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Toolkit for Building Resilience in Emerging Health Professionals and Homeless Communities Facing Diabetes

Toolkit for Building Resilience in Emerging Health Professionals and Homeless Communities Facing Diabetes

TypeToolkit

How to use this toolkit for building resilience: This toolkit can provide guidance toward an interdisciplinary resilience curriculum for students in the healthcare field or Emerging Health Professionals (EHPs), who will be working in homeless communities with diabetes/pre-diabetes. For more information, contact: Resilience Hawai’i Click the link below to view or download the building resilience […]

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Location Honolulu, Hawaii

Toolkit for Responding to the Trauma Needs of Schools

Toolkit for Responding to the Trauma Needs of Schools

TypeToolkit

How to use this toolkit for the trauma needs of schools: This toolkit provides insights into ways to facilitate the development of trauma-responsive programs and services in school settings by partnering with various stakeholder groups and responding to their prescient needs. For more information, contact: Barb Pierce Click the link below to view or download […]

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Location Indianapolis, Indiana

Toolkit for Integrating Community Health Workers in Schools

Toolkit for Integrating Community Health Workers in Schools

TypeToolkit

How to use this toolkit: This Toolkit describes one model to address child health inequities and to promote a culture of health by integrating community health workers into schools – originally for asthma, but broadened in scope over time. It may be of interest to those who are interested in tackling the profound inequities in […]

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Location Chicago, Illinois

Toolkit for Training and Utilization of Community Health Workers in Subsidized Housing by Clinical Scholars, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) program

Toolkit for Training and Utilization of Community Health Workers in Subsidized Housing

TypeToolkit

How to use this toolkit: This toolkit provides insights to help address Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) challenges faced in Subsidized Housing through providing Community Health Worker training, resident education, and support. For more information, contact: Institute for Preventive Healthcare and Advocacy Click link below to view or download the toolkit:

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Location Asheville, North Carolina

Toolkit for Improving Access to Pediatric Care A State-Wide Telemedicine Collaborative

Toolkit for Improving Access to Pediatric Care: A State-Wide Telemedicine Collaborative

TypeToolkit

How to use this toolkit: This toolkit is designed to provide insight for medical teams and allied health providers who have an interest in creating a telemedicine network of providers who share the goal of serving unmet medical needs across broad geographic distances. For more information contact: Montana Pediatrics

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Location Missoula, Montana

Toolkit for Developing a Digital Web to Address Behavioral Disparities in Rural Communities

Toolkit for Developing a Digital Web to Address Behavioral Disparities in Rural Communities

TypeToolkit

How this toolkit can be used: To serve as a road map to create a sustainable network of digital approaches to expand education, support and access to behavioral health services in rural communities. For more information, contact: UR Health Lab Click link below to view or download the Digital Web Toolkit:

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Location Rochester, New York

Leading Community Based Changes in the Culture of Health in the US book cover

Leading Community Based Changes in the Culture of Health in the US

TypeE Book

Leading Community Based Changes in the Culture of Health in the US presents solutions to these vexing questions: Why does the US continue to lag far behind other peer nations despite its economic and political power? Why are whole segments of the US population consistently burdened by poor health? What can be done to ensure […]

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  • Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Washington, DC
  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Ferguson, Missouri
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Orlando, Florida
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Rapid Response Grants Lead to Big Impacts

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Since early 2021, rapid response grants have helped 22 communities during COVID-19. The rapid response grants provide funding to address health equity challenges in the United States and territories that were worsened by the pandemic. So over 60 Clinical Scholars Fellows used the grants to provide direct services, collect information to improve future responses to […]

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Location Raleigh, North Carolina

Toolkit for Dusk to Dawn Hospital-Based Youth Violence Prevention Program

Toolkit for Dusk to Dawn: Hospital-Based Youth Violence Prevention Program

TypeToolkit

This toolkit is a guide to develop a hospital-based youth violence prevention program. It is meant to provide information about youth violence, identify strategies for altering youth attitudes towards the use of violence, partnering with community-based organizations and overcoming barriers to launching a new violence prevention program. For more information, contact D2D@nebraskamed.com

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Location Omaha, Nebraska

Toolkit for a Community-Led Response to Pharmacy Closures in Chicago

TypeToolkit

This document can be used to guide the development and planning of future efforts aimed at engaging the community and public officials in addressing pharmacy access barriers in Black and Hispanic/Latino neighborhoods. We also expect this tool to emphasize the importance of awareness and building the evidence base to promote equitable policies.  For more information, […]

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Location Chicago, Illinois

Toolkit for the Prevention of Opioid Misuse Through Peer Training

TypeToolkit

This toolkit is designed for anyone who would like to adopt community engaged practices to the fields of substance abuse, addiction recovery, or trauma-informed care. This toolkit uses peer mentoring as a successful model for intervention and prevention.  For more information, contact the Office of Community Engagement at the Medical College of Wisconsin: communityengagement@mcw.edu 

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Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Toolkit for Accompanying Uninsured Community from ER to Medical Home

TypeToolkit

This toolkit can be used as a guide for those who wish to transform their Emergency Department (ED) into a Center of Excellence for uninsured patients. The objective for such transformation is to optimize a patient’s ability to obtain insurance and resultant health services, thus recontextualizing an undocumented status as a modifiable social health determinant. […]

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Location Los Angeles, California

