Addressing Violence in Public Housing Communities
Social, economic, and environmental factors, such as safe and healthy environments play a large role in determining the health status of public housing residents. Health Centers located in or immediately accessible to public housing developments are more likely to be in areas with higher rates of violent crime, defined as murder, rape, robbery, and assault. As a result, Health Centers serving public housing residents have developed violence prevention and intervention programs critical to improving the physical and mental health of their patients. The purpose of this webinar was to present findings from a case study report that documented best practices and examples of violence prevention and intervention programs in public housing communities. Guest speakers from Opportunities Industrialization Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Genesee Health Systems in Flint, Michigan discussed lessons learned and successful strategies they used to address and prevent violence at their Health Center.
Building Bridges between Healthcare Systems and Community-Based Organizations to Address Health Disparities
This webinar explored innovative strategies to advance population health and health equity through the power of community partnerships and transformative system delivery. Speakers highlighted unique SDOH challenges faced by special and vulnerable populations and the impact on their access to care and health disparities. Additionally, the webinar showcased strategies and best practices for building and sustaining effective community SDOH partnerships between healthcare systems and local communities.
CHWs and Turning SDOH Screening into Action: Using Screening to Make a Difference
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an indispensable tool in supporting community health, increasing diversity within health centers and improving satisfaction of both patients and providers. The manner in which CHW’s are used has deep influence on their impact. In this webinar, we reviewed the latest data and insights on the application of CHW’s into historically marginalized communities and insights into how CHW’s can be used to improve community health and increase provider satisfaction within your health center. We also examined validated screening tools that CHW’s can utilize and review challenging real-life situations where the application of CHW’s can improve efficiency, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes.
Clinical Quality Group Diabetes and Staff Needs
On February 23 the Clinical Quality Working group, STAR² Center, and National Nurse-Led Care Consortium discussed diabetes and staffing needs in Public Housing Primary Care. People with diabetes have differing health care needs relating to their diabetes subsequently the diabetes workforce comprises a large multidisciplinary team spanning the health continuum and service providers with varying levels of expertise. As diabetes occurs across the lifespan and concomitantly with many other conditions, multiple services are required at different times or at the same time.
Community Health Worker (CHW) Workforce Development: Methodologies for CHW Use in Addressing the SDOH in Vulnerable Populations
Evidence increasingly emphasizes the importance of the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in supporting the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in vulnerable populations. This is particularly true for health and housing partnerships and their associated supports. In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Lombardi from NCHPH, Jason Amirhadji from HUD and our FQHC partners at Albion Community Health Centers discussed the frameworks, methodologies and promising practices that guide efficient, effective and person-centered care using CHWs.
El Rol de los Promotores de Salud en la Detección Equitativa del Cáncer de Mama
NCHPH and NNCC hosted a webinar that explored the intersection between breast cancer interventions, social determinants of health, and the use of health promoters (promotoras) in care settings.
Housing and HIV: Bridging the Gap Between HIV and Housing in Special and Vulnerable Populations
This webinar by NCHPH, Corporation for Supportive Housing, and the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center featured a discussion on the drivers of health for individuals at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. Panelist providers shared lessons from the field on addressing social drivers of health (SDOH) needs with special emphasis on housing as an intervention and the importance of cross sector partnerships.
Housing is Health Care: Prevalence and Considerations across the Housing Spectrum
This webinar will highlight the importance of housing as a social determinant of health by describing the health care needs and challenges of individuals that are homeless, live in supportive housing, or are public housing residents. Panelists will report and compare health care utilization and prevalence of diseases for these vulnerable populations and offer best practices on ways to improve access to care. This activity is part of an ongoing effort to provide training and technical assistance on issues related to housing and health.
Impacts of Housing Instability on the Health of Vulnerable Populations
Research increasingly shows the deep impact that housing instability has on the physical and mental health of our patients. Scholarship has indicated the primary role that promoting housing stability has on improving outcomes in vulnerable communities and the unique strategies that institutions and providers can use to network individuals to housing opportunities as well as to wholistically support the unhoused, HUD-assisted families and residents of public housing.
In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Lombardi MD, MPH, the NCHPH team and colleagues presented a unique perspective to supporting these vulnerable populations. Through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) we engaged with case studies, promising practices and the latest research and clinical recommendations to provide a wholistic perspective of how providers and institutions can promote the health and wellbeing of the unhoused, HUD-assisted families and residents of public housing.
