Results: Learning Collaboratives

A Family-Centered Approach to Affirming Care

Organization: Renaye James Healthcare Advisors (RJHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Patient Safety.
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff, Board of Directors, C-Suite, Clinicians, Enabling Staff, Outreach Staff, PCAs
Description: A nationally recognized pediatric endocrinologist will explore approaches to providing affirming medical gender care to children and adolescents and guide participants through a series of care strategies and tools. Content over four sessions will address treatment for gender-expansive youth at each stage of development, special considerations for transgender adolescents, and a review and discussion of current controversies in pediatric gender care. Unique to this training will be interactive skill-building on the essentials of communication with patients and their families in common gender care scenarios and a special skills lab for pediatric gender-affirming care. 2/15/2024 - 3/21/2024 (2 trainings/month)

A Family-Centered Approach to Gender Affirming Care

Organization: Renaye James Healthcare Advisors, LLC (RJHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Advancing Health Equity.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: In this training participants will gain a greater awareness and understanding of a family-centered approach for gender affirming care, learn about evidence-based risk assessment tools and resources for gender affirming care, and learn how to inform, educate, and empower patients about gender affirming need issues.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: Will be forthcoming
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Alicia Berkowitz: aberkowitz@renayejames.com

Access to Comprehensive Care and Health Coverage for Farmworkers

Organization: Farmworker Justice (FJ).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Access to Comprehensive Care.
Primary Target Audience: Outreach Staff
Description: In this learning collaborative, health center staff will learn about the current landscape of health access for farmworkers and barriers to obtaining comprehensive health coverage. Participants will have the opportunity to problem-solve around these barriers, share best practices and strategies with peers, and access educational resources to improve outreach and access to health insurance in their communities ahead of this year’s Open Enrollment period.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpdeitpjgrE9DeXoTUBzg3kxky6K5svoi1#/registration
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: nkana@farmworkerjustice.org: Nina Kanakarajavelu

Addressing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

Organization: National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Objective 4: Advancing Health Equity.
Primary Target Audience: Enabling Staff, Outreach Staff, PCAs
Description: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, despite the availability of high-quality screening options. Multiple barriers to CRC screening have been identified, including cost for the uninsured, younger age, racial or ethnic minorities, recent immigration to the United States (non-English speakers), fear or distrust of the health care system, and rural residence. This learning collaborative will explore barriers to CRC screening and identify interventions that can be implemented by health center programs serving at-risk populations.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: https://rebrand.ly/c8js2jn
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: n.a.: n.a.

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Exploitation in Reproductive Health Care

Organization: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation.
Level: Introductory, Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Objective 2: Emerging Issue .
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians, Enabling Staff, Outreach Staff, PCAs
Description: Join Health Partners on IPV and Exploitation for a four-session learning collaborative where you will learn to identify IPV as a reproductive justice issue. This LC will help you define the health impact of IPV and exploitation, prevalence of reproductive coercion among LGBTQIA+ community and how to practice CUES to promote equity. You will hear from subject matter experts on ways health centers can build partnerships with community-based organizations to support survivors and improve outcomes. Application deadline is February 19, 2024

Advanced Team-Based Care

Organization: Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC, Inc.).
Level: Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Team-based care.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: The Advancing Team-Based Care Learning Collaborative a participatory learning experience designed to support health centers and look-alikes in developing a strategic plan for implementing team-based care within the context of their own organization, its structure, and resources. This Learning Collaborative will provide the acquisition of knowledge, skills, tools, and guidance to health centers beginning or restarting their move to high performance team-based comprehensive primary care with knowledge about the basic principles and best practices of care and the strategies to plan for implementation. The Collaborative will provide a series of videoconference learning sessions with 10-12 health centers and look-alikes from across the country, as well as quality improvement training, ongoing mentoring for the coach in the organization, technical assistance, and access to web-based tools. The action periods between sessions will include assignments and deliverables, and calls between health center coaches and CHCI mentor coaches to facilitate the uptake of the intervention.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: https://education.weitzmaninstitute.org/content/community-health-center-inc-national-training-and-technical-assistance-partnership-nttap
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Meaghan Angers: angersm@mwhs1.com

Advancing Health Equity: Increasing Access to Care for IPV and Exploitation Survivors

Organization: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation.
Level: Introductory .
BPHC Objective: Objective 4: Health Equity .
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: Achieving health equity for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and human trafficking/exploitation (HT/E) begins with opportunities both at the health center (HC) level and through their community-based partnerships. HCs can focus on systems change to disrupt the cycle of violence, including by developing partnerships, creating clinical workflows that utilize an evidence-based “CUES” intervention (Confidentiality, Universal Education and Empowerment, and Support), and optimizing health IT tools and UDS data collection measures. This LC will explore the health impact of IPV, labor trafficking/E including on farmworkers, youth and rural communities and review these system changes and best practices to advance health equity for survivors of IPV/HT/E. Sessions will go from January 24, 2024 to February 14, 2024. Deadline to apply is Friday, December 15, 2023 – midnight at your local time zone. This LC will be presented in English with Spanish interpretation. / Este aprendizaje colaborativo se presentará en inglés con interpretación en español.
Timeframe: Winter 2024
Register: https://healthpartnersipve.org/learning-opp/increasing-access-to-care-for-ipv-e-survivors/
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Camila Sanchez Tejada : csanchez@futureswithoutviolence.org

