Quick Finds: Special and Vulnerable Populations

CHW Certification, Opportunities and Readiness for Employment (CORE) self-paced training (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: The purpose of this training program is to increase the number of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Health Support Workers in Pennsylvania and New Castle County in Delaware. With online training and placement at a trusted community health organization, this training program will equip participants with the skill set to provide effective community outreach, build trust, and act as a bridge between their communities and health service providers. More Details...

The Role of Community Health Workers in Breast Cancer Screening Equity (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar examines the intersections of social determinants of health, breast cancer screening interventions, and the use of Community Health Workers in care settings. Through peer learning and interactive web materials, participants hone in on social determinants of health, increasing mammography utilization, and care team support among low-income women who are residents of public housing. More Details...

Strategies for Emergency Management of Chronic Conditions Among Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: People living with chronic conditions, and especially Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs), can encounter particular threats to their health during an emergency event. NCFH has developed a resource to assist health center staff, clinical coordinators, and emergency managers with tools to assist MSAW chronic care patients, so that the worst outcomes of these events can be avoided. This checklist includes risk factors for chronic care patients during an emergency, action items to help patients prepare, and disease-specific recommendations for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease. This resource also includes some additional outreach and communication strategies to reach MSAWs with chronic conditions during emergencies. More Details...

El Rol de los Promotores de Salud en la Detección Equitativa del Cáncer de Mama (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Este webinar explora la interseccion entre intervenciones de cancer de mama, determinantes sociales de la salud y la utilizacion de los promotores de salud en contextos de cuidado. Nuestros expertos presentan buenas practicas para apoyar a miembros del equipo de cuidado para aumentar el acceso a servicios de cancer y el compromiso de los pacientes y cuidadores, haciendo énfasis en centros de salud que atienden a residentes de viviendas publicas. More Details...

Stratifying Quality Measures by Housing Status and Location (2023). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: In this training, we learned how to impact communities meaningfully by utilizing data to improve screening, care quality, and health outcomes. NNCC and the Primary Care Development Corporation partnered to conduct a webinar that guided health centers serving public housing residents and other special groups on using UDS data for QI, care coordination, and care model design. More Details...

The Role of Medical-Legal Partnerships to Support Ill or Injured H-2A Workers (English version) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health in collaboration with Farmworker Justice presents this 90-minute webinar in which presenters will discuss the role of medical-legal partnerships to support injured or ill H-2A workers and share challenges and practical strategies to initiate or strengthen medical-legal partnerships. Also featured will be Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega from Quincy Community Health Center in Washington state who will present on her partnership with Northwest Justice Project, a legal services organization; she will share the history of their partnership and their joint efforts to conduct outreach, advocacy, and support to H-2A workers in their communities. Presented on 7/11/2023. More Details...

The Role of Medical-Legal Partnerships to Support Ill or Injured H-2A Workers (English version) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health in collaboration with Farmworker Justice presents this 90-minute webinar in which presenters will discuss the role of medical-legal partnerships to support injured or ill H-2A workers and share challenges and practical strategies to initiate or strengthen medical-legal partnerships. Also featured will be Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega from Quincy Community Health Center in Washington state who will present on her partnership with Northwest Justice Project, a legal services organization; she will share the history of their partnership and their joint efforts to conduct outreach, advocacy, and support to H-2A workers in their communities. Presented on 7/11/2023. More Details...

Guia para viviendas seguras y adecuadas para los trabajadores agricolas (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Un recurso desarrollado por el Centro Nacional para la Salud de los Trabajadores Agrícolas para proporcionar información sobre los tipos de vivienda de los trabajadores agrícolas en los EE.UU. y compartir recomendaciones y estrategias específicas para los centros de salud, las organizaciones de servicio a los trabajadores agrícolas, los empleadores agrícolas, los propietarios de granjas y otros defensores de los trabajadores agrícolas para reducir los riesgos para la salud y promover entornos de vida seguros y saludables para los trabajadores agrícolas migratorios y de temporada (MSAWs). More Details...

LGBTQIA+ Care Organizational Change Videos (2023). Resource Type: Micro-Learning. Description: Our new 3-5 minute video series discusses best practices for organizational change at health centers to provide LGBTQIA+ affirming care. Topics include Health Needs Assessment, Engagement and Collaboration with Community Partners, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Collection, Information Technology Considerations, Investment and Engagement from Key Stakeholders, and Recruitment and Retention of LGBTQIA+ workers. More Details...

Lived Experience and Data Management: Trauma-Informed Approaches and Perspectives (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication will explore why and how lived expertise must be sought and valued by health centers and allied organizations to improve every stage of the data management process from collection and analysis to data sharing, access, and decision-making. Additionally, we will discuss the nexus of racial equity and lived expertise in data management, and how data used improperly or carelessly have the potential to both harm and help perpetuate inequities. Finally, we provide recommendations and practices that can be implemented in the short, medium, and long term to use data to reduce the chances of re-traumatization. More Details...

