Get Your Foot in the Door: Health Center Strategies for Initiating Relationships with Growers, Contractors, and Employers
Year Developed: 2022
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Enabling Staff Outreach Staff PCAs
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Center for Farmworker Health (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: NCFH developed this publication to provide strategies, specifically for health centers, in identifying and connecting with growers, contractors, and employers that employ Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs).
Resource Details: This resource provides four strategies that are a compilation of successful approaches health center staff and outreach specialists have used to prepare for reaching out to growers, contractors, and employers to increase MSAW access to essential health care services. This resource also includes tools available for implementation of each recommended strategy. This resource concludes with a list of Tips from the Field to get your “foot in the door” which provides general tips, strategies, and lessons learned from health center staff and outreach specialists.
Resource Topic: Special and Vulnerable Populations, Workforce
Resource Subtopic: Community, Health, and Housing Partnerships, Partnerships.
Keywords: Access to Care, Agricultural Workers, Communication, Transparency, and Outreach, Community Engagement, Community Health Workers, Migrants, Outreach, Partnerships, Planning.This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.