Bring Your CHW Program to the Next Level: Implementing Practice-Based Learning at Your Health Center Learning Collaborative

Organization: MHP Salud.
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Advancing Health Equity.
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff
Description: Community Health Workers (CHWs) are professionals who go through various trainings to better understand and serve their communities. Practice-based opportunities can provide the structured, paid trainings for CHWs to be able to receive credentials to meet their state’s certification requirements. Through this learning collaborative, participants will learn about how to increase their centers’ capacity to implement these practice-based learning opportunities for CHWs to be able to serve vulnerable populations in their community.
Timeframe: Spring 2024 For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: n.a.: n.a.

Capital Development Learning Collaborative - Early Project Planning Stages

Organization: Capital Link.
Level: n.a..
BPHC Objective: Access to Comprehensive Care.
Primary Target Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Description: The Capital Development Learning Collaborative - Early Project Planning Stages is the first of a two-part learning collaborative, with the first taking place in the fall and the second, Later Project Planning Stages, in the spring. This collaborative is designed to assist health centers that anticipate the need for a capital project during the next one to five years. Through a series of four virtual meetings, health centers learn the basics of capital planning, financing, and project development.
Timeframe: Fall 2023 For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: n.a.: n.a.

Capital Development Learning Collaborative - Late Project Planning Stages

Organization: Capital Link .
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Objective 6: Capital Project Planning and Finance: Increase the number of health centers that receive T/TA to enhance the capacity of health centers to plan for and finance successful capital development projects..
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff, Board of Directors, C-Suite
Description: For health centers planning a capital project during the next one to three years and focusing on the later phases of their project plans, this new Learning Collaborative goes beyond the initial planning phase of capital development to explore the complexities of the numerous and often complex financing approaches and options, highlighting “lessons learned”. The series of four learning sessions, beginning on March 26, 2024, will be enhanced with valuable tools and resources and opportunities for personalized, one-on-one guidance from our Project Consultants. Deadline for applications is March 20, 2024. Four one-hour webinar sessions: 3/26, 4/2, 4/49, and 4/16 More info: https://www.caplink.org/trainings-and-programs/learning-collaboratives/capital-projects-lc

Capital Development Learning Collaborative - Later Project Planning Stages

Organization: Capital Link.
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Financial and Operational Sustainability.
Primary Target Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Description: This Collaborative will focus on the later stages of planning and financing a capital project that supports an effective, integrated, comprehensive model of care that provides access to affordable, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: TBD
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Beth Edwards: bedwards@caplink.org.

Childhood Diabetes Prevention Learning Collaborative

Organization: Health Outreach Partners (HOP).
Level: n.a..
BPHC Objective: Chronic Disease Management.
Primary Target Audience: n.a.
Description: This Learning Collaborative is aimed at improving diabetes prevention in migrant and seasonal agricultural worker (MSAW) children. This four-session learning collaborative, offered by Farmworker Justice, Health Outreach Partners, and the School-Based Health Alliance, is for community health center primary care and behavioral health providers and outreach staff. The sessions will focus on strategies and best practices for identifying and addressing diabetes risks, incorporating better nutrition and physical activity into families' daily lives, and sharing experiences with community health center (CHC) peers and experts. Each community health center, FQHC or SBHC must have at least two staff members participate. The four sessions will take place weekly on Thursdays on February 9, February 23, March 9 and March 23 from 2:00-3:30 pm ET (11:00 am - 12:30 pm PT). Register here: https://bit.ly/3DrHScH

Dental Assistant Workforce Learning Collaborative

Organization: National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Oral Health Workforce.
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff
Description: This collaborative will support health centers in developing their own in-house dental assistant training program, optimizing their recruitment and retention strategies.
Timeframe: Spring 2024 For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Candace Owen: candace@nnoha.org

Developing Environmentally Resilient and Efficient Health Center Facilities

Organization: Capital Link.
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Preparedness for Emergencies and Environmental Impacts on Health.
Primary Target Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Description: This learning collaborative addresses health center facility needs and opportunities related to environmental health, resilient and efficient infrastructure, and climate change response.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: TBD
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Beth Edwards: bedwards@caplink.org.

