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Impact of COVID-19 on Agricultural Communities Fact Sheet (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The fact sheet compiles peer reviewed literature and recent surveillance data related to COVID-19 and agricultural workers. It covers Covid-19 in relation to agricultural workers. It covers disproportional impact, housing and working conditions and risks, access to care, and vaccination data. More Details...
Ten FAQs About Health Center Boards & the CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This short document addresses Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the implications of the CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (CMS IFR) for health center boards and board members. More Details...
Children's COVID-19 Vaccine Song (2022). Resource Type: Other. Description: Farmworker Justice created a song and video for children and families to encourage COVID-19 vaccination. The song, sung by kids, is in Spanish and is to the tune of a popular Latin American children\'s song. The message promotes vaccine confidence to protect the health of themselves, friends, and families. More Details...
La Esperanza Invierno 2022: Problemas emergentes entre las poblaciones de Los trabajadores agrícolas migrantes y de temporada (MSAW): Un enfoque holístico de los recursos de salud mental para trabajadores agrícolas migrantes y estacionales (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: MHP Salud desarrollara y distribuye dos publicaciones de La Esperanza, un boletín para los trabajadores/promotores de salud comunitarios y el personal del programa que fomenta la continuacion de educación y el intercambio de recursos para todos los centros de salud potenciales y existentes. Los temas de este boletín incluirán el papel de los CHW para abordar los problemas de salud emergentes que experimentan los trabajadores agrícolas migratorios y temporales. More Details...
Método C.A.S.E. Estrategias y Consejos para Promotores de Salud- Spanish Resource (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Esta guía de apoyo fue diseñada por el Centro Nacional para la Salud del Trabajador Agrícola (NCFH), para acompañar el video educativo “Creando confianza en la vacuna contra el COVID-19 utilizando el método C.A.S.E.” para Promotores de Salud y Trabajadores de Alcance. Este recurso ofrece consejos y estrategias a los trabajadores de la salud sobre cómo tener conversaciones personales con los pacientes para abordar inquietudes sobre un tema específico, como la vacuna contra el COVID-19, de manera compasiva y científica al brindar información. More Details...
C.A.S.E. Method- Strategies and Tips for Community Health Workers (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource was designed by the National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) to accompany the educational video \"Building Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine: Using the C.A.S.E. Method\" for Community Health Workers and Outreach Workers. This resource offers tips and strategies to health workers on how to have one-on-one conversations with patients to address concerns about a specific topic, such as the COVID-19 vaccine, in a compassionate and scientific way when providing information. More Details...
C.A.S.E. Method for Community Health and Outreach Workers (2021). Resource Type: Other. Description: This bilingual educational video “C.A.S.E. Method for Community Health and Outreach Workers” offers tips and strategies to health workers on how to have one-on-one conversations with patients to address concerns about a specific topic, such as the COVID-19 vaccine, in a compassionate and scientific way when providing information More Details...
Get the Facts COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign (Many Languages) (2022). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: The Get the Facts campaign is based on CDC guidance, offering facts about COVID-19 vaccines in a simple and memorable way that counters common misconceptions. These facts address cost, ingredients, side effects, eligibility and more. Each set of materials includes translations in more than 30 languages as well as the ability for you to customize the logo, URL, photo and more. More Details...
Lessons from the Fields: Farmworker Communities Confronting COVID-19 (2022). Resource Type: Other. Description: FJ report on the impacts of COVID-19 on farmworker communities and promising practices implemented by community organizations to respond to farmworkers\' needs. The report highlights community health centers, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, and community-based organizations. More Details...
Building Trust: A Relational Approach to talking about staff COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: . This webinar provides health center leaders with an overview of strategies to engage in challenging conversations regarding vaccine confidence and the vaccine mandate with health center staff. More Details...
Family Vaccination Site Playbook (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: To support your community-based efforts to get families vaccinated against COVID-19, HHS developed a Family Vaccination Site Playbook, now posted on WeCanDoThis.hhs.gov, along with other materials to support your efforts to educate your community about primary and booster vaccination. More Details...
CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule: Health Center Compliance and Equitable Implementation (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule requiring health care workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities to be vaccinated unless they have approved religious or medical exemptions. Under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), FQHCs are considered a “facility” and will need to comply as a condition for participating in the Medicare and Medicaid program. More Details...
A Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Health center providers have likely encountered patients who were reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to false, inaccurate, or misleading information. This resource can help to ensure that people across the country have access to science-based public health guidance as the country continues to confront the pandemic. The toolkit is interactive and collaborative, using simple language and examples to help patients understand and identify misinformation and disinformation. More Details...
Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccination Program in Partnership with Schools (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: With the approval and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for adolescents 12 and older, community health centers strategically partnered with schools to get students vaccinated. The School-Based Health Alliance interviewed three community health centers about their innovations and promising practices to promote, educate about, and implement adolescent COVID-19 vaccination clinics in partnerships with schools. Each health system worked closely with the school district to conduct the vaccination clinics on school property or provide transportation to sites in the Spring of 2021. More Details...
CMS Vaccine Mandate: Compliance Requirements and Operational Resources for Health Centers (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides an overview of NACHC’s Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Operational Resource Guide and features presentations from two Health Center CEOs discussing their lessons learned from implementing vaccine mandates. More Details...
COVID-19 Employee Vaccine Mandate Operational Resource Guide (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This guide assembles resources to help you implement employee vaccine mandates at community health centers. It includes documents debunking myths about the COVID-19 vaccine, sample policy and procedures for employee vaccines, and a guide to recognizing exemptions. This guide includes detailed health center samples that may be utilized to help draft policies and procedures. More Details...
Checklist for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This document is a resource for health centers to assess their readiness to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5-11. Widespread vaccination is a critical tool to help combat the pandemic. Pediatric vaccinations will be administered in accordance with all requirements and recommendations from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). More Details...
We Can Do This: COVID-19 Public Education Campaign (2021). Resource Type: Website. Description: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced a national effort to help community partners promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence. The campaign includes educational materials targeted to specific audiences, including rural communities, and seeks volunteers for the COVID-19 Community Corps. Don’t miss the Spanish-language website, JuntosSíPodemos.HHS.gov. More Details...
Rural Resource Toolkit for COVID-19 Vaccinations (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit is full of resources created specifically for rural communities to meet residents where they are, giving equal access to information so everyone can have the facts and decide for themselves whether getting vaccinated against COVDI-19 is right for them. More Details...
Lista de Verificación para Coordinar Clínicas de Vacunación en el Lugar de Trabajo y en la Comunidad para Familias de Trabajadores Agrícolas (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: La Lista de Verificación para Coordinar Clínicas de Vacunación en el Lugar de Trabajo y en la Comunidad para Familias provee a los Centros de Salud y/u otras organizaciones comunitarias que atienden a los trabajadores agrícolas y que colaboran con empleadores agrícolas y autoridades de salud pública, la información que necesitan antes, durante y después de clínicas de vacunación para trabajadores agrícolas y sus familias en una variedad de entornos. More Details...
Customizable COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Toolkit for Rural Communities (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit provides easy access to customizable communication templates that include print ads, poster, brochure, social media posts, and an online resource guide. More Details...
Checklist for Coordinating Worksite and Community-Based Vaccine Clinics for Farmworker Families (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Checklist for Coordinating Worksite and Community-Based Vaccine Clinics for Farmworker Families provides Health Centers and/or other community-based organizations serving agricultural workers that collaborate with agricultural employers and public health authorities the information they need before, during, and after vaccination clinics for agricultural workers and their families in a variety of settings. More Details...
COVID-19 Booster Readiness Webcast for Health Centers (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: Last week’s joint HRSA and CDC webcast provided guidance for health centers on boosters for older adults and those at high risk of severe COVID-19. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Planning Checklist (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document is a resource for health centers to assess their readiness to administer COVID-19 booster shots. A booster shot refers to a vaccine given to someone who built enough protection after completing an initial series of vaccinations, but that protection may have decreased over time. COVID-19 booster shots will be given to individuals in accordance with all requirements and recommendations from FDA, CDC, and the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). More Details...
Coos County Family Health Services (CCFHS): Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccination Program in Partnership with Schools (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The first in a series of four, the School-Based Health Alliance has published a COVID-19 vaccine case study from Coos County Family Health Center. The resource provides insight on their partnership with schools to provide vaccinations, their future plans and shares their key lessons learned. More Details...
The State of the COVID-19 Vaccine (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar participants will learn more about the status of clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine, discuss strategies for a culturally responsive pandemic response, and explore the challenges surrounding safe, reliable, and equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
Partnering with Schools to Get Adolescents Immunized: Innovations and Mental Health Opportunities (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar, hosted by HHS Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB), gathers a host of experts to address various ways to partner with schools to facilitate the vaccination of adolescents. Accompanying the webinar is a valuable list of available resources. More Details...
Sharing COVID-19 Vaccine Information Through Social Media (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This live session will help prepare nurses to share information and stories on social media. We’ll walk through the basics of individual social media channels as well as best practices for sharing your own content and engaging with others’. More Details...
