A Public Health Approach to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Substance Use Disorders in Public Housing Rural Communities
This webinar will explore federal and local efforts to address this public health crisis in rural communities and the role of Health Center Programs to address the opioid epidemic and substance use disorders in rural communities.
Bridging the Gap: Behavioral Health and Oral Health in Public Housing
Oral health and behavioral health are intimately connected, which can impact health outcomes. Individuals with behavioral health concerns are more likely to have poor oral health. Poor oral health can also result in behavioral health impacts. Individuals in public housing are at risk of experiencing both poor behavioral and oral health outcomes. Dental providers have a unique opportunity during dental appointments to assess behavioral health status and link patients to behavioral health care. In partnership with the National Center for Health in Public Housing, this webinar reviewed behavioral health data and resources from a recent survey of residents of public housing. The webinar will also highlighted how a health center dental program located in public housing integrates behavioral health screening and referral into oral health care.
Caring for HIV in the Home Environment: Coordinating with CHWs
This webinar highlighted how Community Health Workers (CHWs) can support HIV prevention, screening, and care coordination within health centers. Presenters from NCHPH’s Department of Data Analysis and Evaluation shared evidence-based models and field-tested strategies for integrating CHWs into multidisciplinary HIV care teams.
EnVision Centers, PHAs, and FQHCs–Opportunities for Collaboration to Improve Resident Health
In this webinar, background information is provided on the intersection of health centers and public housing agencies in the effort to improve health and wellness of residents. This webinar also focuses on EnVision Centers and how community health centers can collaborate nationally with EnVision Center partners in order to achieve the health and wellness goal of the health and wellness pillar within the EnVision Centers.
NCHPH Tips Campaign Pilot Project Kick Off Call
This is a joint call with all Pilot participants to go over the basic components of the project, walk through the CDC Tips Campaign website and identify the specific resources you would like to include at your site, discuss the evaluation measures, as well as answer any questions.
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.
SC Tobacco Quitline Health Systems Change Program
This webinar focuses on tobacco quitlines and discusses ways to encourage providers to place an emphasis on smoking cessation.
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.
Smoke Free Public Housing Webinar
The National Center for Health in Public Housing and two PHPC Health Centers recently presented a webinar on smoke-free public housing hosted by HRSA. The purpose of the webinar was to provide information on how PHPCs and PHAs can work together to support smoke-free policy implementation and improve health outcomes within their communities. This webinar highlighted innovation and promising practices from Health Centers in Alabama and New York and identified helpful smoking cessation resources for PHPCs.
Smoke-Free Public Housing Tobacco Cessation ECHO
This webinar discusses ten ways to quit using tobacco.
Synthetic Opioids and the Impact on Community Health
The National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing hosted a timely discussion on the growing presence of synthetic opioids, including nitazenes, and their impact on community health. The webinar examined how health centers strengthened prevention efforts, patient education, and response strategies to address this emerging threat among residents of public housing and other vulnerable populations.
The Oral Health Impact: Tobacco, Marijuana, and Vaping in Patients in Public Housing
This webinar was presented in partnership with the National Network for Oral Health Access. Tobacco, marijuana and vaping have long-term effects on health, including oral health. Tobacco use is an ongoing challenge for patients who live in public housing. With emerging issues like marijuana and e-cigarettes, health centers who serve patients in public housing need to learn how to address these issues to improve health outcomes. This webinar reviewed data of tobacco use in public housing and the oral health effects of tobacco use. During the presentation, Zufall Health Center discussed their programs to reduce smoking and vaping within their patient population.
Tobacco Cessation Champions Presentation
This webinar discusses the Tobacco Cessation Champions program.