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Health Center and Supportive Housing Capital Development Partnerships Case Study: Atlanta, GA (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the value of community health and housing collaborations aimed at improving housing stability and quality of life for vulnerable populations. Increased demands for affordable and supportive housing combined with the need for more effective service coordination are fueling exploration of these health and housing collaborations. Read the case study to learn more about the key steps and decisions leading health centers and providers have made on their path to building new health and housing collaborations in their communities. More Details...

Lead Screening and Housing Partnerships: Leveraging Resources to Improve Population Health: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Lead poisoning is a serious and debilitating condition that impacts some of the most vulnerable members of our communities. Because of this, there has been a resurgence of government and non-government interest in and support for lead screening and housing remediation initiatives that can benefit health centers, housing agencies, public health entities and their constituents. More Details...

Screening for the Social Determinants of Health: An Epidemiological Perspective: NCHPH Learning Collaborative (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: There is increasing interest in integrating the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) into clinical practice. When appropriately utilized, screening for SDOH provides measurable benefits to clinicians, patients, and health center management. More Details...

Guide for Safe and Adequate Housing for Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This new guide provides information about Ag Worker housing across the U.S. and shares recommendations and strategies to promote safe and healthy living environments for this population. More Details...

Don’t Forget the Feet When Educating Patients About Their Diabetes Management!: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Members of ethnic and racial populations living in the United States experience unique challenges in preventing or managing their diabetes, including language barriers, cultural beliefs, and traditional foods, particularly among first generation immigrants.  More Details...

Strategies to Improve Staff Retention in Health Center Settings: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The rate of staff turnover at health center facilities is staggering and was exacerbated by the complexities and stressful circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the important implications of staff turnover, health centers have made significant attempts to understand its underlying reasons and devise solutions to decrease it. More Details...

Health Centers and Syringe Services Programs (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Our new resource emphasizes HRSA policy allowing health centers to participate in SSPs, outlines models of care, and provides best practices and resources for moving forward to provide health center patients access to syringes. More Details...

Bridging the Medical Technology Gap: The Impact of New Technology on Diabetes Management: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: High tech devices such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can be effective tools to help diabetes patients manage their blood glucose, but access to these technologies, as well as the education and support necessary to successfully use them, remains a challenge for patients served by health center programs. Being familiar and up to date with diabetes technology is essential to successfully improve diabetes management among underserved populations, More Details...

Consumer Engagement Assessment Tool (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This assessment tool will aid health centers in evaluating their efforts to invite, facilitate, and support consumer input and leadership in the governance of their organizations. For Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) programs within larger FQHC funding structures or public entities, accurate responses to questions about organizational governance and administrative activities may require input from both organizational leadership and HCH program directors. The purpose of these questions is to evaluate how people with lived experience of homelessness are invited into governance, even for programs that are not HCH standalones. More Details...

Conquering Diabetes Therapeutic Inertia: Patient Engagement Strategies: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Early blood sugar (blood glucose) management leads to better health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes. But therapeutic inertia—or delays in advancing treatment—can keep people from reaching their A1C goals. Having the right conversations during health center visits can help patients overcome this inertia and get patients’ A1C where it needs to be. More Details...

Social Determinants of Health Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Barriers: A Resource for Health Centers, Vol. 3 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), Health Outreach Partners (HOP), MHP Salud, and National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), four HRSA-funded National Training and Technical Assistance Partner organizations, released a report on lessons learned, challenges, barriers, and impact stories shared from the (4) sessions of the “Acting on SDOH Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health” Learning Collaborative. This Learning Collaborative shared strategies to respond to SDOH data through enabling services staff, culturally and socially appropriate interventions, and internal and external organizational capacity. More Details...

Social Determinants of Health - From Screening to Action: An Interactive Video Session (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This short, animated video provides insight on how to set up effective referral networks and processes to use the collected data in a meaningful way. More Details...

Optimize Your Care Team to Improve Chronic Hypertensive Disease Management (2023). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: This webinar focuses on advancing the mgmt of hypertension & improving patient outcomes through optimization of care teams. We explore how care team optimization, grounded in evidence-based practices, enhances health outcomes & provides vital support for our workforce. During this session, you hear from Ingrid Andersson from Mary’s Center on using RNs to enhance chronic care management, with a special emphasis on patients dealing with hypertension. Through comprehensive discussions & case studies, you explore the latest promising practices that focus on the pivotal role of collaborative teams in achieving superior patient outcomes. More Details...

Academic Partnerships to Foster Multidirectional Learning and Reinforce our Health Center Workforce: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Partnerships focusing on improving the health of individuals and communities through alliances among academic associations and health centers are essential to develop workforce innovation projects, serve as a conduit for public health workforce activities, and enhance population health education for medical, nursing, and public health students. More Details...

Screening for Safe Infant Sleep Habits in Public Housing: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Sleep-related injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in infants, this is disproportionately true for traditionally marginalized groups, including residents of public housing. More Details...

Healing Hands: Intersections of Homelessness and Human Trafficking in the United States (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The latest issue of Healing Hands, the publication curated by and for our HCH Clinicians’ Network, is designed to deepen clinicians’ and other health care providers’ understanding of the intersections between homelessness and human trafficking in the U.S. More Details...

A Framework for Medical Respite Care (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Medical respite care is defined as acute and post-acute care for people experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on the streets or in shelter, but who are not ill enough to be in a hospital. While programs vary in size and structure, they all share the same fundamental elements: short-term residential care that allows people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to rest, recover, and heal in a safe environment while accessing medical care and other supportive services. Medical respite care (also referred to as recuperative care) has grown substantially since its inception in the 1980’s, as more communities are recognizing the need for programs that address gaps in affordable housing and health care. As the field grows, so does the need for resources for programs and providers to ensure the clients* who access medical respite services are receiving safe and quality care. More Details...

Traditional Food, Culture, and Diabetes in the United States: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Members of ethnic and racial populations living in the United States experience unique challenges in preventing or managing their diabetes, including language barriers, cultural beliefs, and traditional foods, particularly among first generation immigrants.  More Details...

Screening for Public Housing Community-Specific Safe Sleep Risks: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Sleep-related injuries are a leading cause of morbidity in infants, a relationship which disproportionately impacts residents of public housing.  More Details...

Exploring Promising Practices on Diabetes Management and Prevention: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In 2021, health centers reported over 2.8 million patients that were diagnosed with diabetes and over 91,000 among Public Housing Primary Care grantees (HRSA, 2022). This data signifies the need to explore what strategies health centers are implementing to improve the overall diabetes health outcomes for their patients. More Details...