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SCOPE of Pain: An Evaluation of an Opioid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Continuing Education Program (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Objective. Due to the high prevalence of prescription opioid misuse, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requiring manufacturers of extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics to fund continuing education based on a FDA Blueprint. This article describes the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program, an ER/LA opioid analgesic REMS program, and its impact on clinician knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and self-reported clinical practice. Method. Participants of the 3-h SCOPE of Pain training completed pre-, immediate post- and 2-month post-assessments. Subjects. The primary target group (n 5 2,850), and a subset (n 5 476) who completed a 2-month postassessment, consisted of clinicians licensed to prescribe ER/LA opioid analgesics, who care for patients with chronic pain and who completed the 3-h training between February 28, 2013 and June 13, 2014. Results. Immediately post-program, there was a significant increase in correct responses to knowledge questions (60% to 84%, P ꢀ 0.02) and 87% of participants planned to make practice changes. At 2-months post-program, there continued to be a significant increase in correct responses to knowledge questions (60% to 69%, P ꢀ 0.03) and 67% reported increased confidence in applying safe opioid prescribing care and 86% reported implementing practice changes. There was also an improvement in alignment of desired attitudes toward safe opioid prescribing. Conclusions. The SCOPE of Pain program improved knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and self-reported clinical practice in safe opioid prescribing. This national REMS program holds potential to improve the safe use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain. More Details...

Promoting Health Care Access to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Farmworkers (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication, jointly developed with The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, provides an overview of health care challenges faced by LGBT farmworkers and best practices to build trust. More Details...

A Guide to Workers' Compensation for Clinicians Serving Agricultural Workers (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides information to clinicians about workers' compensation and agricultural workers, including steps to address a work-related injury. More Details...

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Action Steps for Clinicians: Action Steps for Clinicians (2014). Resource Type: n.a.. Description: The purpose of this guide is to facilitate the implementation of SMBP plus clinical support in four key areas: Preparing care teams to support SMBP, selecting and incorporating clinical support systems, empowering patients, and encouraging health insurance coverage for SMBP plus additional clinical support. For each area, the guide lists actions that can facilitate the implementation of SMBP plus additional support. Beside each action step, it provides corresponding electronic resources to assist with these actions. It also includes appendices that describe proper SMBP preparation and technique, clinical support interventions that are effective when used with SMBP, the proper way to check a home blood pressure monitor for accuracy, and the burden and cost of hypertension. More Details...

Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients with Opioid Use Disorders (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Clinicians experienced in homeless health care routinely adapt their practice to foster better outcomes for their patients. This document was written for health care professionals, program administrators, other staff, and students serving individuals with opioid use disorders who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Its purpose is to improve patient care by enhancing understanding of recommended strategies for the successful treatment and management of opioid use disorders in marginalized populations. More Details...

Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness (2014). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This is a compendium of informational flyers meant to support trainings for people experiencing homelessness to endure various severe weather events, including hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, etc. More Details...

Transgender Women and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication focuses on PrEP as a prevention option that transgender women should consider but also stresses the need for more research to demonstrate that PrEP is effective for preventing HIV infection among transgender women and a gap in the literature regarding the understanding about the interaction of PrEP and feminizing hormones. More Details...

Cholinesterase (ChE) Testing Protocols and Algorithm for Healthcare Providers (2014). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: A clinician guide for monitoring cholinesterase levels for patients working with Class I and Class II organophosphates (OP) and N-methyl-carbamates. More Details...

Oral Health and Disease in People Living with HIV Disease (2013). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Powerpoint presentation describes the latest trends in oral manifestations seen in association with medically complex patients, discusses how to recognize and manage the most common oral manifestations seen in association with medically complex patients, explains Dental Treatment Considerations for HIV+ patients, and describes post exposure protocols after an incident in the dental setting. More Details...

Benefits of Oral HIV Testing in the Dental Chair: Promising Practice (2012). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This promising practice describes how the Columbia College of Dental Medicine in New York developed an iniative to conduct HIV testing in the dental clinic. More Details...

Health Screenings in the Dental Office (2011). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Powerpoint presentation describes the importance of screening in a dental clinic and includes data from the CDC National Diabetes Fact Sheet, discusses the first reports of HIV/AIDS, and reviews the CDC's basics of HIV including counseling and testing recommendations. It provides a detailed rationale for current prevention efforts. More Details...

Communicating Effectively About Vaccines: New Communication Resources for Health Officials (2010). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Communicating effectively with parents about the importance of vaccines is a key issue for the public health community to address. In August 2009, ASTHO commissioned a survey of U.S. parents and guardians to gather information about effective messages and materials for state and territorial health officials to use to better address parental concerns and promote the benefits of vaccines. More Details...

Environmental and Occupational Screening Questions for the Primary Care Setting: Preguntas para sondear en los lugares de atencion a la salud (2007). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Three concise and effective environmental/occupational health screening questions for the primary care provider. English/Spanish resource More Details...

My Healthy Eating Plate: Middle Eastern North African Edition (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Fresh fruits and vegetables, portion control, and knowledge of nutrition are essential to maintaining a healthy diet. This brochure, created by MHP Salud and the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, was designed to help Middle Eastern and North African communities build nutritious plates with familiar fresh foods. More Details...

What happens when you give the community resources it needs: Using a Community-led Approach to Assess Farmworker COVID-19 Needs and Assistance (44869). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Latino Community Fund, Inc. (LCF Georgia) was founded in 2017 to provide economic funding to groups that do critical work in the state but lack access to networks of funding and power. Fast forward to 2020, due to the onset of the pandemic, the community of South Georgia was especially impacted. The economic and social support needs of the community in southern Georgia led LCF Georgia to create the South Georgia Navigation Program (SGNP), a community led, community-staffed program. This program ensures sustainable community development in a region where farmworkers have access to limited resources. More Details...

Utilizing AmeriCorps Members to Support the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout (44301). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: n.a. More Details...

Understanding Stages of Change and Best Interventions for Substance Use Disorders (44341). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discusses how nurses, nurse practitioners, and other providers can support patients with substance use disorders. More Details...

Understanding & Advancing the Health Center Role in Local Emergency Response (43186). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health centers play a crucial role in local emergency planning and response efforts. Panelists from across the country will share their experiences in building health care coalitions and other collaborative opportunities to position health centers for a greater impact in preparedness and response. More Details...

Trust and Creativity: Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Orange County, California  (44874). Resource Type: Publication. Description: At the onset of the pandemic, Latinx communities were disproportionately affected by COVID19. LHA’s Community Health Workers, also known as Promotores de Salud, demonstrated the importance of meeting community members where they are at and approaching complex topics creatively through a popular education approach. While the strategy highlighted here is only one method of many strategic actions implemented by LHA, other wrap-around concepts contributed to the overall success of the organization in reaching the community. See Figure 1 for LHA’s holistic COVID-19 response. More Details...

Todos Contamos: Community Building in a Multilingual Indigenous Community (44876). Resource Type: Publication. Description: To address the impact of COVID-19 on farmworkers and construction workers in their community, WeCount! utilized existing strategies of including Mesoamerican Indigenous members in its organizational leadership and decision-making and reaching Indigenous community members through face-to-face outreach and multilingual radio programming. This inturn, has expanded access to health education information for the multilingual community in Homestead, Florida. More Details...