Cultural Adaptation of Measures and Tools for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Collection (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will highlight opportunities to adapt SOGI data collection measures and tools through culturally and linguistically affirming approaches, to better serve multilingual, multiethnic, and racially diverse communities. Participants will hear from bilingual-bicultural researcher Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, PhD, MPHE, MCHES who will share his experiences developing culturally relevant strategies with Spanish-speaking communities, and Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, who will highlight SOGI resources from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center. More Details...

Community Health Worker (CHW) Workforce Development: Methodologies for CHW Use in Addressing the SDOH in Vulnerable Populations (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Lombardi from NCHPH, Jason Amirhadji from HUD and our FQHC partners at Albion Community Health Centers discussed the frameworks, methodologies and promising practices that guide efficient, effective and person-centered care using CHWs. More Details...

Community Health Worker (CHW) Workforce Development: Methodologies for CHW Use in Addressing the SDOH in Vulnerable Populations: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Evidence increasingly emphasizes the importance of the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in supporting the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in vulnerable populations. This is particularly true for health and housing partnerships and their associated supports. 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...

Engaging Health Centers in the Human Rights Campaign's Healthcare Equality Index to Advance LGBTQIA+ Equity (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health centers strive to create an environment where all patients, visitors, and employees feel safe, affirmed, and respected. How do you know if your health center is truly meeting those needs? One way is to participate in the upcoming Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) survey from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). This biennial survey evaluates and scores healthcare facilities on detailed criteria under four central pillars: Foundational Policies and Training in LGBTQIA+ Patient-Centered Care; LGBTQIA+ Patient Services and Support; Employee Benefits and Policies; and, Patient and Community Engagement. More Details...

Futures Without Violence CUES videos (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: CUES is an evidence-based universal education strategy to educate all patients about healthy and unhealthy relationships, the health impact of IPV, and available national resources for support. This approach differs from screening in that all patients are given information on the health impact of IPV and safety support, regardless of their disclosure of current or past experiences of violence. It also helps reach more patients who may choose not to disclose for a variety of reasons, while also promoting prevention. More Details...

Capital Planning for Addressing Rural Health Needs (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a webinar we presented on June 22, 2023, with Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, to discuss the unique needs of rural health centers in planning for capital projects. More Details...

Gender-affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People Experiencing Homelessness (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will highlight unique challenges and best practices to improve gender-affirming care for TGD people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. Presenters will provide an overview of the spectrum of housing instability, address screening considerations and data collection for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), and offer specific resources to support housing stability, gender affirmation, and other social emotional support services. The session will include a didactic component and case presentations. More Details...

The Role of Community Health Workers in Breast Cancer Screening Equity: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NCHPH and NNCC hosted a webinar (Spanish language) that explored the intersection between breast cancer interventions, social determinants of health, and the use of health promoters (promotoras) in care settings. More Details...

Highlighting Community Partnerships with South Carolina Agricultural Worker Health Program (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Highlighting Community Partnerships: How South Carolina Agricultural Worker Health Program (SCAgWHP) Increases Access to Care for Agricultural Workers through Collaboration. The National Center for Farmworker Health and the Ag Worker Access Campaign Task Force present this 60-minute webinar which will highlight the South Carolina Agricultural Worker Health Program’s (SCAgWHP) efforts to establish strategic community and regional partnerships to increase access to care for migratory and seasonal agricultural worker (MSAW) families in South Carolina, including how they identify, establish, and maintain community partnerships as well as challenges faced, and lessons learned. Participants will access resources to support their efforts to establish community partnerships. Presented on 6/15/2023. More Details...

Highlighting Community Partnerships with South Carolina Agricultural Worker Health Program (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Highlighting Community Partnerships: How South Carolina Agricultural Worker Health Program (SCAgWHP) Increases Access to Care for Agricultural Workers through Collaboration. The National Center for Farmworker Health and the Ag Worker Access Campaign Task Force present this 60-minute webinar which will highlight the South Carolina Agricultural Worker Health Program’s (SCAgWHP) efforts to establish strategic community and regional partnerships to increase access to care for migratory and seasonal agricultural worker (MSAW) families in South Carolina, including how they identify, establish, and maintain community partnerships as well as challenges faced, and lessons learned. Participants will access resources to support their efforts to establish community partnerships. Presented on 6/15/2023. More Details...

Affirming Telehealth Practices for LGBTQIA+ Communities (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join us for this one-hour session to explore promising telehealth practices to serve LGBTQIA+ communities and mitigate stigma and barriers to healthcare. This session will give a comprehensive overview of tools, resources, and best practices to help you build or expand your telehealth programming to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ patients. This session will be led by Emily Phillips, Fenway Health Telehealth Project Manager. More Details...

