Everyone, Wanted to let you all know that today the AFL-CIO is releasing a report entitled "Immigrant Workers at Risk: The Urgent Need for Improved Safety and...
FOR COMPETITIVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES [i.e. Service Area Competition but not budget renewals]: As a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina,...
FYI John Ruiz Assistant Director, Systems Development and Policy Administration Migrant Health Coordinator National Association of Community Health Centers,...
To assist those who are concerned about the plight of migrants and the mobile underserved in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Migrant Clinicians Network has...
Candace Kugel
ckugel@...
Sep 7, 2005 5:04 pm
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This is a new publication that can be accessed through the link below. It is based on our research on skin disease experienced by farmworkers. Vallejos QM,...
Thomas Arcury - Famil...
Tarcury@...
Sep 12, 2005 3:05 pm
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Hello, My name is Roberto Astorga. I work for Cascade Aids Project in Portland, Oregon and I am writing to you to request information about an excellent...
Roberto Astorga
manchego99@...
Sep 14, 2005 3:39 am
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Dear Farmworker Health Colleagues, As farmworker health advocates, we know that outreach is essential in order to increase access to health care for migrant...
Hello Kristen, Just read your outline, just wanted to also mention that outreach in health care to Hispanic farm workers is limited due to racially motivated ...
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Sep 14, 2005 7:58 pm
3021
The following short history of FEMA shows how government entities can be crippled by bureaucratic changes. This comment follows up on that from Rene Quintana....
Ann Millard
avmillard@...
Sep 15, 2005 3:31 pm
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This is in response to Mr. Breitrose. My response was aimed at general health services to the Hispanic community. The Katrina disaster just brought focus as to...
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Sep 15, 2005 4:33 pm
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Hello; I work with the migrant families and Out Of School Youths in our district at Gilroy, CA. I was approached by a couple of migrant ladies who work for a...
Bernadette Barrera
Bernadette.Barrera@...
Sep 17, 2005 2:23 pm
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Dear Rene, I agree why is pterygium so common in this group. I assumed it was a result of UV =outdoor light exposure and irritation from dust, chemicals, ...
Mmlessner@...
Sep 19, 2005 2:12 pm
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Re: [migrant_health_research] Sexual Harassment of FarmworkersHello Ms. Barrera, I have forwarded your email to both the director of migrant services for ...
Sexual harassment is illegal and should be addressed through legal channels - once the company involved has failed to take corrective action. The U.S. Equal...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Sep 19, 2005 2:13 pm
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Hi, I wonder if anyone can direct me to research on eye injuries in Florida farmworkers. Any references would be much appreciated. Thank you. Erin Kay...
Erin Sologaistoa
erin@...
Sep 21, 2005 4:47 pm
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Erin, Try Ted Scharf at NIOSH. He organized an evaluation workshop at the East Coast Forum last year which included a case study on eye injuries and injury...
Painter, Thomas
tcp2@...
Sep 21, 2005 6:56 pm
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Erin, There is a project that I do not believe is completely finished, but that has released some preliminary results called "Preventing Eye Injuries in...
Someone who worked with Edna Apostal at Gulfcoast South AHEC in Sarasota did a study on eye injuries....also Juan Luque is working on this....here's his email:...
Alayne Unterberger
alayne@...
Sep 21, 2005 6:56 pm
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Everyone, Paul Monaghan Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida, put on an excellent case study on eye injuries to orange workers. What...
Scharf, Ted
fes0@...
Sep 22, 2005 3:17 am
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More bad news from 2004... ... Shelley Davis Deputy Director Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. 1010 Vermont Avenue N.W. Suite 915 Washington, DC 20005 ...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Sep 22, 2005 2:05 pm
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Dear Mark, Thank you for the support. Pterygium has been researched by Dr Twelker and his dissertation is at the University of California, Berkeley. I have...
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Sep 23, 2005 1:50 am
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Dear Rene, I am just a lowly physician working in Soledad,Monterey county for the Clinica de Salud del Valle deSalinas. I have training in public health, ...
Mmlessner@...
Sep 23, 2005 12:38 pm
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Thank you Mark, me too I'm lowly but I'm not sure in what. Its good to hear from you. Do me a favor and look at your Hispanic patients. Look into their eyes....
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Sep 23, 2005 4:02 pm
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The Western Ag Center at UC Davis have been doing health studies with farm workers for several years. You might contact Ketty Mobed at UCD kmobed@......
Martha C. Stiles
mcstiles@...
Sep 28, 2005 4:17 pm
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This 16-page, full color, Spanish language comic book targets migrant and seasonal farmworker families and helps educate parents about children's risks to...
Amy K Liebman
aliebman@...
Oct 2, 2005 7:03 am
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FYI everyone...this is a job that might be good for our students, other folks. A Through the Kellogg Foundation I have learned of this community org. They are...
Alayne Unterberger
alayne@...
Oct 4, 2005 8:27 pm
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Please send email responses to bernstein@.... ******************************************** October 7, 2005 Latino Katrina Shelter Residents Face...
Health Department Issues a Report on Birth Defect Cases in Immokalee, FL. Florida Agriculture Deparment Fines Company for Pesticide Violations. On October 12,...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Oct 13, 2005 3:14 pm
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For more information on the state of Florida's investigation of the pesticide practices of Ag-Mart Produce and the possible link between the company's...
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