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Supporting Implementation of Smoking Cessation Programs in Public Housing Primary Care Settings Learning Collaborative (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This learning collaborative discussed group and individual strategies and best practices to help health center patients to quit smoking. Topics such as stress management, relapse, and quitting strategies for people with substance use disorders and behavioral health issues were addressed. More Details...

LGBTQIA+ Youth and Experiences of Human Trafficking: A Healing-Centered Approach (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This toolkit was developed in partnership with the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and is intended to increase health centers’ awareness of and responsiveness to  LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing human trafficking. The primary focus on LGBTQIA+ youth engaged in the sex trade, including forced, coerced, and voluntary sex work and survival sex; however, LGBTQIA+ youth may also experience other forms of labor exploitation. More Details...

Behavioral Health Self-Help Handouts in Spanish and English: The Witness to Witness (W2W) Program resources (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: These Behavioral Health Self-Help handouts available in Spanish and English. Topics include: Questions for Staff to Address Current Organizational Tensions, Position of the Facilitator, Healthy Sleep Tips, Coping with Moral Distress, How to Re-establish Safety When You Have been Jolted into a Stress Response, and A Daily Practice to Restore Equanimity. More Details...

The Role of Dental Providers in Vaccine Delivery and Policy Recommendations (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NNOHA publication describes COVID-19 vaccine delivery strategies developed by health centers in states across the country who are utilizing dental providers for vaccine administration. It also highlights policy opportunities to consider for the future that support medical/dental integration and whole-person care in health centers. More Details...

How Health Centers Can Support Asian/Asian American Students Returning to School During COVID-19 Webinar – August 2021 (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In the “How Health Center’s Can Support Asian/Asian American (A/AA) Students Returning to School During COVID-19,” webinar, speakers from AAPCHO, Bay Area Community Health (BACH), and Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign focused on the mental health needs of A/AA youth and young adults from middle school to college. Presenters shared best practices for integrating trauma-informed care at the community health level in the face of prevalent Asian hate seen throughout the pandemic. More Details...

Hot Shots: What’s the Deal with Delta? (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), NCHPH co-hosted a webinar on how to collaborate with public housing agencies and other community organizations to support safe COVID-19 vaccination, masking, and social distancing practices in your community to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant. More Details...

CCHN 2021 Community Health Center Governance Podcast Series (2021). Resource Type: Other. Description: This three-part podcast series provides short, digestible introductions to some of the important parts of being a board member for a CHC. This series is not a comprehensive guide of what it means to be a CHC board member, but rather provides a quick snapshot into relevant governance topics. More Details...

Health & Housing Partnership E-Learning Guide: Self-Pace E-Learning - Strategic Health and Housing Partnership Guilde (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This self-paced e-learning offers strategic guidance in building, assessing and/or strengthening various types of partnerships between Health Center Program Grantees, behavioral health providers and supportive housing providers. More Details...

HIV Testing, Prevention, and Treatment for Sexual and Gender Minority People (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module reviews current methods and recommendations for HIV testing, prevention, and treatment for LGBTQIA+ people, including information on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. More Details...

Healthcare for LGBTQIA+ Older Adults (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module provides an overview of the unique medical, behavioral health, and social service needs of LGBTQIA+ older adults, as well as strategies to address these needs. More Details...

Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 2: For Non-Clinical Staff (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module builds upon Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 1 by offering specific information for non-clinical staff, including: effective communication with LGBTQIA+ patients and collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data. More Details...

Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 2: For Clinicians (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module builds off the Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health Part 1 by offering specific information for clinicians, including: effective communication with LGBTQIA+ patients, asking about sexual orientation and gender identity, and addressing health disparities through clinical care. More Details...

Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 1 (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module provides an overview of LGBTQIA+ health terms, concepts, and disparities. We recommend that all learners start here. More Details...

Behavioral Health Care for LGBTQIA+ People (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module discuses behavioral health disparities faced by LGBTQIA+ populations, and discusses evidence-based clinical practices in LGBTQIA+ behavioral health care. More Details...

Community Health Centers Telehealth Promising Practices: Case Studies from the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This collection of case studies highlights ten community health centers' promising practices and lessons learned in adoption or expansion of telehealth delivery in response to the covid-19 pandemic. More Details...

Understanding and Applying SDOH Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health: Webinar (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to diverse populations in special and vulnerable populations in underserved communities. Health centers also provide a host of enabling services – non-clinical services that aim to increase access to health care and improve population health outcomes. The ability to track and evaluate these services is an important tool for health centers to demonstrate their value in addressing patients’ social determinants of health; of equal importance is the ability to make this data actionable in order to address patients’ barriers to access. More Details...

Cuidado personal informado sobretrauma para promotores de salud (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: La pandemia de COVID-19 ha sido un evento traumático para todos. Dentro de su trabajo, los promotores de salud han manejado el trauma de los trabajadores agrícolas y sus familias, a veces asumiéndolo. En este entrenamiento, los participantes aprenderán cómo identificar el síndrome de agotamiento profesional, la fatiga por compasión y el trauma vicario que podrían sentir en su trabajo con poblaciones vulnerables. Los facilitadores llevarán a los participantes en explorar estrategias para prevenir y manejar estos efectos y crearán un espacio para compartir las experiencias, apoyarse unos a otros y practicar técnicas de sanación y la atención plena. El entrenamiento será realizado en español. More Details...

Protocol for HRSA-supported Community Health Centers to Engage Patients through Universal Education Approaches on Exploitation (E), Human Trafficking (HT), Domestic Violence (DV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)/Protocolo para los Centros de Salud Comunitarios para Atender a Pacientes a través de enfoques de Educación Universal sobre la Explotación (E), el Tráfico Humano (TH), la Violencia Doméstica (VD) y la Violencia de Pareja Íntima (VPI) (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The protocol purpose is to prevent exploitation, human trafficking, domestic violence, and intimate partner violence by helping patients have healthy relationships and promote their health as workers. The protocol will enable the health center to provide trauma-informed, survivor-centered care; intervention with clinical and case management services; and formalized ways to connect patients with community-based services that provide resources for domestic violence, employment assistance, housing, food, civil legal aid, and other basic needs. More Details...

Addressing Social Determinants of Health to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: In this blog, NCHPH discusses how various social determinants of health can affect persons living with diabetes, in addition to best practices taken to address these social determinants of health. More Details...

Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Diverse People (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module will guide learners through the basics of health care for transgender and gender diverse people. Participants will learn terminology, demographics and health disparities along with gender affirmation care and treatment. More Details...