RE: [migrant_health_research] Kidney Disease and Farmworkers
Josh,
We have a tracked an increase in Renal
Cell Carcinoma in Farmworkers. There have been clusters of this type of
cancer but no real studies to show why as far as I know. The University
of Washington and Salud Family Health Center along with others were funded by
NIOSH to do a pilot project several years ago to see if the “Life Time
Exposures to Chemicals” might be a way to find out why the increase in
some cancers.
Thanks.
Ed Hendrikson PA-C, PhD
Director of Environmental Health
SaludFamilyHealthCenter
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Kidney Disease and Farmworkers
Hello Everyone,
Does anyone know of any
studies that examine kidney disease and farmworkers or any programs that are
working with farmworkers on this issue? So far I haven’t been able
to find anything. Thanks in advance for the assistance.
Josh
Shepherd
National Center For Farmworker Health
Resource Center Manager
(512) 312-5463
I work with an FQHC that serves the migrant farmworker population. We have noticed some migrant/farmworker patients have started showing up requesting...
Ginny Donney
gdonney@...
Feb 11, 2009 6:54 pm
Hi, Probably because they are using an assumed name for work purposes. If you do not have legal proof that they have had a name change, I would not send...
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Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Feb 12, 2009 7:23 pm
My thought is that we should not assume anything. I would ask them to explain the situation and listen to their explanation. Sometimes we providers are too...
Alayne Unterberger
alayne@...
Feb 12, 2009 7:30 pm
We have workers who will use only the paternal surname and then use only the maternal surname, both are their correct names. Therefore, it creates confusion...
Martha Stiles
mcstiles@...
Feb 12, 2009 7:56 pm
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Millard, Ann V.
avmillard@...
Feb 13, 2009 2:55 pm
Not with standing all that has been sent previously, the uses, disclosures, and alteration of patient health information is regulated under HIPAA law. Any...
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Alayne Unterberger
alayne@...
Feb 13, 2009 7:22 pm
(Second attempt to post -- apologies for duplicates, if any) Generally, in responding to the original question from Ginny, it seems that a health care...
True Story. My uncle was recently hospitalized for heart issues. His name is Ramon Ruiz-Rosado and resides in NJ. The hospital listed him as Ramon Rosado. I...
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Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Mar 18, 2009 6:05 pm
By encouraging the use of several names it actually does the migrant a disservice. For example, mistakes can be made in prescriptions, credit can be damaged...
Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Feb 13, 2009 7:22 pm
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know of any studies that examine kidney disease and farmworkers or any programs that are working with farmworkers on this issue?...
Josh, We have a tracked an increase in Renal Cell Carcinoma in Farmworkers. There have been clusters of this type of cancer but no real studies to show why as...
Ed Hendrikson
ehendrikson@...
Mar 5, 2009 3:17 pm
HI Ginny: when I worked in an FQHC, I would not ask any questions about legal status or such since our business was healthcare. I would give them the...
The Government system is definitely in desperate need for cultural competency training at least for the Latino community which is fastest grown minority group....
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