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Deadline extended to: November 6th, 2020
2021 Virtual Forum for Migrant and Community Health
For the first time ever, the three Regional Stream Forums hosted by the National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH), North Carolina Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA), and Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA) are joining together to host a Virtual National Stream Forum. This virtual event will take the place of the 2020-2021 in-person Stream Forum events.
March 22 - 26, 2021*
*Actual dates during this week, TBD
If you are interested in presenting, we are now accepting abstract submissions!
For additional information and to submit an abstract, click below.
Deadline to submit abstracts is November 6th.
This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,916,466 with 18 percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Forum Highlights & Documents
Midwest Stream Forum 2017
27th Annual Midwest Stream Forum For Agricultural Worker Health Highlights and Forum Documents
The 27th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health held in Grand Rapids, MI was a huge success! Thank you to all the attendees, speakers, and exhibitors who traveled from near and far to Grand Rapids. You helped make this conference a wonderful historical event, as we met for the first time ever in the great state of Michigan! Forum participants were offered 24 breakout sessions, 3 exciting and information-packed plenary sessions, and three intensive training sessions, totaling over 50 hours of educational opportunities!
More than 30 speakers from across the country presented on a wide array of topics including: Opioid Epidemic: Signs and Treatment of Addictive Medicine, Providing Services for Optimal Self-Care and Management of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, Agricultural Worker Health 101, The Role of Plain Language in Improving Health Equity, New Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey and Updates on Collaborations with HRSA, Addressing Workplace Violence, Health Access for H-2A Workers, Using Digital Tools for Education and Outreach, and Building Healthy Communities, among many others.
The 27th Annual Midwest Stream Forum united the agricultural worker health community for 3 energizing days of professional development. With the purpose of Sowing Seeds of Health, Equity, and Hope, the Forum emphasized the exchange of information on model programs, new resources and tools, and the latest research and trends in agricultural worker health. The multi-track program featured sessions on agricultural worker health-specific clinical, research, outreach/lay health, administration, management, and leadership development topics.
We sincerely thank all of you who were in attendance for making this year’s conference a great success! We hope that you found it as exciting, rejuvenating, and educational as we did!
You can download the PowerPoints from the sessions by selecting from the titles below:
1. A CHW Resource for Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke (Spanish)
2. AgHelp: Connecting to Cultivate
3. Agricultural Worker Health 101
4. Applying Transportation Solutions to Reduce Missed Appointments and Improve Access to Care
5. Building Healthy Communities: Engaging Elementary Schools in Partnership
6. Championing Your Community's Health (Spanish)
7. Clinical Manifestations of Pesticide Exposure Among Agricultural Workers
8. Enhancing The Delivery of Care
9. Food Insecurity Among Farmworker Families And Their Children
10. Health Access for H-2A Workers
11. Health Insurance Among Agricultural Workers
12. HIV in Migrant Women
13. Holistic Care
14. How You Can Increase Access to Care for Agricultural Workers
15. HumanTrafficking: Identifying and Responding to Labor Exploitation
16. Improving Dental Services to Farmworker Children and Families Through Collaboration
17. Increasing Performance, Safety, Quality of Life, and Longevity in the Workplace for Agricultural Workers
18. Language Accessibility and Community Development
19. Medication Assisted Treatments
20. Michigan Interagency Migrant Services Committee: Collaborations and Partnerships
21. Michigan Migrant Child Task Force: Collaboration for Farmworker Children Health
22. Outreach, Collaboration, and Preparedness: Taking Advantage of Local Resources
23. Preparing Health Center Staff to Meet New Challenges Faced by MSAW Patients
24. Providing Services for Optimal Self-Care and Management of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, From Programs to Patients
25. Rural Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Toolkit
26. The Opioid Crisis: Key Issues in Prevention and Treatment
27. The Role of Plain Language in Improving Health Equity
28. Using Digital Tools for Education and Outreach
29. Using Participatory Research Methods to Identify and Address Social Determinants of Health
30. Utilizing Data to Improve Healthcare Services
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The 27th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health held in Grand Rapids, MI was a huge success! Thank you to all the attendees, speakers, and exhibitors who traveled from near and far to Grand Rapids. You helped make this conference a wonderful historical event, as we met for the first time ever in the great state of Michigan! Forum participants were offered 24 breakout sessions, 3 exciting and information-packed plenary sessions, and three intensive training sessions, totaling over 50 hours of educational opportunities!
More than 30 speakers from across the country presented on a wide array of topics including: Opioid Epidemic: Signs and Treatment of Addictive Medicine, Providing Services for Optimal Self-Care and Management of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, Agricultural Worker Health 101, The Role of Plain Language in Improving Health Equity, New Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey and Updates on Collaborations with HRSA, Addressing Workplace Violence, Health Access for H-2A Workers, Using Digital Tools for Education and Outreach, and Building Healthy Communities, among many others.
