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On this 45th anniversary, NCFH would like to acknowledge Bobbi Ryder for her dedication and leadership during her 32-year tenure as CEO. Bobbi is nationally recognized both for her deep knowledge of health center administration and for her incomparable compassion for agricultural workers, sparked by early personal experiences and reflected in her 50-year career in migrant service that included leadership positions in day care, Head Start, education and health. In Bobbi’s own words, “Working with Ag Worker families since I was 10 years old taught me to be especially grateful for the privileges I had. I knew I could not ‘fix’ the world in general, but felt that I could make an impact on this hard-working population whose language I love and whose values are so close to the ones I was raised with, that deserves so much from us as a society.” NCFH is grateful for Bobbi’s commitment to our organization, and to the Migrant Health movement.
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PPE Donation & Distribution
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The NCFH Team wants to express our deepest gratitude and admiration for C/MHCs – working on the frontline and ensuring that the most vulnerable individuals in our communities continue to receive essential healthcare services. We know how critical PPE is to the safety of your staff and to farmworkers, who are also essential workers during this pandemic. With our partners, Justice for Migrant Women and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the Facemask4Farmworkers Campaign, has secured a large donation of PPE to distribute to health centers serving agricultural worker families. We are happy to offer you 3-ply surgical masks and nitrile gloves for your staff, and cloth facemasks for your agricultural worker patients.
If you have not done so already, please contact Janie Favre, favre@ncfh.org to place your order.
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COVID-19 Project | Final Chance to Participate
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The Latino Research Institute at the University of Texas at Austin is offering an incentive to respond to this survey, a $5 dollar e-gift card of your choice. We are approaching the end of our project and want to remind you to participate in this important study on the wellbeing being of health workers (physicians, nurses, social workers, and community health workers) serving vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey will close on Friday, August 14th at 11:59pm CST.
We would greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete the brief confidential online survey (approximately 15 minutes). As a thank you, participants who are eligible and complete the survey will receive a $5 e-gift card of their choice.
The findings from this study will better inform healthcare agencies on how to address the mental health needs of health providers during a national health crisis. This project is a collaboration between the Latino Research Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), and the National Center for Farmworkers Health (NCFH).
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Virtual Increase Access to Care for Ag Workers (IAC)Training
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Our Increase Access to Care for Ag Workers (IAC) Training is a comprehensive, robust training designed to build staff capacity and maximize your organization's systems and strategies to achieve your goals related to increasing access to quality health care for Agricultural workers and their families.
Contact our IAC Coordinator for more information and to schedule your virtual training today!
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Agricultural Worker Health Center Day - Tuesday August 11th
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A few suggestions:
Be sure to use #AgWorkerAccess & tag us in your social media posts!!
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Participate in our upcoming Learning Collaboratives!
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NCFH has several workforce development opportunities for health center staff to learn from experts in the field, and collaborate with and learn from their peers. Our Learning Collaboratives (LC) will provide workforce development training; offer resources and tools; provide opportunities to explore promising practices; and improve your service delivery programs for Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs) and other vulnerable populations.
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Stay active doing what you love.
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What comes to mind when you think about physical activity? Many people think about something challenging, like running, doing aerobics, using a treadmill, or even joining a gym. But the truth is there are different ways to stay active. Slowly increasing your physical activity each week is enough. “As you get started, try different activities until you find one that you like,” says Yusvelys Garcia, a trained lifestyle coach at Hispanic Federation, a lifestyle change program in Florida.
Yusvelys loves encouraging her program participants to find routines that work for them. Doing physical activity regularly can help you reverse or manage prediabetes, which is when a person’s blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. People with prediabetes can participate in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) to cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes in half.
There are many activities you can do, like dancing, taking your dog for a walk, working in your garden or playing with your grandkids. The important thing is to find an activity that you enjoy and that you can do based on your physical condition. It is recommended to do at least 30 minutes of physical activity, five times a week, but it should be a step-by-step process.
If you have prediabetes, ask your doctor about the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program OR a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program. As part of the program, you will work with a lifestyle coach like Yusvelys that will help you stay physically active, reach and maintain a healthy weight, eat healthier, and manage stress to prevent type 2 diabetes.
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Looking for a Resource? We Have You Covered!
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- A new, HRSA-funded online resource repository of training and technical assistance materials for health centers.
- Contains resources produced by the 20 HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement organizations serving health centers.
- Resource topics include finance, operations, workforce, quality improvement, capital development, HIT/data, governance, and emerging issues.
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Our Mission: To improve the health status of farmworker families through the provision of
innovative training, technical assistance, and information services to Migrant and
Community Health Centers.
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Copyright © 2020. All Rights Reserved.
This project was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under U30CS0 9737, Technical Assistance to
Community and Migrant Health Centers and Homeless, ($1,583,856). This information or content and
conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of,
nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.
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