Equitable health messaging is a key strategy in providing health access to disenfranchised communities. In this episode of ‘On the Move with MCN’, hosts Deliana Garcia and Alma Galvan, with guest Sarah Price, discuss innovative methodologies that Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) used during the COVID pandemic to effectively provide education and resources to immigrant and migrant communities – and can serve as best practices for the issues we face today. The discussion will cover how the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) created opportunities for their partners to use this methodology during the course of projects supporting COVID immunization, and now serves as an important template for projects to support general adult immunization. Episode speakers will share how they effectively present information to adults based on language needs, culture, environment, and in a way that is generally appealing to diverse Spanish-speaking communities. Listeners will hear about how MCN and NACHC engaged with communities, identified needs, and worked with community members to support and add to community health advocacy.

The elderly, those who are pregnant, and other underserved groups including migrants and immigrants, are at higher risk for contracting and becoming severely ill with respiratory viruses, adding to the importance of adherence to vaccine recommendations. In this podcast, speakers discuss the latest efforts of the ‘Risk Less. Do More.” Campaign from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the importance of vaccines in general and for high-risk patient groups. Episode speakers will discuss how HHS and its partners are using the “Risk Less. Do More.” Campaign to help reduce the effects that respiratory viruses have among individuals in the United States. They will also discuss variables impacting risk for illness in patients and the benefits of vaccination for vulnerable and underserved groups. Listeners will learn about how to identify risks in patients, and how they can connect their work to the “Risk Less. Do More.” Campaign to improve quality of care.

La vacunación es la herramienta de medicina preventiva más importante en el mundo entero. Sin embargo, en los EE. UU. las disparidades en la vacunación siguen existiendo en grupos vulnerables como en el caso de los trabajadores migrantes hombres que hablan español como primer idioma. En este episodio, las invitadas, Nelly Salgado de Snyder, PhD, MA, científico principal de investigación del Instituto de Investigación Latino de UT Texas y Alma Galván, MHC, directora de Capacitación y Participación Comunitaria de MCN, hablarán sobre cómo los proveedores de servicios de salud pueden comprender mejor los determinantes sociales de la salud y las barreras que puedan estar en juego. Los oyentes también aprenderán sobre cómo pueden diseñar intervenciones equitativas, hiperlocales y culturalmente apropiadas para llegar a estas poblaciones.

Vaccination is one of the most important preventive medicine actions worldwide. However, in the US, immunization disparities continue to exist in vulnerable groups like male migrant workers who speak Spanish as their first language. In this episode, guests, Nelly Salgado de Snyder, PhD, MA, Senior Research Scientist at the Latino Research Institute at UT Austin, and Alma Galván, MHC, MCN's Director of Community Engagement and Worker Training, will discuss how health care providers can better understand the social determinants of health and barriers that may be at play. Listeners will also learn how they can craft equitable, hyperlocal, and culturally appropriate interventions to reach these populations.