Lessons Learned in Training School-Based Health Center Staff to Prevent and Address Adolescent Relationship Abuse (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is intended to support teams interested in offering structured learning opportunities designed to strengthen the capacity of SBHC staff to prevent and respond to adolescent relationship abuse and human trafficking. More Details...

Lessons Learned in Training School-Based Health Center Staff to Prevent and Address Adolescent Relationship Abuse (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is intended to support teams interested in offering structured learning opportunities designed to strengthen the capacity of SBHC staff to prevent and respond to adolescent relationship abuse and human trafficking. More Details...

Introducción a las ITS para trabajadores de alcance comunitario que sirven a trabajadores agrícolas (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Únase a NCFH y al Dr. Leandro Mena, Director de la División de Prevención de enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS) de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), para aprender sobre la carga creciente de las ITS y cómo afectan a las poblaciones de inmigrantes y latinos en los EE.UU. La participación está abierta a cualquier persona y todos son bienvenidos; esta capacitación está diseñada para promotores de salud comunitarios (CHWs), y trabajadores de alcance comunitario que sirven a los trabajadores agrícolas. Presentado el 06/10/23. More Details...

Introducción a las ITS para trabajadores de alcance comunitario que sirven a trabajadores agrícolas (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Únase a NCFH y al Dr. Leandro Mena, Director de la División de Prevención de enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS) de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), para aprender sobre la carga creciente de las ITS y cómo afectan a las poblaciones de inmigrantes y latinos en los EE.UU. La participación está abierta a cualquier persona y todos son bienvenidos; esta capacitación está diseñada para promotores de salud comunitarios (CHWs), y trabajadores de alcance comunitario que sirven a los trabajadores agrícolas. Presentado el 06/10/23. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series - June 8, 2023: Re-engaging Patients in Dental Care (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has created several challenges for our country’s health care infrastructure, and the community health center workforce is no exception. Join us as we describe strategies to get patients back into dental care. Along with these strategies, participants will learn how to recognize challenges in dental practices, as well as how to engage the interdisciplinary care team through role redesign and integration to increase access to comprehensive care. More Details...

Sensitive Information and the Electronic Patient Record: HITEQ Center, June 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: With nearly 100% of community health centers utilizing electronic health records (EHR) to care for patients, focus has pivoted from implementation and new workflow development to enhancement in order to drive value and reflect patient needs and population trends. EHR technology presents potential opportunities and significant constraints. Providers frequently document and share potentially sensitive information in the EHR, such as risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), consistent offers of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), or patient sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). More Details...

Screening for the Social Determinants of Health: An Epidemiological Perspective: NCHPH Learning Collaborative (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: There is increasing interest in integrating the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) into clinical practice. When appropriately utilized, screening for SDOH provides measurable benefits to clinicians, patients, and health center management. More Details...

¡Protéjase con la vacuna TD o Tdap!: Recurso para Trabajadores Agricolas (2023). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: An educational resource that provides information to farmworkers on the benefits of receiving or updating the TD or Tdap vaccine. It also outlines the risks associated with Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis, provides recommendations on vaccination, and other available resources. Recurso educativo que proporciona información a los trabajadores agrícolas sobre los beneficios de recibir o actualizar la vacuna TD o Tdap. También describe los riesgos asociados al tétanos, la difteria y la tos ferina, ofrece recomendaciones sobre la vacunación y otros recursos disponibles. More Details...

Protect Yourself with the TD or Tdap Vaccine!: Resource for Farmworkers (2023). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: An educational resource that provides information to farmworkers on the benefits of receiving or updating the TD or Tdap vaccine. It also outlines the risks associated with Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis, provides recommendations on vaccination, and other available resources. More Details...

Integrated Behavioral Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People: An Affirming, Harm Reduction, and Trauma Responsive Approach (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides a systematic team-based approach to providing patient-centered care delivered within affirming and trauma-responsive spaces. The publication is a promising solution for improving healthcare access, utilization, and outcomes for transgender people. More Details...

Improve Diabetes Prevention and Care at Your Health Center (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NCFH resource provides information about the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and its many benefits for both patients and health centers. Health centers can offer and integrate this highly effective lifestyle change program into chronic care management, diabetes education and support, and other services. More Details...

Guide for Safe and Adequate Housing for Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This new guide provides information about Ag Worker housing across the U.S. and shares recommendations and strategies to promote safe and healthy living environments for this population. More Details...

Environmental Impacts on Diabetes Management and Access to Care: Diabetes Continuum of Care, June 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This web page features diabetes related resources NCFH has compiled to assists community health centers with specific needs, resources, and tools to enhance their knowledge and programs on implementing certified Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) and/or the National Diabetes Prevention Program. Visit the Hub to download resources to advance your chronic disease prevention and management efforts! More Details...