#NursesMakeChangeHappen COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit was created to give nurses the tools to do their part in the national vaccine effort. More Details...
How to Tell Your COVID-19 Vaccination Story (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This interactive workshop will walk nurses through how to tell their personal COVID-19 vaccine story, how to construct a meaningful narrative, and how to share their story for the benefit of others. More Details...
The Role of Dental Providers in Vaccine Delivery (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NEW NNOHA publication describes COVID-19 vaccine delivery strategies developed by health centers in states across the country that 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...
Mitigating Burnout and Maintaining Provider Satisfaction During Vaccination Rollouts – Webinar Series (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar series focused on provider burnout and satisfaction in the context of the pandemic and featured guest presenters Ann Loeffler, MSPH, PMP; Emily Grace Kane, MPA, Senior Program Manager, National Nurse-Led Care Consortium; Dr. Mary Thornton-Bowmer DNP, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, Lead Nurse Practitioner/Primary Care Coordinator, The Stephen and Sandra Sheller, 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University, Family Practice & Counseling Network; Taraya Gibson, MPH, BSN, RN, CHES, Clinical Care Manager RN, The Stephen & Sandra Sheller, 11th Street Family Health Services; Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer, CHC, Inc.; Kasey Harding MPH, Director for Center for Key Populations, CHC, Inc.; Gary Wallace Director of Community Engagement and Relations, CHC, Inc.; Marie Yardis, Director of Access to Care, CHC, Inc.; Stephen Scholand, MD, Infectious Disease Physician, Midstate Medical Center More Details...
Advancing Health Center & School Partnerships: Improving COVID-19 Vaccination Administration for Children and Adolescents (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This short technical assistance document provides tips and promising practices for health centers partnering with schools to vaccinate the pediatric and adolescent populations, with a focus on COVID-19 vaccinations. More Details...
Voices from the Field: Farmworker Communities Confronting COVID-19 (2021). Resource Type: Other. Description: This video shares stories and promising practices to support farmworker communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It features farmworkers, farmworker community based organizations, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, and migrant health centers. It is in Spanish and English with English subtitles. More Details...
Vaccination Testimonials (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This video shows NCFH's vaccine event in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and provides testimonials from agricultural workers and other community members sharing about their experience in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
The COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Should Know (Webinar) (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This video provides important information to agricultural workers about the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
The COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Should Know (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is an Illustrated brochure for agricultural workers that provides information about the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
The COVID-19 Vaccine: What Happens When You Get It? (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is an Illustrated brochure for agricultural workers that provides information about what happens after you receive the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
The COVID-19 Vaccine: What Are the Side Effects? (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is an Illustrated brochure for agricultural workers that provides information about the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
The COVID-19 Vaccine: The Day of Your Appointment (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is an Illustrated brochure for agricultural workers that provides information about important considerations to take the day of the COVID-19 vaccine appointment . More Details...
The COVID-19 Vaccine: Side Effects (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This video provides information to agricultural workers about the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
Stories from the field (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This video provides an insight story from an agricultural worker and his experience with COVID-19. More Details...
Messaging Strategies to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar addresses concerns and frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines. A series of real-world scenarios are used to demonstrate researched-aligned communication strategies to respond to common COVID-19 concerns. More Details...
Mass Media & Communication Strategies for Increasing Agricultural Worker Vaccine Confidence (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training provides insight into key communication challenges and solutions around the COVID-19 vaccines with farmworker communities. Speakers addressed key messaging priorities, effective use of mass media, and how to implement face-to-face dialogues with farmworkers to increase confidence in the vaccines. More Details...
La vacuna contra el COVID-19: lo que debe saber (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Este recurso es un folleto ilustrado para trabajadores agrícolas que brinda información sobre la vacuna de COVID-19. More Details...
La vacuna contra el COVID-19: El día de su cita para la vacuna (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Este recurso es un folleto ilustrado para trabajadores agrícolas que brinda información sobre las consideraciones importantes que deben tomarse el día de la cita para la vacuna COVID-19. More Details...
La vacuna contra el COVID-19: ¿Que pasa cuando la reciba? (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Este recurso es un folleto ilustrado para trabajadores agrícolas que brinda información sobre lo que sucede después de recibir la vacuna COVID-19. More Details...
La vacuna contra el COVID-19: ¿Cuales son los efectos secundarios? (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Este recurso es un folleto ilustrado para trabajadores agrícolas que brinda información sobre los efectos secundarios de la vacuna de COVID-19. More Details...
COVID-19 Safety Measures for Transportation Teams (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NFCH’s 2-part video series on occupational safety training on COVID-19 for healthcare teams shares tips and strategies to provide support to health care centers as they adapt their health care delivery services. This second video showcases how Sun River Health made adaptions to their transportation department's protocols ensure the safety of their patients and staff while providing care during the pandemic. More Details...
COVID-19 Measures for Mobile Health Units (Video) (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NFCH’s 2-part video series on Occupational Safety Training on COVID-19 for healthcare teams shares tips and strategies to provide support to health care centers as they adapt their health care delivery services. This first video will showcase how Salud Family Health Centers in Colorado made adaptions to their mobile health unit to ensure the safety of their patients and staff while providing care during the pandemic. While mobile units are a good alternative for a service delivery model for agricultural workers, modifications are necessary due to the confined space which can pose additional risks from a traditional setting. More Details...
Building COVID 19 Vaccine Confidence in Agricultural Communities (1905). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training will prepare Community Health Workers (CHWs)/Promotores(as) de Salud, or similar professions, who work with Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs) to discuss the Covid-19 vaccines. Trainers will provide insight on the development of COVID-19 vaccines and side-effects associated with the current vaccines available. Participants will learn about the benefits of getting vaccinated, common myths and misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccine, and strategies to engage communities and individuals in discussions to build confidence about the vaccine. More Details...
Agricultural Workers and Mental Health Factsheet (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet includes a collection of recent facts and figures pertaining to the mental health of agricultural workers. In addition, it provides recommendations and adfvice for healthcare and service providers who work with this population. More Details...
School-Based Vaccines and Immunizations: School-Based Covid-19 Vaccination (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: As part of SBHA’s continued vaccine efforts to support and lift up the vaccine administration work of school-based health care. We continuously collect resources from the field. Visit the School-Based Health Alliance\'s School-Based Vaccines and Immunizations resource for strategies and guidance from federal, state, and school-based health center partners. More Details...
NHRA Rural Vaccine Resource Library (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) developed these tools and resources to help you address many of the specific questions and concerns members of your rural community have about the COVID-19 vaccines. This resource library aims to provide resources for rural community leaders, including faith leaders, to use in their COVID-19 Vaccine confidence activities. More Details...
Promoting Vaccine Confidence in Older Adults (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar focused on approaches to building trust through tailored interventions that incorporate community norms and address barriers to vaccine uptake in the older adult patient population. More Details...
We Can Do It COVID Community (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The HHS COVID-19 public education campaign is a national initiative to increase public confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines while reinforcing basic prevention measures such as mask wearing and social distancing. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing Toolkit (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit is intended to support community health centers and HUD-assisted housing and homeless programs to partner on COVID-19 vaccination delivery, COVID-19 testing, and health care for residents of public housing, low-income housing (including housing for older adults and people with disabilities), and people experiencing homelessness. More Details...
Communicating Effectively About Vaccines: New Communication Resources for Health Officials (2010). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Communicating effectively with parents about the importance of vaccines is a key issue for the public health community to address. In August 2009, ASTHO commissioned a survey of U.S. parents and guardians to gather information about effective messages and materials for state and territorial health officials to use to better address parental concerns and promote the benefits of vaccines. More Details...
Strategies for Youth: COVID-19 Vaccination (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Weitzman Echo special one-time session to discuss Community Health Center Inc.\'s approach on the most reassuring and expedient ways to reach youth and their parents during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. More Details...
Evolving Care Team Models, Strategies to Assess Provider Satisfaction, and Addressing Burnout (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Project ECHO Webinar was part of a three-part webinars series on provider burnout and satisfaction during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. This session addresses the topic of emerging models of team-based care in the COVID and post COVID environment. This COVID-19 ECHO session is a collaboration with HRSA\'s National Health Center Training and Technical Assistance Partners on Team-Based Care. More Details...
Vaccine in Dental Clinics Job Instruction Sheet (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NNOHA has worked with health center dental leaders who are engaged in delivering COVID-19 vaccines to develop this Job Instruction resource for dental providers. More Details...
Utilizing AmeriCorps Members to Support the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Across the country, health centers and other community-based providers are tasked with supporting large scale COVID-19 vaccine rollouts for their patients and communities. This demand has expanded the workload of providers, staff, and volunteers. The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, Public Health Management Corporation, and the Philadelphia Department of Health formed an innovative partnership to address this need by deploying AmeriCorps members to assist with vaccine delivery. Watch while staff from each of these organizations discuss promising practices from this model, and ways to ensure that primary care staff, providers, and community-based organizations can elicit support from available local, state, and national resources. More Details...
Who Wants To Be A Vaccinator: Volunteers, Students, and Other Professionals (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To meet the demand for knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines, CHCI and its Weitzman Institute is moving back to weekly COVID-19 national webinar sessions! More Details...
Staff Roles, Responsibilities, and Training Throughout the Vaccination Cycle (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To meet the demand for knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines, CHCI and its Weitzman Institute is moving back to weekly COVID-19 national webinar sessions! More Details...
Essential Policies, Procedures, and Roles in Managing, Protecting, and Administering Your Vaccine Supply (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To meet the demand for knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines, CHCI and its Weitzman Institute is moving back to weekly COVID-19 national webinar sessions! More Details...
A Multi-Pronged Approach to On-Site, Drive-Through, and Mobile Outreach Vaccine Clinics (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To meet the demand for knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines, CHCI and its Weitzman Institute is moving back to weekly COVID-19 national webinar sessions! More Details...
Vaccine Ambassador Program and Job Description (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: As communities embark on COVID-19 vaccine campaigns, they are confronting a long history of discrimination and negative interactions with medical services experienced by racial and ethnic minority groups and people experiencing homelessness (PEH), which can contribute to mistrust and vaccine hesitancy. This document outlines the role of Vaccine Ambassadors to engage PEH and homeless service providers to facilitate two-way communication and disseminating accurate vaccine information. More Details...
Community Health Workers & Pharmacists: Their Frontline Role in the Response to COVID-19 (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: This webinar outlined opportunities and strategies to support these workers and strengthen their ability to improve public health and promote health equity. More Details...
Benioff Community Health Outreach Worker Model: Considerations for Vaccine Ambassador Programs (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: As the COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out to people experiencing homelessness, some communities are using a similar model (sometimes called Vaccine Ambassadors) to build confidence in the vaccine. This brief outlines key lessons learned from the CHOW model that are applicable to local Vaccine Ambassador programs. More Details...
Advancing CHW Engagement in COVID-19 Response Strategies: A Playbook for Local Health Department Strategies in the United States (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: This playbook was developed by the CBWA to facilitate both the conceptualization and operationalization of CHW engagement for pandemic response strategies. More Details...
Vaccine Ambassador Program and Job Description (2021). Resource Type: Template. Description: As communities embark on COVID-19 vaccine campaigns, they are confronting a long history of discrimination and negative interactions with medical services experienced by racial and ethnic minority groups and people experiencing homelessness (PEH), which can contribute to mistrust and vaccine hesitancy. To build vaccine confidence, communities should consider hiring Vaccine Ambassadors to engage PEH and homeless service providers by facilitating two-way communication and disseminating accurate vaccine information. This document describes how. More Details...
Dental Providers Administering the COVID-19 Vaccine (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many states have created emergency orders to allow dentists and dental hygienists to administer vaccinations. This webinar will feature three health centers that are utilizing dental providers to administer vaccines. The health centers will describe their vaccination program models including training, staffing, operations and compliance. More Details...
Benioff Community Health Outreach Worker Model: Considerations for Vaccine Ambassador Programs (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This brief describes the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative's cross-discipline program model that peered medical teams with Community Health and Outreach workers to inform vaccine ambassador programs. More Details...
Increasing Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Among Homeless Populations: Successful Partnerships Series (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar series highlighted successful partnerships between Health Care for the Homeless health centers and local governments around the United States in their efforts to effectively get vaccines to people experiencing homelessness. More Details...
COVID-19 Bingo (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: COVID Bingo is a family game that teaches important steps to reduce risk and support COVID vaccinations in agricultural worker communities. The game includes instructions, game boards, and game cards. It is available in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Mixteco, and Mam. More Details...
Reducing COVID-19 Vaccine Waste (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Every dose of COVID-19 vaccine is precious and can save lives. In response to concerns about wasted vaccine and to assist in identifying various causes of vaccine waste and potential countermeasures to reduce their occurrence, the Public Health Foundation developed the Process Decision Program Chart for COVID-19 Vaccine Waste. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccination Training Programs and Reference Materials for Healthcare Professionals (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Some healthcare professionals administering COVID-19 vaccine may have extensive experience with immunization practices, since they routinely administer recommended vaccines in their clinical practice. For others, administering COVID-19 vaccine may be their first clinical experience with vaccination. The CDC compiled a list of immunization training and educational materials, including basic and COVID-19-vaccine-specific information. More Details...
Resource Guide for Health Centers: Community Health Workers and COVID-19 Vaccine (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Community Health Workers/Promotores(as) de Salud can play a crucial role in addressing disparities in accessing COVID-19 education and resources in special and vulnerable communities. In this Resource Guide, we provide examples, tools, and best practices to help health centers better integrate Community Health Workers/Promotores(as) into their COVID-19 vaccination efforts. More Details...
