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Practical Tips on Sustaining Our Work: Thoughts from Witness to Witness

Practical Tips on Sustaining Our Work: Thoughts from Witness to Witness

Oct 26, 2023
By: Kaethe Weingarten
Most of us want to work at our best, enjoy the work we do, feel satisfied or gratified by it, and happily sustain our work over time. This is a stance shared by a wide range of professionals,…
New Award: Community-Led Research Will Break Barriers to Care for Migrants and Asylum Seekers with Health Needs

New Award: Community-Led Research Will Break Barriers to Care for Migrants and Asylum Seekers with Health Needs

Sep 27, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Most migrants and asylum seekers who arrive at the US-Mexico border are healthy. But some – like Anita*, a five-year-old with spina bifida, or Rocio, 35 weeks pregnant, who had undiagnosed…
The Latest in Suicide Prevention: Resources, Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and a New Stage Theory

The Latest in Suicide Prevention: Resources, Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and a New Stage Theory

Aug 18, 2022
By: Kaethe Weingarten
It is a sign of significant progress that we now have a dedicated number to call in case of mental health crises. People experiencing a mental health crisis can call or text the numbers 9-8-8.…
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Coronavirus Chronicles: Updates on the Science for Clinicians and Advocates

Jul 27, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The data on COVID-19 continue to amass, and our understanding of the disease and its impact on vulnerable populations like migrants has grown significantly since March. The news and updates have…
Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Apr 8, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
ICE raids. Public charge. Rhetoric around immigration. In the last three years, clinicians who have taken MCN’s annual poll have confirmed that forces outside of the clinic interrupt health care…
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2019 Clinician Poll: Help us better serve and connect health centers serving immigrants and other underserved populations.

Apr 18, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For the last two years, we have asked clinicians around the country if they had seen any changes in their migrant and immigrant patients’ perspectives on health access. Your responses have helped us…
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Recognizing One of Our Own - Seguridad en las Lecherías: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety

Mar 19, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The Health…
Streamline Winter 19

Social Determinants of Health, Disaster Preparation, and PRAPARE: Streamline's New Issue

Jan 16, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s been two months since the Camp Fire rushed through Paradise, California, leaving 86 people dead and thousands of people homeless. In an opinion piece published in STAT News last week, MCN’…
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Structural Differential: New England Journal of Medicine Features Maine Migrant Health

Dec 19, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, the New England Journal of Medicine published “Structural Differential -- A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain,” the first in a series of case studies in social medicine that the…
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New Study: Oral Health is One of Mobile Agricultural Workers’ “Greatest Unmet Health Needs”

Nov 21, 2018
By: Elaine Penn
By Ileana Maria Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPCH, CNC, Executive Director, Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of mobile…
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New Research: Dairy Farm Owners Mobilized to Reduce Hazards

Jul 12, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Agricultural work continues to be one of the most dangerous professions in the country. Dairy, in particular, has relatively high injury and fatality rates. Exempted from most labor regulations and…
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Taking a Pulse: Clinician Poll on Migrant and Immigrant Patient Care

Mar 14, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“I find that my patients are living under constant fear and stress. They express to me that they no longer feel safe or welcomed in their communities. Many families are becoming more isolated and…
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Combating Diabetes in Puerto Rico: Experts Join MCN’s Project ECHO

Mar 6, 2018
By: Alyssa Finley
Jessica, Leonardo and Cinthia. The Puerto RIco Diabetes team from PR Health DepartmentThis year, Migrant Clinicians Network’s ECHO series on diabetes has brought together dozens of health centers’…
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MCN's Institutional Review Board Welcomes New Member

Jan 25, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network prides itself in filling in the gaps when it comes to migrant health. For almost two decades, MCN’s Institutional Review Board has stepped up to review and monitor…
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Top 4 Reasons To Drop Everything and Read the New Issue of Streamline Now

Mar 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Streamline is here! And we’re convinced that you should share our slightly-over-the-top exuberance on the publication of the latest issue of our quarterly clinical publication. That’s because this…
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New Report: How Much Does it Cost to Have a Resident at a Community-Based Health Center?

Jul 19, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Several years ago, to respond to the increasing need for primary care services after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, Congress authorized the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical…
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Five on Friday | July 15, 2016

Jul 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday to you! We’ve got the top five recommended reads from Migrant Clinicians Network staff, to send you off happily into your weekend. Karen, Chief Executive Officer, enjoyed Texas…
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Five on Friday | July 1, 2016

Jul 1, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the…
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Five on Friday | June 10, 2016

Jun 9, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Each week, hundreds of new articles, blog posts, podcasts, and videos explore the worlds of migrants as they move around the world. Dozens focus specifically on the health needs of this growing and…
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Five on Friday | May 20, 2016

May 20, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s been a busy week in the world of migrant health. Here are a few news pieces that caught the eye of MCN’s staff: Amy, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health: “Immigrants are an…
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Five on Friday | May 6, 2016

May 6, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s May! The hot months of summer are just around the corner, but in many parts of the country, the mild late spring days still prevail. That’s why May is National Bike Month -- a time to leave…
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Five on Friday | April 8, 2016

Apr 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As we roll into the weekend, we’d like to offer up some of the interesting news pieces that floated into our inboxes this week. What did you see this week? Let us know on Facebook and Twitter. 1.…
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Wakeup Call: Climate Change and Public Health Report

Apr 5, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) published its long-awaited report, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. Released at…
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Transnational Tuberculosis: Q&A with Dr. Cynthia Tschampl

Mar 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, a newly published paper indicated that over 2,800 people leave the United States with active tuberculosis (TB) each year, while only ten percent receive continuity of care services like…

New Research Indicates Need for Case Management for Mobile Tuberculosis Patients

Mar 3, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
AUSTIN, TX -- March 3, 2016 -- A new journal article released today revealed that an average of 2,827 people with active tuberculosis (TB) leave the United States each year, and only about ten…
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Five on Friday | February 26, 2016

Feb 26, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Friday is once again tugging on our brains, luring us into the weekend… What are your plans for this weekend? Care to add a little bit of health justice reading into the mix? Here are a few…