FARMWORKER HEALTH NETWORKFHN
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FHN CONTENTSThe Farmworker Health Network (FHN) is comprised of six National Cooperative Agreements in migrant health funded through the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide training and technical assistance to current and potential Migrant Health Center Programs. The FHN is committed to supporting the development of leadership within Community and Migrant Health Centers and increasing access to care for the farmworker population. We function as a trusted resource to health center staff and board, helping them to fulfill their capacity building needs, and to incorporate service delivery options which are designed to enhance care to farmworkers and their families. Collaboration among FHN members includes a team approach to addressing health center needs and bringing multiple areas of expertise to bear in problem solving. The FHN works to assure the visibility of the Migrant Health Program within HHS, and other governmental and private organizations through the articulation of issues, analysis and comment on proposed policy and procedural documents, dissemination of population specific information and provision of technical assistance services to address the need for information, training, and education.
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PrioriTy ServiCeS AND ACTiviTieS:
✔ Provide capacity building assistance and training to
clinicians, outreach workers, promotores de salud and
others on occupational health, environmental health,
Hiv/AiDS and other priority health-related issues.
✔ educate and advocate on behalf of farmworkers to policy
makers and the public on issues concerning occupational
and environmental health, workers’ compensation,
access to health care, immigration, wages and working
conditions and other issues affecting farmworkers and
their families.
✔ Design, implement, and evaluate outreach and peer
education programs on occupational and environmental
health and Hiv/AiDS for farmworkers and their families.
✔ Develop curricula, educational materials, fact sheets,
reports and articles for a variety of audiences, including
clinicians, outreach workers, promotores de salud, policy
makers, the migrant community, and the public.
✔ Analyze legal developments, train farmworker legal
advocates, and represent farmworkers and their
organizations in lawsuits to enforce their rights regarding
labor, immigration and occupational safety and health.
MiSSioN STATeMeNT:The purpose of Farmworker Justice is to empower migrant
and seasonal farmworkers to improve their wages, working
conditions, occupational safety, health, immigration status,
and access to justice through litigation, advocacy, public
awareness, capacity building, coalition building, and support
for union organizing.
Farmworker JusticeMail: 1126 16th St., NW, Suite 270
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 293-5420
Fax: (202) 293-5427
online: www.farmworkerjustice.org
Contact: virginia ruiz, Senior Attorney
email: [email protected]
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✔ Program Development and Assessment
✔ Coordinating Multiple Delivery Sites
✔ Cultural Competence in Health outreach
✔ innovative Practices
✔ Creation of Program Goals and objectives
✔ Action, Program, and Strategic Planning
✔ Protocol Development
✔ Needs Assessment
✔ Health education
✔ integrating into the Health Center Setting
✔ recruiting and retaining Staff
✔ Maximizing Use of Community resources
✔ Program outcome Measures/Data Collection
✔ Health outreach and enabling Services
✔ Program Planning and Development
✔ Needs Assessment and evaluation Data
✔ Health education and Promotion
✔ Community Collaboration and Coalition Building
✔ Cultural Competency
MiSSioN STATeMeNT:Health outreach Partners’ mission is to build strong,
effective, and sustainable grassroots health models by
partnering with local community-based organizations
across the country in order to improve the quality of life
of low-income, vulnerable, and underserved populations.
Health Outreach PartnersMail: 405 14th Street, Suite 909
oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 268-0091
Fax: (510) 268-0093
online: www.outreach-partners.org
Satellite Offices: Seattle, WA & Washington, DC
Contact: Oscar C. Gomez, Chief Executive Officer
email: [email protected]
PrioriTy AreAS AND ACTiviTieS:
Since 1970, HOP has been at the forefront of elevating the importance of outreach and recognizing the critical role it plays in facilitating case management, primary care, health prevention and social services to underserved communities.
oUTreACH ToPiCS ADDreSSeD:
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PrioriTy ServiCeS AND ACTiviTieS:
In the 25 years since its inception, MCN has gained a wealth of expertise in a wide variety of clinical issues impacting patients, providers and clinic systems. This expertise is available to you through a number of different venues:
✔ Consultation on clinic systems, protocols and procedures
✔ Training with clinical staff on specific health topics and the
recognition and management of migrant related diseases
✔ Consultation on program development and evaluation
✔ Patient tracking and bridge case management
✔ Assistance and consultation for migrant research
✔ Speakers Bureau
✔ Clinical education
MiSSioN STATeMeNT:Migrant Clinicians Network is a force for justice
in health care for the mobile poor.
Migrant Clinicians NetworkMail: P.o. Box 164285
Austin, Texas 78716
Phone: (512)327-2017
online: www.migrantclinician.org
Satellite Offices: Chico, CA; Salisbury, MD;
State College, PA; Ferndale, WA; el Paso, TX
Contact: Karen Mountain, MBA, MSN, rN, Ceo
email: [email protected]
CLiNiCAL ToPiCS ADDreSSeD:
✔ risk management ✔ Patient flow ✔ Medical records
(eMr adoption) ✔ FTCA ✔ Staff entry and support ✔ Quality improvement ✔ HiPAA ✔ immunizations
SPeCiFiC HeALTH & DiSeASe ToPiCS:
✔ Mental health ✔ AiDS/Hiv ✔ Diabetes ✔ Tuberculosis ✔ Prenatal care ✔ environmental and
occupational health ✔ Breast, cervical and
colon cancer ✔ Family planning ✔ Family violence
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PrioriTy ServiCeS AND ACTiviTieS:
MHP Salud provides extensive technical assistance to Health Centers developing and implementing the award-winning Camp Health Aide Program. Camp Health Aides, also known as Promotores(as) de Salud, are farmworkers trained as health educators and advocates. MHP’s ongoing support to Health Centers includes:
✔ Face-to-Face and phone consultation
✔ on-site training and support
✔ Promotor(a) training curricula and other health
education materials
✔ Program development and evaluation tools
✔ Funding resources and support including sample
grants and budgets
✔ Networking opportunities for program managers
and Promotores(as)
✔ Pasaporte de Promotor(a) de Salud:
National Training recognition Program
MHP SaludMail: 2111 Golfside Dr. Suite 2B
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Phone: (800) 461-8394online: mhpsalud.org
Offices in: Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Washington
Contact: Gayle A. Lawn-Day, PhD, Chief Executive Officer email: [email protected]
Contact: Colleen reinert, Chief Programming Officer email: [email protected]
MiSSioN STATeMeNT:MHP Salud implements Community Health Worker programs to empower underserved Latino communities and promotes the CHW model nationally as a culturally appropriate strategy to improve health.
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PrioriTy ServiCeS AND ACTiviTieS:
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) organized in 1971 works with a network of health centers and primary care organizations to assist health centers in a variety of ways:
✔ Provide research-based advocacy for health centers and their clients.
✔ educate about the mission and value of health centers.
✔ Develop alliances with private partners and key stakeholders to support the delivery of primary and preventive health care.
✔ Training and Technical Assistance on HrSA program and funding initiatives, HC governance, finance, workforce, and HiT.
✔ educational sessions at National Conferences
✔ Provide forums to facilitate feedback to/from migrant health centers.
✔ Monitor and provide recommendations on policy affecting migrant health centers and their patients.
✔ Collaborate and coordinate activities with partners and interested stakeholders.
MiSSioN STATeMeNT:To promote the provision of high quality, comprehensive
health care that is accessible, coordinated, culturally and
linguistically competent, and community directed for all
underserved populations.
National Association of
Community Health Centers
Mail: 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 210
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 347-0400
Fax: (301) 347-0459
online: www.nachc.com
Contact: John ruiz, Director, Special Populations
email: [email protected] or [email protected]
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PrioriTy ServiCeS AND ACTiviTieS:
✔ operation of a multimedia resource center and
archival library with electronic access to documents.
✔ Provision of consultation services which include
technical assistance and training on a wide variety of
capacity building topics to facilitate provision of care
to farmworkers.
✔ Development of culturally and linguistically
appropriate health education materials and health
promotion programs.
✔ Hosting and co-hosting of four conferences each
year which are designed to create opportunities for
colleagues in Migrant Health to come together to
learn from each other.
✔ engagement of a broad network of partners in Migrant
Health through grants and cooperative agreements
with other service organizations designed to leverage
resources on behalf of Migrant Health Centers.
✔ examination of external environmental factors
and health policies that impact the delivery of care
to farmworkers and articulation of the issues and
solutions for consideration by appropriate partners.
MiSSioN STATeMeNT:To improve the health status of farmworker families
through the innovative application of human, technical and
information resources.
National Center for Farmworker HealthMail: 1770 FM 967
Buda, Texas 78610
Phone: (512)312-2700
Fax: (512)312.2600
online: www.ncfh.org
Contact: Bobbi ryder, President & Ceo
email: [email protected]
Contact: Sylvia Partida, Chief Operations Officer
email: [email protected]
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“This (training) opportunity has helped us prepare for the launching
of our Health Education Department/Equality in Healthcare Initiative.
The presenters were great and demonstrated this through their work
with our staff.”
“We heard the overwhelming positive feedback regarding the
trainings from all levels within the organization.”
“You have provided our Federally Qualified Health Center and
Migrant Health Center with the training we need. It has been
inspiring to meet (people who) love their work and have devoted
their careers to helping folks whose work is too often invisible.”
– valley-Wide Health Systems, inc., Co
– Anonymous
– CommuniCare Health Centers, CA
MORE ON FHN“You are an invaluable resource for advocacy and policy analysis on
issues of importance to the health of farmworkers and their families.
Over the years, our collaboration has helped our organization to
empower thousands of farmworkers to improve their health and
working conditions.”
– Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), or
“I can’t begin to tell you what a wonderful job you did facilitating our
staff-board outreach training. It was so much more than a workshop;
it was a total experience, and the tangible results will provide us
with a “road map” for our work this year and as we move into the
next evolution of our organizational development. I marvel at the
intelligence, heart, and generosity you bring to your work.”
“You give access to an impressive array of resources. The advocacy
you provide will help ensure that our Migrant and Community Health
Centers thrive in an increasingly complex environment.”
– Community Health Partnership of illinois
– Collier Health Services, inc., FL
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