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Migrant & Seasonal Farmworkers Resources
 

The following resources were compiled in response to requests by Region VIII CHC staff members striving to provide quality services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) and their families. The resources provide up-to-date news and information, clinician information, continuing education, patient education, and much more. If you utilize any beneficial MSFW resources that are not included on this page, please feel free to share those by contacting shannon@champsonline.org.

Please click or scroll down for:
Fact Sheets, Reports, Presentations, and News
Clinician Resources
Continuing Education and Conferences
Environmental and Occupational Safety
Patient Education Tools
Other Online Resources


FACT SHEETS, REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, AND NEWS

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
NACHC Farmworkers Fact Sheet, December 2007
The Role of Health Centers in Caring for Farmworkers

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
NACHC 2008 Policy Paper
A Perspective on America's Farmworkers and the Migrant Health Center Program

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
NACHC Press Release Statement, January 2007
Migrant Farmworkers and Barriers to Health Care

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
News Briefs, articles, the latest research, calendar of events and conferences
Migrant Health Newsline

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
PowerPoint presentation to the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health, February 2007
Analyzing Issues, Barriers, Examples, and Opportunities in Migrant Health

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
Research, articles, and patient education materials posted each month on a new topic
Monthly Topics

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Health Center Program provides support to health centers serving migrant farmworkers
The Migrant Health Center Program


CLINICIAN RESOURCES

Farmworker Health Services, Inc. (FHSI)
Activities and Tools for health educators addressing pertinent farmworker health and safety topics
Health Education Recipes

Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN)
Training, education, research, and program development
Migrant Clinicians Network Home Page

Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN)
451 featured resources by disease/condition or topic
Resources Index

Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN)
Migrant health information on resources available locally and nationally
Links to Care for the Underserved

The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health and Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN)
Diagnosis and treatment of occupational injuries in northeastern migrant and seasonal farmworkers
A Migrant Farmworker Occupational Health Reference Manual


CONTINUING EDUCATION AND CONFERENCES

Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN)
Live Webcast Series for 2008
MCN Sponsored Webcasts through the Clinical Directors Network

Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN)
Online courses with continuing education credit
MCN Online Courses

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
National Farmworker Health Conference
Annual conference

Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
Western Migrant Stream Forum
Annual forum

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.
Midwest Stream Farmworker Health Forum
Annual forum

North Carolina Community Health Center Association
East Coast Migrant Stream Forum
Annual forum

Farmworker Health Services, Inc. (FHSI)
Program consultation and assessment, training, and information services to help farmworker-serving organizations
FHSI Products and Services


ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
Online links to various agencies, research centers, councils, and networks
Links to Environmental and Occupational Safety

Environmental Protection Agency
Publications from the Office of Pesticide Programs including bilingual posters, handbooks, videos and CDs
Worker Protection Pesticide Safety Materials

Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
Dedicated to the understanding and prevention of illness and injury in Western agriculture
Current projects, seminar series, and upcoming events

CDC, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Agricultural Centers conduct research, education and prevention projects
NIOSH Agricultural Centers, topic pages, and community partners

National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
Objective, science-based information about pasticides and pesticide-related topics
NPIC hot topics, pesticide news, publications, and more


PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
Research, articles, and patient education materials posted each month on a new topic
Monthly Topics

US National Institutes of Health, Instituto Nacional Sobre el Envejecimiento
Up-to-date information on health issues with free publications in Spanish
Spanish Language Health Information

California Department of Pesticide Regulation
Fact sheets including how to read a pesticide label, protecting your family, and safety tips
Consumer Fact Sheets

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Pesticide Promotora Program education brochures in English and Spanish
Residential Pesticide Safety Education Materials

The Migrant Project
Multimedia curriculum for middle and high school students based on the photodocumentary by Rick Nahmias
Lessons from the Migrant Project


OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES

Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
Resources addressing best practices in providing quality care to farmworkers
Resource Library

Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
Local, state, regional and national e-mail listservs regarding migrant health
Migrant Health Listservs

Farmworker Justice
Giving farmworkers a strong voice through policy analysis and promotion
Mission, activities, and projects

National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
Access to a network of providers and resources
Health Provider Network

Migrant Health Promotion
Training for Promotores and Promotoras to address health, abuse, stress, and violence issues in migrant communities
Salud Para Todos (Health for All)

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Cultural competency trainings, interpreter trainings, and research projects
Home Page

The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers
Photo images of the lives and men and women who work to help feed the US
Photo documentary by Photographer Rick Nahmias


  



 

 


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