Category: News
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Tools and training combat health impacts on farmworkers that are worsened by climate change
Originally published on the UCSC News Center February 25, 2025 By Allison Arteaga Soergel Lea este artículo en español. A two-year state-funded project to protect farmworker communities from the health impacts of climate change is close to wrapping up, but its impacts are set to ripple out across California for years to come. Since the start…
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UCSC GCH Task Force students showcase collaborative research projects
UC Santa Cruz students in the Global and Community Health (GCH) 190 Task Force course showcased their quarter-long projects to their peers and external evaluators on December 12, 2024. GHC 190 Task Forces consist of groups of about 15-20 students who investigate a global or local community health challenge and then write a final report…
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First cohort of promotores graduates from Community of Practice Training
To honor the dedication and commitment of their training, promotores who participated in the Campo-Sano Community of Practice for Farmworker Health were celebrated at a graduation ceremony on December 13, 2024 hosted by Center for Community Advocacy in Salinas. Promotores attended trainings throughout the fall of 2024 as part of the first cohort of trainees…
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Protecting farmworkers from health impacts of climate change
Originally published by UC Research and Innovation on October 30, 2024 By Janet Byron By Janet Byron Farmworkers are among the Californians most vulnerable to climate change. That’s especially true for those toiling in California’s semiarid Imperial Valley. “We have extreme heat, up to 120 degrees in the summer,” says Briana Sugey Toji. Toji is…
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Researchers collaborate with CBOs, CHWs to develop training curriculum, risks checklist
Project staff met with community partners to continue the development of a community health worker (CHW) and promotora training curriculum on Wednesday September 25. The team met at Salud Para La Gente’s Watsonville clinic and spent the meeting discussing general project updates, reviewing the risks checklist, and brainstorming engagement opportunities among university students, faculty, and…
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University of California awards more than $80 million in state-funded grants to spur climate action
August 23, 2023 Originally published by the University of California Office of the President. As part of a historic partnership between the University of California and the state of California, the University today (Aug. 23) announced it is awarding over $80 million in climate action grants. The grants will spur implementation of solutions that directly address…
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Community Health Worker (CHW)/Promotores Training Curriculum
We are developing resources for promotores to use in their community health work with farmworkers. These resources will be organized under the three umbrella headings of risks, resources and re-training.
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Farmworker Health and Climate Change Team holds meets with promotoras and community partners
On February 23, 2024, the project team, including promotores from the Center for Community Advocacy in Salinas, discussed how to develop the sorts of resources farmworkers are asking for in relation to their risks, rights and retraining opportunities amid climate change challenges.