{"id":945,"date":"1000-01-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"1000-01-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-fammed.sites.unc.edu\/?page_id=945"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:50:50","slug":"north-carolina-farmworker-health-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/service-to-the-community\/clinical-care\/north-carolina-farmworker-health-program\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Farmworker Health Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">UNC Family Medicine\u00a0works and collaborates with the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program (NCFHP), which trains and supports community outreach workers in 10 sites across the state. These bilingual community health workers visit farmworker camps, perform health assessments and help farmworkers access needed health care.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6571\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 426px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncfhp.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/1000\/01\/NC-farmworkers-NCFHW-community-health--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/1000\/01\/NC-farmworkers-NCFHW-community-health--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/1000\/01\/NC-farmworkers-NCFHW-community-health--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/1000\/01\/NC-farmworkers-NCFHW-community-health--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/1000\/01\/NC-farmworkers-NCFHW-community-health--600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/1000\/01\/NC-farmworkers-NCFHW-community-health-.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">North Carolina farm workers load tobacco into a truck. Photo credit to the North Carolina Farmworkers Health Program, click to learn more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What is the NC Farmworker Health Program?<\/h2>\n<p>All UNC Family Medicine first year physician residents participate in a two&#8211;week rotation called \u201cHidden and Vulnerable Populations,\u201d in which residents work with faculty physicians and others<\/p>\n<p>to provide primary medical care to NC farmworkers. On Tuesday evenings during the agricultural season, UNC Family Medicine physicians work out of a mobile medical unit based in Benson, NC. In the mobile medical unit, driven to a farmworker camp selected by the outreach workers, 10-12 farmworkers are treated for illnesses ranging from diabetes and hypertension to green tobacco sickness and pesticide poisoning. The outreach workers provide follow-up care, provide prescription medicines and help farmworkers with any referral appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Farmworkers are an invisible and marginalized population in North Carolina and across the country. Despite performing the vital task of harvesting our fruits and vegetables, they live and work without access to healthcare, overtime pay and (often) workman\u2019s compensation insurance. Many in central North Carolina come from Mexico on temporary agricultural guest worker visas for 6-9 months. They live in camps surrounded by farm fields without transportation beyond what is provided by their employer. They often work from sunrise to sundown, six or seven days per week. Because there are many barriers to successful enrollment in the ACA, few have health insurance.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/98944127\" target=\"_self\">View a video<\/a><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/98944127\" target=\"_self\"> of UNC faculty, residents and students providing farmworkers with medical care via the mobile medical unit.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Family Medicine\u00a0works and collaborates with the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program (NCFHP), which trains and supports community outreach workers in 10 sites across the state. These bilingual community health workers visit farmworker camps, perform health assessments and help farmworkers access needed health care. What is the NC Farmworker Health Program? 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