The 27th Annual Midwest Stream Forum united the agricultural worker health community for 3 energizing days of professional development. With the purpose of Sowing Seeds of Health, Equity, and Hope, the Forum emphasized the exchange of information on model programs, new resources and tools, and the latest research and trends in agricultural worker health. The multi-track program featured sessions on agricultural worker health-specific clinical, research, outreach/lay health, administration, management, and leadership development topics.
We sincerely thank all of you who were in attendance for making this year’s conference a great success! We hope that you found it as exciting, rejuvenating, and educational as we did!
You can download the PowerPoints from the sessions by selecting from the titles below:
1. A CHW Resource for Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke (Spanish)
2. AgHelp: Connecting to Cultivate
3. Agricultural Worker Health 101
4. Applying Transportation Solutions to Reduce Missed Appointments and Improve Access to Care
5. Building Healthy Communities: Engaging Elementary Schools in Partnership
6. Championing Your Community's Health (Spanish)
7. Clinical Manifestations of Pesticide Exposure Among Agricultural Workers
8. Enhancing The Delivery of Care
9. Food Insecurity Among Farmworker Families And Their Children
10. Health Access for H-2A Workers
11. Health Insurance Among Agricultural Workers
12. HIV in Migrant Women
13. Holistic Care
14. How You Can Increase Access to Care for Agricultural Workers
15. HumanTrafficking: Identifying and Responding to Labor Exploitation
16. Improving Dental Services to Farmworker Children and Families Through Collaboration
17. Increasing Performance, Safety, Quality of Life, and Longevity in the Workplace for Agricultural Workers
18. Language Accessibility and Community Development
19. Medication Assisted Treatments
20. Michigan Interagency Migrant Services Committee: Collaborations and Partnerships
21. Michigan Migrant Child Task Force: Collaboration for Farmworker Children Health
22. Outreach, Collaboration, and Preparedness: Taking Advantage of Local Resources
23. Preparing Health Center Staff to Meet New Challenges Faced by MSAW Patients
24. Providing Services for Optimal Self-Care and Management of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, From Programs to Patients
25. Rural Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Toolkit
26. The Opioid Crisis: Key Issues in Prevention and Treatment
27. The Role of Plain Language in Improving Health Equity
28. Using Digital Tools for Education and Outreach
29. Using Participatory Research Methods to Identify and Address Social Determinants of Health
30. Utilizing Data to Improve Healthcare Services
chirocorps.com
Midwest Stream Forum 2018
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The 28th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health held in New Orleans, LA was a huge success! Thank you to all the attendees, speakers, and exhibitors who traveled from near and far to New Orleans. You helped make this conference a wonderful event! Forum participants were offered 4 individual 90-minute breakout sessions, 12 individual 60-minute breakout sessions, 4 individual 75-minute breakout sessions, 4 individual 45-minute breakout sessions, 3 exciting and information-packed plenary sessions, and three 3-hour intensive sessions, totaling over 40 hours of educational opportunities!
We hope you can join us in Denver, CO, September 25 - 27, 2019!
2018 Midwest Stream Forum Program
2018 Midwest Stream Forum Summary
We hope you can join us in Denver, CO, September 25 - 27, 2019!
2018 Midwest Stream Forum Program
2018 Midwest Stream Forum Summary
You can download the PowerPoints from this year's sessions by selecting from the titles below:
1. Advancing Agricultural Health Through the National Diabetes Prevention Program
2. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress Among Agricultural Worker Families-The Role of Primary Care & Promotores(as)
3. Agricultural Worker Health 101: An Introduction to Agricultural Worker Health
4. Ampliando Nuestro Alcance/Expanding Our Reach: An FQHC's Model to Increase Access to Health Care for Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (Spanish)
