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Farmworker Board Member Recruitment
Migrant Health Newsline, Issue 1, 2013 by the National Center for Farmworker Health
CAL POISON: Pills vs. Poison online/ mobile app (English & Spanish)
California Poison Control System developed an online game that focuses on poison prevention through the use of "look-a-like" pills and candy. There are other resources on the site. The game is available as an app on itunes and in the android marketplace. Search for 'Choose your Poison.'
Pesticide Safety Project
This website and training material were developed to give communities and promotores ways to help farm workers learn how to protect themselves from pesticide exposure.
The project and all materials on the website were developed by the California Poison Control System in collaboration with the the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at the University of California, Davis and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
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- DPR Facilitator Manual EN ( 5 Mb )
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- DPR Participant Manual EN ( 5 Mb )
CAL POISON: Signs and Symptoms of Pesticide Exposure (VIDEO)
CAL POISON: After work: Staying safe for your family (VIDEO)
CAL POISON: How to be safe from pesticides at work (video)
Promoting Integrated Approaches to Reducing Health Inequities Among Low-Income Workers: Applying a Social Ecological Framework
Sherry L. Baron, MD, MPH, Sharon Beard, MS, Letitia K. Davis, ScD, EdM, Linda Delp, PhD, MPH, Linda Forst, MD, MPH, Andrea Kidd-Taylor, PHD, Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Laura Linnan, ScD, Laura Punnett, ScD, and Laura S. Welch, MD
Effects of Social, Economic, and Labor Policies on Occupational Health Disparities
Carlos Eduardo Siqueira, MD, ScD, Megan Gaydos, MPH, Celeste Monforton, Dr PH, MPH, Craig Slatin, ScD, MPH, Liz Borkowski, BA, Peter Dooley, MS, CIH, CSP, Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Erica Rosenberg, JD, Glenn Shor, PhD, MPP, and Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH
Background This article introduces some key labor, economic, and social policies that historically and currently impact occupational health disparities in the United States.
Occupational Health Outcomes for Workers in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Sector: Implications for Immigrant Workers in the Southeastern US
Sara A. Quandt, PhD, Kristen L. Kucera, PhD, Courtney Haynes, MS, Bradley G. Klein, PhD, Ricky Langley, MD, Michael Agnew, PhD, Jeffrey L. Levin, MD, Timothy Howard, PhD, and Maury A. Nussbaum, PhD
Background Workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (AgFF) sector experience exposures directly related to the work itself, as well as the physical environment in which the work occurs. Health outcomes vary from immediate to delayed, and from acute to chronic.
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- Quandt et al Occupational health outcomes ( 188 Kb )
Health Care Access and Health Care Workforce for Immigrant Workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Sector in the Southeastern US
Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD, Amy K. Liebman, MPH, MA, Bobbi Ryder, BA, Maria Weir, MAA, MPH, and Thomas A. Arcury, PhD
Occupational Health Policy and Immigrant Workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Sector
By Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Melinda F. Wiggins, MTS, Clermont Fraser, JD, Jeffrey Levin, MD, MSPH, Jill Sidebottom, PhD, and Thomas A. Arcury, PhD
Background Immigrant workers make up an important portion of the hired workforce inthe Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing (AgFF) sector, one of the most hazardous industrysectors in the US. Despite the inherent dangers associated with this sector, workerprotection is limited.
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- Liebman et al Occupational Health Policy ( 126 Kb )
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | US-Mexico Unit
CDC’s US-Mexico Unit (USMU) works to prevent the spread of infectious disease across borders and improve and promote the health of travelers, migrants, and other mobile border and binational populations. USMU’s main activities include collaborating on the US-Mexico Binational Technical Working Group, overseeing the operation of the Binational Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Program (BIDS), migrant health and binational tuberculosis programs, and international regulatory responsibilities.
Webinar Presentation Slides: The Intersection of Primary Care and Migration Health
This webinar is the third in a series of seven in our Clinician Orienatation to Migration Health.
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- ChronicInfDisWebApr2013 MCN ( 4 Mb )
Webinar Presentation Slides: Coughing Up The Facts On Pertussis
DATE RECORDED: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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- CDC-MCN-webinar Pertussis3-27-2013 ( 5 Mb )
2012 Year in Review for Health Network
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- HealthNetworkYearInReview2012 Spanish ( 864 Kb )
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- HealthNetworkYearInReview2012 English ( 839 Kb )
West Virginia Rural Health Reseach Center
The West Virginia Rural Health Research Center (WVRHRC) pursues a multi-disciplinary research effort directed to improve environmental health for rural populations. Collaborators from public health, geographic information systems, nursing, pharmacy, environmental science, health policy and other disciplines work together to conduct policy-relevant research to achieve this goal.
Agricultural Health Training for Rural America
This study, conducted by the West Virginia Rural Health Research Center, identified the availability and characteristics of agricultural medicine training opportunities for health care professionals. Agricultural workers and their families face numerous threats to health and safety, and yet there is limited information on health care expertise in place to recognize and prevent threats, and to diagnosis and treat agriculturally-related injury and illness.
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- WVRHRC Ag Health Training Policy Brief ( 448 Kb )
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- WVRHRC Ag Health Training Final Report ( 489 Kb )
Webinar Presentation Slides: Cultural Proficiency in the Context of Migration Health
This webinar is the second in a series of seven in our Clinician Orientation to Migration Health.
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- cxprofMCN2013 ( 2 Mb )
Self management goals in NextGen
This is a nice example of a screen shot for documenting self-management goals in EHR and the kind of thing centers want to see as they develop their tools. This can be adapted any number of ways.
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- OneWorldCHC selfmanagement ( 95 Kb )
Cultural Humility Versus Cultural Competence: A Critical Distinction in Defining Physician Training Outcomes in Multicultural Education
Good article on cultural humility--basically the groundbreaking one used to propose the term
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved; May 1998; 9, 2; Research Library
Melanie Tervalon; Jann Murray-Garcia
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