Among the interventions covered were how institutions can utilize Community Health Workers (CHWs), inter-organizational partnerships and trauma-informed care to improve their quality of care.
Integrating Behavioral Health During a Pandemic
Mental Health is an important topic for patients living in public housing, particularly during the crisis of a pandemic. In this webinar NCHPH discussed findings from research on the mental health of public housing residents and the medical director from La Maestra Community Health Center will discuss their innovative integrated behavioral health program.
Partnership Opportunities for Health Centers, EnVision Centers, and Public Housing Agencies
The recent COVID-19 crisis his highlighted the magnitude of health inequities faced by public housing residents and the need for a coordinated approach in providing health prevention and treatment, as well as the basic goods and services needed to survive, e.g., food, medicine and shelter. This webinar focused on the importance of collaboration between Health Centers, Public Housing Agencies, and EnVision to improve the overall health and well-being of public housing residents.
Poverty, Housing and Stigma: The Profound Effects of the Social Determinants of Health on Addiction Management
In the coming years, FQHCs and PHPCs are expected to take an increasing share of the country’s addiction management caseload. This is particularly true of health centers serving disadvantaged populations.
In this webinar, the National Center for Health in Public Housing team presented an epidemiological perspective of addiction management with a focus on the impact that housing, poverty, and historical marginalization has had on the lived experience of residents of public housing and other marginalized groups.
Additionally, through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), we examined the models, practices, and care interventions which can assist FQHCs and PHPCs in supporting addiction management programs and promoting the staff and patient experience at their organization.
Promoting CDC Tips from Former Smokers to Public Housing Residents
The National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) is working with the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health (CDC OSH) and their national tobacco education campaign contractors at the PlowShare Group to increase access to smoking cessation counseling in patients served at Health Centers. NCHPH is recruiting 3-5 Health Centers located in or immediately accessible to public housing developments to participate in a pilot project that promotes the use of the CDC Tips campaign materials. Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®), launched in 2012, features individuals living with the serious health effects of smoking and secondhand smoke exposure. During 2012–2015, the CDC’s Tips® campaign was associated with over half a million sustained quits among U.S. adult smokers, and over 9 million quit attempts. Participants in the pilot project will receive free technical assistance and coaching on how to make the most of these materials.
Ready to Respond: Behavioral Health and Addiction Management Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the frequency of addiction and behavioral health conditions observed by FQHC’s and PHPC’s. Moreover, many aspects of the COVID-19 response and recovery complicated the treatment of existing patients and increased the number of individuals seeking care.
In the webinar, the National Center for Health in Public Housing team looked at the models and practices used by health centers to manage patients and organizations in that complex environment. The content focused on promising practices, workflow management, and recent industry advancements. Additionally, from the perspective of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), the patient experience was examined by reviewing case studies and real-world examples with a focus on demographic disparities and the experience of Residents of Public Housing.
Removing Barriers and Facilitating Access: Improving Health Care Access for People with Disabilities
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 1 in 4 adults in the United States have some type of disability, and 1 in 5 of them did not have a routine check-up in the last year. Disability inclusion allows for people with disabilities to take advantage of the benefits of the same health promotion and prevention activities experienced by people who do not have a disability. Challenges to community integration for people with disabilities also need to be addressed through innovative integrated care programs in the community. This webinar explored health centers’ and public housing authorities’ initiatives to improve access to primary care and addressed social determinants of health affecting people with disabilities.
Secondary Traumatic Stress Identification, Mitigation and Improving Work Satisfaction for HC Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This webinar educates staff on the concept of traumatic stress. It identifies terms, risk factors, and symptoms associated with compassion fatigue/secondary traumatic stress and burnout. The concept of self-care is introduced, and participants learn about building skills that can mitigate traumatic stress responses and improve work satisfaction and resilience.
SDOH Academy Innovations Showcase Kickoff Webinar
In this webinar, health centers were provided the opportunity to demonstrate the work that they have been doing to address Social Determinants of Health.
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Screening Tools 101 for Health Center Staff Serving Public Housing Residents
NCHPH convened a webinar that discussed the importance of screening for social determinants of health (SDOH), the major domains of SDOH that are particularly important to consider for public housing residents and introduce the main steps of identifying appropriate screening tools and implementing a screening process.
Using SDOH Data to Screen for Social Vulnerability
NCHPH, JSI, and HITEQ hosted a webinar that discussed how health centers can access and use available SDOH data sources to determine and screen the social vulnerability of their patients and link them to appropriate care and services.