Migrant Farm Families And The Migrant Health Program
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Date Published: 1967
This resource provides an overview of the goals of the Migrant Health Program and discusses the issues farmworkers face that cause them to need the program's assistance. After setting out the Migrant Health Program's goal, which includes raising the health status of migrant workers, the paper discusses the target population of farmworkers and the many issues that they face, such as travel, poor housing, low quality and quantity of health care and poor health conditions. The end discusses how the Migrant Health Act provides the assistance to meet migrants' needs through services, consultations, grants and program tools.
Date Published: 1967
This resource provides an overview of the goals of the Migrant Health Program and discusses the issues farmworkers face that cause them to need the program's assistance. After setting out the Migrant Health Program's goal, which includes raising the health status of migrant workers, the paper discusses the target population of farmworkers and the many issues that they face, such as travel, poor housing, low quality and quantity of health care and poor health conditions. The end discusses how the Migrant Health Act provides the assistance to meet migrants' needs through services, consultations, grants and program tools.
