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Federal Housing Assistance in the Event of a Disaster: An Emergency Preparedness Resource (Spanish) (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Information about available housing assistance after a major disaster. More Details...

Federal Housing Assistance in the Event of a Disaster: An Emergency Preparedness Resource (Haitian Creole) (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Information about available housing assistance after a major disaster. More Details...

Federal Food Assistance in the Event of a Disaster: An Emergency Preparedness Resource (English) (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Information about available food assistance after a major disaster. More Details...

Federal Food Assistance in the Event of a Disaster: An Emergency Preparedness Resource (Spanish) (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Information about available food assistance after a major disaster. More Details...

Federal Food Assistance in the Event of a Disaster: An Emergency Preparedness Resource (Haitian Creole) (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Information about available food assistance after a major disaster. More Details...

Understanding and Addressing Hypertension and Heart Health in Your Community: A Quick Guide For Community Health Workers (2018). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Understanding and Addressing Hypertension and Heart Health in Your Community: A Quick Guide For Community Health Workers provides information surrounding hypertension and heart health. Inside you will find tools for Community Health Workers to use to guide patients with hypertension towards a healthier future. The guide also comes with a blood pressure tracker, which can be shared with patients as they track their progress towards their blood pressure goals. More Details...

Providing Trauma-Informed Care at Health Centers for HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This brief offers health centers an introduction to providing trauma-informed care for HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). The overall aims are to help health center staff understand the disproportionate prevalence of trauma and stress-related disorders among HIV-positive MSM, recognize the relationship of trauma to overall health and decreased engagement in primary care among HIV-positive MSM. This brief will also outline the promising practices in trauma-informed care to improve engagement of HIV-positive MSM in behavioral health and primary care. More Details...

SO/GI Data Collection Demonstration Videos (2018). Resource Type: Other. Description: These videos demonstrate best practices in sexual orientation and gender identity data collection. They address common questions and issues that arise for frontline and clinical staff when asking patients about their sexual orientation and gender identity. We hope these videos can provide a valuable training tool for health care staff looking for sample language and best practices. More Details...

Treating Global Health At Your Doorstep Starts with a Good Patient History: The most potent, cost-effective, and accurate diagnostic tool that we have even in our advanced age of technology remains an accurate and comprehensive linguistically and culturally appropriate patient history. (2018). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Technology is a vital part of our society. It has been critical in the advancement of medicine; however, in some cases there is an overdependence by clinicians on diagnostic technology which may impede a fuller understanding of the circumstances of patients in the exam room. The most potent, cost-effective, and accurate diagnostic tool that we have even in our advanced age of technology remains an accurate and comprehensive linguistically and culturally appropriate patient history. In this webinar, Dr. Ed Zuroweste and Dr. Laszlo Madaras, who collectively have over 50 years of practice in primary care, ask the question, “Has it become so normal to ask for tests for the most basic assessments that part of the art of medicine is being lost?” The presenters will explore the value of taking a culturally and linguistically appropriate history from the patient together with a thorough – and focused – physical exam. Spending a few minutes with the patient asking open-ended questions may save time and money by: getting the correct diagnosis and treatment plan; preventing expensive, unnecessary, and potentially harmful tests; reducing the number of specialists who may not need to see the patient; and even possibly improving patient satisfaction. The session will look at the impact of global health conditions on primary care practice in the United States and describe what primary care clinics can do to more systematically prepare for emerging diseases. At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will be able to: More Details...

Beyond the Walls: Effectively Utilizing Community Health Workers and Clinical Home Visitors as Part of the Team (2018). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, we will focus on team members who work with patients in various capacities beyond the walls of the exam room but make an enormous contribution to clinical outcomes. Participants will learn about their connections to the team, and the effective outcomes that result from their patient engagement. More Details...

Taking Care of Your High Blood Pressure (2018). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: This interactive tool is a great resource for monitoring high blood pressure along with self management strategies and information. More Details...

Managing Asthma Triggers (2018). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This interactive tool is a resource for helping patients understand what asthma triggers are and how to monitor which ones most affect them. It also offers self management strategies and a space for a personal plan of action. More Details...

Demonstrating Value: Measuring the Impact of the Health Care for the Homeless Grantees (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides clear examples of the uniqueness of the population experiencing homelessness and the invaluable work Health Care for the Homeless grantees providing direct services give to our communities. Additionally, first-hand accounts are provided in linked audio files, attesting the value of HCH grantees. More Details...

Financing Medical Respite Care: A Practical Discussion to Ensure Sustainability (2017). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As communities aim to reduce health care costs and improve patient outcomes, medical respite care programs are filling a critical need for people who are experiencing homelessness. Whether providing hospitals with a safe and legal discharge option, or creating a bridge between hospital and supportive housing programs, medical respite care is a key piece of the local continuum of health care. This webinar provides an overview of the most common ways to fund medical respite and give practical advice for how to start or grow a program in your area. More Details...

In Your Hands: Preventing Skin Cancer (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet is for agricultural workers with information about how to protect themselves from skin cancer. More Details...

In Your Hands: An Introduction to Skin Cancer for Outreach Workers (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet is for outreach workers with information about skin cancer education and prevention. More Details...

En Tus Manos: Una Introduccion al Cancer de Piel para Promotores de Salud (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet is for outreach workers with information about skin cancer education and prevention. More Details...

En Tus Manos: Previendo el Cancer de Piel (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet is for agricultural workers with information about how to protect themselves from skin cancer. More Details...

Storytelling Guide (2017). Resource Type: Other. Description: Storytelling helps share experiences of homelessness, and highlights the services that helped while facing homelessness and transitioning into housing. Sharing these experiences can demonstrate that homelessness can happen to anyone based on a health need, job loss, natural disaster, or domestic violence situation. People experiencing homelessness developed this guide as a tool to be used by others experiencing homelessness. More Details...

Virtual Training- Webinar Series, contains archived webinars on Trauma Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Colorectal Cancer Screenings, Trauma and Youth, Fostering Trauma-Informed Leadership Skills for Consumers, UDS Secondary Data Analysis (2017). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This series contains archived webinars on Trauma-Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Colorectal Cancer Screenings, Trauma and Youth, Fostering Trauma-Informed Leadership Skills for Consumers, and UDS Secondary Data Analysis. More Details...