Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on green tobacco sickness in migrant farmworker communities. Also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of academic research related to green tobacco sickness and pesticides in migratory and farmworker communities.
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Coalition Letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt re: Pesticide Safety Standards
A coalition letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt from more than 125 organizations, urging him to preserve existing protections in the rules and to move forward with full implementation and enforcement.
The Promise of Telehealth: Increasing Access to Quality Healthcare in Rural America
Written in collaboration with Harvard's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, this paper discusses the current state of telehealth in the United States, opportunities that telehealth provides for improving access to health care for rural residents, and the unique position that promotores de salud or community health workers occupy as potential facilitators of telehealth technologies in rural farmworker communities.
Health Policy Bulletin: Winter 2018
Summary of policy development that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on childhood obesity in migrant farmworker communities. Also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of academic research related to childhood obesity in migratory and farmworker communities.
Issue Brief: Farmworker Housing Quality and Health
An issue brief that summarizes the effects of housing quality on farmworker health. Includes information on documentation and data, housing regulations, and clinical considerations.
Farmworker Housing and Health in the United States: A General Introduction and Overview
A comprehensive report that summarizes research on the living conditions of farmworkers in the U.S. The report was compiled for and presented at the Farmworker Housing Quality and Health Symposium, hosted by Farmworker Justice, on Nov. 11, 2014.
Health Policy Bulletin: Spring 2017
Summary of policy development that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the intersection of technology and health care in farmworker communities. Also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of academic research related to mobile technology in migratory and farmworker communities.
Health Policy Bulletin: Spring 2016
Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on pesticides and revisions to the Worker Protection Standard. Also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of academic research related to pesticides in Latino, migratory, and farmworker communities.
Health Policy Bulletin: Winter 2015
Summary of policy developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the Affordable Care Act and its implementation in farmworker communities.
Health Policy Bulletin: Fall 2013
Summary of policy development that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the role of farmworker women in connecting communities to health care.