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Issue Brief: The Climate Crisis and Its Impact on Farmworkers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Issue brief prepared for FJ’s Environmental Justice Symposium (May 17th and 18th, 2022) addressing the impacts of the climate crisis on farmworkers in the areas of heat stress, pesticide exposure, food security, and water access. More Details...

Finding the Sweet Spot: Using Medicare Wellness Visits to Promote Diabetes Prevention in Older Adults (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders webinar focused on the value of the Medicare Annual Wellness visit for developing personalized plans to prevent or mitigate diabetes in older adults. The webinar demonstrated how an individualized approach to diabetes prevention and management in older adults should take into account the 4Ms of Age Friendly Health Systems: Mobility, Mentation, Medications and What Matters Most. More Details...

Affirming HIV and STI Prevention and Treatment for LGBTQIA+ People who are Experiencing Incarceration (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This case-based webinar will explore the unique considerations for health care providers at the intersection of HIV and STI prevention for LGBTQIA+ people experiencing incarceration. Participants will learn best practices for affirming services and referrals for patients who are currently incarcerated as well as those navigating re-entry. More Details...

Variants & Boosters Door Hanger (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This double-sided door hanger resource explains key details about what variants are and effective preventative measures against new variants. The flip side has information about why boosters are necessary and answers questions about who and when individuals are eligible for boosters. A white space at the back is included for outreach workers to list contact information. More Details...

Colgador de Puerta sobre Variantes y Vacunas de Refuerzo (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Este recurso de colgador de puerta de doble cara explica los detalles clave sobre qué son las variantes y las medidas preventivas efectivas contra nuevas variantes. El reverso tiene información sobre por qué son necesarios los refuerzos y responde a preguntas sobre quiénes son elegibles para los refuerzos y cuándo. Se incluye un espacio en blanco en la parte posterior para que los trabajadores de extensión incluyan la información de contacto. More Details...

Strategies for Providing Health Care for Frequent Users in Rural Communities (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Frequent Users are defined as individuals with complex needs that have significant interaction with crisis services such as emergency rooms, ambulance transport and substance use detox services. This webinar outlines strategies for meeting the complex needs of this population in rural areas. More Details...

Medication Support and Medical Respite Care: A Guide for Programs (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Support for medication management is an important part of medical respite care and overall health management. However, it is critical that programs provide appropriate support within their staff’s scope of practice and licensing, and that practices for medication storage and supervision follow state licensure and regulations. Medical respite care programs can utilize this document to determine the most appropriate type of medication support they can provide within their program, and identify steps and strategies to provide this support in a safe and effective way. More Details...

New PrEP Guidelines (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Ard will provide updated guidance related to PrEP, informed by new PrEP guidelines and the FDA approval of injectable PrEP. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar: Integrating HIV Education (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed how to educate Nurse Practitioners who have completed Community Health Center. Inc’s NP Residency or NPs who have significant experience as a Primary Care Provider on the integration of specialty care for key populations, including: • HIV care • Hepatitis C management • Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use and other substance use disorders • Sexually transmitted disease (STI) screening and management • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) health, including hormone replacement therapy and gender affirming care. More Details...

Health at the Intersection of Body Image, Identity, and Development: LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Webinar participants will consider the relationship of body size vs. the overall health of the body for LGBTQIA+ youth and learn how health centers can support LGBTQIA+ children and youth in developing a healthy perception of their bodies. Participants will explore the relationship of childhood identity development to beauty and health standards and learn strategies for providing, or referring to affirming services for LGBTQIA+ youth, including patients experiencing body dysmorphia and/or dysphoria. More Details...

NACHC Veterans Interest Group Office Hour (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This recording is from NACHC's April 14, 2022 all-virtual Veterans Interest Group Office Hour. More Details...

Integrating HIV Prevention into Primary Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed best practices for integrating HIV prevention (e.g. HIV testing, PrEP and linkage to care) into primary care within the context of enhancing clinical workforce development. More Details...

Meeting Where They Are: Innovating Mobile Services in COVID Aware World (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Health Care for the Homeless Community has long been providing innovative care in a mobile setting. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated both the need and opportunity to build on the mobile model of care and push for creative ways to do so. This webinar highlighted the efforts of communities who have taken mobile services in a new direction. More Details...

Addressing Health Care Challenges for Migrant Farmworkers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Today in the Golden State, farmworkers encounter numerous risks to their health and increased barriers to care before, during, and after migration. Health centers play a crucial role in addressing disparities in accessing COVID-19 services, education, and resources in special and vulnerable communities. Health centers that serve migrant farmworker and their families face unique challenges. Mobility results in poor continuity of care, and the health issues that fact migrant farmworkers and other mobile underserved populations are often magnified or compounded by their migratory lifestyle. In this webinar, we provide examples, tools, and best practices to help health centers better integrate health center teams (e.g., providers and community health workers) and external partnerships (e.g., community-based organizations and local government). More Details...

Improving Health of Public Housing Residents Through Intentional Health Center and Housing Authority Partnerships (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In collaboration with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Center for Health in Public Housing conducted a webinar highlighting the health center and housing authority partnerships that have led to improved health for public housing residents. More Details...

Building Partnerships to Address Housing Insecurity (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to focus on different patients’ demographics that have been disproportionately affected by the virus. Additionally, the public health emergency interrupted capacity building health centers have been developing for patient-centered services to different special populations. This webinar will discuss how health centers can further support or modify current infrastructure to meet the needs of the patients experiencing homelessness (PEH) or in public housing, for COVID-19 care and beyond. More Details...

Innovations in HIV care for Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Native people (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar is designed to help health centers recognize and respond to the unique considerations for the prevention and treatment of HIV for Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Native people. Participants of this webinar will hear from expert panelists discussing best practices for providing affirming, high-quality HIV prevention and treatment in both rural and urban settings. More Details...

Addressing Financial Exploitation in Older Adults Through Community Partnerships (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar examined health, financial, and technological risk factors in older adults that contribute to susceptibility to fraud or exploitation and explained the benefits and limitations of social needs assessments to identify forms of elder abuse. This webinar featured the work of the Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services to highlight the importance of coordinating supportive services that can assist in protecting older adults from financial fraud and abuse. More Details...

Meeting the Needs of the LGBTQIA+ Community at Community Health Centers in the South (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) citizens are a diverse community. However, they share a common need for culturally competent health care that recognizes and responds to specific risks and challenges due to social and structural inequities such as stigma and discrimination. This webinar aims to educate stakeholders on the needs and experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community and inform how HRSA health centers can effectively serve this community by addressing local needs and disparities and identifying opportunities to advance health equity through training, education, and collaboration with local community organizations. More Details...

Facility Needs and Financing Opportunities for Teaching Health Centers - Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Learn more about the facility needs and various sources of funding available to teaching health centers, including federal development grants. The webinar will be co-presented by the CEO of a health center that has implemented a primary care residency training program at its facility. More Details...