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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...

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Environmental Impacts on Diabetes Access to Care Webinar: Part 4 of the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session was part 4 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series. This session was entitled \"Environmental Impacts on Diabetes Access to Care Webinar\" and featured guest speakers from the National Association of Community Health Centers. 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...

Streamline, MCN’s quarterly clinical publication providing information and resources to frontline clinicians working with mobile underserved populations.: Issues going back to 2001 available for you to download free of charge. (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Streamline is MCN’s quarterly clinical publication. More Details...

Improving Care Coordination and Health Outcomes for Diabetic Patients through Medical and Dental Integration: Promising Practice (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: CommUnityCare in Texas shares how their organization implemented medical and dental integration through NNOHA Integration of Diabetes and Oral Health Learning Collaborative to help improve the health outcomes of patients with diabetes. More Details...

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Understanding Social Determinants of Health and Structural Barriers Affecting Diabetes Care.: Part 1 of the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session is part 1 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Population Task Force National Learning Series. This session was entitled \"Understanding Social Determinants of Health and Structural Barriers Affecting Diabetes Care\" 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 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...

The Health of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Patients Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2020 Uniform Data System (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report examines current patient demographics and utilization of health services at health centers serving Asian Americans (AAs) and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NH/PIs), and highlights the differences between these centers and the national average of all health centers in the United States. 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...

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...

Body Image, Perception, and Health Beyond the Binary (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar is designed to improve the capacity of health centers to meet the needs of non-binary patients, particularly through the understanding the relationship of body image and perception to health for people with gender identities and expressions beyond the binary. Participants will learn affirming language and terminology, including foundational concepts to understand the unique healthcare needs of non-binary people, and gain strategies for creating a welcoming and affirming environments for all patients. 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...

Body Image, Perception, and Health Support for Older LGBTQIA+ Adults (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar will examine the relationship between body image, perception, and healthy movement for overall health and diabetes prevention, particularly for older LGBTQIA+ adults. Expert panelists will present approaches for supporting LGBTQIA+ patients with their health goals as they age, provide strategies for developing LGBTQIA+ and body-affirming and inclusive environments for older adults, and share best practices for connecting older LGBTQIA+ patients to appropriate and affirming services aimed at improving health outcomes. More Details...

Supporting LGBTQIA+ Veterans and Connecting to the Veterans Health Administration (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will increase the capacity of health centers to understand the unique mental and physical health needs of LGBTQIA+ veterans. An overview of how VHA addresses these needs and how to connect with what is offered for health center providers and veterans will be provided. More Details...

Finding the Sweet Spot: Using Medicare Wellness Visits to Promote Diabetes Prevention in Older Adults (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders webinar focused on the value of the Medicare Annual Wellness visit for developing personalized plans to prevent or mitigate diabetes in older adults. The webinar demonstrated how an individualized approach to diabetes prevention and management in older adults should take into account the 4Ms of Age Friendly Health Systems: Mobility, Mentation, Medications and What Matters Most. More Details...

Identifying Older Adult Depression in a Dental Setting (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar highlighted best practices for integrating mental health and dental care through assessments and appropriate referrals. The webinar explained the bi-directional relationship between poor oral health and behavioral health needs, described the impact of social risk factors on oral health disparities in older adults, and demonstrated integrative strategies for establishing an interdisciplinary team-based approach for treating older adult mental health More Details...

Diabetes Management and Oral Health (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The harsh working conditions can place MSAWs at higher risk for health complications as they are most likely to skip meals and take medication at prescribed times when working long shifts.1 Besides lack of health insurance, linguistic barriers, and lack of time for general medical care, MSAWs face a lack of dental insurance and dental care, which can lead to deteriorating oral health. Dental disease is one of the most common and preventable diseases but is not always the priority of patients managing diabetes More Details...

Familismo & Fatalismo: How Cultural Beliefs Affect Health Care (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Hispanic/Latinos are the largest non-white group in the United States and have the highest rates of Diabetes as compared to other ethnic groups; this can be related to the lack of healthcare, genetics, obesity rates, insulin resistance, lower economic status, and sociocultural factors. The concept of Familismo & Fatalismo is central in Hispanic/Latino cultural values. If the health care provider does not consider these beliefs, treatment recommendations are likely to be ignored. A proven strategy to overcome these cultural barriers is the implementation of Community Health Workers (CHWs). More Details...

Providing Diabetes Control Education and Management: Guide for Community Health Workers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource provides educational prevention tools that Community Health Workers (CHWs) can use and share with Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Workers and other vulnerable populations to reduce diabetic health complications. There are several downloadable resources available to guide CHWs on risk factors and prevention methods in oral, eye, and foot health complications, which are commonly linked to diabetes. More Details...