Collection of Promising Practices on Diabetes Management and Prevention
The National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) has compiled a set of promising practices on how to improve the health of public housing residents through diabetes management and prevention strategies with health centers. These strategies were identified through various webinars and learning collaboratives conducted by NCHPH over the last three years on improving diabetes management and prevention.
Collection of Promising Practices on Health Center and Housing Partnerships
NCHPH has catalogued promising practices on health center and housing partnerships that were identified during T/TA activities. Some promising practices in this publication include collaboration strategies to address COVID-19, flu vaccination efforts, smoking cessation, access to health care, and more.
Combating COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation and Disinformation Through Culturally Competent Strategies
This report describes the elements that contribute to vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities and offers culturally appropriate strategies on how to combat the effects of misinformation and disinformation with health center patients and staff.
Data Discovery: Snapshot of Social Determinants of Health in Public Housing Primary Care Communities
This brief describes the findings of an online mapping resource that shows the distribution of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) indicators across counties with Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) health centers. The publication will summarize the importance of SDOH on the behavioral health of public housing residents, highlight the online mapping resource developed by National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), and describe the geographic distribution of SDOH-related indicators that impact behavioral health in counties with PHPC health centers.
Demographic Facts: Residents Living in Public Housing
The National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) has compiled the latest public housing resident statistics for 2022. This fact sheet covers the following categories: general information, families with children, seniors, people with disabilities, income, and health status.
Finding Healthy Food: The Effects of ‘Food Deserts’ on Public Housing Residents Living with Diabetes
This blog post by NCHPH highlights the adverse effects of food deserts, and describes how food deserts can impact diabetic residents living in public housing communities.
Healthy Together: A Toolkit for Health Center Collaborations with HUD-Assisted Housing and Community-Based Organizations
This toolkit by NCHPH and NNCC provides information and resources for health center staff to partner and collaborate more effectively with their local housing authorities and with other providers serving residents of public housing and other low-income housing.
How Health Centers Can Promote Benefits of Exercise to Diabetic Public Housing Residents and Promising Practices
This publication by NCHPH discusses the importance of exercise among public housing patients with diabetes, in addition to how it can benefit them.
Impact of COVID-19 On Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Health Center Patients and Operations
This publication by NCHPH highlights findings from a survey distributed to public housing residents assessing the effects that COVID-19 has had on Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) patients and health center operations.
Introduction to NCHPH
This publication by NCHPH provides an overview of services provided, in addition to the latest public housing background information.
National Center for Health in Public Housing’s Smoking Cessation Protocol: A Guide to Conducting Groups
This guide provides readers with all necessary information and supplemental materials that are needed to conduct a comprehensive smoking cessation program either in a group setting, or with individual patients.