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Six Practical Steps to Prevent Child Suicide
Sep 23, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few months, I have been shaken over the unprecedent tragic increase in child attempted and completed suicides among youth, even in cohorts of five- to 12-year-olds, one facet of a…
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COVID-19 and Childcare Efforts for Vulnerable Families
May 18, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
For more than a year, “essential” workers have continued to work. Despite an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace, a disproportionate risk of contracting severe COVID-19,…
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Health Network for Babies, Children, and Mothers
May 6, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Maria* was 36 weeks pregnant when she arrived at the immigrant shelter in McAllen, Texas, where the US-Mexico border is defined by the Rio Grande. Like so many fleeing violence, that is…
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Mother’s Day: A Young Asylum-Seeker Needing Prenatal Care, Health Network, and #LaborsOfLove
May 3, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
This Mother’s Day, support asylum-seeking mothers to get the care they need for themselves and for their babies.Donate to #LaborsOfLove here. Courage comes in many forms. Often, American holidays…
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Why is the implementation of comprehensive occupational health programs for school personnel essential for a safe reopening of schools? A summary of our most recent training program in Puerto Rico
Jan 5, 2021
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Anonymous
By: Marysel Pagán-Santana, DrPH, Puerto Rico Senior Program ManagerOne of the most repeated topics of public discussion in Puerto Rico and around the world is the opening of educational institutions…
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A Six-Year-Old Asylum Seeker with Microcephaly and Frequent Seizures Struggles to Get Emergency Care, So Health Network Steps In
Jan 23, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX. A young Guatemalan mother and father and their two young sons crossed the border earlier this…
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Knowledge is Power: Reaching Farmworkers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with Environmental Health Education
Dec 5, 2019
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Jordana Oman
Farmworker parents after participating in an environmental health and safety talk with a community health worker.By Kate Kruse, Project Coordinator, Migrant Clinicians NetworkPrior to living and…
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Position Statement: Children Should Never Be Held In Detention
Aug 22, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network stands firmly against the Trump Administration’s shocking decision to dissolve the Flores Settlement, paving the way to detain children for indefinite periods of time.“It…
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A New Resource for Farm Owners: How to Invest in Child Care and Watch Your Community Grow
Aug 12, 2019
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Jordana Oman
Recognizing the Need Child care is the cornerstone of any thriving community. In fact, 89% of farm workers are more likely to choose a job in a location with accessible child care services. When…
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Emanual Ramirez,18-Year-Old US Citizen of Parents Without Work Authorization, Asks to "Keep Families Together"
Jul 25, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
When the Dust Rises “When the Dust Rises” is an anthology of written and photographic submissions from Mount Vernon migrant youth, some as young as 11, who participate in the Mount Vernon…
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Mother of a Transgender Boy: “Am I Doing the Right Thing?”
Jun 27, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
The Rodriguez family. Front row: Liliana, 13, and Alejandro, 10. Back row: Adrian,15; Jose, father; Izaak, 18; and Carmen, mother. Four years ago, Carmen Rodriguez had trouble switching pronouns…
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MCN Statement: Detention Facilities are Inappropriate for Children
May 24, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
The repeated and avoidable deaths of migrant children in detention is unconscionable. We at Migrant Clinicians Network demand immediate implementation of greater safeguards and better conditions…
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Year in Review: Protecting Farmworker Children from Environmental Contaminants
May 20, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
After an incredibly successful first year, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) and our partner, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP) are ready and excited to kick off the second year of our…
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The US-Mexico Border Then and Now, with Timothy Dunn
Apr 22, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
(This image is licensed under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode) “Historically, we’re nowhere near the levels we were, at the turn of the century,” noted Timothy Dunn,…
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From the Border: Refugees and Their Health Needs, with Dr. Marsha Griffin
Apr 4, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
What’s happening at the border bridges? Dr. Griffin explains that, typically, an immigrant who wishes to seek asylum approaches the center of a walking bridge that crosses the Rio Grande to the US…
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A Child's Ear Surgery, A Family's Migration: Health Network in Action
Feb 27, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Retta, Health Network Associate While Health Network is available for any patient regardless of age, sex, race, or ethnicity, and for any health condition, it’s rare that we receive an…
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MCN Stands Up for a Ban on Chlorpyrifos in Maryland
Feb 14, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Sofia Carrasco Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network’s own Amy K. Liebman testified in front of Maryland’s House Environment and Transportation Committee in support of HB 275 for a Maryland-…
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Seven-Year-Old Migrant Girl’s Death: How to bring basic humanitarian aid to the border
Dec 18, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
It is a heartbreaking refugee story: A seven-year-old girl, Jakelin Caal Maquin, and her father leave the family behind in a destitute village in Guatemala, to take a dangerous journey in…
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Militarization on the Border: Professor Timothy Dunn on the History and Implications for Health
Dec 4, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Assuring health justice for the mobile poor, including asylum seekers and refugees, starts with an immigration strategy that prioritizes health and well-being. As we’ve seen in recent months,…
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Voces Fuertes Benefit Concert: “We See You And We Care”
Oct 30, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
“For the past two years, we’ve heard from clinicians all over the country variations on this theme, which is ‘my patients are experiencing increasing levels of fear and stress; the families that…
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Celebrate Children's Health Month by Empowering Farmworker Parents to Protect their Childrens' Health
Oct 15, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Every day, children are accosted with a barrage of parental nags, primarily aimed at keeping children safe and healthy: look both ways; tie your shoe; don’t talk to strangers; eat your…
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Berkeley Benefit Concert: Youth Support MCN Through Activism
Oct 9, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Last month, 30 teenagers from around Berkeley, California, piled onto couches and squatted on shag carpeting in a rec room of a local Presbyterian church. They had been listening to Deliana…
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In the Field: Training Parents as Community Health Workers to Protect Children from Environmental Hazards
Sep 12, 2018
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The downpours over the weekend ahead of Hurricane Florence did not dampen the spirits of the 14 farmworker parents participating in MCN’s Community Health Worker (CHWs) training in collaboration with…
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Medical-Legal Partnership: Helping Pregnant Agricultural Workers Avoid Pesticide Exposure with Aaron Voit, Esq.
Aug 7, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
photo credit: Alan PogueIn the spring, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation announced that 209 million pounds of pesticide active ingredients were used in 2016 across the green fields of…
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World Refugee Day: Lessons from Serving Asylum Seekers
Jun 20, 2018
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Caitlin A. Fish J.D.
photo: Earl DotterTrauma-Informed Care: Lessons from Serving Asylum SeekersBy Kate Sugarman, MDA woman came to the exam room with irregular and heavy periods, during which she says she was passing…
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Children at the Border: Layers of Trauma Compounded By Detention
Jun 19, 2018
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Claire Hutkins Seda
photo by Karl Hoffman In the first six weeks of the Trump Administration’s new policy of separating children from parents who requested asylum after crossing the border as is within their legal…
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