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Clinical Response and Prevention Strategies to Support Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
10:00 AM (PST) / 12:00 PM (CST) / 1:00 PM (EST)
/ 2:00 PM (AST/Puerto Rico)
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Intimate partner violence impacts all communities and segments of our society – but migrant and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAW) may encounter additional disparities and barriers to care that make prevention and supports more complex. Community health centers, in collaboration with community based domestic violence prevention programs can play an important role in addressing these barriers, promoting prevention, and providing a bridge to ongoing support as needed.
On this webinar, Migrant Clinicians Network in partnership with Futures Without Violence will describe clinical response strategies to support migrant and seasonal farmworkers who have experienced intimate partner violence and human trafficking. The presenters will discuss the health impacts of domestic violence and human trafficking and what providers can do to address the intersecting and systemic challenges many farmworkers face when accessing care. Faculty will explore strategies to develop meaningful and effective collaboration between community health centers and local domestic violence service providers to better address the needs of farmworker survivors. We will also explore the value of virtual care coordination for migrants, particularly in the era of COVID-19 restrictions. Faculty will present specific and practical tools that providers can implement to promote prevention as well improve their community health center response.
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Deliana García, MA
Director of International Projects, Research, and Development,
Migrant Clinicians Network
Deliana García, MA, has served as Director of International Projects, Research, and Development for the Migrant Clinicians Network for more than twenty years. She has dedicated her professional life to the health and wellness needs of migrant and other underserved populations. She has worked in the areas of reproductive health, child assault prevention, sexual and intimate partner violence, access to primary care, chronic disease self-management and infectious disease control and prevention. Ms. Garcia is responsible for the development and coordination of TBNet/Health Network an international health data transfer system to make available across international borders the health records of migrants in need of continuity of health care. She has served as the Principal Investigator or member of the research team for a number of studies and her current research interests include chronic kidney disease with non-traditional causes and the behavioral health needs of women and children post detention.
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Mónica Arenas
Program Manager, Futures Without Violence
Mónica Arenas is a Program Manager at Futures Without Violence, working on the Rights and Social Justice Project and Learning and Leadership Program. Ms. Arenas has participated in the development and implementation of training programs and technical assistance on: human trafficking multidisciplinary collaborations to assist adult victims of human trafficking; organizational sustainability of organizations working on gender based violence; training and partnerships with international programs to promote collaboration with health care providers to support survivors; and immigrant survivor leadership development. She also helped in the production of the Latina leadership manual “Breaking the Silence: Training Manual for Activists, Advocates, and Latina Organizers.” Mónica is a member of the National Human Trafficking and Disabilities Working Group.
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Lisa James
Director of Health, Futures Without Violence
Lisa James is Director of Health at Futures Without Violence. As part of a National Health Initiative on Domestic Violence, Ms. James has collaborated with health care providers, domestic violence experts, and health policymakers in over 25 states across the U.S. to develop statewide health care responses to domestic violence through training, health policy reform, and public education. She collaborates with national medical and nursing associations to enact effective health policy and programmatic health care responses to abuse and was the recipient of the American Medical Associations’ Citation for Distinguished Service for her efforts to train health care providers on domestic violence. During her 25 years at Futures Without Violence, Ms. James has also worked with the international program, collaborating with leaders from non-governmental and health care organizations in Russia, Mexico, India, and China to build the capacity of health systems, providers, and community members to identify and help victims in reproductive health settings.
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Elena Josway
Program Director, Futures Without Violence
Elena Josway is a Program Director for the Health team at Futures Without Violence. At FUTURES, she collaborates with communities, organizations, and government agencies to improve prevention of and response to child trauma and intimate partner violence and to increase access to health and social services for survivors. Prior to joining FUTURES, Elena served as Directing Attorney in the Salinas office of California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. representing individuals and their families in their fight for access to justice. Over her career she has also worked with community-based non-profits that support workers and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
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