Toolkit for Multi-Level Approach to Addressing Housing Insecurity and Related Unmet Social Needs

TypeToolkit

This toolkit can be used as a roadmap for healthcare institutions that are seeking guidance on how to integrate addressing housing insecurity and related unmet social needs for the patient populations they serve. We use a multi-level approach, which includes clinical, educational and community-based activities. For more information, contact: hello@omolaramd.com

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Location New York, New York

Toolkit for Whole Child Health in Preschool

TypeToolkit

 This toolkit is intended as a guide for integrating diverse disciplines to address holistic wellness along a range of indicators and with multiple levels of intensity in the preschool setting, resulting in a more equitable distribution of health and wellness services to young children. Additionally, we hope this guide will inspire cross-agency and cross-discipline collaboration […]

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Location Santa Monica, California

Toolkit for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in Tribal Communities

TypeToolkit

This toolkit provides information and recommendations on creating a suicide prevention campaign in tribal communities. This toolkit includes ideas for events, suicide prevention interventions and development of community support. For more information, contact: taylor-desir.monica@mayo.edu

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Location New Town, North Dakota

A Tale of Two States: Pharmacists as Leaders

TypeInfographic

We recognize the need for a diverse mix of health care providers working together in new ways. For example, we know that pharmacists and others who may work outside a traditional clinical setting have a tremendous role in building a Culture of Health. Highlighted below are two real-world examples of how interdisciplinary teams are collaborating […]

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  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Redefining second chances in foster care

TypeBig Idea Talk

Would our life outcomes, especially foster care youth, be better if instead of only second chances we were given as many as it takes? “Yes!” explains Social Worker Derrick Stephens and ER Physician Annette Bell while they share what is known about brain science, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and chronic stress. Knowing that approximately 90% […]

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Location Orlando, Florida

There is no health without oral health

TypeBig Idea Talk

In the U.S. there are far too many children and adults without affordable access to even basic oral health care. Head and Neck Surgeon Charles Moore, Dentist David Reznik, and Nurse Practitioner Hope Bussenius describe why oral health is an important part of our overall health. They urge health care providers to work together with […]

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Location Atlanta, Georgia

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Let me listen to your heart

TypeBig Idea Talk

When caring for transgender and gender non-conforming patients: The phrase “let me listen to your heart” takes on a new meaning for health care providers. Family Physician Carolyn Wolf-Gould shares her “accidental” professional and personal journey of becoming a gender-affirming clinician in rural New York, including lessons learned that can help anyone become an ally.

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Location Oneonta, New York

Toolkit for Anti-Violence Awareness

TypeToolkit

This toolkit can be used to develop and implement an anti-violence awareness initiative in any community where there are high risks youth and a high incidence of violent crimes. For more information, contact: stlprayerproject@gmail.com

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Location Ferguson, Missouri

Make my city safe again

TypeBig Idea Talk

On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in the city of Ferguson outside of St. Louis. Public Health Nurse Tonita Smith’s youngest son was the same age and she couldn’t believe what she was seeing live on social media but knew she must do something to help with the health-related […]

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Location Ferguson, Missouri

Healing centered engagement

TypeBig Idea Talk

Exposure to violence can disrupt a child’s development and functioning if left untreated, but there is hope for this vulnerable population with healing-centered engagement. Pharmacist and Public Health Practitioner Lachell Wardell shares how children exposed to trauma are often misdiagnosed and prescribed medications but how this framework is a more holistic and humanistic way to […]

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Location Ferguson, Missouri

Power of experiences

TypeBig Idea Talk

Every child with special health care needs (SHCNs) deserves a healthy smile, but dental care is the second most common unmet health need for them. Pediatric Dentist Jeff Karp urges families to share their experiences with health care providers. The power of these experiences can be leveraged through professional telementoring networks (Project ECHO) to transform […]

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Location Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gift of time and language

TypeBig Idea Talk

Filipinos are an immigrant community affected by alarming mental health disparities including high suicide rates, but the time and conversations families have together can help. Pediatrician Joyce Javier shares her research and personal experiences alongside her team including Pediatrician Horacio Lopez, Psychologist Dean Coffey, and Occupational Therapists Jed David and Aviril Sepulveda. Their work involves […]

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Location Los Angeles, California

Toolkit for Community-Based Approach to Addressing Opioid Addictions in New Mexico

TypeToolkit

This toolkit is designed to provide lessons and insights on how to build a responsive treatment program for opioid addictions and recovery. The hope is it is helpful to others in building their own local, creative, integrative and caring approach to opioid treatment and healing. For more information, contact: info@casadesaludnm.org

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Location Albuquerque, New Mexico

Reimagining health, transforming shame

TypeBig Idea Talk

When we ask “Why the pain?” rather than “Why the addiction?” we learn so much more. Family Physician Anjali Taneja describes how we must do this cultural work together by using stigma reducing language, meeting people where they are (harm reduction), and reimagining healing with responsive treatment and recovery options.

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Location Albuquerque, New Mexico

A Tale of Two States: Access to Oral Health Care

TypeInfographic

Research has shown the interconnectedness of oral and overall health and how it impacts individuals’ physical, social, emotional, and economic well-being. Highlighted below are two real-world examples of how interdisciplinary teams are collaborating to address health disparities and improve access to oral health care in their communities. View their toolkits below! Low Resource Communities Charles […]

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  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota