Diabetes Prevention for the Whole Family – 2023
Training Webinar This webinar from June 8, 2023 highlights the key takeaways from MHP Salud and HOP’s 2022-2023 article series: Diabetes Prevention Across the Lifespan. The facilitators share expertise in utilizing community health workers to improve health outcomes,...Opioids – Patient Resource / Recurso para pacientes sobre los opioides
This resource covers what opioids are, how they affect the body, what misuse looks like, and how to prepare for a visit to the doctor, plus numerous links to other helpful resources. It is available in English and Spanish. Este recurso describe qué son los opioides,...Flu Vaccine Webinar: Safeguarding Farmworker Health through Flu Vaccination Outreach and Promotion
Tips to Help Health Centers Address Disability & Chronic Disease Discrimination
This publication contains tips, electronic resources, and two brand new screening tools for health centers to help their patients with disabilities and chronic diseases. As a companion to The Unique Role of Medical-Legal Partnerships in Helping Health Centers Address...COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach Tip-Sheet
This tip sheet outlines best practices of COVID-19 vaccination outreach for community health workers (CHWs) and clinicians. Best practices include: talking about vaccination and encouraging uptake, dispelling misinformation and addressing vaccine hesitancy, and...Outreach & Value-Based Care: Impacting Health Care Delivery and Cost through Integrated Community Health Outreach Programs
Robust, community-driven outreach models are critical for ensuring access to and utilization of health care services by underserved populations. However, under a traditional structure of payment for health services, many outreach activities and other enabling services...Reaching People Experiencing Homelessness Through Street Medical Outreach
In Denver, Colorado, the homeless population is highly visible; many live on Denver’s streets, under bridges, and in alleys. For most, accessing health care and social support services is difficult and focusing on daily survival takes precedent. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (the Coalition) proactively engages patients to link them to information and social support services, as well as provides medical care…
Using a Harm Reduction Approach and Mobile Outreach to Promote Health Among Those Engaged in Street-Based Sex Work and Drug Use
Harm reduction is an evidence-based, public health approach that uses practical strategies to reduce the harmful consequences associated with certain high-risk behaviors[1]. For example, a harm reduction approach to drug use could involve counseling someone about the risks involved or giving them sterile syringes. With the aim of “meeting people where they’re at