For many years, migrant health has been an issue nationwide. Mainly because migrants have been avoiding going to the hospital or avoiding seeking medical attention, partly because they fear deportation or immigration issue. As a (n) Licensed Practical Nurse in a migrant filled community, I see this issue first hand. I have been working in a community that has earned the name "Little Haiti", and many think that the name the community goes by is because it is partly filled with "Haitian", but I can honestly say that in this community this is not the case. There are plenty of nationalities in the "Little Haiti" community. I have encountered "Mexican" "Italian" "Cuban" "Jamaican" "Dominican" and more. Approximately for fifty years there have
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These centers are under federal grants under the Public Health Services Act Section Three Hundred Thirty '330' (g). This act allows migrants to be partially covered for their cost of the services rendered. Most migrant specially the Farm workers are considered poor; which, they are under the assumption of receiving an annual income between the amount of twelve thousand five hundred dollars and fourteen thousand four hundred ninety nine dollars annually in which that is another reason they (the migrants) go without healthcare because they can't afford it. Voucher programs have been established; which enables migrants and their families to receive services from health care providers and participating networks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
Eighteen Hundred Fifty: Crop Production made an increase demand for migrant workers and seasonal laborers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
Nineteen Hundred Thirty until Nine Hundred Thirty Six: Severe Drought in the lower Great Plains created areas in the United States having more and more migrants traveling mostly to California and Florida searching for work (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
Nine Hundred Forty Two: Mexico and United States signed "The Bracero Treaty", which is a Treaty that allows migrants to be recruited to ease labor shortages in the agricultural fields. …show more content…
In the month of May each year there is a (n) annual conference that is held for migrants in the United States. National Migrant Health Conference was held May 9th-11th 2015 in Denver, CO. The conference is held to mark each Anniversary of the Migrant Health Act that was passed in nineteen hundred sixty two. The themes for this annual event were: Honoring Our History, Heart and Soul, and Looking to Our Future. Tribute was also paid to great prominent leaders who dedicated their lives to improve the health and well beings of migrants in the United States; such as, President John F. Kennedy, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Leaders and Co-Founders of the United Migrants in the U.S., Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. An outstanding list of national speakers included Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Esq. Dolores Huerta, Tom Van Coverden, NACHA’s President and CEO, Mr. Williams “Bill” Hobson, Former Director of the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Marguerite Salazar, Director of Region VIII (Meadows and Huerta
These centers are under federal grants under the Public Health Services Act Section Three Hundred Thirty '330' (g). This act allows migrants to be partially covered for their cost of the services rendered. Most migrant specially the Farm workers are considered poor; which, they are under the assumption of receiving an annual income between the amount of twelve thousand five hundred dollars and fourteen thousand four hundred ninety nine dollars annually in which that is another reason they (the migrants) go without healthcare because they can't afford it. Voucher programs have been established; which enables migrants and their families to receive services from health care providers and participating networks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
Eighteen Hundred Fifty: Crop Production made an increase demand for migrant workers and seasonal laborers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
Nineteen Hundred Thirty until Nine Hundred Thirty Six: Severe Drought in the lower Great Plains created areas in the United States having more and more migrants traveling mostly to California and Florida searching for work (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
Nine Hundred Forty Two: Mexico and United States signed "The Bracero Treaty", which is a Treaty that allows migrants to be recruited to ease labor shortages in the agricultural fields. …show more content…
In the month of May each year there is a (n) annual conference that is held for migrants in the United States. National Migrant Health Conference was held May 9th-11th 2015 in Denver, CO. The conference is held to mark each Anniversary of the Migrant Health Act that was passed in nineteen hundred sixty two. The themes for this annual event were: Honoring Our History, Heart and Soul, and Looking to Our Future. Tribute was also paid to great prominent leaders who dedicated their lives to improve the health and well beings of migrants in the United States; such as, President John F. Kennedy, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Leaders and Co-Founders of the United Migrants in the U.S., Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. An outstanding list of national speakers included Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Esq. Dolores Huerta, Tom Van Coverden, NACHA’s President and CEO, Mr. Williams “Bill” Hobson, Former Director of the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Marguerite Salazar, Director of Region VIII (Meadows and Huerta