol J. Baker, M.D. from The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 357:1757-1759, October 25, 2007, Number 17.
Hepatitis A Vaccine versus Immune Globulin for Postexposure Prophylaxis
An article from The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 357:1685-1694, October 25, 2007 Number 17 by John C. Victor, Ph.D., M.P.H., Arnold S. Monto, M.D., Tatiyana Y. Surdina, M.D., Saida Z. Suleimenova, M.D., Gilberto Vaughan, Ph.D., Omana V. Nainan, Ph.D., Michael O. Favorov, M.D., Ph.D., Harold S. Margolis, M.D., and Beth P. Bell, M.D., M.P.H
MCN's 2007 Mexican Migrant Guide: Recommended Vaccines for Recent Immigrants from Mexico
MCN's new guide with recommended vaccines for recent immigrants from Mexico!
Predicting Casualty Severity and Hospital Capacity
This planning tool helps hospitals predict the pattern of casualty severity, and their capacity to provide care after a mass casualty event.
Hospital Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
The Hospital Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist helps hospitals assess and improve their preparedness for responding to pandemic influenza. Because of differences among hospitals (e.g., characteristics of the patient population, size of the hospital/community, scope of services), each hospital will need to adapt this checklist to meet its unique needs and circumstances.
INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO HELP STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR
Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools aims to enhance public
health preparedness for an influenza pandemic and conserve resources by
sharing promising practices.
CRLA Agricultural Worker Health Project
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) has been a leading advocate for the rights of farmworkers and other low wage workers in California since 1966. CRLA has over twenty field offices in rural areas of California. We have five priority areas: housing, employment, education, family security (including public benefits), and civil rights. CRLA devotes a significant percentage of its resources to the employment and housing needs of California's rural poor, primarily farmworkers and their families.
Child Health Record
The Child Health Record offers parents a clear, concise method for tracking and recording their child’s pertinent health information from infancy through adulthood. Includes easy-to-follow forms and records for birth data, physical examinations, landmarks, immunizations, illnesses, and dental visits. Growth charts provide reference information addressing specific data for various ages.
September 2006 HepTalk Listserv
Our concentration for this month (September) and next month (October) is Resources for Effective Risk Assessment. This is a primary focus of the HepTalk project, and one on which we are continuously scouting out new resources. Some of the literature and research about effective risk assessment focuses on HIV and/or gay and populations, but is also relevant for hepatitis and for a broader population.
Mesothelioma Information Resource Group
The Mesothelioma Information and Resource Group (MIRG) is an organization created to assist patients, family, friends and loved ones in learning about mesothelioma and other asbestos-related injuries.
Link
http://www.mirg.org/
December 2004 HepTalk Listerv
Welcome! The December 2004 edition of the Listserv
focuses on hepatitis awareness and on screening tools for
assessing risk factors and candidates for vaccination.
November 2004 HepTalk Listserv Archive
In our first bulletin, we offer an annotated list of key hepatitis websites. If any of these links
are not working, you can copy and paste them directly into your search engine.
