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Healing Hands: Involuntary Commitment: Ethics at the Nexus of Mental Health Care and Homelessness (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue of Healing Hands aims to unravel some of the difficulties at the core of the conversation about involuntary commitment. We will first look at the landscape of mental illness and homelessness in the United States, then some of the key issues and quandaries involved in involuntary commitment. We’ll discuss some interpersonal practices and communication strategies that clinicians can incorporate to lessen the trauma involved in involuntary commitment, and look at some considerations for structural and systemic change. More Details...
Food Rx Replication Guide For Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The Food Rx Replication Guide developed by NCFH supports health centers in addressing food insecurity and chronic disease incidence through a model seeking to build partnerships between the local food system, the healthcare system, and the patient population. Food Rx programs, also referred to as fruit and vegetable or produce prescription programs, offer a promising solution to the compounding issues of food insecurity, rising healthcare costs, and ill health.These programs facilitate the distribution of produce and other healthy food staples to patients who suffer from diet-related diseases such as prediabetes, diabetes, and hypertension. More Details...
Children's Health and Education Mapping Tool (2022). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: The Children's Health and Education Mapping Tool, developed in partnership with HealthLandscape, allows users to harness the power of geographic information systems technology for data-driven decision-making. Users can search, map, and download data on child health, education, and socioeconomic status at the county level compared to national averages. The tool can map, filter, and view critical characteristics of public schools, school-based health centers, and other healthcare facilities. These abilities can help users plan where to target new services, collaborate with and learn from others in their area, advocate, and fundraise with compelling visuals and relevant data for grant applications. More Details...
Children's Health and Education Mapping Tool (2022). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: The Children's Health and Education Mapping Tool, developed in partnership with HealthLandscape, allows users to harness the power of geographic information systems technology for data-driven decision-making. Users can search, map, and download data on child health, education, and socioeconomic status at the county level compared to national averages. The tool can map, filter, and view critical characteristics of public schools, school-based health centers, and other healthcare facilities. These abilities can help users plan where to target new services, collaborate with and learn from others in their area, advocate, and fundraise with compelling visuals and relevant data for grant applications. More Details...
Webinar: Leveraging Health Center Medical-Legal Partnerships to Advance Community-Oriented Policing (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) have always been an effective, evidence-based tool for addressing the social determinants of health. How can MLPs advance public safety and community-oriented policing initiatives? In this national webinar supported by HRSA, MLP practitioners and stakeholders from Texas discussed: why community policing matters for health; how their work intersects with public safety approaches; and concrete strategies for engaging in community-oriented policing initiatives that affect the health and well-being of the communities they serve. More Details...
Webinar: The Role of MLPs in Harm Reduction Models (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, MLP practitioners from HealthLinc (FQHC) and Indiana Legal Services, Inc. shared strategies to help health centers and MLP staff increase their understanding of current public health approaches to designing and implementing effective harm reduction models. Specifically, participants learned to: • Understand the role of health centers in addressing substance use disorder • Understand how MLPs play a role in addressing substance use disorder • Learn by example: How HealthLinc’s MLPs provides a holistic harm reduction and recovery intervention for their community More Details...
Electronic Exchange of Data and “Closing The Loop” (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Building the electronic exchange of data directly into the EHR is needed to reduce inefficiencies, document patient connection with available legal services, and track patient legal outcomes. This Case Study provides a concrete example of how a medical-legal partnership (MLP) in Iowa set up electronic referrals in the EHR as well as the ability to “Close the Loop” via electronic updates from the legal partner. Those updates are delivered directly to the EHR and describe whether the patient is connected with legal assistance and the legal outcomes of that assistance. More Details...
Reframing Trauma Informed Care as a Systems Approach (2022). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) invites you to listen to the final episode in their Fall podcast series where we speak to community health professionals Kathleen Metzker and Sara Reid about centering trauma literacy in the health center medical home and how health systems can cultivate trauma-aware practices as part of their delivery of care. Metzker and Reid are interviewed by Jillian Bird, NNCC’s Director of Training and Technical Assistance. More Details...
