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Highlighting the Role of Enabling Services at Community Health Centers: Collecting Data to Support Service Expansion and Enhanced Funding: The Enabling Services Accountability Project (2010). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief, written collaboratively between AAPCHO and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), describes the importance of enabling services (ES), such as interpretation and eligibility assistance, and how better quantifying the provision of these services can demonstrate their value to private and public payers. More Details...

Enabling Services at Community Health Centers (2010). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report introduces the important role enabling services (ES) play in the delivery of high quality care for medically underserved Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs). It details the high utilization of such services and the impact they have on patients' health outcomes. It concludes with recommendations for establishing a nationally recognized standard for ES data collection and utilization, integrating ES into the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model, and funding to sustain and ensure quality services. More Details...

Self-Declaration- Intro and Points to Remember (2018). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This factsheet include information on self-declaration which is a practical mechanism to document family income and family size for individual having difficulty to show other documents. Any alternative mechanism that is established must have a board-approved policy, a procedure, and must be available to all patients, regardless of income level, sliding fee scale pay class or population type. More Details...

Self-Declaration - Sample Form (2017). Resource Type: Template . Description: Sample form for patient self-declaration. Self-declaration is a practical mechanism to document family income and family size for individual having difficulty to show other documents. More Details...

Preparing for Value-Based Care: A Guide for Health Centers (43402). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication serves as a primer on value-based care for community health centers, specifically in treating chronic diseases. More Details...

Patient's rights and responsibilities - Introduction (2014). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This publication provides information on patient's rights and responsibilities when accessing healthcare. More Details...

Patient Rights and Responsibilities - Policy Sample (2014). Resource Type: Template . Description: This policy sample provides a template for health centers to utilize when serving patients. This sample includes information on confidentiality, issues of care, patients rights, and patients responsibilities. More Details...

Optimizing Nurse Care Coordinators in Hepatitis C (HCV) Treatment (44538). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Hosted by the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC), this webinar discusses real-world examples of successful HCV treatment programs where the Nurse Care Coordinator role was key to developing best practice and positive patient outcomes. More Details...

Equitable Housing Policy Central to Addressing COVID-19 Pandemic (43913). Resource Type: Other. Description: This blog post outlines what policymakers and healthcare providers can do - now and in the future - to respond to the needs of those at greatest risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. More Details...

Diabetes Prevention for Patients of Color at Community Health Centers Webinar (44531). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In the “Diabetes Prevention for Patients of Color at Community Health Centers” webinar, AAPCHO and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) held a 90-minute webinar focused on the unique needs of patients of color in diabetes prevention efforts. More Details...

Cultural and Self-Humility - Populations at Risk for HepB (44259). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar speakers from the Nationalities Services Center, whose mission focuses on welcoming immigrants and refugees and connecting them to services in Philadelphia, PA, discuss cultural and self-humility as it relates to providing health care and social services to people coming from different cultural identities. The presenters will also review trauma-informed practice and barriers that different populations face in accessing health care, as well as resources to address those barriers. More Details...

Coordinating HCV and HIV Treatment in Primary Care (44470). Resource Type: Publication. Description: HCV and HIV are overlapping epidemics with serious clinical implications for people with HCV and HIV. Health centers are poised to prevent and treat these viral infections by understanding the implications of comorbidity and by creating a welcoming environment for those at risk for or currently diagnosed with one or both diseases. This publication provides context for the epidemics and outlines recommendations for health centers to best address them. More Details...

Community Violence and Mental Health: Supporting Patients and Building Resilience (44433). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is part one of a three-part webinar series that discussed the impact of community violence on the mental health of patients and health center staff, and showcase health center-based violence prevention and intervention strategies. This session focused on the effects of community violence on patient mental health, and strategies to support staff and build resilience. More Details...

Community Violence and Mental Health: Health Center Strategies for Violence Prevention and Intervention (44545). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Community violence is an urgent public health issue and an important social determinant of health. Experiencing or witnessing community violence can impact one’s physical, psychological, and emotional health. Community health centers can play a unique role in identifying, treating, and preventing violence exposure. More Details...

Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence (44341). Resource Type: Template. Description: Building confidence for the COVID-19 vaccine - especially for special and vulnerable populations like residents of public housing - is a critical component of effective public health, and a top priority for community health centers. Active listening, combined with validating existing hesitation or concerns, demonstrates an effort to meet individuals where they are and an opportunity to provide information. More Details...

Autodeclaración: formulario de muestra (2017). Resource Type: Template . Description: Modelo de formulario de autodeclaración del paciente. La autodeclaración es un mecanismo práctico para documentar los ingresos familiares y el tamaño de la familia para las personas que tienen dificultades para mostrar otros documentos. More Details...