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Diabetes, Food Deserts, Depression, and More with Martha González from Clínica Romero

May 2, 2018
By: Jenna Feinauer
 [Editor’s note: MCN’s Diabetes Project ECHO brought together clinicians from over a dozen health centers with diabetes experts from around the country to best strategize how to bring A1c numbers…
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Diabetes ECHO: Interview With Diana, Health Promoter, on Diabetes In Her Community

April 3, 2018
By: Jenna Feinauer
 MCN’s ECHO Diabetes series drew attention from health centers throughout the United States, with participation from twenty-two community health workers who represented ten health centers and…
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Successful Programs of Self-management, Control and Prevention of Diabetes

March 21, 2018
By: Alyssa Finley
 In the fifth session of our Project ECHO on diabetes, MCN facilitated talks with experts on self-management for diabetes. This ECHO series aims to share tools and tactics, help community health…
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On the Path to Migrant Health: Gathering Information on Chemical Safety Trainings

February 20, 2018
By: Alyssa Finley
 [Editor’s note: Alyssa Finley is MCN’s environmental and occupational health intern at the Salisbury, Maryland office. Finley is a senior at Salisbury University’s School of Social Work. Here, she…
Project ECHO Migrant Clinicians Network

Straight To The Frontlines: Diabetes Experts Engage Directly with Community Health Workers in MCN’s Newest Project ECHO

February 7, 2018
By: cseda
 A woman with a hemoglobin A1C of 9 struggles to change her diet with so little money, no education on cooking healthier foods, and no markets with fresh food in her neighborhood. Another woman, a…
Hurricane wildfire person praying

Now What? Clinical Strategies for Vulnerable Workers, Months After Disaster

February 1, 2018
By: cseda
 [Editor’s Note: This week, we celebrate the release of the newest issue of Streamline, MCN’s in-print clinical publication. Here, we dive deeper into the article, “Relief: Clinician Tactics to Serve…
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A1C Under Nine: How to Get Diabetes and Hypertension Under Control, New ECHO Series in Spanish

January 9, 2018
By: cseda
 How many of your patients with diabetes are keeping their Hemoglobin A1C levels below nine? Migrant Clinicians Network has taken on HRSA’s call to proactively address diabetes and hypertension to…
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Maria, Two Months Old, Had Congenital Zika. Should She Stay on the Immunization Schedule?

August 30, 2017
By: cseda
 Maria* is a two-month-old patient at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Puerto Rico. It’s time for her two-month vaccinations -- but her doctor is hesitant. Maria had congenital Zika, which…
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MCN’s Top Five Pesticide Resources for National Poison Prevention Week

March 23, 2017
By: cseda
 It’s National Poison Prevention Week. Agricultural workers are at a heightened risk for poisonings from pesticides -- and clinicians need the tools to be able to best recognize and manage a…
MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday | October 14, 2016

October 14, 2016
By: cseda
Today’s Five on Friday’s selections exemplify how urgent our work in migrant health and health justice really is. As record-breaking numbers of people set off from their homes in search of safer and…
MCN Zika Echo Project

MCN and Puerto Rico Primary Care Association Launch Zika ECHO Clinic

September 8, 2016
By: cseda
Yesterday, over 40 Puerto Rican nurses, promotores de salud, and other health care providers and advocates logged on to virtually participate in Zika ECHO Clinic: Puerto Rico, a new ECHO project…