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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...

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...

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...

Providing Community Education Around Nutrition and Diabetes by Incorporating MCN's Diabetes Comic Book (Spanish and English) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Focusing specifically on Nutrition, this webinar builds on the lessons learned from MCN's ECHO Diabetes Series and discusses the Diabetes Outreach Tool" My Health Is My Treasure" comic book. The tool is provided in English and Spanish and webinar is presented in Spanish with simultaneous interpretation into English. 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NTTAP Webinar Series - May 18, 2023: The Changing Landscape of Behavioral Health Care: What is the “new normal” going to look like? (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant shifts in the mode of care from face-to-face to virtual interactions. Join us as we discuss the challenges currently facing behavioral health care and at least one strategy for each. Along with these strategies, panelists will go over what integrated behavioral health care was and is before and following COVID-19, as well as what actions should be taken going forward to increase access to comprehensive care. More Details...

Social Determinants of Health Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Barriers: A Resource for Health Centers, Vol. 3 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), Health Outreach Partners (HOP), MHP Salud, and National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), four HRSA-funded National Training and Technical Assistance Partner organizations, released a report on lessons learned, challenges, barriers, and impact stories shared from the (4) sessions of the “Acting on SDOH Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health” Learning Collaborative. This Learning Collaborative shared strategies to respond to SDOH data through enabling services staff, culturally and socially appropriate interventions, and internal and external organizational capacity. More Details...