The following article is significant in that it cites the the 2000 law that protects individuals from slavelike working conditions. More recently, the...
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! 15th Annual Western Migrant Stream Forum, January 27-29, 2006 Portland, Oregon Professionals in all areas of the migrant health filed are...
Anne Powell
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Jun 3, 2005 8:51 pm
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Federal agents raid 'slave' labor camp in Fla. Federal agents raided a migrant farm labor camp where homeless men and women were kept in what labor officials...
Lisa Hughes
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Jun 6, 2005 4:33 pm
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Hi all, The article below describes the effects of infertility in rats, over four generations, when the original rat was exposed to two endocrine disrupting...
Shelley Davis
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Jun 7, 2005 1:43 pm
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Hi all, Lindane is commonly prescribed for lice treatment. It is also used as a seed treatment in agriculture. We have long opposed its use because it is a...
Shelley Davis
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Jun 7, 2005 4:59 pm
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Hi all, I'm attaching a recent article that tested a mixture of five common organophosphate insecticides to see if their effects were additive or synergistic....
Shelley Davis
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Jun 7, 2005 4:59 pm
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A worthwhile opportunity.... Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting It Into Practice! Thursday Evening, June 23, 2005 Crowne Plaza Houston Medical Center...
This article can be accessed from the internet at http://americas.irc-online.org/articles/2005/0506prop200.html Reacting to a barrage of anti-immigrant...
Lisa Hughes
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Jun 8, 2005 8:53 pm
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June 11, 2005 Ciudad Juarez News Veteran Farmworkers Anticipate Compensation Fund Following years of protests and pressure, the Mexican Congress recently ...
Please note that my cell phone number has been changed to 559 285-7113. Thank you, David Lighthall David Lighthall, Ph.D. Research Director Relational Culture...
David Lighthall
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Jun 15, 2005 1:20 pm
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Thanks to Lisa Hughes for calling attention to a recent WEB article on Proposition 200 as one of several issues that currently affect migrants in the state of...
Keith V Bletzer
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Jun 15, 2005 1:21 pm
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The song I mentioned, I'm told, was "La Jaula de Oro." At times, la gran nacion is like a "classroom" (aula) of learning and opportunity, at other times like a...
Keith V Bletzer
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Jun 16, 2005 12:31 pm
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New Website and Environmental History Tools for Pediatric Health Care Providers The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) is pleased...
Shelley Davis
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Jun 16, 2005 2:05 pm
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FYI - new report on migrants. Press release is below. Link to the report and press release: http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=46 ...
Anne Powell
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Jun 17, 2005 4:31 pm
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Dear Friends: The Migrant Clinicians Network is exploring the idea of expanding our Health Network services to include bridge case management of perinatal...
Candace Kugel
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Jun 23, 2005 2:04 pm
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Workers of the world migrate: IOM report says mobile populations boost global economy by the RN Internet desk, 22 June 2005 The world's estimated 185-192...
SERVICES FOR MARSHALL FERNANDEZ HUSBAND OF UFW NEB MEMBER MARY MECARTNEY AND BROTHER OF DOLORES HUERTA, PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2005 AT 3:30 P.M. THE...
Public Health Professional The mission of the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) is to improve the quality of life for migrant and seasonal...
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! 15th Annual Western Migrant Stream Forum, January 27-29, 2006 Portland, Oregon Professionals in all areas of the migrant health filed are...
Anne Powell
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Jun 29, 2005 5:32 pm
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FYI see below John Ruiz Assistant Director, Systems Development and Policy Administration Migrant Health Coordinator National Association of Community Health...
*April 1-2, 2006 Yale University New Haven, CT 06520* *CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Unite For Sight's 3rd Annual International Health Conference* *"Empowering...
Hi Everyone! I am an MPH student intern working on a project related to nutrition among Mexican farm workers in the US. I was wondering if I could solicit...
Hi Jenette, Migrant Health Promotion has a chapter and accompanying teaching curriculum on nutrition for Promotoras in its Camp Health Aide Manual. You can...
Tori Booker
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Jul 12, 2005 2:06 pm
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You may want to speak with Tina Castanares, a frequent contributor to this e-group. I recall her and Keith Blitzer doing an education session on obesity among...
Here's Tina's email: tina.castanares@... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carmel T. Drewes, Director of Programs Migrant Clinicians Network...
Jeanette: There was a study done recently at Penn State that may be of interest to you. The report called "Health and Nutrition of Hisipanic Migrant and...
Candace Kugel
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Jul 12, 2005 5:10 pm
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Hello, Rene Quintana here from Del Norte California, there is a Michael Gomez who has been specializing in nutrition and Hispanic obesity for years and would...
Rene Quintana
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Jul 12, 2005 5:10 pm
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Special Tabulation of LEP Information from Census 2000 The Department of Labor has sponsored a special tabulation of Census data on Limited English proficient...
Dear Jenette and anyone else on the listserv who is interested, Thanks, John Ruiz, for suggesting that Jenette contact me....I'm no expert but I do have some...
Hi Jennette, The California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) is currently conducting a food security assessment among farmworkers in Fresno County, CA. We're...