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.
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Fact Sheets, Reports, Presentations, and News
Clinician Resources
Continuing Education and Conferences
Environmental and Occupational Safety
Patient Education Tools
Other Online Resources
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 Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH)
Detailed information on specific aspects of farmworker health
Fact Sheets About Farmworkers
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
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Health Center Program provides support to health centers serving migrant farmworkers
The Migrant Health Center Program
Health Outreach Partners
Activities and Tools for health educators addressing pertinent farmworker health and safety topics
Health Education Recipes
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN)
Training, education, research, and clinical topics
Migrant Clinicians Network Home Page
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
Health Outreach Partners
Program consultation and assessment, training, and information services to help farmworker-serving organizations
Products and Services
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
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 pesticides and pesticide-related topics
NPIC hot topics, pesticide news, publications, and more
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
The Migrant Project
Multimedia curriculum for middle and high school students based on the photodocumentary by Rick Nahmias
Lessons from the Migrant Project
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
Resources addressing best practices in providing quality care to farmworkers
Resource Library
Farmworker Justice
Giving farmworkers a strong voice through policy analysis and promotion
Mission, activities, and projects
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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