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Inglés o directamente en www.es.ncfh.org. NCFH is proud to present our Spanish website! You can access it by clicking the tab "Español" on our English website or going directly to www.es.ncfh.org.
Do you need to explain to patients what happens during a Pap test? Our new digital story La Prueba Pap / The Pap Test educates the audience about the Pap test and the benefits of having it done. It helps the viewer understand what happens during a Pap test. Narrated in Spanish with English subtitles, this health education resource can be used by outreach staff and health educators, or for viewing at health centers. Farmworkers are at high risk for heat and sun illness because they work for long hours outdoors during the hottest and sunniest time of the year. For this reason, it is important to teach and inform them about heat and sun safety. Our educational farmworker safety program, Promoviendo Farmworker Safety (Project FRESCO) is a lay health worker delivered educational intervention that increases sun safety behavior among farmworkers. The training curriculum provides promotoras with the skills and knowledge to effectively use the FRESCO materials to encourage farmworkers to make simple, practical, and lasting changes to protect themselves from heat and sun while they work in the field. Materials are available in both English and Spanish. The proceedings for the 2014- 2015 year are now available! Take a look at the report and see what happened at the three stream forums conferences this past year. This past weekend I celebrated Independence Day camping near Austin, Texas. As the night came by and the fireworks started illuminating the sky, I couldn’t help remembering how different fireworks looked seven years ago.
Seven years ago, I was watching the fireworks through my parents’ truck window as we were arriving in Michigan. From July to mid-September, I, along with my parents and two younger brothers, migrated from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to Michigan to work picking blueberries. Two and a half months of 10 to 12 hour days of hard work were ahead of us -- And like every year, at least one trip to our local health center. You see, in between the branches of the blueberry trees there were always these sneaky poison ivy leaves, which would cause my mother to have an allergic reaction and, year after year, would send her to visit a doctor at the local clinic. Despite coming back every year for the same thing, she was always treated with respect and dignity and found people willing to help her. I remember the staff at the clinic were always nice and did a great job of trying to let migrant and seasonal agriculture workers know about the clinic’s services. Little did I know that, seven years later, I would be working for an organization that helps health center staff. I now work here at NCFH, creating digital products that convey health education messages to health center patients, many of which are agriculture workers, to help them understand how to get care, how to understand and manage their diagnoses, and much more. This year NCFH is celebrating 40 years of service -- Forty years in which the organization has helped migrant and community health centers nationwide improve the health status of farmworker families. I stopped migrating and working in the fields six years ago, but I still remember how helpful getting and having access to care was for my family. My family, I, and many others have benefited from the work that NCFH has done throughout these 40 years and I cannot be more thankful. Thank you NCFH and congratulations on your big 40! By: Joanna Arevalo The Wall of Wonder, an interactive round-table session, was conducted by NCFH and the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association at the 2015 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. Participants explored issues of access to care for agricultural workers, including local changes to agriculture and its workforce, impacts in service utilization at health centers, and strategies to increase access to care for agricultural workers and their families. Take a look at the report and the participants' strategies and ideas for increasing access to care. We encourage you to select at least one idea, or create your own to implement in your health center or organization!
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous occupations, so it is not uncommon for accidents and injuries to occur on the job. For this reason, it is important for workers to learn some first aid tips. In this issue of Health Tips / Consejos de Salud, readers will learn about first aid for some of the most common injuries in agriculture: strains, sprains, and bone fractures. Readers will also learn when to call 911 or go see a doctor. Available in English and Spanish. Visit our website for previous editions. It might sound easy to say that we are celebrating 40 years of services, but thinking about what that really means is a different story. I have been working for this organization for the last 9 years, and I can only think about the good that NCFH has spread during all these years. I have been fortunate enough to be able to work directly with Promotores and meet farmworkers everywhere I go. What they do to improve the health of their communities with the support we provide makes me feel proud. It makes me think that the work we do is really meaningful.
But NCFH’s good has also reached me. I work as a health educator. Day in and day out I read about different health issues and one thing that has always stayed with me is how important exercise is for our health. In other words, my work has had a big influence on how I view exercise today. This year, I joined the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey Relay Run Adventure. Two hundred and fifty teams ran 178 miles around Lake Tahoe. This natural beuty is located between the States of Nevada and California. Each team had 12 runners and ours ran this wonderful loop of beauty and challenges in 31:49 minutes. It was a great adventure that I dedicate with my heart to NCFH in its 40th anniversary! De mí parte y de parte de mi familia les deseamos felicidades y muchos años más de éxitos! If you haven't done it yet, take a look at our easy-to-read series of factsheets about the most effective, safe, and affordable medicines available in the market for various conditions or illnesses. The high blood pressure factsheet has been recently updated. You can view them in English or Spanish. Tip: To download you will need to click on the embed button (</>) and create a Log In with Issuu (a website that makes it easy to view documents online and with mobile devices). |
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