Journal of Agromedicine
Volume 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-14

The Migrant Clinicians Network: Connecting Practice to Need and Patients to Care (Article)

Garcia D. , Hopewell J. , Liebman A.K. , Mountain K.
  • a Migrant Clinicians Network, Austin, TX, United States
  • b Migrant Clinicians Network, Austin, TX, United States
  • c Migrant Clinicians Network, Austin, TX, United States
  • d Migrant Clinicians Network, Austin, TX, United States

Abstract

Migrant Clinicians Network advocates for migrants and clinicians, develops appropriate resources, engages outside partners, conducts translational research, and runs programs that support clinical care on the front line of migrant health. Migrant Clinicians Network's goal is to improve health care for migrants by providing support, technical assistance, and professional development to clinicians in Federally Qualified Health Centers and other healthcare delivery sites with the ultimate purpose of providing quality health care that increases access and reduces disparities for migrant farmworkers and other mobile underserved populations. In this article the authors examine the migrant population in the United States, a brief history of clinicians working in migrant health, and the scope of current Migrant Clinicians Network activities, including occupational and environmental health. © 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

Advocacy clinicians health disparities occupational and environmental health Migrant health Farmworkers

Index Keywords

Agriculture Rural Health Services general practitioner occupational health Transients and Migrants environmental health Community Health Services Article community care organization and management rural health care human Humans migration Physicians, Primary Care
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855424684&doi=10.1080%2f1059924X.2012.632746&partnerID=40&md5=31fb3689f550309bdcca531a4c91fc5f
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2012.632746
ISSN: 1059924X
Cited by: 10
Original Language: English