Env. Health Scholarships to the Western Migrant Stream Forum

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Scholarships Available

for the Western Migrant Stream Forum with a Focus on Environmental/Occupational

Health

There are numerous

barriers to recognizing and treating occupational and environmental health

(EOH) problems at the primary care setting. Some of the underlying reasons are the limited EOH training

front line providers receive as well as institutional challenges that prevent

clinicians from adequately addressing EOH problems. For migrant farmworkers and other vulnerable populations

working in hazardous occupations such as construction, an occupational injury

or exposure is often the reason for first point of contact with the health care

system, underscoring the need to begin addressing EOH concerns at the primary

care level.

MCN is offering five $500

scholarships to the Western Migrant Stream Forum for clinicians interested in

Environmental and Occupational Health Issues. If you would like to attend this

conference and become part of a national effort to address EOH in a primary

care setting please send the following information either by e-mail or mail to

Amy Liebman at

aliebman@... or PO Box 164285,

Austin, TX 78716

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Name

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Title

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Organization

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Type of clinician—(Clinicians include case

managers, dentists, dental hygienists, health educators, nurse midwives, nurse

practitioners, nurses, outreach workers, physician assistants, physicians,

program managers, promotoras, and social workers.)

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Contact Information

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Brief description of your work with

migrant and seasonal farmworkers and why you are interested in EOH (no more

than 300 words please)

Scholarship recipients

will be expected to attend the clinical session on integrating environmental

and occupational health into the primary care setting. For more information on

the Western Stream Forum, visit http://www.nwrpca.org/

Jillian Hopewell

Director of Education & Professional Development

MCN (CA Office)

530-345-4806