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Rebuilding Systems: Adapting Housing Assessments to Prioritize Health, Equity, and Belonging (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document is designed to provide a framework communities can use to create equity within their CE process. There is no one tool that can accommodate the unique resources of all communities but applying this guidance will help achieve equity in the process. More Details...

Health at the Intersection of Sexuality, Gender, and Disability (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: At the intersection of LGBTQIA+ identities and disability status, patients face increased health disparities and increased barriers to care. This webinar will focus on the unique needs of disabled, mad, chronically ill, and neuro divergent LGBTQIA2S+ patients, helping health care providers and centers to provide support for overcoming challenges in access to care, including how to provide culturally responsive care, and how to manage and advocate for affirming and accessible referrals when additional services are needed. More Details...

Affirming Health Care for LGBTQIA+ People during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This panel-style presentation will feature a diverse group of providers in mental health, nursing, and medicine with expertise in LGBTQIA+ health, providing their unique perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected patient care for LGBTQIA+ people. Participants will learn strategies to support LGBTQIA+ patients accessing healthcare and how to provide affirming treatment and referrals to address the lasting mental health effects of COVID-19, including increased levels of anxiety, substance use, and depression triggered by social isolation, bereavement, fear, or loss of income. 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...

National Health Center Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report summarizes the key findings of the national training and technical assistance needs assessment fielded to all health centers August-October 2021. Response rate was 36% of all health centers and close to 1500 individual staff responses. More Details...

Training the Next Generation within Primary Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed the various avenues of workforce development including: • training non-clinical roles • the value of an administrative fellowship • the key questions to ask before establishing a fellowship at your agency The discussion referenced CHC Chief Operating Officer Meredith Johnson and CHC Project Manager Megan Coffinbargar’s publication “Establishing an Administrative Fellowship Program: A Practical Toolkit to Support and Develop Future Community Health Center Leaders” for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). More Details...

Strategic Planning for Health Professions Training (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar helps attendees explore the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of developing a strategic workforce plan for health professions education & training (HPET). It provides concrete steps CHCs can take, regardless of where they are in developing HPET initiatives. More Details...

Ready, Set, Go! Guidelines and Tips For Collecting Patient Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) – 2022 Update (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This guide was designed to help health centers and other health care organizations successfully collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data and document the data into the electronic health record (EHR). For those just beginning the process, this guide can be used from start to finish. If you already have a system, but have encountered challenges and questions, this guide can help you address them. Even if your system is working smoothly, you will find resources and recommendations here that will help you move to the next level of data collection and analysis. More Details...

Long-Acting Injectable PrEP for HIV: What Health Centers Need to Know (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Long-acting injectable cabotegravir was approved for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in late 2021. In this interactive webinar, participants will learn about the effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantages of long-acting injectable cabotegravir as well as the clinical and programmatic steps to incorporate it into practice. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar: Health Professions Student Training (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed best practices for health centers to train the next generation as they welcome students back to their clinics. This webinar addressed student training for RN students, how your organization can support capstone projects, and academic partnerships to bolster these efforts. More Details...

New PrEP Guidelines (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Ard will provide updated guidance related to PrEP, informed by new PrEP guidelines and the FDA approval of injectable PrEP. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar: Integrating HIV Education (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed how to educate Nurse Practitioners who have completed Community Health Center. Inc’s NP Residency or NPs who have significant experience as a Primary Care Provider on the integration of specialty care for key populations, including: • HIV care • Hepatitis C management • Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use and other substance use disorders • Sexually transmitted disease (STI) screening and management • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) health, including hormone replacement therapy and gender affirming care. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar: Assessing Health Center Readiness to Train Health Professionals (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed how to use the Readiness to Train Assessment Tool (RTAT™), developed by HRSA-funded National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAP) at Community Health Center, Inc., to support health centers’ strategic workforce planning through the lens of health professions training (HPT). More Details...

Improving Health of Public Housing Residents Through Intentional Health Center and Housing Authority Partnerships (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In collaboration with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Center for Health in Public Housing conducted a webinar highlighting the health center and housing authority partnerships that have led to improved health for public housing residents. More Details...

“Growing Your Own” Medical Assistant Workforce (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session highlights two health center leaders who took proactive approaches and capitalized on the growing momentum to create internal MA training and career ladders. In addition, you will walk away from this session with tangible next steps by learning about CPCA’s Medical Assistant Development Toolkit for Clinical Managers and Supervisors. More Details...

Facility Needs and Financing Opportunities for Teaching Health Centers - Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Learn more about the facility needs and various sources of funding available to teaching health centers, including federal development grants. The webinar will be co-presented by the CEO of a health center that has implemented a primary care residency training program at its facility. More Details...

Developing a Postdoctoral Psychology Residency Program in Your Community Health Center (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Two years later, we continue to witness the pandemic’s toll on mental health – and a sustained increased demand for mental health services. Behavioral health care providers who are experienced in integrated care settings are needed now more than ever. Join this webinar to learn how your health center can establish its own postdoctoral clinical psychology residency program. This webinar will address considerations such as program structure, design, curriculum, the supervisor’s role, required resources, and the benefits of sponsoring an in-house formal postdoctoral clinical psychology residency training program. More Details...

Training Skills Overview: Focusing on the "How" (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this overview from the March 2022 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education: A Train-the-Trainer Course, Dr. Camila Mateo discusses how to be an excellent trainer including concepts such as flow of your presentation, interactive components and reducing bias. More Details...

Developing a Tailored Training Program (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this overview from the March 2022 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education: A Train-the-Trainer Course, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian provides an overview of the key components of developing your own tailored training program. More Details...

Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow: Key Milestones for Community Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides the unique context, history, scope and impact of the health center program. Many new staff at health centers are unfamiliar with the health center program. Data shows that connection to mission and impact can increase commitment and retention of the workforce. This publication aims to connect the learner to the national scope and impact of health center program as they embark on their work in an individual health center. More Details...