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Preparing the Health Center Workforce for the Post COVID-19 Era: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The first priority during the COVID-19 pandemic was crisis response and emphasizing health, safety, and essential services. Now is the time for health centers to turn their attention toward concerns over staffing shortages in primary care, which is a public health crisis. More Details...

Navigating Ethics & Equity in a COVID-Aware World (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Over the last three years, there has been an increasing awareness of the inequities baked into our systems. Ethical dilemmas with a lack of resources have exacerbated the moral injury Health Care for the Homeless providers face daily. The intersectionality of the COVID pandemic increased the impact on marginalized communities and the provider(s) who care for them. In a “Post COVID-19” world, how do we navigate the path ahead? Join us for a discussion with others as we learn to navigate ethics, equity, and moral injury together. More Details...

Data Discovery, Behavioral Health and Public Housing Communities: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The burden of behavioral health conditions on individuals in traditionally marginalized communities is significant. These conditions impact health center patients in a variety of ways that are cumulative, insidious and often difficult to address. More Details...

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Improving Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management: NCHPH Learning Collaborative (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and other emergencies can happen at any moment. Managing diabetes can be difficult during these events because they may cause widespread and long-lasting impacts on supplies, and health services. More Details...

The Road to Health:​ How to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes in your Community​: NCHPH Learning Collaborative (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The epidemic of type 2 diabetes is exacting a staggering toll on individuals, families, and communities in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. In the United States, the burden is disproportionately borne by American Indian and Alaska Natives, African Americans, Hispanic or Latino Americans, and Asian and Pacific Islanders. More Details...

The Road to Health:​ How to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes in your Community​ (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The epidemic of type 2 diabetes is exacting a staggering toll on individuals, families, and communities in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. In the United States, the burden is disproportionately borne by American Indian and Alaska Natives, African Americans, Hispanic or Latino Americans, and Asian and Pacific Islanders. In this 4-session learning collaborative, NCHPH presented the CDC';s "The Road to Health" toolkit, designed specifically for CHWs who provide outreach education to Hispanic/Latino and African American/African Ancestry communities, groups at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. More Details...

Food Decision Making and its Effects on Sugar Control: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The foods and beverages that people consume have a profound impact on their health. The scientific connection between food and health has been well documented for many decades. More Details...

Medical Respite Care: Discharge Planning and Processes (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Discharge planning is a challenging but important part of the medical respite care process. This course covers recommended best and promising practices for discharging planning and transitions within medical respite care. More Details...

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...

The Intersection of Tobacco and Opioid Use Disorder: A Guide for Health Center Providers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) and the Health Promotion Council (HPC) have developed an issue brief for health center providers on the intersection of tobacco use disorder (TUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). The brief outlines the benefits of addressing TUD and OUD simultaneously and covers promising tools, resources and treatment options More Details...

Demographic Facts: Residents Living in Public Housing (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: n.a. More Details...

“Acting on Social Determinants of Health Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health” Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: AAPCHO, Health Outreach Partners (HOP), MHP Salud, and National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) hosted a HRSA-sponsored webinar to explore strategies to screen special and vulnerable populations for social determinants of health (SDOH) and build effective practices to begin addressing SDOH through outreach and enabling services (ES). More Details...

National Center for Health in Public Housing’s Smoking Cessation Protocol: A Guide to Conducting Groups (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This guide provides readers with all necessary information and supplemental materials that are needed to conduct a comprehensive smoking cessation program either in a group setting, or with individual patients. More Details...

Impact of COVID-19 On Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Health Center Patients and Operations (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication by NCHPH highlights findings from a survey distributed to public housing residents assessing the effects that COVID-19 has had on Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) patients and health center operations. 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...

Healthy Together: A Toolkit for Health Center Collaborations with HUD Assisted Housing and Community-Based Organizations (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit by NCHPH and NNCC provides information and resources for health center staff to partner and collaborate more effectively with their local housing authorities and with other providers serving residents of public housing and other low-income housing. 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. The publication will summarize the importance of SDOH on the behavioral health of public housing residents, highlight the online mapping resource developed by National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), and describe the geographic distribution of SDOH-related indicators that impact behavioral health in counties with PHPC health centers. More Details...

Using SDOH Data to Screen for Social Vulnerability (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NCHPH, JSI, and HITEQ hosted a webinar that discussed how health centers can access and use available SDOH data sources to determine and screen the social vulnerability of their patients and link them to appropriate care and services. More Details...

The Role of Family Caregivers in Older Adult Nutrition (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) and National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar shared approaches to working with caregivers to address barriers to healthy eating and provide nutrition education that meets the diverse needs of older adults. 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...