Diabetes Learning Collaborative

Organization: National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Chronic Disease Management.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: Obtain CDCES certification by participating in this LC! The LC provides guidance and assistance to health center staff on obtaining the CDCES certification, which is recognized as the gold standard for diabetes care and support. NCFH is partnering with the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) and Expert Consultant, Ardis Reed, for the third year, to assist LC participants in strengthening their readiness to take the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) exam, formerly known as CDE, and become a certified CDCES.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJHLSYZ
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Megan Martinez: martinez@ncfh.org

ECHO Diabetes Learning Collaborative in Spanish

Organization: Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN).
Level: Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Chronic Disease Management.
Primary Target Audience: Outreach Staff
Description: CHWs play a critical role on the health center team. Incorporating CHWs into meaningful diabetes management addresses the need for comprehensive, affordable, culturally and linguistically appropriate health services as well as creating a patient experience that is respectful of, and responsive to, individual preferences, culture, needs, values and helps guide clinical decisions. This six-part learning collaborative will provide CHWs with evidence based clinical knowledge about diabetes increases patient safety because they have increased access to the right information. CHWs also have a more intimate knowledge of the social risk factors patients face in the communities in which they live and work.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: TBA
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Theressa Lyons-Clampitt: tlyons@migrantclinician.org

Environmental Impacts and Natural Disaster Preparedness in MSAW Communities

Organization: Farmworker Justice.
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Preparedness for Emergencies and Environmental Impacts on Health .
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians, Enabling Staff, Outreach Staff
Description: This learning collaborative, designed for health center staff that serve migratory and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs), will explore the effects of a changing climate and natural disasters on MSAW communities, as well as health centers’ role in mitigating these impacts and building community resiliency. During the four weekly sessions, participating health centers will learn about the impacts of heat stress on MSAW health, such as heat-related illness, kidney injury, and increased risk of workplace injuries; how natural disasters such as floods, droughts and hurricanes affect MSAWs' health and SDOH; current regulations and promising practices to mitigate the impact of climate change on MSAW health and improve natural disaster preparedness and recovery. Participants will also gain knowledge about specific health issues related to climate change and natural disasters, as well as tools and resources to support prevention and response. By the end of the collaborative, participants will have in place the foundations of an emergency preparedness and response plan for their own organizations and communities. You can access a google site with more information about each session at https://sites.google.com/farmworkerjustice.org/farmworker-justice-lc/home.

Evaluating Patient Experience to Promote Health Equity

Organization: National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Advancing Health Equity.
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff, Clinicians, Enabling Staff, Outreach Staff, PCAs
Description: Understanding the patient experience is a crucial step toward patient-centered care. The patient experience encompasses patients' interactions with the healthcare system, including care from health plans, providers, nurses, staff, health centers, and other healthcare facilities. These interactions are vital to healthcare quality and encompass elements that patients highly value, such as timely appointments, easy access to information, and effective communication with providers. NNCC invites you to join the upcoming Learning Collaborative focused on the patient experience and its role in advancing health equity. Participants will be able to test the patient experience assessment tool developed by NNCC, which aligns with the Advancing Health Center Excellence framework and provides health centers with an objective means of evaluating their utilization of patient experience in shaping policies, operating hours, communication methods, and addressing technology disparities. HC will conduct a test of the assessment tool and use the results to develop a small test of change.
Timeframe: Tuesdays, Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30 2024
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5It3FD-RrKygAz8JgAY6w
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: mbeierschmitt@phmc.org: Matt Beierschmitt

Exploring Cultural Competency and Humility in the Care of HIV Patients Learning Collaborative

Organization: National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Objective 5: Chronic Disease Management.
Primary Target Audience: Enabling Staff, Outreach Staff
Description: People are shaped by their culture. An individual’s diverse beliefs, behaviors, attitudes toward medicine, and even the outcome of their medical treatments are all influenced by the cultures that comprise them. The cultural and ethnic diversity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States is well known. The vast majority of People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) today are members of historically underserved and marginalized populations, most notably racial and ethnic minorities. This four-session learning collaborative will explore cultural humility and how to reduce stigma and discrimination.

Fundamentals of Comprehensive Care

Organization: Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC, Inc.).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Access to Comprehensive Care.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: The Fundamentals of Comprehensive Care Learning Collaborative a participatory learning experience designed to support health centers and look-alikes in acquiring knowledge on the fundamentals of comprehensive care to begin to implement team-based care within the context of their own organization, its structure, and resources. This Learning Collaborative will provide the acquisition of knowledge, skills, tools, and guidance to health centers beginning or restarting their move to high performance team-based comprehensive primary care with knowledge about the basic principles and best practices of care and the strategies to plan for implementation. The Collaborative will provide a series of videoconference learning sessions with 10-12 health centers and look-alikes from across the country, as well as quality improvement training, ongoing mentoring for the coach in the organization, technical assistance, and access to web-based tools. The action periods between sessions will include assignments and deliverables, and calls between health center coaches and CHCI mentor coaches to facilitate the uptake of the intervention.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://education.weitzmaninstitute.org/content/community-health-center-inc-national-training-and-technical-assistance-partnership-nttap
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Meaghan Angers: angersm@mwhs1.com