Community Outreach - Moorhead Site
- Minnesota FluLine is available to offer support and treatment options for people with possible symptoms of influenza. Minnesotans with flu symptoms can call this toll-free line at 1-866-259-4655. Please click here for more info.
- Professionals available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Interpreters available (Servicios de interpretación disponibles).
- There is no charge for the call
- Information on the H1N1 novel flu virus is also available through the CDC-INFO National Contact Center at 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636). This hotline offers services in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (Esta línea ofrece información sobre la gripe H1N1 en inglés y español, 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana.)
- Do you know the benefits of physical activity? Read about them here! (¿Sabe Ud. los beneficios de la actividad física? ¡Conózcalos aquí! [lo sentimos; información en inglés solamente])
Get to Know...
Peter Turpin
- Liaison between MHSI patients and the health center staff, as well as between the health center staff and the community
- Works with the health center staff to provide services for farmworkers, including:
- Need assessments for referral to other agencies or for planning health education services
- Referrals to other community resources
- Health education information
- Arranging support groups on topics of patients' interest
- Helps patients apply for Minnesota Health Care programs (Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, and others), as well as drug companies' prescription assistance programs
- Available to help patients apply for county cash assistance and food support
Contact Peter at:
Peter Turpin
Community Health Specialist
Migrant Health Service, Inc.
Townsite Center, Suite 101
810 4th Ave South
Moorhead, MN 56560-2800
Phone: 218-236-6502 x 108
Toll-Free: 800-842-8693 x 108
E-mail Peter by clicking here