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Community Inclusion and Cultural Humility in Diabetes Prevention (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) hosted a webinar focused on cultural humility and strategies for community inclusion in diabetes care. Subject matter expert Tiana Matthews-Martinez RD shared best implementations practices and real accounts of developing patient-centered diabetes prevention programs, treatments, and educational interventions tailored toward residents of public housing. Participants learned how to apply cultural humility to diabetes care while engaging community members in culturally and linguistically responsive healthcare practices to address racial and ethnic health disparities. More Details...

Culturally Appropriate Healthy Eating Educational Tool for Asian Americans: Filipino and Hmong Editions Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: AAPCHO and MHP Salud presented four culturally relevant My Healthy Plate brochures that include the cultural traditions and dietary preferences of Filipino/a/x and Hmong Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (MSAW) communities as critical tools in preventing diabetes. In this webinar, speakers from Mabuhay Health Center and Minnesota Community Care shared the importance of culturally relevant My Healthy Plate educational resources, a national survey and health center collaboration efforts, and promising practices. MHP Salud introduced their series of culturally appropriate My Healthy Plate educational resources and how they increase organizational capacity at Health Centers through community health worker (CHW)-led programs. More Details...

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management: Part 3 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session was part 3 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series. This session was entitled \"Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management\" and featured guest speakers from Community Health of South Florida, Inc., Medcentro Puerto Rico, and California Primary Care Association. More Details...

Equitable Diabetes Prevention: Keys to Success from a Pacific Islander Community (2022). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) and the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) invite you to listen to the second episode in NNCC’s Fall podcast series where we discuss equitable diabetes prevention services for special and vulnerable populations, specifically Pacific Islanders. NNCC\'s Jillian Bird speaks to Jen Lee from AAPCHO and Cecilia Sigrah from Kosrae Community Health Center in the Federated States of Micronesia about the rollout of their Pacific Islander Diabetes Prevention Program (PI-DPP) and the outcomes of providing a tailored prevention program. More Details...

Diabetes Across the Lifespan: Healthy Eating Considerations for Latino Populations (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Vulnerable populations are at a higher risk for chronic illnesses such as diabetes due to their lack of access to healthcare and healthy food options. Most common foods in the Hispanic/Latino culture are high in sugar and carbohydrates, which lends itself to the high rates of diabetes within this community. Community Health Workers deliver culturally inclusive health education resources that help Latinos, and other high-risk populations choose the correct meals and portions to manage diabetes and stay in better physical shape. More Details...

Diabetes Continuous Quality Improvement: MCN Webinar (English) (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Diabetes management continues to be a focus of health center quality improvement efforts, especially for those who are serving special populations with unique needs, such as Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs). More Details...

How Health Centers Can Promote Benefits of Exercise to Diabetic Public Housing Residents and Promising Practices (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication by NCHPH discusses the importance of exercise among public housing patients with diabetes, in addition to how it can benefit them. More Details...

Data Discovery: Snapshot of Social Determinants of Health in Public Housing Primary Care Communities (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This brief describes the findings of an online mapping resource that shows the distribution of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) indicators across counties with Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) health centers. More Details...

The Impact of Health Literacy on Diabetes (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This blog by NCHPH explains how health literacy can affect persons living with diabetes in addition to its benefits. More Details...

Addressing Barriers to Diabetes Management for Residents of Public Housing (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Facebook Live session reviewed behavioral interventions that incorporate promising practices for public housing residents to manage diabetes and its complications. More Details...

Issue Brief: The Climate Crisis and Its Impact on Farmworkers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Issue brief prepared for FJ’s Environmental Justice Symposium (May 17th and 18th, 2022) addressing the impacts of the climate crisis on farmworkers in the areas of heat stress, pesticide exposure, food security, and water access. More Details...

Building Partnerships to Address Food Insecurity (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The lack of access to socially acceptable means for acquiring healthy foods can lead to individuals and families making tradeoffs that harm their well-being. Screening for food insecurity is a starting point to identifying patient/community needs, but effective partnership plans for support health care providers need ways to promptly connect patients with access to healthy food. This webinar will discuss how health centers can further support or modify current infrastructure to make connections to referral systems that support patient/community abilities to purchase healthy food. More Details...

Diabetes Resources for Health Centers Serving Special and Vulnerable Populations (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, NCHPH hosted a dynamic introduction to the rich collection of resources on diabetes prevention and management for Health Center Programs. More Details...

The Impact of Health Literacy on Diabetes Mellitus (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In diabetes, health literacy is related to diabetes knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care behaviors and glycemic control. Health literacy may also provide a better understanding of racial disparities observed in patients with diabetes. This webinar describes the concept of health literacy and its assessment and the evidence of its impact on patients with diabetes and offers suggested methods and tools that may be implemented to improve clinical care.  More Details...

Healthy Eating Educational Resource for Asian American Populations: Brief Report on Survey Findings (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: AAPCHO and MHP Salud released a report, “Healthy Eating Educational Resource for Asian American Populations: Brief Report on Survey Findings.” More Details...

Addressing Social Determinants of Health to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: In this blog, NCHPH discusses how various social determinants of health can affect persons living with diabetes, in addition to best practices taken to address these social determinants of health. More Details...

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) & Diabetes Prevention Programs Among Public Housing Residents: Infographic (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This infographic provides examples of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) contributing to the prevalence of diabetes among public housing residents with corresponding examples of diabetes prevention promising practices provided by Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) grantees. More Details...

Strategies for Supporting Health Center Patients Experiencing Food Insecurity (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Food insecurity has doubled since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and has tripled among families with children. Not having enough access to food is a key contributor to negative health outcomes for adults and children alike, and it is important now more than ever for health centers to identify and support patients who are experiencing food insecurity. This resource is designed to support health center efforts to identify and assist patients who are experiencing food insecurity. It outlines key considerations around integrating social determinants of health (SDoH)-related screening and intervention into the electronic health record (EHR) workflow, highlights standardized screening tools and data elements to monitor the prevalence of food insecurity among patients, and describes several strategies to meet food-related needs. The downloadable guide, available in the Documents to Download section below, is split into the following sections, each of which draws on foundational work from health centers and national partners: Integrate your screening strategy into your EHR workflow-- several case studies are included Select a standardized tool to identify food insecurity-- several tools with their related EHR integration and workflow considerations are outlined Monitoring food insecurity among patients-- tips about coding and dashboarding are provided Connecting patients to available resources More Details...

Expanding Diabetes Prevention and Management Through Health Center Outreach (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this training hosted by the National Center for Health in Public Housing, we addressed diabetes resources for CHWs, explained the roles and competencies of CHWs in diabetes prevention with an emphasis on nutrition, physical activity programs and other lifestyle interventions, and how CHWs can help patients with diabetes crack food insecurity and other social determinants of health through community resources. More Details...

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Impact of Health Literacy on Patients’ Diabetes Management and Self-Care (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NCHPH partnered with members of the Special and Vulnerable Population Diabetes Task Force to provide a Learning Collaborative (LC) addressing critical issues to improve diabetes control in health centers nationally. More Details...