The COVID-19 Pandemic Resources and Information: Spanish and English (2020). Resource Type: Other. Description: We at Migrant Clinicians Network have a priority to support both clinicians and the vulnerable patients they serve. MCN continually develops strategies and resources to support health centers, health departments, community groups, and clinicians as they reach out to communities that are often overlooked and give care to patients who might otherwise have nowhere to go. We remain highly concerned for the vulnerable populations that already encounter numerous barriers to health and to care. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit: Patient Rights, Responsibility and Access (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: In response to concerns of access barriers some immigrants are facing regarding documentation requests prior to receiving COVID-19 vaccination, and individuals inappropriately being sent bills for COVID-19 vaccine fees, HRSA developed two fact sheets to help both patients and providers better understand their rights and responsibilities regarding access to COVID-19 vaccines. More Details...
Checklist for Administrators, Managers, and Clinicians to Integrate Community Health Workers in Vaccine Outreach, Acceptance, and Distribution Strategies (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have played a key role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is essential that health center administrators, managers, and care teams understand how to effectively leverage the skills and experience of CHWs and adequately support and prepare them for this work. This checklist contains guidance and action items to help. More Details...
Fotonovela: Be Informed About the COVID-19 Vaccine (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is an Illustrated brochure for agricultural workers that provides information and answers questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. It was jointly developed by Farmworker Justice, National Center for Farmworker Health, and Health Outreach Partners. More Details...
Electronic Patient Engagement Vendor Discussion: COVID-19 Vaccine Communication: HITEQ and CareMessage vendor discussion event (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: View a brief presentation by HITEQ and CareMessage followed by facilitated questions and discussion on their electronic patient engagement platform and the features within the platform that can assist health centers with COVID vaccine communication and dissemination. Access resources, slides, and additional information from this session in the Links section below. Note that these sessions are not an endorsement of any specific vendor. These are an opportunity for health centers to hear about 3rd party vendors and get questions answered. More Details...
Electronic Patient Engagement Vendor Discussion Event: COVID-19 Vaccine Communication: HITEQ and HealthTalk vendor discussion event (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: View a brief presentation by HITEQ and HealthTalk followed by facilitated questions and discussion on their electronic patient engagement platform and the features within the platform that can assist federally qualified health centers with COVID vaccine communication and dissemination. Note that these sessions are not an endorsement of any specific vendor. These are an opportunity for health centers to hear about 3rd party vendors and get questions answered. More Details...
Infographic: COVID-19 Vaccine Info (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: This infographic developed by a pediatrician at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic to help inform patients of the COVID vaccine. More Details...
Infografía: Vacuna COVID-19 (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: This infographics was developed by a pediatrician at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic to help inform patients of the COVID vaccine. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccine: Tips from your Community Health Worker (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: COVID-19 vaccines are a critical tool to help stop the spread of disease and protect our communities. MHP Salud\'s Tips from your Community Health Worker resource for is designed for health workers supporting patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The tips and resources aim to help health centers build vaccine confidence among the migrant and agricultural worker population and their families. More Details...
The Importance of Social Connection for Older Adults During COVID-19 (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: Physical distancing and loss of social supports during the COVID-19 pandemic may result in situations where vulnerable older adults experience emotional distress and poorer health outcomes. This webinar focused on helping participants understand the importance of early identification of ways to identify and support socially isolated and lonely older adults. More Details...
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Patients (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: This 2021 publication from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center details how the COVID-19 pandemic affects LGBTQIA+ subpopulations. This brief provides strategies and resources to improve the capacity of health centers to meet the needs of LGBTQIA+ patients during the pandemic. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Implementation Toolkit (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This is a toolkit for decision-makers and implementers of vaccine clinics. Our goal was to create a “vaccination clinic in a box” that could be replicated in, and tailored to, many types of settings. The guide includes prompts for questions you may need to ask, examples of many types of documents that you may need (and information about where to find more documentation), and lessons-learned from our experience. More Details...
SC Primary Health Care Association COVID Testing and Vaccine Education Video (2021). Resource Type: Video. Description: As of Monday, March 22nd there has been 459,772 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina. This video offers some directions and a few resources as proactive measures. Prominent in this video is a discussion of equity in relationship to the vaccine and vaccine hesitancy among persons of color. Available with sub-titles in Spanish. More Details...
Vaccine Education Toolkit: Understanding Immunization and the COVID-19 Vaccine (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: The information you'll find here is a brief compilation of the vast information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other credible sources. It also features trusted African American voices and celebrates their continued contributions in saving American lives. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Clinic Operations Toolkit (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit serves as a guide for healthcare providers and organizations preparing for and honing their COVID-19 vaccine administration processes. In this toolkit there are compiled tools, advice, workflows, and best practices from health centers across the country. More Details...
Population Management Approach to Reaching Key Populations as they Become Eligible (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To meet the demand for knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines, CHCI and its Weitzman Institute is moving back to weekly COVID-19 national webinar sessions! More Details...
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy: Media, Web Page, Person to Person, and Target Populations (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Weitzman ECHO COVID-19 combines specific didactic, case-based learning and COVID-19 experiences and expertise in primary care to front line Safety Net healthcare providers across the country during this pandemic. More Details...
Electronic Patient Engagement Tools: Adaptation for Use in COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout: Insights and tips from several patient engagement vendors (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Last fall, the HITEQ Center published an inventory describing many software tools that facilitate electronic patient engagement (EPE). The inventory detailed feedback from health center users of the EPE tools as well as information from the vendor about features and integration. As the health center workload has expanded to accommodate COVID-19 vaccination, the opportunity of EPE tools to address the needs of both health center and patients in this moment became apparent. HITEQ contacted the vendors included in the original inventory to gather supplemental information on how their products can be leveraged to support COVID-19 vaccine communication and distribution. Four EPE vendors responded. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccine Communication: Electronic Patient Engagement Vendor Discussion: HITEQ and WELL Health vendor discussion event (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: View a brief presentation by HITEQ and WELL Health followed by facilitated questions and discussion on their electronic patient engagement platform and the features within the platform that can assist health centers with COVID vaccine communication and dissemination. More Details...
Three Ways Health Center Board Members can Serve as Ambassadors for the COVID-19 Vaccine (2021). Resource Type: Video. Description: This short video focuses on the board's role in promoting vaccine confidence and awareness. In addition to handouts on talking points and questions for board discussions, links to important resources are provided. More Details...
Partnering for the COVID Vaccine: Lessons from the Flu-LEAD Project (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Center for Health in Public Housing, and subject matter experts from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hosted a webinar about leveraging health center and housing authority partnerships for COVID vaccine distribution. More Details...
Infographic: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine FAQ (2021). Resource Type: Other. Description: This infographic is meant to be a client-facing handout providing education and FAQs on the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. While it is designed to be accessible to populations experiencing homelessness, it is applicable to all patients. More Details...
NACHC COVID-19 Communications Toolkit for Health Center Staff (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This Toolkit is intended to provide health center staff with simple Key Messages (which can be tailored for use with specific populations); Frequently Asked Questions; Sample Social Media posts; and useful template communications materials to create confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine and encourage health center staff and the communities they serve to get the vaccine and help protect against COVID-19. More Details...
Community Health Center Vaccine Supply Chain (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource showcases the role of community health centers in ordering, distributing, tracking, and monitoring vaccines. More Details...
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Manual (2020). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: The purpose of this manual is to assist health center staff and medical providers in the storage, handling, administration, and reporting of the COVID 19 vaccine. More Details...
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Storage and Handling Summary (2021). Resource Type: Document. Description: This resource outlines how to store and handle the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine: Storage and Handling Summary (2021). Resource Type: Document. Description: This document outlines how to store and handle the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...
Better for It: COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Many Americans are still deciding if they will get the COVID-19 vaccine. We are proud to partner with The Center for Black Health & Equity to provide a science-based, factual guide called Better for It to help begin a conversation on how to make a well-informed decision about COVID-19 vaccination. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccine Posters and "I Got Vaccinated" Social Media Images (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: To aid your vaccine communication efforts, NACHC has two new resources: Posters: NACHC’s new COVID-19 vaccine posters (in standard printer size) can help health centers positively promote the vaccine. Customizable social media graphics: Encourage staff and providers who have gotten the vaccine to share their experience on their social media channels with NACHC’s \"I got vaccinated against COVID\" social media graphics. More Details...
COVID-19 Response and Recovery E-Newsletter (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This monthly e-newsletter keeps health centers and state primary care association (PCA) leadership and care teams consistently informed about CDC/NACHC’s COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery strategies, programs, resources, and shares the latest learnings from health centers’ COVID-19 response. More Details...
Trial, By Desire: One FQHC’s Research Trial Experience RE: COVID-19 Vaccine (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The CEO of HealthLinc, Inc, a FQHC in Indiana. Beth Wrobel shares her recent experience in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine trial as a health center CEO at HealthLinc, LLC., a vaccine trial site, and her personal experience as a trial participant. This interview was conducted as part of NACHC’s Leadership Development Technical Assistance Program. More Details...
