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ACU STAR² Center Workforce Training & Technical Assistance Professional Development Series - Session 3 (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Having an data-informed workforce plan is one of the core components of a high functioning health center workforce strategy and evidence-based career pathways for recruiting and retaining staff is an aspect of this component. In this session, expert guest faculty Steven Bennett delves into the concept of the 'compensatory selection process' and details how it can be employed as part of the recruitment process to ensure job-fit and part of the retention process by supporting the development of employees from a broad range of backgrounds. Attendees will learn strategies to implement this 'whole' person centered approach to the benefit both employers and employees. More Details...

Human Trafficking and Exploitation: How School-Based Health Center Providers Can Help Keep Students Safe (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This 60-minute webinar focuses on how school-based health center providers can support students who have experienced human trafficking and sexual exploitation. More Details...

Clear the Air! Protect Your Health from Bad Air (Comic Book) (2024). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Comic book aimed at workers which discusses the situations in which contaminants may enter their airways, as well as recommendations to help them to protect themselves in harmful work environments. Available in both English and Spanish. More Details...

The State of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health at Community Health Centers Webinar Series (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Part 1: This session included recommendations to increase access to care, improve health outcomes, and promote health equity for Asian American (AA), Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (NH/PI) patients. Presenters shared findings from AAPCHO's upcoming report, 'The Health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2022 Uniform Data System.'; Part 2: Stories transform data into narratives that can inspire change. In Part 2 of the 'The State of AA and NH/PI Health at Community Health Centers'; webinar series, speakers expanded on the findings of AAPCHO's UDS data analysis to focus on contextualizing the data with case studies from AA&NHPI-serving health centers. Hear from AA&NHPI-serving health centers to learn about their communities, best practices for improving health outcomes, and strategies for addressing health disparities. More Details...

Shelter Health: Leveraging Partnerships to Improve Access and Build a Healthier Shelter Environment (2024). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit contains resources health centers and shelters may use to improve access to primary care for people experiencing homelessness and identify strategies to create strong partnerships between shelters, health centers and local health departments. More Details...

Environmental Preparedness for Health Centers: HITEQ On the Horizon (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Climate change-induced weather events such as heat waves, poor air quality, and flooding are increasing in frequency and intensity. Health centers are challenged to maintain their own health IT and operations, ensuring continuity of care for their patients, particularly individuals who are more likely to be impacted by climate change-related disasters. More Details...

The Health Of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2022 Uniform Data System Report (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report was developed by Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations using the 2022 Uniform Data System data from health centers to examine the current state of health center performance and provides recommendations for how health centers can improve. More Details...

Partnering with Caregivers to Recognize Signs of Dementia (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet details the stages and symptoms of dementia and how providers can dialogue with family caregivers to identify early signs or potential progression. More Details...

Oral Health and Chronic Disease Management in Older Adults: Promising Practices from Health Centers (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The publication describes the bi-directional relationship between oral health and chronic diseases like diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and dementia, and discusses the impact of oral health conditions on older adults, and provide recommendations for caregivers and providers to improve oral health. More Details...

Emergency Preparedness Compliance = Disaster Resilience (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar reviews essential emergency preparedness concepts for Health Centers, provides an overview of emergency preparedness requirements for FQHCs and explores ways to build emergency preparedness compliance and Survey Preparation. More Details...

Oral Health and Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Older adults may experience chronic diseases that have impacts to oral health including diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cognitive disorders. This publication highlights promising practices from health centers that have implemented programs to support oral health integration to improve chronic disease outcomes. This document was created in partnership with the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders. More Details...

Cultural Humility: The Tookit (2024). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit will provide LGBTQ+ terms, gender identity concepts, cultural beliefs, health disparities, and barriers to accessing behavioral health services, as well as best practices for creating an affirming care experience. This toolkit focuses on the Social Drivers of Health and illustrates how to provide empathetic care to special populations. More Details...

Diabetes Care Management: The Right Way-Part 2 (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: After understanding the roles and responsibilities of health center staff in care management, this session will focus on the tools required to document longitudinal care management activities. The session speakers will review two (2) common electronic health record systems and provide details on how to document care plans and care management activities that meet Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) standards. More Details...

Building a Trauma-Informed, People-Centered Organizational Culture that Supports a Resilient Workforce (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join experts from the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center program as we explore what it means to be a trauma-informed organization. The health center workforce continues to face overwhelming challenges such as burnout, moral injury and moral distress, compassion fatigue, inequitable workplace structures and operations, toxic workplace cultures, turnover, a decrease in the size of the healthcare workforce, and the residual traumatic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. While complicated, addressing these challenges is not insurmountable. Building a trauma-informed workplace that prioritizes a culture of wellness is one of the key steps to supporting a resilient workforce. More Details...

Digital Health Strategy to Enable Comprehensive Care: Introduction to Digital Health Strategy in Health Centers: Virtual Learning Collaborative (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session got participants acquainted with digital health strategy in providing comprehensive primary care. Attendees learned about utilizing digital tools in health centers and improving patient care. More Details...

Addressing Maternal Health Disparities Utilizing an Advanced Team-Based Care Model (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Addressing Maternal Health Disparities Utilizing an Advanced Team-Based Care Model Wednesday, May 8, 2024 3:00pm-4:00pm ET / 12:00pm-1:00pm PT Expert panelists will discuss an advanced model of team-based care that can be used for addressing maternal health disparities. The panelists will dive into the application of team-based care strategies and the roles within the interdisciplinary team including the primary care provider, certified nurse midwife, registered nurse, behavioral health, and more. More Details...

Addressing Maternal Health Disparities Utilizing an Advanced Team-Based Care Model (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Addressing Maternal Health Disparities Utilizing an Advanced Team-Based Care Model Wednesday, May 8, 2024 3:00pm-4:00pm ET / 12:00pm-1:00pm PT Expert panelists will discuss an advanced model of team-based care that can be used for addressing maternal health disparities. The panelists will dive into the application of team-based care strategies and the roles within the interdisciplinary team including the primary care provider, certified nurse midwife, registered nurse, behavioral health, and more. More Details...

Maternal Health and Essential Community Connections (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will discuss how to connect with local hospitals, obstetrics practices, health departments, and diagnostic imaging groups to improve access to maternal health services in rural and urban communities. The purpose of this training is to introduce ways in which clinicians who care for pregnant people can more easily connect them with local resources to improve outcomes. More Details...

HITEQ Highlights: Integrating Patient Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Within Office-Based Hypertension Management: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session included topics such as the evidence base for a self-monitoring blood pressure program, best practices in hypertension management through a self-monitoring program, and technology barriers and challenges to remote blood pressure monitoring. More Details...

Health Centers Serving Veterans: Improving Identification of Military Veteran Patient Characteristic (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar focuses on key aspects of identifying miltary veteran status, including a discussion of why the wording of screening questions matters and how to apply more accurate patient counts to needs assessment and service delivery to military veterans. In addition, the webinar presents evidence-based, recommended screening techniques. More Details...