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1. Review of Multimedia Sources in Regards to Access To Health Care for Migrant & Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFW’s) & Their Families in Oregon & Washington Shannon Paris Oscar Ramos HE 407 Migrant Health – Multimedia Advocacy Project Instructor : Daniel Lopez-Cevallos, PhD, MPH Western Oregon University INTRODUCTION MULTIMEDIA VIDEO EXAMPLES California’s Harvest of Shame. United Farm Workers. A very powerful 20 minute video that shows some of the harsh conditions how MSFW's work in and the total disregard from their employers for their health outcomes. If you only have time to watch one video, this is the one!!!! Even tough is from California, what happens there is just about what occurs in Oregon. http://www.ufw.org/_board.php?mode=view&b_code=res_multi&b_no=4663&page=1&field=&key=&n=126 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MiVIA (video). Healthcare 360: Monitoring American Access https://www.mivia.org/PressMain.aspx A video presentation of a program that started in California so MSFW's can have access to their health records anywhere they move or travel during their labors. They can be open anywhere there is an internet connection so their clinicians can review immediately their health histories. California’s Harvest of Shame. United Farm Workers. http://www.ufw.org/_board.php?mode=view&b_code=res_multi&b_no=4 A very powerful video that shows some of the harsh conditions where MSFW's work in and the total disregard from their employers for their health care outcomes H.C. Centers with Excellent Information Online About the Services they Provide to the Community La Clínica Del Cariño – Family Health Care Center - is a nonprofit Community and Migrant Health Center, serving people in the Columbia River Gorge area, which includes residents of Hood River and Wasco Counties in Oregon, and Klickitat and Skamania Counties in Washington. La Clínica first opened its doors in Hood River, Oregon in 1986 as the region's first migrant health center, primarily to provide medical services to the area's migrant farm workers. Within the first two years, La Clínica recognized that many other people living in the community needed better access to high quality, affordable health care, and were designated as a Community and Migrant Health Center shortly thereafter. Website: http://www.lcdcfh.org/ Virginia García Memorial Health Center- In 1975, the Virginia Garcia Health Center was dedicated to the memory of Virginia Garcia, age six, of Mission, Texas, whose short life, and death in Oregon, changed health care services to Latinos in Oregon forever. Accompanying her farmworker parents to Oregon to pick strawberries, Virginia Garcia spent her last days in a migrant labor camp near the city of North Plains. There she developed blood poisoning from a simple foot wound, and although attempts were made to treat her, the unavailability of cultural, and language appropriate medical services ultimately resulted in her death. Stunned by this tragedy, community leaders of the Hispanic and medical communities joined forces in an unprecedented effort to insure that such a tragedy would never be repeated. It annually provides over 25,000 medical visits to the medically needy through its four Washington, and Yamhill county locations. Website: http://www.virginiagarcia.org/vgmhc.html The Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic – Salud Medical Center – Is a network of Migrant Health Center clinics in Washington and Oregon. One of their most visited facilities is Salud Medical Center located in the city of Woodburn, OR, where more than a 50% of the population are of latino, and is also home to one of the largest migrant and seasonal communities in the state. The staff of Salud Medical Center is actively involved in their community, and they are committed to providing quality health services for everyone. Website: http://www.yvfwc.com/woodburn.html Migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW's) are a vital asset to the U.S. $200 billion agricultural industry, which is one of the primary industries in the State of Oregon. Thousands of MSFW’s in the state harvest the abundant fruits and vegetables that thrive there, so the country can have daily at their table delicious, healthy, plentiful and affordable foods. Unfortunately, these extremely vulnerable, hard-working, proud people and their families, lack availability and accessibility to affordable health care services, even though they are among the most medically indigent persons and have the poorest health of any group in the United States. The purpose of this presentation is to show some of the ways how they are neglected in regards to their health outcomes, and also show some of the efforts certain groups are making to help this disadvantaged community. Migrant Health Facts: The U.S. Public Health Service estimates that a total of 3.5 million MSFW’s live and work in the United States. It is estimated that 174,484 work in Oregon (2002) The major MSFW concentrations are found in the Northwest part of the state around the Willamette Valley, in the Hood River Valley, the Columbia River Basin, Southern & Southeastern Oregon Migrant workers currently suffer from mortality and morbidity rates greater than the majority of the general population in the United States. The life expectancy of MSFW’s is 49 while the national average is 75 years (CDC - 1998) MULTIMEDIA PICTURES EXAMPLES Farmworkers Feeds All of Us, The Labor and Health of Migrants in Maine; Migrant Clinicians Network; http://www.migrantclinician.org/gallery.html This is a wonderful media presentation that explains well what MSFW’s do for us and gives us ideas of what we can do for them. Even though is not from the applicable researched area, it still is a good introduction to the topics at hand. The Migrant Project; Rick Nahmias; http://www.themigrantproject.com/ This is another amazing photo presentation about migrants and seasonal farm workers in California. This pictures have become part of a traveling exhibit going countrywide raising awareness for MSFW's