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Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pregnancy (44456). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar featured recent studies and personal stories supporting the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy. This webinar is a part of our Nurse-Led Forum for Vaccine Confidence series. More Details...

Addressing COVID-19’s Impact on Health Centers’ Finance and Operations and Response Planning for Future COVID-19 Outbreaks and Other Emergencies (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This learning collaborative guides participants through the challenges and solutions for addressing the financial and operational impacts of COVID-19 on health centers serving residents of public housing and other underserved communities, with an emphasis on applied response planning for future emergencies. More Details...

Addressing Diabetes Factors in Elementary School Children Through School and Community Partnerships (43712). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource highlights ways health centers (such as federally qualified health centers) can enhance health outcomes of elementary-aged children with obesity and other pre-diabetic through school partnerships. More Details...

Addressing Diabetes in the Homeless Population: The Audacity to Be Bold (2018). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This presentation discusses how a community health center, which includes Health Care for the Homeless funding, tracked and improved the health outcomes of their diabetic patients. The use of process improvement tools, team-based care, and additional clinical care activities were targeted to improve the A1C. This improvement journey was highlighted in the health center’s recent HRSA operational site visit. More Details...

Addressing diabetes risk factors in school-aged children: Bright Bodies + at Yale School of Medicine (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join the School-Based Health Alliance to discuss the importance of school, community, and family partnerships to increase your health center's reach to support reducing diabetes risk among school-aged children. We will cover ways to practically treat obesity and prevent Type 2 Diabetes in children. Participants will learn about Yale's evidence-based Pediatric Obesity Bright Bodies healthy lifestyle programs and explore potential resources and takeaways to support school-aged children's obesity prevention and treatment. More Details...

Addressing diabetes risk factors in school-aged children: MEND+ at Denver Health (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join the School-Based Health Alliance to hear about evidence-based strategies for reducing diabetes risk among school-aged children and take away comprehensive strategies for obesity prevention and treatment within Health Centers and schools. Participants will learn about Denver Health’s successful example of an intensive in-house family weight management program tailored for Health. Our speaker will discuss how health centers can spearhead partnerships with schools in their community in various ways to support school-aged children’s obesity prevention and treatment. More Details...

Addressing Financial & Legal Problems To Improve the Mental Health of Adults & Children During the Pandemic (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic’s compounding effects of job loss, isolation, dismantled support systems, grief, and disruptions in care, all resulted in significant financial strain and legal problems that impacted the mental health and well-being of adults and children. In this webinar, subject matter experts in social determinants of health and medical-legal partnership interventions discussed: 1) how financial strains such as high debt, low income and unemployment are associated with suicide attempts and should be considered key factors when assessing mental health interventions; and 2) how legal services delivered alongside social, medical, and behavioral health services can help improve the overall health and well-being of children. The multidisciplinary audience will be prompted to share insights, tools, and COVID-related strategies on how their health centers, legal services organizations, medical-legal partnerships, or other community based organizations have responded to the unique behavioral and mental health needs of adults and children during the pandemic. 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...

Addressing Food Insecurity Among Older Adults in Clinical Settings (2019). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Because food insecurity is a serious threat to the health and well-being of older adults in the U.S., this webinar sought to equip health centers’ healthcare providers to screen and intervene on this important public health issue. 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...

Addressing health disparities for LGBTQIA+ people and people with HIV in public housing: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and The National Center for Health in Public Housing held a three-part series on addressing health disparities for LGBTQIA+ people and people with HIV in public housing. More Details...

Addressing Health Equity through Health and Housing Partnerships: Strategies for health and housing providers to address the inequities in our systems that impact access to quality health care for homeless and vulnerable populations. (2019). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Community health centers can strengthen their efforts to address the inequities and barriers for homeless and vulnerable populations to access quality health care. This publication highlights the areas for focus for health centers to address the inequities that impact vulnerable populations. More Details...

Addressing HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among LGBTQ People: A Primer for Health Centers (2019). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Some lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people face an increased risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The increased risk of HIV and STIs in these populations stems from both social and biological factors.Health center clinicians can help address HIV and STIs among LGBTQ people by screening appropriately based on a comprehensive sexual history, providing culturally appropriate safer sex counseling, and offering biomedical prevention strategies, such as vaccinations and pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP). More Details...

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking in the Health Center Setting: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The coronavirus pandemic and consequent stay-at-home orders may increase danger for those at risk for or experiencing intimate partner violence and human trafficking (IPV/HT). Due to COVID-19, many health centers have shifted health encounters to virtual platforms, which offer unique opportunities to provide trauma-informed care and connect in new ways with those who may be experiencing abuse. Yet, telehealth and virtual visits also present health centers with new challenges related to privacy, safety and digital health equity. More Details...

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Series: Session 1: CREATING A SUPPORTIVE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT TO ADDRESS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (2019). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs in all segments of our society, but vulnerable populations like migrant women may encounter additional disparities and barriers to care that make intervention and treatment of IPV more complex. In these two sessions, Migrant Clinicians Network provides specific and effective action items to better serve women who have experienced IPV in the exam room, and to make our communities safer by engaging men in the community. More Details...

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Series: Session 2: PROVIDING ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR MEN TO ACT ON PREVENTING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (2019). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs in all segments of our society, but vulnerable populations like migrant women may encounter additional disparities and barriers to care that make intervention and treatment of IPV more complex. In these two sessions, Migrant Clinicians Network provides specific and effective action items to better serve women who have experienced IPV in the exam room, and to make our communities safer by engaging men in the community. More Details...

Addressing IPV/HT with New OCHIN Smartform (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Developed in partnership with OCHIN, this Health Information Technology (HIT) Memo discusses how health centers (HCs) can partner with HIT platforms to improve patient quality of care and privacy. This resource explains the lessons learned from our recent development of the OCHIN EHR Smartform and publicizes its availability to OCHIN members and others. More Details...

Addressing Latent Tuberculosis Infection And Tuberculosis In Asian, Native Hawaiian, And Pacific Islander Communities: The Role Of Health Centers For Testing And Treatment” Webinar (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will provide an overview of LTBI and TB disease; discuss successful strategies for testing and treatment in high need populations; and share information about the new TB Community Engagement Network initiative. More Details...

Addressing Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Tuberculosis in Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities: The Role of Health Centers for Testing and Treatment – Webinar (August 2021) (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, Tenzin Kunor from We Are TB and Dr. Sheldon Riklon from UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Fayetteville, AR and Community Clinic in Northwest Arkansas spoke about a TB survivor’s experience, and the role of community health centers around latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and tuberculosis (TB) disease testing and treatment. In 2019, a total of 8,916 TB disease cases were reported in the United States and its Territories. Out of those cases, TB disease was reported in 3,150 Asians. Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are disproportionately impacted by TB at a greater rate compared to other racial and ethnic groups. For example, the rate of TB disease is 32 times higher for Asians than whites. Considering the complex health and social needs of the Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, health centers play a critical role as a safety net provider and community partner to address special and vulnerable populations with increased risk of TB. This webinar shared a patient survivor experience with TB; discuss successful strategies for chronic disease management and LTBI/TB screening, testing, and treatment in high need populations in community health care settings; and share information about the TB Elimination Alliance initiative. More Details...

Addressing Mental Health with Agricultural Workers- A tip sheet for Health Care Workers (2021). Resource Type: Publication . Description: A tip sheet for Health Care Workers to engage in conversations about mental health with agricultural workers.  More Details...