This year, in Puerto Rico, staff from NCFHP and three NCFHP-funded sites (Vecinos, Black River and NC Farmworkers Project) presented at the East Coast Migrant Stream Forum:
- Vecinos
presented on the process they went through to establish integrated behavioral
health services for farmworkers in their region, including a needs assessment,
the development of a Mental Health Advisory Council and the approach that they
implemented. They also shared the resources that they gathered and created.
- NCFHP
central office staff presented with NCFHP Board member Dr. Catherine LePrevost
about a collaborative effort with professors from NC State University and Duke
University about web-based tools to empower outreach workers and community
health workers to effectively partner with researchers on farmworker health
research projects.
- Black
River Health Services / Manor Unidas presented on the process they undertook
after Hurricane Florence to better prepare for future hurricanes. They shared
about a current grant funded initiative that involved a thorough process to
identify and effectively engage with local partners and leverage local
resources to better serve farmworker communities in preparing for and dealing
with disasters.
- Medical
students from UNC and a provider from Benson Area Medical Center presented on
their quality improvement collaboration with NC Farmworkers Project to pilot an
innovative intervention for uncontrolled diabetes that involved providing
locally produced boxes of vegetables along with education on nutrition and
diabetes management to high risk farmworker patients. They shared about the
surprising impact the pilot had and highlighted its cost-effectiveness.
Congratulations to Marianne Martinez, Executive Director of Vecinos, who was presented with this year’s Steve Shore Community Catalyst Award!