Addressing COVID-19’s Impact on Health Centers’ Finance and Operations and Response Planning for Future COVID-19 Outbreaks and Other Emergencies
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.
Community Partnerships to Address the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Residents of Public Housing
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated mitigation strategies are expected to have significant psychosocial, behavioral, socioeconomic, and health impacts, which are exacerbated in populations that experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups. Those experiencing health disparities prior to the COVID-19 pandemic are at increased risk of infection and other COVID-19 related consequences, such as job loss, unpaid leave, and lost wages. Given the urgent need for prevention and mitigation strategies (i.e., physical distancing, wearing face coverings, frequent handwashing, disinfecting surfaces, shelter-in-place, self-isolation upon suspected exposure, leaving home only for essential activities, etc.), there is also a need to leverage and scale existing partnerships, resources and platforms and ongoing mitigation efforts within communities to attenuate adverse outcomes. This learning collaborative explored existing or developing partnership strategies to address the negative health impacts of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations.
COVID-19 & Diabetes: Challenges & Opportunities to Help Vulnerable Populations
In this learning collaborative session, the National Center for Health in Public Housing and the Health in Public Housing Clinical Quality Work Group discussed the latest challenges faced by PHPCs related to COVID-19 and diabetes care. Best practices and Telehealth concerns associated with health care service delivery were among other topics addressed in this call.
COVID-19 Pandemic: Interventions and Challenges in Public Housing Primary Care
During this call, NCHPH and PHPC Health Centers discussed some of the most pressing needs for PHPCs in response to COVID-19. Health Centers shared their best practices to prevent COVID-19 infections among health center staff and their current patient management mechanisms. Other topics of discussion also included HUD guidance, community collaborations, challenges and training and technical assistance needs.
Health in Public Housing Clinical Quality Work Group Call: Increasing Access to Care
During this call, NCHPH and PHPC Health Centers discussed the latest challenges and best practices related to COVID-19 and access to health care services. Other points of discussion were TTA priorities and health center issues.
Special Populations Roundtable: Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program
NCHPH and other National Training and Technical Assistance Partner organizations hosted a bi-weekly roundtable discussion around the COVID-19 vaccination rollout for special populations. During these sessions, subject matter experts convened to provide health centers with up-to-date information about the COVID-19 vaccine and their response to cases and questions from health centers and other community partners.