Publications: Building COVID-19 Vaccine ConfidenceThis publication by NCHPH and NNCC explains the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine and ways to boost confidence in the vaccine. Combating COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation and Disinformation Through Culturally Competent StrategiesThis report describes the elements that contribute to vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities and offers culturally appropriate strategies on how to […]
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Learning Collaboratives: 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 […]
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NCHPH COVID-19 Webinars
Webinars: A New Normal: Learning to Live with COVIDCOVID-19 will not so much disappear or fade into the background. It will become like the many other common pathogens that sicken people that can also be controlled with vaccines and drugs. Without the eradication of infection in the long term, COVID-19 will be another disease that […]
Topic: Improving Access to MedicationsOrganization Name: La Maestra Community Health Centers; TCA HealthOrganization Type: Health CentersLocation (city/state): San Diego, California; Chicago, IllinoisSpecial or Vulnerable Population: Residents of Public Housing CommunitiesChallenges: Medication access, and medication adherencePromising Practice: Medication home deliveries Challenges on access to medication and medication adherence among health center patients were exacerbated during the […]
Topic: Improving Access to FoodOrganization Name: TCA Health; UI-Mile Square Health CenterOrganization Type: Health CentersLocation (city/state): Chicago, IllinoisSpecial or Vulnerable Population: Residents of Public Housing CommunitiesChallenges: Food insecurityPromising Practice: Partnerships on improving access to health foods Food insecurity became an obstacle in accessing healthy foods for health center patients at a national level, in part, […]
Topic: Public Housing Agencies and Health Center PartnershipsOrganization Name: Axess Pointe Community Health Centers; Akron Metropolitan Housing AuthorityOrganization Type: Health Center; Public Housing AgencyLocation (city/state): Akron, OhioSpecial or Vulnerable Population: Residents of Public Housing CommunitiesChallenges: Lack of knowledge on locating health centers, lack of coordinationPromising Practice: Collaboration to provide transportation for residents of public housing […]
Topic: Addressing an Endemic COVID-19Organization Name: La Maestra Community Health Centers (LMCHC)Organization Type: Health CenterLocation (city/state): San Diego, CaliforniaSpecial or Vulnerable Population: Public HousingChallenges: Access to carePromising Practice: Utilizing existing cultural liaisons, pharmacy home deliveries La Maestra Community Health Centers are located in San Diego, California with a culturally diverse patient population. Due to this, […]
Topic: COVID-19 Vaccination and TestingOrganization Name: UI-Mile Square Health CenterOrganization Type: Health CenterLocation (city/state): Chicago, IllinoisSpecial or Vulnerable Population: Public HousingChallenges: Vaccination distribution, testing, and vaccine hesitancyPromising Practice: Centralize vaccine center, Latino and Black caucus partnershipsChallenges: Vaccination distribution, testing, and vaccine hesitancyPromising Practice: Centralize vaccine center, Latino and Black caucus partnerships UI-Mile Square Health Center […]
Topic: Telehealth services and COVID-19Organization Name: Quality of Life Health Services, Inc.Organization Type: Health CenterLocation (city/state): AlabamaSpecial or Vulnerable Population: Public HousingChallenges: Digital divide, digital health literacy, broadband internet, COVID-19 effect on health servicesPromising Practice: Telehealth Mobile Units The COVID-19 pandemic heightened the need to develop or improve telehealth services, particularly in community health center […]
Topic: Smoke Free Public Housing and COVID-19Organization Name: Lancaster Health Center also known as Union Community CareOrganization Type: Health CenterLocation (city/state): Lancaster, PennsylvaniaSpecial or Vulnerable Population: Residents of Public Housing CommunitiesChallenges: Fostering community partnerships to address smoking and COVID-19Promising Practice: My Life, My Quit Program Smoking is a risk factor for increased risk of COVID-19 […]