Rural migrant health resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/public_health/migrant.php Examines the ways in which the social, economic, and physical environments of Latino immigrant communities affect health and contribute to health disparities. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/052504_jc_disparities_healthbrief_4.pdf Mon, 05 May 2008 16:01:36 CST http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/052504_jc_disparities_healthbrief_4.pdf Describes the socioeconomic conditions underwhich migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States live. Health consequences resulting from occupational hazards andfrom poverty, substandard living conditions, migrancy, language and cultural barriers, and impaired access to health care are described. http://phsj.org/files/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Worker%20Health/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Workers%20-%20JHCPU.pdf Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:30:50 CST http://phsj.org/files/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Worker%20Health/Migrant%20and%20Seasonal%20Farm%20Workers%20-%20JHCPU.pdf Highlights issues and statistics regarding the health of migrant women that are in the United States as seasonal farm workers. -- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health http://208.106.144.52/pdf/MgrntFrmwkrs-4.pdf Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:22:55 CST http://208.106.144.52/pdf/MgrntFrmwkrs-4.pdf Intended to help guide, organize and coordinate the systematic planning, implementation and evaluation of efforts within OMH, DHHS and across the nation to achieve better results relative to minority health improvements and health disparities reductions. http://www.omhrc.gov/npa/images/78/PrintFramework.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:34:05 CST http://www.omhrc.gov/npa/images/78/PrintFramework.html Addresses how immigrants use and affect the health care system, and includes key facts about immigrants and health care. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7761.pdf Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:16:21 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7761.pdf Presents evidence linking racial and ethnic health disparities to the overall performance of local health care systems. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Mead_racialethnicdisparities_chartbook_1111.pdf?section=4039 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:21:46 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Mead_racialethnicdisparities_chartbook_1111.pdf?section=4039 Discusses the increase of Spanish-speaking immigrants who are moving to rural areas in America, their need for social services and healthcare, and the impact this has on the demographics of rural areas. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/spring06.html#cover Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:29:58 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/spring06.html#cover Reports on scientific research demonstrating substantial disparities in pharmaceutical therapy for Hispanic Americans. -- National Alliance for Hispanic Health http://www.npcnow.org/resources/PDFs/HispanicReportFINAL.pdf Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:55:21 CST http://www.npcnow.org/resources/PDFs/HispanicReportFINAL.pdf Summarize issues and challenges of providing mental health services for children and their families from diverse populations. -- National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Hispanic%20Children%20and%20Families.pdf Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:02:42 CST http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Services%20for%20Hispanic%20Children%20and%20Families.pdf Summarizes the current need of farmworker housing and the status of the federal programs that support farmworker housing. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/manager/uploads/VoicesSummer2005.pdf Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:25:47 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/manager/uploads/VoicesSummer2005.pdf Both migrants in the United States as well as those returning to Mexico show higher levels of infection of HIV than the general Mexican population. -- Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/Articles/2005/MexicanMigrantCommunitiesMayBeonVergeofHIVAIDSEpidemic.aspx Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:23:54 CST http://www.prb.org/Articles/2005/MexicanMigrantCommunitiesMayBeonVergeofHIVAIDSEpidemic.aspx Examines the issues related to studying health effects associated with chronic low-dose exposure to pesticides particularly in the farmworker population. -- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/8526/8526.pdf Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:11:31 CST http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/8526/8526.pdf Dispels myths about immigrants' place in the U.S. health care system that misinform the debate over immigration. -- Center for American Progress http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/pdf/immigrant_health_report.pdf Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:16:35 CST http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/pdf/immigrant_health_report.pdf Funding to provide grants for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant and seasonal farmworkers and to the family members who are residing with those individuals. -- Office of Special Education Programs http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1503 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:21:12 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1503 Discusses the Colonias Project, an 18-month outreach project with the goal of increasing the usage of MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en espaol and overcoming associated problems with health literacy in low-income, medically underserved Hispanic communities (colonias) along the Texas-Mexico border, where residents primarily speak Spanish. -- Medical Library Association http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1773027 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:45:46 CST http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1773027 Provides information on the new federal requirement that all U.S. citizens and nationals applying for or renewing their Medicaid coverage provide documentation of their citizenship status and examines the implications for Medicaid beneficiaries and the states. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7533-02.pdf Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7533-02.pdf Provides an overview of Latinos in America. Reports on a number of healthcare strategies and recommendations for improving Latino healthcare along with supporting information. -- Latino Coalition http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_642.pdf Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_642.pdf Funding for promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=4 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=4 A detailed 90-page compilation of over 300 groups working to address the causes and solutions to the health disparities crisis. -- Poverty & Race Research Action Council http://www.prrac.org/pdf/HealthDirectory.pdf Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.prrac.org/pdf/HealthDirectory.pdf Assists individuals with locating and competing for funding opportunities in order to address health care needs in the U.S.-Mexico Border region. Lists funding opportunities and information resources on topics relevant to border health. -- Rural Assistance Center http://borderhealth.raconline.org/ Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 CST http://borderhealth.raconline.org/ The Council is legislatively mandated to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the health and well being of migrant farmworkers and their families. Fifteen members are appointed by the Secretary to serve four-year terms. http://bphc.hrsa.gov/nacmh/ Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://bphc.hrsa.gov/nacmh/