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MCN COMIC: Working with Farm Animals: Keeping Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community Healthy
Bilingual educational comic book about ways to prevent zoonotic diseases. Developed by MCN in partnership with The Ohio State University.
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- Working with farm animals ( 14 Mb )
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- Trabajas con animales en un rancho ( 14 Mb )
EOH Bookmark
Print, cut, and distribute this handy bookmark to providers who treat migrant and seasonal farmworker patients. The bookmark includes links and a qr code to connect you to pesticide - related clinical tools and resources. In addition, we've included some useful phone numbers in case of a pesticide emergency.
You can also use the bookmark to keep handy the Health Network phone number to be sure your patients on the move remain in care.
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- EOHbookmark final 92013 ( 740 Kb )
MCN WEBINAR: National Conversation: Strengthening the Worker Protection Standard
DATE RECORDED: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Blueprint for Protecting Children in Agriculture: The 2012 National Action Plan
The 2012 Blueprint for Protecting Children in Agriculture. Awarded 2013 Paper of the year by the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH), this National Action Plan takes an updated look at preventing childhood agricultural injury and death.
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- BlueprintAgricultureNCC ( 7 Mb )
CAL POISON: After work: Staying safe for your family (VIDEO)
Carbofuran Pesticide Residues in Food Revoked
EPA has revoked regulations that permitted small residues of the pesticide carbofuran in food.
Clinical Diagnostic Tools and Biomonitoring of Exposures to Pesticides
The importance of clinical diagnostic tools and biomonitoring of exposures to pesticides as well the role of clinicians in pesticide reporting and the challenges clinicians face in accurately diagnosing patients exposed to pesticides are described in a presentation by Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH and Amy K. Liebman, MPA. Click on the link for an APHA policy resolution underscoring the need for clinical diagnostic tools and biomomitoring of exposures to pesticides. This policy supports the information outlined by in the presentation.
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Clinician Guides for Farmworker Health and Safety Regulations
MCN and Farmworker Justice offer these guides to assist clinicians in understanding farmworker health and safety regulations. OSHA’s Field Sanitation Standard; EPA's Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); EPA's Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA); EPA’s Worker Protection Standard (WPS).
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- OSHA's Field Sanitation Standard Clinician's Guide ( 765 Kb )
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- FIFRA FQPA Clinician's Guide ( 295 Kb )
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- WPS Clinician's Guide ( 864 Kb )
COMIC: Safety and Health on the Farm - It's your Right and it's the Law
A bilingual, full-color comic book about workers' compensation and workers' rights for immigrant dairy workers. It tells the story of a Mexican dairy worker injured on the job and the steps he and his employer take to ensure he receives benefits and the farm improves safety. These include stories that are applicable across the U.S. and those that are state specific.
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - Wisconsin - English ( 8 Mb )
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - Wisconsin -Spanish ( 8 Mb )
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - New Mexico - English ( 4 Mb )
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - New Mexico - Spanish ( 4 Mb )
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - New York - English ( 4 Mb )
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - New York - Spanish ( 4 Mb )
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - Minnesota - English ( 8 Mb )
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- COMIC - Safety and Health on the Farm - Minnesota - Spanish ( 8 Mb )
COMIC: ¡Cuídate! Una Guía Para Prevenir Lesiones Musculares En El Trabajo
¡Cuídate! is a patient education resource aimed at preventing musculoskeletal injuries among farmworkers. The comic book is available in English and Spanish.
