Rural migrant health resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/public_health/migrant.php Provides publications, information, resources, and referrals about health care services for medically underserved individuals and populations. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://ask.hrsa.gov/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:52:14 CST http://ask.hrsa.gov/ Serves as an Internet portal to identified quality multi-lingual health education documents and as a receptacle for health documents created by Heartland's Refugee Health Programs. -- Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:29:19 CST http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/ Assesses emerging national efforts to address language barriers and profiles work in three statesCalifornia, Minnesota, and New Yorkto highlight challenges, successes, and implications for future policy and activities related to providing language services. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/Health/LanguageServicesbr.pdf Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:20:01 CST http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/Health/LanguageServicesbr.pdf Explores key causes of health disparities in the U.S. and its workforce. -- National Business Group on Health http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/pdfs/Final%20Draft%20508.pdf Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:53:00 CST http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/pdfs/Final%20Draft%20508.pdf Shows variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators including rates of infant mortality and diabetes-related mortality and AIDS cases. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/upload/7633-02.pdf Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:22:07 CST http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/upload/7633-02.pdf Reports on the health status of persons living in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and the bordering Mexican municipalities. Also includes social, political, economic, environment, and demographic information for these areas. -- Pan American Health Organization http://www.paho.org/hia/archivosvol2/paisesing/United%20States%20Mexico%20Border%20Area%20English.pdf Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:24:43 CST http://www.paho.org/hia/archivosvol2/paisesing/United%20States%20Mexico%20Border%20Area%20English.pdf Discusses the disparities in health insurance coverage between citizen and immigrant children, which was large a decade ago and has grownsignificantly larger. -- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org/4-20-07health2.pdf Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:37:16 CST http://www.cbpp.org/4-20-07health2.pdf Describes the hired farmworker labor market which is unique because it includes a large population of relatively disadvantaged, often unauthorized workers, and sometimes mobile workforce. Discusses poverty rates and housing issues for these workers. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR60/ERR60.pdf Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:25:55 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR60/ERR60.pdf Refers Hispanic consumers to a culturally and linguistically proficient prenatal care provider in their community. -- National Alliance for Hispanic Health http://www.hispanichealth.org/prenatal/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:52:28 CST http://www.hispanichealth.org/prenatal/ Provides Hispanic consumers free reliable and confidential health information in Spanish and English and helps navigate callers through the health system. Nationwide resources and local referral services are provided depending on the need of the caller. -- National Alliance for Hispanic Health http://www.hispanichealth.org/sufamilia/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:18:40 CST http://www.hispanichealth.org/sufamilia/ Provides information about cultural beliefs, medical and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to the United States. Includes these culture-specific pages: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Hmong, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, & Vietnamese and covers a wide variety of health topics. Some information is available in languages other than English. -- University of Washington http://www.ethnomed.org/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:35:41 CST http://www.ethnomed.org/ Provides health-related statistics in text and graph form of the U.S. immigrant population. Results compare male to female, rural to urban, and native to non-native born. -- Health Resources and Services Administration ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/mchb/whusa_05/whusa2005_sp_pop.pdf Fri, 23 May 2008 11:32:49 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/mchb/whusa_05/whusa2005_sp_pop.pdf Builds on community strengths to improve health in farmworker and border communities through peer health education, increase access to health resources and bring community members together with health providers, employers and policymakers to create positive changes. http://www.migranthealth.org/ Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:54 CST http://www.migranthealth.org/ 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/Content/Publications/Chartbooks/2008/Mar/Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-U-S--Health-Care--A-Chartbook.aspx Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:21:46 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Chartbooks/2008/Mar/Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-U-S--Health-Care--A-Chartbook.aspx 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 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/storage/documents/voicessummer2005.pdf Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:25:47 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/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 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.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773027/ Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:45:46 CST http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773027/ 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 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/