Community Inclusion and Cultural Humility in Diabetes Prevention (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) hosted a webinar focused on cultural humility and strategies for community inclusion in diabetes care. Subject matter expert Tiana Matthews-Martinez RD shared best implementations practices and real accounts of developing patient-centered diabetes prevention programs, treatments, and educational interventions tailored toward residents of public housing. Participants learned how to apply cultural humility to diabetes care while engaging community members in culturally and linguistically responsive healthcare practices to address racial and ethnic health disparities. More Details...
Coffee Chat: Updated CDC COVID-19 Guidance & Winter Planning for the HCH Community (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Attendees joined us for a discussion about winter planning for people experiencing homelessness as we face numerous respiratory illnesses. We heard from the CDC about the updated COVID-19 guidance and Council staff shared the newly published COVID-19 Pandemic Manual. This was an informal discussion and people came to ask questions and share what is going well or challenges they were facing in there community. Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Homeless Service Sites and in Correctional and Detention Facilities https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-correctional-settings.html NHCHC COVID-19 Pandemic Guidance https://nhchc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/COVID-Manual_Final-11-22.pdf More Details...
Recommendations for Mental Health and Underserved Latino Populations: Special Focus on Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Workers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Mental health is crucial to an individual’s overall health and well-being. Research has shown that mental health diagnoses, such as depression, are linked to an increase in the risk of many types of physical health problems, particularly chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Improving access to mental health services is a complex and multifaceted endeavor. The recommendations in this publication are offered to overcome barriers expressed by the Hispanic/Latino and MSAW population. More Details...
Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2018-2021 (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report, prepared with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration, provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of Federally Qualified Health Centers nationally from 2018 to 2022. (Released in 2022) More Details...
Diabetes Continuum of Care: Environmental Impacts on Diabetes Access to Care Webinar: Part 4 of the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session was part 4 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series. This session was entitled \"Environmental Impacts on Diabetes Access to Care Webinar\" and featured guest speakers from the National Association of Community Health Centers. More Details...
Parkinson’s Disease Resources for Community Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Developed in partnership with the Parkinson's Foundation, this document promotes resources focused on improving quality of life for older adult patients affected by Parkinson’s Disease, as well supporting those who care for them. It highlights key materials from the Parkinson’s Foundation for health center providers and staff in order to connect patients and their caregivers to materials and services that can help address challenges as this disease progresses. More Details...
Culturally Appropriate Healthy Eating Educational Tool for Asian Americans: Filipino and Hmong Editions Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: AAPCHO and MHP Salud presented four culturally relevant My Healthy Plate brochures that include the cultural traditions and dietary preferences of Filipino/a/x and Hmong Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (MSAW) communities as critical tools in preventing diabetes. In this webinar, speakers from Mabuhay Health Center and Minnesota Community Care shared the importance of culturally relevant My Healthy Plate educational resources, a national survey and health center collaboration efforts, and promising practices. MHP Salud introduced their series of culturally appropriate My Healthy Plate educational resources and how they increase organizational capacity at Health Centers through community health worker (CHW)-led programs. More Details...
Diabetes Continuum of Care: Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management: Part 3 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session was part 3 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series. This session was entitled \"Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management\" and featured guest speakers from Community Health of South Florida, Inc., Medcentro Puerto Rico, and California Primary Care Association. More Details...
Streamline, MCN’s quarterly clinical publication providing information and resources to frontline clinicians working with mobile underserved populations.: Issues going back to 2001 available for you to download free of charge. (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Streamline is MCN’s quarterly clinical publication. More Details...
Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet can be used during the Quality Improvement (QI) process to assess the alignment of your health center’s workflows and documentation and your EHR vendor’s reporting logic processes. More Details...
NTTAP Webinar Series - December 12, 2022: HIV Prevention: Combating PrEP Implementation Challenges (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Expert faculty present case-based scenarios illustrating common challenges to integrating HIV PrEP in primary care. As part of improving clinical workforce development, this session will delve into a variety of specific PrEP implementation challenges. Participants will leave with strategies to overcome these obstacles to establish or strengthen their PrEP program. More Details...
Improving Care Coordination and Health Outcomes for Diabetic Patients through Medical and Dental Integration: Promising Practice (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: CommUnityCare in Texas shares how their organization implemented medical and dental integration through NNOHA Integration of Diabetes and Oral Health Learning Collaborative to help improve the health outcomes of patients with diabetes. More Details...
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