Emory in MOTION Cuts Ribbon on Mobile Health Van

In October, the School of Nursing’s Emory In MOTION program and the Georgia Ellenton Farmworker Health Clinic celebrated the ribbon cutting for a new mobile health van that will enhance health care outreach to southwest Georgia’s migrant and seasonal farmworker community.

Funded by a Health Resources and Services Administration grant, Emory in MOTION (Mobile Opportunities for Training and Innovating: Nursing) expands access to primary care for medically underserved and rural communities through nurseled mobile health units while strengthening training for nursing students, both pre- and post-licensure, in social determinants of health and culturally sensitive care.

The new mobile health unit will partner with the Ellenton clinic, which provides cost-effective, culturally appropriate primary care for area farmworkers and is a long-time partner with the school in farmworker health outreach.

Representatives from the clinic and the School of Nursing joined with community members, stakeholders, and friends for the ribbon-cutting event.

The van is equipped to help meet health needs for southwest Georgia migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

Lakin Mercer

Cover photo: School of Nursing faculty and Georgia Ellenton Farmworker Health Clinic staff celebrate the ribbon cutting. Photo credit: Lakin Mercer