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Mental Health Amongst Agricultural Workers (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This webinar discusses the importance of mental health outreach and integrated services to Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs). The webinar will also share results from NCFH’s Mental Health Learning Collaborative and feature the upcoming Mental Health Resource Hub that will provide patient education materials, mental health screening tools, and national resources that support mental health outreach to this vulnerable population. In sharing these resources, NCFH seeks to build capacity within Health Centers in utilizing integrated behavioral health interventions amongst MSAWs and provide this population greater access to culturally appropriate mental health services across the country. This webinar is great for health center staff who conduct outreach to MSAWs including Promotores de Salud and those involved with service delivery of integrated behavioral health programs. Presented on May 4th. 2021 by Gladys Carrillo, LCSW. More Details...

Mental Health Amongst Agricultural Workers (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This webinar discusses the importance of mental health outreach and integrated services to Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs). The webinar will also share results from NCFH’s Mental Health Learning Collaborative and feature the upcoming Mental Health Resource Hub that will provide patient education materials, mental health screening tools, and national resources that support mental health outreach to this vulnerable population. In sharing these resources, NCFH seeks to build capacity within Health Centers in utilizing integrated behavioral health interventions amongst MSAWs and provide this population greater access to culturally appropriate mental health services across the country. This webinar is great for health center staff who conduct outreach to MSAWs including Promotores de Salud and those involved with service delivery of integrated behavioral health programs. Presented on May 4th. 2021 by Gladys Carrillo, LCSW. More Details...

Maternal and Child Health (2017). Resource Type: Publication . Description: Due to mobility and low median family incomes, pregnant agricultural worker women and infant children face obstacles in obtaining adequate and timely prenatal and postnatal care. This factsheet provides information on maternal and child health, prenatal and pediatric care, nutrition for mothers and children, and occupational health and safety. More Details...

Language Access Services Assessment and Planning Tool (2020). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: A tool to assist health centers in developing a plan to address language access needs and better serve patients needing such services. More Details...

Integrating Smoking Cessation Services in Community-Based Primary Care (44154). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: A one-hour webinar that explores best practices for smoking cessation treatment for residents of public housing. More Details...

Integrating Diabetes Self-Management Education into a Federally Qualified Health Center (2019). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services (BJHCHS) maintains an accredited Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) program in rural South Carolina. Intended for health centers looking to offer diabetes self-management education, this presentation will detail the integration of a DSME program into eight Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) using quality improvement data, as well as future plans to expand the program's integration and a discussion of the role DSME assumes in improving diabetes outcomes nationwide. Presented by Susan Mills Tucker, MNS, RD, LD, CDE and Madeline Lasell, MPH, RD, LD More Details...

Insuficiencia Cardíaca-Heart Failure (2018). Resource Type: Educational Video. Description: This is the story of Ada and how she manages her heart failure diagnosis with the help of her medical team and family. More Details...

Increase Access to Care (IAC) Q&A Packet (2018). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This list provides a compilation of questions and answers gathered from past Increase Access to Care workshops, webinars, and trainings. This Q&A Packet for Increasing Access to Care provides Health Centers a one-stop shop for information related to the accurate identification and classification of agricultural workers. Information has been categorized by familiar topics to enable the user to find related information quickly. More Details...

Implementing a Language Access Program (2019). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: A step-by-step guide developed to implement Language Access Services (LAS) to patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). More Details...

Implementing a Cohort Process to Minimize COVID-19 Infection for Migrant Farmworkers    (44841). Resource Type: Publication. Description: During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) experienced fewer protections due to their migratory patterns and work conditions. As the 2020 season started, MSFWs were traveling from Texas or Mexico to Iowa, and in July 2020, a family farm in Iowa experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among its migrant and H-2A guest workers. As workers returned for harvest later that year, Proteus, a federally qualified health center (FQHC), implemented a cohort process to minimize risk of COVID-19 infection during travel to Iowa in August and September of 2020. More Details...

Implementation Template (2020). Resource Type: Publication . Description: A self-assessment that provides a snapshot highlighting the work you are currently doing and areas for growth to address Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS). More Details...

Impact of a Multilingual Outreach Model on COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing for Farmworkers and their Families at Community-based Events   (44841). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Starting the summer of 2021, Healthcare Network’s COVID-19 Response Team and Golisano Children’s Hospital facilitated community-based COVID-19 vaccine and testing sites in Immokalee, Florida. By bridging the clinical services and the community, their collaborative work and community outreach and education removed barriers to vaccine access for farmworkers and their families in a multilingual community. This multi-agency vaccine collaboration created an open line of communication between the local Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and children’s hospital and the farmworker communities they serve. More Details...

IAC Plus Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Screening Tool (2021). Resource Type: Template . Description: This tool assist health care providers in assessing, screening, and documenting SDOH factors among MSAW patients and create an action plan to enhance population health outcomes and UDS reporting.  More Details...

IAC Plus Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Checklist (2020). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This checklist serves to identify Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs) SDOH challenges, resources available, and strategies implemented to manage these barriers. More Details...

IAC Migrant Health Program Self-Asessment Tool (2018). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This tool is designed to assist health center staff in evaluating their current Migrant Health Program and identify potential areas for improvement. More Details...

How Health Center Care Teams Can Address Health and Housing for Patients Involved With the Justice System (44400). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief aims to describe the cyclical relationship between those systems and housing insecurity (including homelessness). It also provides an overview of both the civil and criminal justice systems in the United States. Based on this foundation, the brief outlines potential workflow considerations for health centers working to reduce health disparities for patients and families. More Details...

Housing is Health: La Maestra Community Health Centers (44537). Resource Type: Podcasts. Description: In this podcast episode leadership from La Maestra Community Health Centers in San DIego highlight how they support various housing needs ranging from programs for people living in public housing, experiencing homelessness and human trafficking, to counseling for renters and residents receiving public assistance. More Details...

HIV/AIDS and U.S. Agricultural Workers (2017). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This factsheet provides information on the heavy burden on migratory and seasonal agricultural workers for contracting HIV and/or AIDS due to their lack of health care access due to legal, financial, geographical, and linguistic barriers coupled with a lack of material and social support. The migratory lifestyle, often characterized by constant mobility, geographic isolation, separation from family, lack of health education, and varying cultural attitudes and beliefs about safe sex practices further escalates these risks. More Details...

Hepatitis Awareness Month: Providing Care for Patients During COVID-19 (43970). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar explored resources available to providers that treat patients seeking viral hepatitis services during the COVID-19 pandemic. More Details...

Healthy Together: A Toolkit for Health Center Collaborations with HUD-Assisted Housing and Community-Based Organizations (44652). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The National Center for Health in Public Housing and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium are happy to announce the release of “Healthy Together: A Toolkit for Health Center Collaborations with HUD-Assisted Housing and Community-Based Organizations”! More Details...