Migrant Health Conference

[Guest guest]

Changing Faces of Our Community:

Improving the Health Care of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers

November 12, 2003

8:30 a.m. ¡V 5:30 p.m.

Natural Bridge Inn and Conference Center

Natural Bridge, VA

State Conference Will Focus on Health Needs of Migrant Workers

Statewide issue has impact on all Communities

With the ever-increasing population of migrant and seasonal farm

workers, the health care needs of this segment of the population has

become an issue in Virginia. A statewide conference to look at

improving the health care of migrant and seasonal farm workers will

be held in Natural Bridge on November 12. Titled " Changing Faces of

Our Community: Improving the Health Care of Migrant and Seasonal Farm

Workers " , the conference will feature remarks by key note speaker

o Dansie, PhD, a nationally recognized cultural competency

consultant.

Sponsored by Virginia Dept. of Health - Office of Health Policy and

Planning, Virginia Primary Care Association, Virginia Rural Health

Resource Center, and the Virginia Rural Health Association, the

conference will bring together health care professionals and

administrators; local and state government human service agencies;

organizations that work with or represent migrant/seasonal farm

workers; migrant/seasonal farm workers area councils;

migrant/seasonal farm workers; and others with an interest in

improving the health care of migrant and seasonal farm workers in

Virginia.

Attendees will explore various health care issues and policies that

affect the health care of this growing segment of the population.

Sessions will be held on these issues:

„X Clinical Orientation to Migrant/Seasonal Farm Worker Health

Issues

„X Medicaid Reciprocity and Portability

„X Environmental Health

„X Access to Health: Workers¡¦ Rights, Civil Issues, and Issues

Surrounding Interpretation

Persons interested in attending the conference may call

, Virginia Rural Health Association at (540) 375-6563;

Arthur, Virginia Primary Care Association, (804) 378-8801, ext. 14;

or Rene Cabral-s, Virginia Dept. of Health - Office of Health

Policy and Planning at (804) 786-4891. The cost of the conference is

$25/professionals and $20/students. After October 15th, the fee

increases to $35/professionals and $30/students.