The Health of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Patients Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2021 Uniform Data System; Webinar - May 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) hosted a webinar sharing a data analysis of the 2021 Uniform Data System (UDS) and recommendations to increase access to care and improve health outcomes for AA and NH/PI patients. Presenters shared key findings from AAPCHO’s updated and annual report, “The Health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2021 Uniform Data System”. More Details...

Servicios de salud a bajo costo para trabajadores agricolas y sus familias! (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH desarrollo este recurso para proporcionar a los trabajadores agricolas, incluidos los trabajadores con visa H-2A, informacion sobre los programas y servicios disponibles que ofrecen los centros de salud y como conectarse a estos servicios. More Details...

Low-Cost Health Services for Farmworkers & their Families! (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH developed this resource to provide farmworkers, including H-2A visa workers, with information about available programs and services that health centers offer and ways to get connected to these services. More Details...

Health Centers and Syringe Services Programs (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Our new resource emphasizes HRSA policy allowing health centers to participate in SSPs, outlines models of care, and provides best practices and resources for moving forward to provide health center patients access to syringes. More Details...

Heat Safety for Older Adults (2023). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This tip sheet is intended to give health center staff a starting point to engage older patients in preparing for extreme heat to stay cool and avoid illness. More Details...

What You Need to Know About Informal Caregiving and the LGBTQIA+ Community  (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) will focus on the unique experiences and considerations for supporting both LGBTQIA+ caregivers who provide care or assistance to a family member, chosen family, or friend and those providing care to LGBTQIA+ older adults.  More Details...

Consumer Engagement Assessment Tool (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This assessment tool will aid health centers in evaluating their efforts to invite, facilitate, and support consumer input and leadership in the governance of their organizations. For Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) programs within larger FQHC funding structures or public entities, accurate responses to questions about organizational governance and administrative activities may require input from both organizational leadership and HCH program directors. The purpose of these questions is to evaluate how people with lived experience of homelessness are invited into governance, even for programs that are not HCH standalones. More Details...

What's Next in PrEP?: New Strategies for Prevention (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Just over 10 years ago, the first agent for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis was approved in the United States. Since then, the landscape of PrEP has shifted, with approval of additional PrEP medications and growth of low-threshold PrEP delivery strategies, such as same-day PrEP. In this interactive webinar, participants will learn about new medications in the pipeline for PrEP and emerging PrEP delivery models. More Details...

What's Next in PrEP?: New Strategies for Prevention (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Just over 10 years ago, the first agent for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis was approved in the United States. Since then, the landscape of PrEP has shifted, with approval of additional PrEP medications and growth of low-threshold PrEP delivery strategies, such as same-day PrEP. In this interactive webinar, participants will learn about new medications in the pipeline for PrEP and emerging PrEP delivery models. More Details...

Preparedness in Action: Practical Exercises for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)presents this 60-minute webinar which will familiarize attendees with practical and efficient tools for meeting and exceeding emergency preparedness (EP) rules, specifically on exercises. The presenter will cover EP exercise basics, tips for communicating their value to increase staff buy-in, and tools for health centers to implement exercises more easily, before hearing from a health center panel on common challenges they face in this area, and lessons learned along the way. Presented on 5/24/2023. More Details...

Preparedness in Action: Practical Exercises for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)presents this 60-minute webinar which will familiarize attendees with practical and efficient tools for meeting and exceeding emergency preparedness (EP) rules, specifically on exercises. The presenter will cover EP exercise basics, tips for communicating their value to increase staff buy-in, and tools for health centers to implement exercises more easily, before hearing from a health center panel on common challenges they face in this area, and lessons learned along the way. Presented on 5/24/2023. More Details...

VIH / SIDA Entre Los Trabajadores Agricolas (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH has produced an updated HIV/AIDS & U.S. Agricultural Workers fact sheet. Updates include more recent statistics from CDC and recent peer- reviewed literature on HIV studies among agricultural workers. It is available on the NCFH website to view and download at the link below. More Details...

Long COVID and LGBTQIA+ Mental Health (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will focus on the mental health impacts for LGBTQIA+ people who are coping with Long COVID (Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome, or PACS). 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...

Using Trauma-Informed Yoga as a Tool (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) in collaboration with Exhale to Inhale, presents the Trauma-Informed Yoga Workshop and Practice. Exhale to Inhale is a non-profit organization that offers essential wellness practices to communities affected by violence and provides trauma-informed training and education to help create trauma-informed spaces, During this webinar, participants will learn about trauma symptoms, how trauma-informed yoga can be used as a modality to support and empower survivors of sexual and domestic violence, and ways trauma-informed yoga can also be used for self-care. Presented on 5/18/2023. More Details...