5. Current Trends in Agricultural Labor Policy and Impact on Workers' Access to Health
6. Developing a Community-Wide Model for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Areas
7. Expanding the Reach of Care: Utilizing Health Education for Diabetes Prevention and Control
8. Federal Policy and Advocacy Updates (NACHC)
9. Health Literacy - A Prescription for Better Health and Health Care for Rural Residents
10. HIV Care Continuum on the US/Mexico Border - A Promotor de Salud Curriculum
11. How Does the Demographic Shift Among Domestic Crop Workers Affect Workers' Health Status and Healthcare Needs?
12. Impact of EPAs Revised Worker Protection Standard Requirements
13. Instituting Advocacy Leadership at Your Health Center
14. It's a Number's Game: Helpful Strategies for Increasing the Number of Agricultural Workers in Your Clinic with a Board Member's Perspective
15. Language Access Among Health Centers
16. Long-Term Recovery: Mental Health Concerns and Trauma Informed Care
17. Managing Patients with Chronic Illness During and After Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Maria (Spanish)
18. No Train,No Grain-Strategies to Protect Grain Workers from Workplace Injury
19. PISCA: Entrenamiento en Pesticidas e Insolación que es Culturalmente Apriopiado - Processes of Development & Implementation of Training Conducted By Community Health Workers
20. Popular Education in CHW Programs: Tools for the Effective Delivery of Health Education to Agricultural Workers (Spanish)
21. Reducing Oral Health Disparities by Training Community Health Champions to Identify Principal Social Determinants
22. RESPECT: The Foundation for Culturally Appropriate Practices
23. The Role of Social Determinants in Agricultural Worker Health - Abstract 1a: To Be Healthy, Information is Not Enough: The Case for SDOH
24. The Role of Social Determinants in Agricultural Worker Health - Abstract 1b: Kansas Statewide Farmworker Health Program - Prenatal SDOH
25. The Role of Social Determinants in Agricultural Worker Health - Abstract 2: Mapping Social Determinants of Health and Chronic Disease Among Agricultural Worker Communities
26. Steps to Becoming a GREAT Leader... at Work and in Life
27. Substance Use Among Agricultural Workers: Report on a Needs Assessment in Maine
28. Supporting Communities Through Education on Pain Management
29. Teaching Curanderismo: Holistic Medicine in a Modern World
30. Telehealth in a Community Migrant Health Center
31. Using the Transtheoretical Model of Change to Promote Physical Health & Emotional Wellness Among Children & Adolescents Who Struggle with Weight Management
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under cooperative agreement number U30CS09737, Training and Technical Assistance National Cooperative Agreement for $1,433,856 with 22% of the total NCA project financed with non-federal sources. 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.
Midwest Stream Forum 2019
29th Annual Midwest Stream Forum
September 25-27 Hilton Denver City Center Hotel Denver, CO Conference Program |
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The 29th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health held in Denver, CO, September 25 - 27, was a huge success! Thank you to all of the attendees, speakers, planning committee members, sponsors, and exhibitors who traveled from near and far to Denver. You helped make this conference a wonderful event! Forum participants were offered 12 individual 90-minute breakout sessions, 4 individual 75-minute breakout sessions, 4 individual 45-minute breakout sessions, 3 exciting and information-packed plenary sessions, and three 3-hour intensive sessions, totaling over 40 hours of educational opportunities!
The 29th Annual Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health held in Denver, CO, September 25 - 27, was a huge success! Thank you to all of the attendees, speakers, planning committee members, sponsors, and exhibitors who traveled from near and far to Denver. You helped make this conference a wonderful event! Forum participants were offered 12 individual 90-minute breakout sessions, 4 individual 75-minute breakout sessions, 4 individual 45-minute breakout sessions, 3 exciting and information-packed plenary sessions, and three 3-hour intensive sessions, totaling over 40 hours of educational opportunities!
You can download the Power Points from the sessions by selecting from the titles below:
1. Activating the National Diabetes Prevention Program through Community Health Workers
2. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress Among Agricultural Worker Families
3. Ag Worker Access - Understanding the Nuts and Bolts of Ag Worker Identification to Drive Access to Care for Ag Workers
4. Ag Worker Access 2020 Campaign: Taking an Active Role
5. Agricultural Worker Health 101: An Introduction to Agricultural Worker Health
6. Assessing, Planning, and Implementing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services at Your Health Center
7. Collaborative Approach to Opioid Use Treatment for Agricultural Workers in the San Luis Valley
8. Collecting and Reporting Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Data of Agricultural Worker Patients
9. Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC)
10. Defying Gravity (Closing Plenary Keynote Presentation)
11. Engaging Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Health Services and Research
12. Federal Policy and Advocacy Updates (NACHC)
13. HIV - Update on HIV Infection: Ten Important Concepts
14. HIV in the Agricultural Worker Population: Initiating a Screening Program
15. How Partnerships with Legal Services Organizations Can Promote Agricultural Worker Access to Health Care
16. HRSA's Office of Regional Operations: Facilitating Partnerships and Access to Resources and Technical Assistance
17. Human Trafficking: Informing the Healthcare Practice
18. Integrating Community Health Workers into Care Teams
19. Juntos Nos Movemos - A Training to Promote Movement for Agricultural Worker Families
20. Leadership and Participation Towards Healthier Communities (Opening Plenary Keynote Presentation)
21. Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing Diabetes Management
22. Salud Mental: Integrated Mental Health for Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers
23. Same or Different Puzzles? Quality and Payment for Value-Based Care
24. Self-Care: Taking Care of Ourselves to Sustain the Health of our Communities
25. Stepping into the Cost of Care Conversation
26. Tele-Dentistry: Reaching Out with Technology
27. The Critical C's - A Program for Effective Health Care Delivery
28. Using the "Jose Aprende" - A Child Pesticide Safety Education Program
Forum Proceedings
2019-2020 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MIGRANT HEALTH STREAM FORUMS
Each year, regional agricultural worker advocates, health and social service providers, policy makers, and other interested individuals gather in a series of three conferences called “Stream Forums.” One conference is located in each of three loosely-defined migratory streams, representing the flow of agricultural workers up and down the stream as they follow the harvest. The annual migrant health stream forums offer a valuable opportunity for people interested in migrant health to establish linkages with their colleagues. In addition to education sessions for board members, administrative personnel, and clinical care providers, the forums give individuals a chance to meet, exchange information, network and identify potential cooperative activities within their geographic region. The conferences present an opportunity for participants to discuss topics of national significance as well as address issues which affect the delivery of services to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in their own region, and share successful strategies for addressing agricultural worker needs.
