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Migrant Health Promotion values the contributions of the many people and organizations that advocate for Promotores and Promotoras, farmworkers and their communities. To help you create or enhance your Promotor(a) program, we compiled the following directories:
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
www.afop.org
The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs works to improve the quality of life for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families through political advocacy, coalition building and networking. The organization publishes a newsletter that provides updates on federal and state legislation affecting farmworkers and bilingual written and oral materials on farmworker health issues. The Association also coordinates a nationwide pesticide safety and health program for farmworkers. RETURN TO TOP
Center for Sustainable Health Outreach
University of Southern Mississippi
mailto:csho@usm.edu
www.usm.edu/csho/
The Center for Sustainable Health Outreach provides support and technical assistance to Community Health Workers and Community Health Worker programs, including information and resources regarding: program development, funding and sustainability strategies, public policy development, strategic planning, program evaluation and other training and assistance. In addition, the Center facilitates partnerships with funders, policymakers, health systems and community organizations. Each spring the Center hosts a national Unity conference in Mississippi for Community Health Workers and their supporters.
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Community Health Worker Evaluation Tool Kit
toolkit@elp.rr.com
www.publichealth.arizona.edu/chwtoolkit/
The Tool Kit is a practical, results-oriented guide to Community Health Worker program evaluation. The Tool Kit also includes a guide to writing grant proposals and program reports and a list of references and resources on program evaluation, research, publication and training.
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Community Health Workers Special Interest Group
American Public Health Association (APHA)
comments@apha.org
www.apha.org
The Special Interest Group is a part of the American Public Health Association and works both within that organization and outside it to promote the growth and development of Community Health Workers and the Community Health Worker field as a whole. They sponsor numerous sessions and events at the annual fall meeting of the American Public Health Association, thus providing a forum to share resources and strategies.
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Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO (FLOC) is a union representing migrant farmworkers. Since 1968 FLOC has organized farmworkers to build a collective farmworker voice and make structural changes in the agricultural industry. Structural changes address the basic power relationships that drive modern agriculture. Without a union for farmworkers, corporate processors have almost all the power, growers have a little and farmworkers have none. With a union, processors and growers recognize that farmworkers have legitimate interests and bargaining rights to protect those interests.
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Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
fjf@nclr.org
www.fwjustice.org
The Farmworker Justice Fund strives to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their organizations to improve farmworker wages and working conditions, labor and immigration policy, health and safety and access to justice. This is accomplished through litigation, administrative and legislative advocacy, training, technical assistance and public education.
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Health Outreach Partners
www.outreach-partners.org
Phone: (510) 268-0091
Health Outreach Partners (HOP) is a national non-profit health organization providing training, consultation, and information services to community-based organizations striving to improve the quality of life of hard-to-reach populations. Health Outreach Partners’ mission is to build strong, effective, and sustainable grassroots health models by partnering with local community-based organizations across the country in order to improve the quality of life of low-income, vulnerable, and underserved populations.
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Lay Health Workers National Network/
Red Nacional de Promotores de Salud
Western Arizona Area Health Education Center
This group works to unite Promotores(as) across the country. They organize an annual conference each summer for Promotores(as) and others working with them. Sessions are offered in Spanish and English.
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Migrant Clinicians Network
mcn@migrantclinician.org
www.migrantclinician.org
The Migrant Clinicians Network is a national network of health care providers who serve migrant farmworkers and other medically underserved and mobile populations. The Network supports providers by linking clinical migrant resources throughout the country and offering professional development and continuing education on a variety of health and population-specific needs. The Network also raises awareness of farmworker issues through advocacy and research.
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National Advisory Council on Migrant Health
Bureau of Primary Health Care
United States Department of Health and Human Services
www.bphc.hrsa.gov/migrant/NACMH.htm
The National Advisory Council on Migrant Health meets regularly to advise the Bureau of Primary Health Care on farmworker health. The Council publishes annual recommendations on farmworker health issues.
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National Association of Community Health Centers
www.nachc.com
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) promotes the provision of high quality, comprehensive health care that is accesible, coordinated, culturally and linguistically competent, and community directed for all underserved populations.
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National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.
The National Center for Farmworker Health is dedicated to improving the health of farmworker families by providing leadership development and training, technical and information resources and networking assistance to Migrant and Community Health Centers as well as other organizations and individuals serving farmworkers. A monograph series on migrant health issues can be viewed at http://www.ncfh.org/monograph.php.
The National Community Health Advisor Study
This comprehensive study undertaken by the University of Arizona explores issues that influence the Community Health Worker field in the United States, such as the development of role and job competencies, program evaluation strategies, career and field advancement and integration of Community Health Workers into the health care system. Recommendations for practice, policy and research are included. Free copies of the full and summary reports can be obtained by contacting the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The summary is also available on the web at http://www.rho.arizona.edu/NatlCHAStudy.htm
National Diabetes Education Program
(U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Diabetes Education Program provides curriculum, resources and information regarding the prevention and treatment of diabetes. For more information and free downloadable versions of diabetes curriculum, resources and publications, please visit www.ndep.nih.gov.
United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO
Since its founding, the United Farm Workers (UFW) has organized and led farmworkers in making historic achievements. Among these achievements are: the first collective bargaining agreement between farmworkers and growers in the history of the continental United States; the first union contracts requiring rest periods, clean drinking water, hand washing facilities and protective clothing against pesticide exposure; the first union contracts banning pesticide spraying while workers are in the fields; the first union contracts guaranteeing farmworkers seniority rights and job security; the first comprehensive union health benefits for farmworkers and their families; the first performing pension plan for retired farmworkers; and the first union contracts regulating safety and sanitary conditions in labor camps.
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