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Population Health Management Task Force National Learning Series 2024 (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This national learning series, sponsored by HRSA, takes a deeper dive into issues related to HIV, Diabetes, and Chronic comorbid disease management, which all impact population health management. More Details...

How to Use Population Health Tools to Stratify Your Population for Care Management (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar demonstrates how to use population health electronic tools to identify patients with chronic illnesses with an obesity (or elevated BMI) comorbidity. Having this information allows health centers to identify the patients who would benefit from care management, additional resources, and care coordination services. More Details...

Comprehensive BMI and Weight Assessment Strategies (2024). Resource Type: Infographic. Description: This resource highlights BMI and weight assessment counseling within Family Healthy Weight Programs and offers guidance on effective implementation and management for health centers. It provides an overview for health center staff and new team members on clinical issues and best practices More Details...

Clinical Issues & Health Center Boards:: Family Healthy Weight Programs (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource discusses Family Healthy Weight Programs and how boards can support such programs through appropriate governance-level functions. More Details...

BMI Assessment in Well Visits for School-Aged Children and Adolescents (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The BMI Assessment in Well Visits for School-Aged Children and Adolescent webinar focuses on strategies to increase health centers' integration of Body Mass Index (BMI) assessment during well visits. More Details...

Social, Political, and Structural Impacts on Diabetes and Comorbidities Management for AA and NH/PI Populations Learning Series: Module 1: Whole Food Model for Holistic Community Wellness (2024). Resource Type: Micro-Learning. Description: The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health organizations (AAPCHO) chronic disease management programs, expertise, and national network in the AA and NH/PI community health center space, will feature research, community intervention strategies, and historical context for diabetes and other co-morbidities among AAs and NH/PIs. This self-paced learning series will feature modules that outline various social, political, and structural drivers of health for diabetes and comorbidities management. Modules will include case studies which promote resources, strategies, and interventions to support health center performance improvement and transformation efforts. This is module 1 and was recorded on March 15, 2024. More Details...

Social and Structural Impacts on Diabetes and Comorbidities Management for AA and NH/PI Populations Learning Series (2024). Resource Type: Micro-Learning. Description: The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health organizations (AAPCHO) chronic disease management programs, expertise, and national network in the AA and NH/PI community health center space, will feature research, community intervention strategies, and historical context for diabetes and other co-morbidities among AAs and NH/PIs. This self-paced learning series will feature modules that outline various social, political, and structural drivers of health for diabetes and comorbidities management. Modules will include case studies which promote resources, strategies, and interventions to support health center performance improvement and transformation efforts. This is module 2 and was recorded on March 7, 2024. More Details...

Why Weight? Diabetes Prevention and Care Learning Collaborative (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Education Center's Why Weight? Diabetes Prevention and Care Learning Collaborative focused on engaging teams from health centers across the US to undertake practice transformation conducive to diabetes care in LGBTQIA+ communities. Throughout this publication, we briefly describe the structure and objectives of the learning collaborative and highlight promising practices for diabetes prevention with LGBTQIA+ patients. More Details...

Using Your EHR to Improve Your Diagnosis and Follow Up of Obesity (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ webinar, health center staff will learn tips for capturing the Body Mass Index (BMI) value, documenting a follow-up plan, capturing data, and reporting. The speakers will discuss the roles and responsibilities of care team members in the BMI documentation workflow, data capture, reporting, and best practices. More Details...

Health Benefits and Considerations of Sports Participation and Physical Activity for Transgender and Gender Diverse People (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will present the unique barriers to and benefits of physical activity and sports participation for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) persons. Presenters will discuss the legal, social, and medical barriers to engagement, including accessibility and safety. The webinar will highlight medical and mental health benefits specific to TGD persons, including with regard to osteopenia/osteoporosis, obesity, hypertension, minimization of gender dysphoria, and other mental health benefits. Participants will hear directly from a transgender athlete about their experience navigating sports participation and from a clinician on best practices for engaging TGD patients with compassionate informed support and connecting them to affirming sports-related resources. More Details...

Providing Community Education Around Nutrition and Diabetes by Incorporating MCN's Diabetes Comic Book (Spanish and English) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Focusing specifically on Nutrition, this webinar builds on the lessons learned from MCN's ECHO Diabetes Series and discusses the Diabetes Outreach Tool" My Health Is My Treasure" comic book. The tool is provided in English and Spanish and webinar is presented in Spanish with simultaneous interpretation into English. More Details...

Don’t Forget the Feet When Educating Patients About Their Diabetes Management!: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Members of ethnic and racial populations living in the United States experience unique challenges in preventing or managing their diabetes, including language barriers, cultural beliefs, and traditional foods, particularly among first generation immigrants.  More Details...

Bridging the Medical Technology Gap: The Impact of New Technology on Diabetes Management: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: High tech devices such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can be effective tools to help diabetes patients manage their blood glucose, but access to these technologies, as well as the education and support necessary to successfully use them, remains a challenge for patients served by health center programs. Being familiar and up to date with diabetes technology is essential to successfully improve diabetes management among underserved populations, More Details...

Conquering Diabetes Therapeutic Inertia: Patient Engagement Strategies: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Early blood sugar (blood glucose) management leads to better health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes. But therapeutic inertia—or delays in advancing treatment—can keep people from reaching their A1C goals. Having the right conversations during health center visits can help patients overcome this inertia and get patients’ A1C where it needs to be. More Details...

Impacto del COVID-19 En Los Trabajadores Agrícolas (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH has updated the COVID-19 Impact on Agricultural Workers fact sheet. It has new data and statistics surrounding cases and vaccine implementation among the group. More Details...

Traditional Food, Culture, and Diabetes in the United States: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Members of ethnic and racial populations living in the United States experience unique challenges in preventing or managing their diabetes, including language barriers, cultural beliefs, and traditional foods, particularly among first generation immigrants.  More Details...

Exploring Promising Practices on Diabetes Management and Prevention: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In 2021, health centers reported over 2.8 million patients that were diagnosed with diabetes and over 91,000 among Public Housing Primary Care grantees (HRSA, 2022). This data signifies the need to explore what strategies health centers are implementing to improve the overall diabetes health outcomes for their patients. More Details...

Addressing diabetes risk factors in school-aged children: Bright Bodies + at Yale School of Medicine (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join the School-Based Health Alliance to discuss the importance of school, community, and family partnerships to increase your health center's reach to support reducing diabetes risk among school-aged children. We will cover ways to practically treat obesity and prevent Type 2 Diabetes in children. Participants will learn about Yale's evidence-based Pediatric Obesity Bright Bodies healthy lifestyle programs and explore potential resources and takeaways to support school-aged children's obesity prevention and treatment. More Details...

Food Decision Making and its Effects on Sugar Control: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The foods and beverages that people consume have a profound impact on their health. The scientific connection between food and health has been well documented for many decades. More Details...

Addressing diabetes risk factors in school-aged children: MEND+ at Denver Health (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join the School-Based Health Alliance to hear about evidence-based strategies for reducing diabetes risk among school-aged children and take away comprehensive strategies for obesity prevention and treatment within Health Centers and schools. Participants will learn about Denver Health’s successful example of an intensive in-house family weight management program tailored for Health. Our speaker will discuss how health centers can spearhead partnerships with schools in their community in various ways to support school-aged children’s obesity prevention and treatment. More Details...