Base funding for the Stream Forums is provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care. Each Forum works with a dedicated group of committee members to develop the conference content, identify and recruit speakers, market and promote the conference and evaluate and conduct needs assessments for future planning.
The 2019 – 2020 Migrant Health Stream forums were convened in the fall of 2019 and spring of 2020, bringing together more than 500 attendees from a wide range of organizations, agencies, and backgrounds. Collectively, the Stream Forums provided 93 educational sessions on topics based on the Bureau of Primary Health Care’s HRSA/BPHC priority areas and emerging issues in agricultural worker health. Continuing education credits were available in medical, nursing, social work and health education. Find more information about the Stream Forums and their impact in the reports linked below.
Stream Forum ReportsMigrant Health Stream Forums: Promoting Health for Agricultural Workers
and Their Families – Impact Summary Report 2019-2020
Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health
Denver, CO
September 25-27, 2019
Conference Program
Conference Summary and highlights
East Coast Migrant Stream Forum
San Juan, PR
October 9-11, 2019
Conference Program
Conference Summary and highlights
Western Migrant Stream Forum
Sacramento, CA
February 19-21, 2020
Conference Program
Conference Summary and highlights
MIGRANT HEALTH STREAM FORUM HOST ORGANIZATIONS
National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.
Sylvia Partida, CEO
1770 FM 967
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 312-5457
Fax: (512) 312-2600
E-mail: partida@ncfh.org
North Carolina Community Health Center Association
Chris Shank, CEO
4917 Waters Edge Drive, Suite 165
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 469-5701
Fax: (919) 469-1263
E-mail: shankc@ncchca.org
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association
Bruce Gray, CEO
6512 23rd Ave. NW, Suite 305
Seattle, WA 98117
Phone: (206) 783-3004
Fax: (206) 783-4311
E-mail: bgray@nwrpca.org
MIGRANT HEALTH STREAM FORUM NATIONAL SPONSORS
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Farmworker Health Network
Migrant Health Centers Nationwide
Base funding for the Stream Forums is provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care. Each Forum works with a dedicated group of committee members to develop the conference content, identify and recruit speakers, market and promote the conference and evaluate and conduct needs assessments for future planning.
The 2019 – 2020 Migrant Health Stream forums were convened in the fall of 2019 and spring of 2020, bringing together more than 500 attendees from a wide range of organizations, agencies, and backgrounds. Collectively, the Stream Forums provided 93 educational sessions on topics based on the Bureau of Primary Health Care’s HRSA/BPHC priority areas and emerging issues in agricultural worker health. Continuing education credits were available in medical, nursing, social work and health education. Find more information about the Stream Forums and their impact in the reports linked below.
Stream Forum ReportsMigrant Health Stream Forums: Promoting Health for Agricultural Workers
and Their Families – Impact Summary Report 2019-2020
Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health
Denver, CO
September 25-27, 2019
Conference Program
Conference Summary and highlights
East Coast Migrant Stream Forum
San Juan, PR
October 9-11, 2019
Conference Program
Conference Summary and highlights
Western Migrant Stream Forum
Sacramento, CA
February 19-21, 2020
Conference Program
Conference Summary and highlights
MIGRANT HEALTH STREAM FORUM HOST ORGANIZATIONS
National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.
Sylvia Partida, CEO
1770 FM 967
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 312-5457
Fax: (512) 312-2600
E-mail: partida@ncfh.org
North Carolina Community Health Center Association
Chris Shank, CEO
4917 Waters Edge Drive, Suite 165
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 469-5701
Fax: (919) 469-1263
E-mail: shankc@ncchca.org
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association
Bruce Gray, CEO
6512 23rd Ave. NW, Suite 305
Seattle, WA 98117
Phone: (206) 783-3004
Fax: (206) 783-4311
E-mail: bgray@nwrpca.org
MIGRANT HEALTH STREAM FORUM NATIONAL SPONSORS
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Farmworker Health Network
Migrant Health Centers Nationwide