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Needs Assessment in Action Profiles (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: A community health needs assessment is a major undertaking for any health center. The Needs Assessment in Action Profiles: Innovative Approaches to Identifying the Needs of Underserved Communities is a resource for health centers to learn about effective strategies utilized by their peers. This resource offers examples of three innovative approaches that have been successfully implemented by health centers across the country. Each profile includes information on the population assessed, data collection methods, how findings were shared and applied, and lessons learned. Health centers can use this resource to apply proven strategies to the planning and implementation of their own needs assessment. More Details...

Civil Legal Aid 101 for Health Care (2016). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This new tool provides an overview of the composition, role, limitations, and impact of civil legal aid for health care partners. There is also an accompanying messaging guide to help HRSA-funded health centers understand medical-legal partnership. More Details...

Quality Improvement Theory Burst: Process Mapping (2016). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Quality Improvement Training on how to use process mapping in your organization. More Details...

Coffee Break Webinar: Clinical Performance Improvement (2015). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health Outreach Partners presents “Leveraging Outreach to Support Clinical Performance Improvement”. In this webinar, we first review what constitutes clinical performance improvement for health centers. Then, we provide several examples of how outreach and health center staff can collaborate to improve the delivery of clinical care to patients.Health Outreach Partners presents “Leveraging Outreach to Support Clinical Performance Improvement”. In this webinar, we first review what constitutes clinical performance improvement for health centers. Then, we provide several examples of how outreach and health center staff can collaborate to improve the delivery of clinical care to patients. More Details...

Impact of Enabling Services Utilization on Health Outcomes: Enabling Services Accountability Project (2009). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet highlights the impact of enabling services (ES) on diabetes and childhood immunizations at four health centers, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center in Waianae, HI, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York, NY, International Community Health Services in Seattle, WA, and Kalihi-Palama Health Center in Honolulu, HI. The results indicate that ES utilization is associated with better diabetes outcomes and child immunization. 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...

Enabling Services at Health Centers: Eliminating Disparities and Improving Quality: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Centers in Collecting Data on Enabling Services (2006). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report describes a pilot study conducted by AAPCHO and four member health centers. Through this project, a uniform dataset on enabling services was created and a standardized method for collecting data was implemented. The data demonstrates that a high percentage of patients at health centers utilize enabling services (ES), and each user receives more than one ES. The data is able to provide information on the variations in utilization of enabling services and user characteristics at each health center. More Details...

The National Diabetes Prevention Program: Where We Are, Where We're Going (43738). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To provide an overview of the Primary Care Association (PCA) environmental scan and results. More Details...

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Urban FQHCs (41804). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar describes a randomized clinical trial of a brief intervention (SBIRT) against a 2-6 session intervention of brief treatment in three urban federally qualified healthcare centers (FQHCs), focusing on screening and onsite brief intervention / brief treatment. More Details...

Leveraging National Diabetes Prevention Programming for Your Health Center (43433). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Miriam Bell from the Centers for Disease Control, Jen Lee from the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Nena Tolenoa from Kosrae Community Health Center, Alicia Rivera and Donna Winston from the Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley, and Gina Trignani from Health Promotion Council discuss how to leverage national diabetes prevention programming for your health center. More Details...

Interprofessional Practice and Education in FQHCs (42459). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Barbara F. Brandt, Ph.D., Director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, leads a discussion about the National Center’s work in relation to Federally Qualified Health Centers. More Details...

Integrating Team-Based Care to Improve Clinical Outcomes (43403). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication serves as a primer on care team formation for community health centers, specifically as a means of treating chronic diseases. More Details...

How Health Center Care Teams Can Address Health and Housing for Patients Involved With the Justice System (44400). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief aims to describe the cyclical relationship between those systems and housing insecurity (including homelessness). It also provides an overview of both the civil and criminal justice systems in the United States. Based on this foundation, the brief outlines potential workflow considerations for health centers working to reduce health disparities for patients and families. More Details...

Health Center Showcase: The National Diabetes Prevention Program (44327). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: n.a. More Details...

Health Center Expansion Opportunities & Community Needs (43279). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar outlines expansion opportunities for health centers to leverage resources, identifies growth potential, and work with patients and community partners to improve care. You will learn about special considerations for serving residents of public housing, identify strategies to expand services for vulnerable populations, and understand how to position themselves strategically for expansion regardless of funding availability. More Details...

Health Center Emergency Management Plan - Template (43633). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document is to be used as a guide for the development of a health center emergency management (EM) plan, or EMP. Health centers should modify suggested language, policies, and/or protocols to reflect current operations and organizational approach to the EM program’s structure and ongoing maintenance. The yellow, highlighted text that appears in brackets provides direction/placeholders for customizing this plan to align with your health center’s policies and procedures. More Details...

Health Center Communications Plan - Template (43633). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document is to be used as a guide for developing a health center Communications Plan. It may be maintained as a free-standing document or as an annex to your organization’s Emergency Management Plan (EMP). The yellow text in brackets provides directions/placeholders for customizing this plan to align with your health center’s policies and procedures. More Details...

Emergency Preparedness: Secondary PPE Training (43481). Resource Type: Archived In-Person Training. Description: Lt. Brian Pomodoro, Sr. Program Mgr. of Disaster Response Training for DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness- Boston EMS, speaks on PPE donning and doffing. More Details...

Emergency Preparedness: Primary PPE Training: PPE Donning and Doffing Exercise (43481). Resource Type: Archived In-Person Training. Description: Lt. Brian Pomodoro, Sr. Program Mgr. of Disaster Response Training for DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness- Boston EMS, speaks on PPE donning and doffing. More Details...

Emergency Preparedness: Infectious Disease Risk: Risk Communication: Infectious Disease (43481). Resource Type: Archived In-Person Training. Description: Sarah Darcy, Media Relations Manager for South Shore Health System, speaks on risk communication and how it relates to infectious disease. More Details...