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Outreach Reference Manual: The Role of Outreach in Care Coordination Chapter (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: HOP’s Outreach Reference Manual chapters provide direction for how to most effectively use outreach to increase access to and utilization of comprehensive primary health care services across many underserved communities. This chapter makes the case for integrating outreach workers into care coordination teams and shares examples of how health centers can accomplish this. More Details...
Outreach Reference Manual: Program Planning and Evaluation Chapter (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: HOP’s Outreach Reference Manual chapters provide direction for how to most effectively use outreach to increase access to and utilization of comprehensive primary health care services across many underserved communities. This chapter guides readers through participatory planning methodologies and the development of three key frameworks: 1) a logic model that articulates what the program’s impact will be, 2) a work plan that outlines how the program will achieve that impact, and 3) an evaluation plan that outlines how the program will evaluate if it was successful. More Details...
Outreach Reference Manual: Clinical Outreach Chapter (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: HOP’s Outreach Reference Manual chapters provide direction for how to most effectively use outreach to increase access to and utilization of comprehensive primary health care services across many underserved communities. Clinical outreach is defined as the coordination and provision of clinical services in an outreach setting. It is an approach to meet individuals and communities where they are and to extend care in settings that best fit their needs and the context of their lives. The purpose of this chapter is to support health centers by providing a practical framework and guidance on undertaking clinical outreach efforts. It explores the different facets of clinical outreach and how it can be planned and implemented. More Details...
Workforce Self-Assessment Tool (2015). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This self-assessment tool (updated in 2022) has been designed to assist your health center in exploring your organization’s strengths and challenges in your workforce program. More Details...
In Language Resource Evaluation Toolkit (2015). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit is designed to help health centers assess and design health education materials and communications that will be respectful and responsive to a patient's health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs. This toolkit includes an evaluation process individuals can use when assessing the appropriateness of non-English health education materials for limited-English populations, criteria to consider when selecting reviewers, and a score card to help reviewers evaluate and rate materials. More Details...
Data Sharing Between Health Centers and Supportive Housing Providers: Strategies for Sharing Health and Housing Data (2015). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar highlights the benefits and opportunities for health centers sharing data with housing providers serving the same population More Details...
Leveraging Outreach to Support the Patient-Centered Medical Home (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource provides concrete strategies for using outreach teams to enhance PCMH recognition and implementation, based on a a review of existing sources and data from interviews with key staff from health centers, health departments, Primary Care Associations, and other technical assistance providers. More Details...
Community Health Needs Assessment Toolkit (2015). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The toolkit, "Community Health Needs Assessment: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Your Community,” provides a wealth of information, practical tools, and strategies to support organizations in their efforts to meet the health needs of underserved populations. The easy-to-use toolkit guides the user through the 5 key steps of the needs assessment process, and it is intended for health centers, Primary Care Associations, safety net providers, and local and state agencies. More Details...
Promoting Health Care Access to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Farmworkers (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication, jointly developed with The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, provides an overview of health care challenges faced by LGBT farmworkers and best practices to build trust. More Details...
Outreach and Enrollment Case Study: The Impact of Insurance Enrollment on a Federally Qualified Health Center (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: No annotation provided by the authoring organization. More Details...
How To Get Care at Your Health Center Tool (2015). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: To support health centers’ outreach and registration efforts, NCFH has created an educational tool titled How to Get Care at Your Health Center. With the use of photos, this easy-to-read, 4-page brochure, explains to patients the steps they should follow to access services at the health center and have a good experience during their visit. It guides the reader on making and get ready for an appointment, what to expect during the visit, and how to pay for services. More Details...
How To Get Care at Your Health Center Digital Story (2015). Resource Type: Video. Description: NCFH has also produced a digital story as a companion tool to the printer-friendly document. Narrated in Spanish with English subtitles, and easily accessible from YouTube, this digital story is a great resource to display in the health center waiting areas, or for the use of outreach staff when promoting health center registration and use. More Details...
Cervical Cancer Screening: The Pap Test Digital Story (2015). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Do you need to explain to patients what happens during a Pap test? Our new digital story La Prueba Pap / The Pap Test educates the audience about the Pap test and the benefits of having it done. It helps the viewer understand what happens during a Pap test. Narrated in Spanish with English subtitles, this health education resource can be used by outreach staff and health educators, or for viewing at health centers. More Details...
A User’s Guide for Implementation of Interprofessional Oral Health Core Clinical Competencies: Results of a Pilot Project: Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This user's guide provides strategies for health centers to implement the oral health core clinical competencies for integration of oral health and primary care practice. The guide includes promising practices from health centers that piloted the implementation fo the core clinical competencies. More Details...
A Guide to Workers' Compensation for Clinicians Serving Agricultural Workers (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides information to clinicians about workers' compensation and agricultural workers, including steps to address a work-related injury. More Details...
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Action Steps for Clinicians: Action Steps for Clinicians (2014). Resource Type: n.a.. Description: The purpose of this guide is to facilitate the implementation of SMBP plus clinical support in four key areas: Preparing care teams to support SMBP, selecting and incorporating clinical support systems, empowering patients, and encouraging health insurance coverage for SMBP plus additional clinical support. For each area, the guide lists actions that can facilitate the implementation of SMBP plus additional support. Beside each action step, it provides corresponding electronic resources to assist with these actions. It also includes appendices that describe proper SMBP preparation and technique, clinical support interventions that are effective when used with SMBP, the proper way to check a home blood pressure monitor for accuracy, and the burden and cost of hypertension. More Details...
Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients with Opioid Use Disorders (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Clinicians experienced in homeless health care routinely adapt their practice to foster better outcomes for their patients. This document was written for health care professionals, program administrators, other staff, and students serving individuals with opioid use disorders who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Its purpose is to improve patient care by enhancing understanding of recommended strategies for the successful treatment and management of opioid use disorders in marginalized populations. More Details...
Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness (2014). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This is a compendium of informational flyers meant to support trainings for people experiencing homelessness to endure various severe weather events, including hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, etc. More Details...
Integrating Homeless Service Providers and Clients in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Issue Brief (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief outlines strategies to integrate people experiencing homelessness into disaster preparedness and response, examines homeless individuals’ and service providers’ awareness and perception of targeted preparedness efforts, and offers recommendations for other communities looking to improve disaster assistance for people experiencing homelessness. More Details...
Transgender Women and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication focuses on PrEP as a prevention option that transgender women should consider but also stresses the need for more research to demonstrate that PrEP is effective for preventing HIV infection among transgender women and a gap in the literature regarding the understanding about the interaction of PrEP and feminizing hormones. More Details...
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