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HOP’s Blog is dedicated to bringing you the most up-to-date information about outreach resources and emerging trends. Here you can find regular addresses from the Executive Director, as well as rotating staff blogs. It also elevates the experience of outreach workers and the importance of outreach through the sharing of outreach stories.
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Living a Healthy Lifestyle: Community Health Workers Promoting Diabetes Prevention Among Families
As type II diabetes continues to rise, especially among our Latino population, it is important to educate our communities on the preventative measures and risk factors for this disease.[1] While most of these interventions focus on individual behavior change, more recent research suggests that a family-centered approach to chronic disease prevention provides promising results.[2] In this blog, we will discuss the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and how Community Health Workers play a key role in implementing family-centered diabetes interventions. (more…)
2020 Year of the Nurse: On the COVID-19 Frontlines with Kadee C.
Traditionally, each year in mid-May the health care community celebrate nurses during National Nurse Appreciation Week. Coincidentally, the World Health Organization and the National Association of Community Health Centers designated 2020 as the year of the nurse. At no time in history do nurses deserve this recognition more for their hard work and dedication to the health of their communities. They are heroes and leaders on the front lines fighting a global pandemic that no one anticipated at the start of year. Now more than ever, we need to thank the nurses in our lives for all they do as the backbone of health care, working long hours caring for Covid-19 patients as well as other patients with equally challenging health issues during a time of great uncertainty.
(more…) Diabetes Webinar Series
2020 National Learning Series on Diabetes
The Special and Vulnerable Population Task Force invites you to join us for this year's multi-part National Learning Series (NLS) on diabetes. The live webinars will build upon last year to provide health centers, Primary Care Associations (PCAs), Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs), and other partners with more in-depth information and enhanced strategies that focus on improving diabetes control for health center patients. Each webinar will focus on specific strategies for developing, evaluating, and supporting effective health care delivery models designed to meet the specific needs of special and vulnerable populations. Check out the National Learning Series schedule below and register today:
WEBINAR #1: Diabetes Continuum of Care: Team-Based Care
- DATE: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
- TIME: 11:00am-12:30pm PT; 2:00-3:30pm ET.
- LINK: Register Here
HOP’s Theory of Change
Health Outreach Partners (HOP) is excited to formally share our new Theory of Change—a way to visually represent how HOP contributes to desired changes in the world especially in the area of community and public health. Our Theory of Change links HOP’s work with an identified issue or problem, a set of desired changes on which we will focus our efforts, specific strategies that contribute to that change, and underlying values and stances that guide our work.
The year-long process of developing our new Theory of Change was made possible with support and expertise of CompassPoint Non-Profit Services; and the direct input and feedback from numerous community health centers, primary care associations, other funders from around the country, and HOP staff. We wish to thank all of you who participated in the process. As always, thank you for your continued support. Click here to learn more.
