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March 2005 Heptalk Listserv Archive
“Viral Hepatitis in Minority America†2. “The Perils of Needles on the Body†3. A listing for updated hepatitis materials from the Immunization Action Coalition 4. A listing from the IAC for new Vaccination Information Statements 5. Announcements of relevant conferences
May 2005 Heptalk Listserv Archive
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. In light of this, we're posting a special edition for the month of May. The Migrant Clinicians Network is happy to release the position paper "Hepatitis Screening, Immunization and Testing for Mobile Populations and Immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean." This paper clarifies standard hepatitis recommendations for these populations.
Alcohol Reduction Strategies
From the New York State Department of Health
Risk Assessment and Tailored Harm Reduction Messages
Integrated, Streamlined Prevention Message for HIV, STDs and Viral Hepatitis
From the New York State Department of Health
Risk Assessment and Tailored Harm Reduction Messages
Perinatal Care Survey
Una Vida Sana (PDF)
A Spanish educational comic book that promotes safe hygiene. Emphasis on food safety and handwashing. For more information contact the Veronica Corella-Barud (vcorella@utep.edu).
Hurricane Katrina--Toxic Chemicals & Environmental Health
This NLM Hurricane Katrina web page offers information and resources on toxic chemicals and environmental health for health workers and the interested public. Links are provided to information on chemicals that may be released as a result of the Katrina disaster and on environmental health concerns following the wind and flood damage.
April 2005 Heptalk Listserv Archive
The focus for the month of April is Hepatitis C. The following links are included below: 1. Screening for Hepatitis C: A Common Sense Approach 2. Hepatitis C in New Mexico: A Public Health Approach to a "Silent" Epidemic 3. A Guide to Understanding Hepatitis C/Guia para Comprender la Hepatitis C 4. Combatting HCV Fatigue 5. Cost Estimates for Hepatitis Tests
February 2005 Heptalk Listserv Archive
Our focus this month is Hepatitis B.
Pepin Comic: MMR, English
Pepin Comic: Hep B, Spanish
Aunque Cerca...Sano Trainer's Manual (English PDF)
A step by step educational manual to train outreach workers and promotoras de salud. Include exercises to help workshop participants help parents protect children from pesticide expsoure.
Aunque Cerca...Sano Trainer's Manual (Spanish PDF)
Florida/Pesticide 1 Palm Beach Post 2005
Since many exposures come during those field applications, the risks - to farmworkers and to nearby residents who can be affected if the chemicals drift - can occur much more frequently. "You are working in one field, and the tractor passes in the next field spraying," says Epifanio, 58, a veteran Mexican farmworker who asked that his full name not be used, out of fear for his job. "The wind brings it to you. It happens to somebody around here every single day."
Florida/Pesticide 2 Palm Beach Post 2005
Probe of ill workers cited to expose flaws, Farmworker advocates say the state mishandled a case in which 20 migrants were sickened.
Florida/Pesticide 3 Palm Beach Post 2005
Maria Fernandez, 42, of Cancun, Mexico, sits outside a shoddy trailer she shares with other workers. "Everybody around here always has headaches, coughs, running noses," she said. "It has to do with that dust on the plants from the chemicals. You are always breathing it in."
Si Necesita Condones
A simple sign to use in public bathrooms and/or your waiting area to let patients know where and how to get condoms from the clinic.
Aunque Cerca...Sano Pesticide Comic Book (PDF)
This 16-page comic book targets migrant and seasonal farmworker families to educate parents about children's risks to pesticide exposure and ways to minimize these risks. Available in English and Spanish.
