Choptank Community Health System
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Choptank Community Health System
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Migrant Health Project
In 1997, CCHS received funding to expand primary health care services to the migrant farm
workers and their families who travel through five counties on
Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Annually, migrant farm workers and their families arrive to pick the summer truck crops. They arrive in April and remain in the area until the early fall. In Dorchester County, there are also non-agricultural migrant workers who work in the seafood industry to pick crabs between April and November. Both farm workers and non-agricultural workers have a significant impact in the area. Historically, poverty, substandard housing, and unpredictable employment have affected these workers. An underutilization of health care and social services is also indicative of this population. The varied cultural backgrounds and languages of the workers pose additional barriers in accessing needed health care. Transportation and time-off from the fieldwork also present major problems for these special populations. 
CCHS offers a community-oriented model of primary health
care delivery to meet the needs of the rural patient population it serves.
The Migrant Health Project utilizes a outreach model to
compliment the existing clinical services offered at the seven permanent clinic
sites. This outreach model assists in meeting the special needs of the migrant
population by providing outreach to the families at their home sites. MHP uses bilingual clinical outreach teams who visit the migrant farm
camps. Daytime and evening visits
are available and this program is in operation for approximately 10 months of
the year, with the heaviest use during the summer months.
Providers for the Migrant Health Project are:
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