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NHCHC Coffee Break: 30 min do-at-your-desk Yoga for Combatting Exhaustion

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NHCHC Coffee Break: 15 Minute Yoga

Save this to your Calendar Come as you are! All are welcome. This practice is intended to be accessible for all, trauma-informed, and easy to do at your desk in the middle of a work day. Yoga instructor Deirdre Hoey (LCSW-C, RYT200) is a therapist at Baltimore’s Health Care for the Homeless program with over

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Building Resilience for Front Line Providers: What Does “Self-Care” Really Look Like?

Webinar Slides(PDF) Poverty Policy Podcast, Episode 9: Resilience(LINK) Mobilizer newsletter(LINK)   Sometimes a bubble bath isn’t enough. Before the national pandemic, homeless health care providers suffered from high rates of burn-out, stress, and vicarious trauma. Now during a public health crisis, we question what it really means to build resiliency and find time for self-care.

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Organizational Strategies for Supporting the Mental Health & Wellness of Providers & Staff

  Webinar Slides(PDF) Trauma Informed Practice(PDF) Implicit Bias and COVID-19(PDF) The Psychological Impact of Quarantine(PDF) Resource List(PDF)   Healthcare systems and administrators play a critical role in maintaining the psychological safety and emotional wellness of their staff. The COVID19 pandemic has put healthcare providers at higher risk to experience traumatic stress with limited reprieve. During

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The Humanism Pocket Tool: Finding the Joy in Treating Challenging Patients

  Webinar Slides (721 KB)(PDF) Humanism Pocket Tool Manual (775 KB)(PDF) Humanism Pocket Tool Card version 5.4 (295 KB)(PDF) Soh, Shaner & Gelberg et al 2018 (428 KB)(PDF)   Every patient deserves compassionate, trauma-informed care, and it is particularly critical for clients coping with the experience of homelessness. How can clinicians ensure that all patients—including

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Administrative Concerns in Street Medicine: Assuring Quality without Sacrificing Mission

  PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Professional Liability Considerations(PDF) Sample Street Medicine Policy(PDF)   Street medicine is the provision of direct patient care to those sleeping outside. Understanding that many patients either can’t or won’t access care in a traditional setting, the goal is to deliver high-quality care in the location of the patients’ choice, rather than withhold

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One HCH Center’s Framework for a Safe and Healthy Environment

  One HCH Center’s Framework for a Safe and Healthy Environment slides(PDF) Value-Based Decision-Making Outline(PDF) AHCH Framework for a Healthy and Safe Campus Environment(PDF)   By design, HCH organizations are committed to engaging and serving the most vulnerable populations in unconventional settings, through innovative mechanisms. As such, the work is laden with tensions: welcoming while

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