Webinars:
“Are We Prepared for the Next Emergency?” Webinar Series
Health centers are likely to be the first point of contact for those seeking care for injuries, infectious diseases, and other emergency-related illnesses. As first-line responders, health centers are responsible for dealing with health emergency case management. The purpose of this webinar series is to increase awareness and understanding of the need for preparing for new emergencies beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
The webinar series provides an overview of best practices and challenges health centers face during emergencies and the role of primary care associations to lead the health centers’ emergency response.
Considerations for Serving Residents of Public Housing During Emergencies and Disasters
In addition to addressing the effects of emergencies and disasters on public housing residents, this webinar by NCHPH and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) also highlights promising practices that have been taken to address the issue.
Diabetes Continuum of Care: Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management
This webinar by NCHPH, MHP Salud, and NCECE focused on the impact of natural disasters and other emergencies on diabetes management. Participants also discussed how health centers can support priority patient populations with diabetes before, during, and after these events.
Environmental Determinants of Health: Fostering Environmental Health Programs in Public Housing Primary Care
A healthy environment is vital to ensure healthy communities and promote well-being for all at all ages. Environmental threats can occur naturally or because of social conditions and ways people live. Addressing Environmental Determinants of Health directly improves the health of populations. Indirectly, it also improves productivity and increases the enjoyment of consumption of goods and services unrelated to health. This webinar will show how chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD are exacerbated by environmental factors in low-income communities and will provide promising practices and discuss the first national, place-based tool designed to measure cumulative impacts of environmental burden through the lens of environmental justice & health equity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Building Resilience in the Midst of a Pandemic: What Health Care Workers and Leaders Can Do During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has required health centers to focus on the challenges of achieving effective healthcare delivery during shortages of staff, equipment and funding. A lot of energy has been devoted to the urgent and critical need for personal protective equipment, the impending lack of respirators and tests, and the pressure on health centers to help “flatten the curve.” This crisis has left little time to address the impact of workplace and personal stressors on providers and other staff as they try to balance the fear of contracting the virus while carrying a heavy, complex workload. There is a real risk of a mental health crisis facing health care workers on the front lines of this pandemic. This webinar provided tips and recommendations for leadership, clinical and non-clinical staff working at health center clinical sites on how to create a healthy environment and cope with anxiety, depression and other behavioral disorders caused by COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2).
Partnering for the COVID Vaccine: Lessons from the Flu-LEAD Project
The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Center for Health in Public Housing, and subject matter experts from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hosted a webinar about leveraging health center and housing authority partnerships for COVID vaccine distribution. Speakers discussed lessons learned from the HUD/HRSA Flu-LEAD (Linkages to End Access Disparities) project.
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.
Panel Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: Promising Practices, Lessons Learned and Challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing rapidly and requires different strategies to maintain clinical preventive services including immunization and testing. During this panel discussion NCHPH, La Maestra Community Health Centers, Mile Square Health Center and Zufall Health Center addressed COVID-19 vaccination, testing promising practices, lessons learned and challenges.
Publications:
Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence
This publication by NCHPH and NNCC explains the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine and ways to boost confidence in the vaccine.
COVID-19 Informational Guide for Public Housing Residents: Know the Basics
This infographic by NCHPH (available in English/Spanish) provides general information on COVID-19.
COVID-19 Informational Guide for Public Housing Residents – Know the Basics of Seeking Care
This infographic by NCHPH provides general information on how public housing residents can seek care for COVID-19, testing services provided by health centers near public housing agencies and providing clarification on the Public Charge Rule.
COVID-19 Resource Guide
This publication provides a compilation of COVID-19 activities conducted by NCHPH.
COVID-19 Vaccine Resource Guide
This publication provides a compilation of COVID-19 vaccine activities conducted by NCHPH.
How to Obtain COVID-19 Vaccines
This publication by NCHPH teaches health center professionals how to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine.