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Cervical Cancer Screening: The Pap Test Digital Story (2015). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Do you need to explain to patients what happens during a Pap test? Our new digital story La Prueba Pap / The Pap Test educates the audience about the Pap test and the benefits of having it done. It helps the viewer understand what happens during a Pap test. Narrated in Spanish with English subtitles, this health education resource can be used by outreach staff and health educators, or for viewing at health centers. 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...

Integrating Homeless Service Providers and Clients in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Issue Brief (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief outlines strategies to integrate people experiencing homelessness into disaster preparedness and response, examines homeless individuals’ and service providers’ awareness and perception of targeted preparedness efforts, and offers recommendations for other communities looking to improve disaster assistance for people experiencing homelessness. 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...

Survey of School-Based Oral Health Programs Operated by Health Centers (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This paper presents the results of a national online surveys of Health Centers that NNOHA conducted in June 2013 to obtain information about school-based oral health programs located in school-based health centers. 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...

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...

Adding Restorative Care to Health Center Mobile Dental Programs: Promising Practice (2012). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Community Health Center, Inc in CT has provided mobile dental services to school-aged children since 2002. One challenge for this program was that children were not completing restorative care recommended in the mobile dental program. This promising practices shares how this health center added restorative care to their mobile dental program. More Details...

The Role of Enabling Services in Patient-Centered Medical Homes (2010). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet highlights enabling services (ES) as a critical factor that should be included in the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model. It describes the important role health centers play in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA&NHPI) community and the challenges they face in providing care for populations with many nationalities and languages. It also includes recommendation for how health centers serving the PCMH model can incorporate these services and improve care. More Details...

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...

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...

An Examination of Enabling Services at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) 2004-2007: Enabling Services Accountability Project (2008). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of enabling services (ES) utilization at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) from 2004-2007. The information is useful for health centers in their efforts to better understand the contribution of enabling services to patient care as well as provide data to support advocacy efforts for ES reimbursement and funding.Overall, the documentation and examination of ES supports the national efforts to improve cultural and linguistic appropriate health care delivery and reduce and eliminate health disparities for underserved Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander (AA&NHPI) populations. More Details...

An Examination of Enabling Services at Kalihi-Palama Health Center (KPHC) 2004-2007: Enabling Services Accountability Project (2008). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of enabling services (ES) utilization at Kalihi-Palama Health Center (KPHC) from 2004-2000. The information is useful for health centers in their efforts to better understand the contribution of enabling services to patient care as well as provide data to support advocacy efforts for ES reimbursement and funding. Overall, the documentation and examination of ES supports the national efforts to improve cultural and linguistic appropriate health care delivery and reduce and eliminate health disparities for underserved Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander (AA&NHPI) populations. More Details...

An Examination of Enabling Services at International Community Health Services (ICHS) 2004-2007: Enabling Services Accountability Project (2008). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of enabling services (ES) utilization at International Community Health Services (ICHS) from 2004-2007. The information is useful for health centers in their efforts to better understand the contribution of enabling services to patient care as well as provide data to support advocacy efforts for ES reimbursement and funding. Overall, the documentation and examination of ES supports the national efforts to improve cultural and linguistic appropriate health care delivery and reduce and eliminate health disparities for underserved Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander (AA&NHPI) populations. More Details...

An Examination of Enabling Services at Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (CBWCHC) 2004-2007: Enabling Services Accountability Project (2008). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of enabling services (ES) utilization at Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (CBWCHC) from 2004-2007. The information is useful for health centers in their efforts to better understand the contribution of enabling services to patient care as well as provide data to support advocacy efforts for ES reimbursement and funding. Overall, the documentation and examination of ES supports the national efforts to improve cultural and linguistic appropriate health care delivery and reduce and eliminate health disparities for underserved Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander (AA&NHPI) populations. More Details...

Evaluation Of Culturally Appropriate Community Health Education On Diabetes Outcomes (2008). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet provides the results of a study that examined the impact of health education utilization on HbA1c levels of diabetic patients at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC). The results showed that health education visits are associated with improved HbA1c levels, and thus are essential to patient health care. This demonstrates that culturally and linguistically appropriate health education services are integral components of health center care for underserved populations and serve as effective tools to reduce barriers to care and diabetes health disparities. 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...