Latino Migrant Health

Speakers:
Janine Jurkowski, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Health Policy, Management & Behavior
University at Albany, School of Public Health

Bobbi Ryder
CEO of National Center of Farmworker Health

Latino migrants and immigrants face many challenges in accessing health services. Dr. Jurkowski will discuss health-related issues of Latino immigrants and suggest ways to better serve the health needs of this populations. Ms. Ryder will present information on the history of migration to the US from Mexico, and address the health care needs of Latino migrant workers and their families.

Original Broadcast Date: November 17, 2005

For the purposes of providing continuing education credits, this program was reviewed in June, 2008 and renewed until June, 2010.

School of Public Health, University at Albany, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity has been assigned code 6VKSFE-PRV-06-074a and has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).TM Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.