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Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Tools & Resources for HCH Staff

Webinar Slides(PDF) Intimate partner violence (IPV) negatively impacts one’s mental health, physical health, and economic stability. Due to the prevalence of IPV among people experiencing homelessness, HCH programs find themselves addressing issues related to IPV on a weekly, even daily, basis. While it is clear that IPV is a significant problem, how to effectively respond […]

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We All Do IT: UDS and Reporting Software

PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Each year, every community health center program is required to submit data for HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS). Technology can help in the process, but with several IT vendors promising fast and easy solutions, it can be an overwhelming decision as well as a frustrating process once we realize that there is no one-size-fits-all product. The tweaking

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Prevention & Response to Infectious Diseases Within the Homeless Population

Prevention and response procedures to infectious disease outbreaks often do not address the unique circumstances of persons experiencing homelessness. This fact sheet highlights infectious diseases within this population, addresses challenges in the event of an outbreak, and provides strategies and tools that can be used to prevent and respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

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Using the Social Ecological Model to examine how homelessness is defined and managed in rural East Tennessee

Claudia Davidson, Velma M Murry, Molly Meinbresse, Darlene M Jenkins, and Robert Mindrup Often conceptualized as an urban issue, homelessness in rural communities is pervasive due to high rates of poverty, lack of affordable housing, inadequate housing quality, unemployment/underemployment, and geographic isolation. In 2014, the National HCH Council in collaboration with Vanderbilt University and Cherokee

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HCH Quality Leaders: Key Practices and Improvement Strategies

Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will highlight the findings of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council’s case study on quality leaders among HCH grantees and the operational practices and quality improvement processes that drive them to success. Two HCH quality leaders will share some practices they have instituted to improve or support quality of care.

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Health and Homelessness among Veterans: Development and Pilot of a Military History Screening Tool

Claudia Davidson and Darlene Jenkins, National Health Care for the Homeless Council  Accurate knowledge of veteran status is essential, as veterans may qualify for a number of Veteran Affair’s (VA) services and benefits that can resolve their health conditions and/or experiences of homelessness. Moreover, information regarding military service may be clinically significant to Health Care for

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Making the Business Case for Integrated Community Health Outreach Programs

  Health Care for the Homeless programs provides a wealth of clinical services to consumers in community-based settings. There is an opportunity to further expand and improve community-based services through strong health outreach programs that are well-integrated with the goals and structures of an organization. However, the impact of outreach on health center revenues is

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