Talking About the COVID-19 Vaccine with Patients (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: The first step to getting patients to consider getting the COVID-19 vaccine is to talk with them and listen to their concerns. Below is a short script to do that. It is intended to be a guide, so after you get comfortable, feel free to create your own approach based on it. After the conversation, you can offer to help patients make an appointment or get more information, but let them make up their own minds. Did you have a respectful conversation? Mission accomplished! More Details...
Common Questions and Concerns — COVID-19 Vaccine (English/Spanish) (2021). Resource Type: Field-Generated Publication. * Description: This document provides answers to common questions about the COVID-19 vaccine from patients, including "What are the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine?" and "Can the vaccine give me or my family COVID-19?" More Details...
COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Vaccine Planning and Distribution (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Vaccines are a vital, lifesaving tool that prevent illness and death. Vaccines have greatly reduced or eliminated many infectious diseases that once routinely killed or harmed adults and children, particularly those living in poverty. It is essential that households experiencing homelessness have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Many states and counties around the country have prioritized vaccine access both for homeless service providers and individuals experiencing homelessness. More Details...
Consumer Perspectives of the COVID-19 Vaccine: COVID-19 & the HCH Community (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: To better understand how people experiencing homelessness view the COVID-19 vaccine, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council conducted focus groups with steering committee members of its National Consumer Advisory Board and with consumers from local community homeless service programs. This brief is intended to (1) share their direct feedback so those planning vaccination events can better reach priority populations like those experiencing homelessness, and (2) identify actions that should be taken now to maximize the uptake of the vaccine. More Details...
Microplanning for COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This short document outlines the process for COVID-19 vaccine delivery to serve as a planning guide for health centers. The guide addresses the role of the board and the C-Suite in determining the organization's role, then focuses on the core leadership team in four major planning areas: design workflow, data use, education,and engagement. More Details...
COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit: CDC Vaccine Communications Toolkit (2020). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Ready-made materials to inform healthcare teams and staff. More Details...
Ask Me Anything: Microplanning for Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines, Part 1 (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The first in a series of 30-minute Q&A sessions with the Association of Immunization Managers’ CEO, Claire Hannan. Hannan answers questions and provides guidance on microplanning for both Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations in 2020/2021. More Details...
Preparing Your Community for the Flu: Partnering with Health Providers to Prevent a Twindemic: Webinar (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: During this webinar, the Healthcare Resilience Working Group discussed the initiatives that are currently taking place at a national level to prepare health center communities for flu season 2020 and how partnerships with public housing agencies and health care providers to prevent a twindemic between flu and COVID-19 among vulnerable populations is important during these unprecedented times. In this session, various health promotion resources were shared as well other resources for patients to use to successfully locate a flu vaccine provider. More Details...
Nurses on the Front Line: Models for 2020 Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document outlines key components for planning the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as models and lessons learned for the 2020 flu vaccine. More Details...
Flu Vaccine Guidance during COVID-19 for providers serving people without homes (2020). Resource Type: Infographic. Description: People experiencing homelessness are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19 and the Flu and may face additional barriers to receiving vaccinations. A flu vaccine this season can also help reduce the burden on our healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This infographic describes these key considerations. More Details...
Flu LEAD (Linkages to End Access Disparities) Initiative 2020 Information: A Pilot Project to Increase Influenza Vaccination Coverage among HUD-Assisted Residents (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NCHPH informational page provides an overview, and resources about the Flu LEAD pilot project directed by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase influenza vaccination coverage among residents of Public Housing Agencies (PHAs). More Details...
Influenza Vaccine Readiness in an Era of COVID-19: Reflections from Community Health Center Leaders (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document contains interviews conducted by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) with a diverse group of health center leaders to ascertain issues being considered in light of the urgent need for expansive influenza vaccine overage in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic. More Details...
Influenza Vaccination Technical Assistance Materials for Health Centers Curated by the Flu LEAD (Linkages to End Access Disparities) Team (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The following HRSA document contains technical assistance resources that may be helpful to health centers and other Health Center Program stakeholders interested in supporting clinical and community efforts to increase seasonal influenza vaccination rates. More Details...
Payment and Delivery Reform: Medicaid in the Time of COVID-19 (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NACHC hosted a 3-part virtual peer learning opportunity on “Medicaid in the Time of COVID-19” as a year-end wrap-up to the 2019 Payment and Delivery Reform Summit. More Details...