Dear Colleagues, Here is an announcement from our colleague Rachel Gonzales Hanson regarding an upcoming conference for rural centers regarding Health...
Everyone, I wanted to let you all know that NCFH is now looking to hire For a new position Health Educator Responsibilities include: dev. of health education...
Dear Colleagues; Here is an announcement of the availability of scholarships from Tylenol, please consider passing it along to your staff and their families in...
Hello: Attached is the site for an upcoming webcast in Spanish on reducing asthma triggers indoors. Please forward to anyone who might want to participate. ...
Dear Colleagues, Here is an opportunity to comment on proposed requirements for documentation of citizenship for Medicaid Eligibility. Although this is a...
Dear Farmworker Health Colleague, Farmworker Health Services, Inc. is accepting submissions of innovative outreach practices for the 2007 edition of the...
Hello migrant health researchers: I'm compiling information on pending or recently enacted state legislation that promotes farmworker health access, safety...
Peter Pursley
ppursley@...
Jul 18, 2006 6:36 am
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Dear Farmworker Health Colleague, Farmworker Health Services, Inc. is accepting submissions of innovative outreach practices for the 2007 edition of the...
_*Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals **Unite For Sight's Fourth Annual International Health Conference*_ * APRIL 14-15,...
Dear Colleagues, Here is an announcement from the Border Health Commission soliciting artwork proposals in a competition for design and production of the...
Hello everybody, Hope this note finds you doing well! I am producing a health education radio show sponsored by the Northwest Health Foundation in Portland,...
Roberto Astorga
manchego99@...
Jul 26, 2006 1:57 pm
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With our Pocos Hijos Para Darles Mas program, we produced a bunch of professionally mastered radio PSAs on family planning and other issues but they are only...
Alayne Unterberger
alayne@...
Jul 27, 2006 5:54 pm
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Hello people, Hope this note finds you doing well. I got a request from some folks, lloking for the following information: It seems to me that they are looking...
Roberto Astorga
manchego99@...
Jul 27, 2006 5:58 pm
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In the past year, MCN has heard of several instances in which both border and interior immigration enforcement practices has resulted in blocking migrants'...
Dear Colleagues: The HRSA Border Health Summit is open to HRSA grantees along the border and major border health partners. Attached are a draft agenda,...
Colleagues, For those of us who have had the priveledge of getting to know Surgeon General Richard Carmona, news of his resignation constitutes a significant ...
...  ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Martha C. Stiles, Program Director California AgrAbility Project Farm Safety & Rural Health University of...
Martha C. Stiles
mcstiles@...
Aug 3, 2006 9:53 pm
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Greetings, I recently moved from the Midwest and am in need of your help. Can anyone please send me some contacts of organizations doing promotora work with ...
Sheila Faye Lahousse
lahouss1@...
Aug 8, 2006 3:26 am
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Dear migrant health research colleagues, Call for Proposals Due October 6! Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 10th Anniversary Conference "Mobilizing...
Sheila, If I may encourage you to research pterygium, the eye diseases that is at epidemic levels in Hispanic men. It's a serious problem that preliminary...
Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Aug 8, 2006 5:27 pm
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Dear Friends and Colleagues: I am currently working on an extensive binational document (Monograph) about the health and mental health status and health and...
Nelly Salgado
nsnyder@...
Aug 8, 2006 5:28 pm
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Hello Everyone, I recently received the following question and I am not sure what the answer is. I am hoping some of you might have an idea. Thanks for the ...
Yes, it would be considered a "work related injury" as defined by the Department of Labor. Sincerely, Rene Quintana Adelante Del Norte _____ From: Josh...
Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Aug 8, 2006 7:17 pm
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Josh. As long as the Medical Provider shows in their notes that it was connected to their work environmental, it is an occupational disease. A similar...
Ed Hendrikson
ehendrikson@...
Aug 8, 2006 8:24 pm
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Dermatitis which results from the unique situation or conditions of the workplace, should be covered. So, I would definitely call it an occupational condition...
Matthew Keifer MD MPH
mkeifer@...
Aug 8, 2006 9:47 pm
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Rene, I am an occupational medicine physician in Washington. I recently supported and had accepted a worker compensation claim for a pterygium in a farm...
Matthew Keifer MD MPH
mkeifer@...
Aug 8, 2006 10:09 pm
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It is a work related injury. Rene Quintana ... From: Matthew Keifer MD MPH [mailto:mkeifer@...] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:16 PM To:...
Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Aug 8, 2006 10:22 pm
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Matthew, This is excellent, finally a break. I've been advocating education and prevention on this disease. It is widespread among Hispanic men to a ...
Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Aug 8, 2006 10:23 pm
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Rene, What data have you collected?...
matt
mkeifer@...
Aug 9, 2006 2:48 am
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Hello Josh and all, We do not have poison ivy in California, we do have poison oak. Yes it is an occupational hazard (as are bee stings and snake bitess), and...