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Farmworker Outreach Promising Practices
Resource Announcement

Health Outreach Partners (HOP), in collaboration with the National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) and the CDC, is pleased to present “Farmworker Outreach Promising Practices: Lessons from the Field”. This report is a compilation of ten promising outreach practices for farmworker-serving organizations connecting with and providing health education to farmworkers. "Promising Outreach Practices" are strategic efforts that aim to keep farmworkers and their families healthy.

Thank you to the ten organizations who generously shared these practices with us to include as part of this resource!

View the report or view the profiles individually:

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SDOH and Structural Barriers Affecting Diabetes Care
Learning Collaborative Announcement

The Special and Vulnerable Populations Diabetes Task Force, comprised of 14 National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs), invite you to join a national learning collaborative that takes a deeper dive into issues around systemic, structural, and environmental barriers and strategies for improving diabetes care among people experiencing homelessness, residents of public housing, migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, school-aged children, older adults, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, LGBTQIA+ people, and other health center patients.

Please join HOP, CSH, and NHCHC on Tuesday, March 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28 at 11am-12pm PT; 2pm-3pm ET for "Diabetes Continuum of Care: Understanding Social Determinants of Health and Structural Barriers Affecting Diabetes Care”

The Inclusion Scorecard for Population Health™
New Resource Announcement

The Inclusion Scorecard for Population Health™ (ISPH) is an online, web enabled assessment tool featuring over 80 emerging and best practices that advance health equity. These have been sourced from publications by the CDC, American Hospital Association, HRSA’s Health Center Program Compliance Manual and the American Medical Association and cross referenced with the national CLAS standards linked to serving diverse patient populations.

The best practices or activities are divided into four focus areas as follows:

Tracking the Metrics of Inclusion for Healthcare
Creating a Culture of Inclusion to Support Health Equity
Managing the Link Between Equity and Quality of Care
Inclusive Community Engagement

The Scorecard has an integrated knowledge base that can support leaders and staff who are interested in adopting these best practices. Resources include reference material, examples of other systems use of the practice and key implementations strategies.

Click Here to Learn More!

Childhood Diabetes Prevention Learning Collaborative
Learning Collaborative Announcement

The registration deadline for Childhood Diabetes Prevention Learning Collaboratives closes in one week on February 3rd, 2023! Please feel free to share this opportunity with your networks.

You are invited to take part in the Childhood Diabetes Prevention Learning Collaborative aimed at improving diabetes prevention in migrant and seasonal agricultural worker (MSAW) children. This four-session learning collaborative, offered by Farmworker Justice, Health Outreach Partners, and the School-Based Health Alliance, is for community health center primary care and behavioral health providers and outreach staff. Each community health center or SBHC must have at least two staff members participate. The sessions will teach strategies and best practices for identifying and addressing diabetes risks and share experiences with peers and experts.

Dates: February 9th & 23rd and March 9th & 23rd

Time: 11:00 am-12:30 pm PST; 2:00 pm-3:30 pm EST.

Diabetes Prevention Across the Lifespan

New Article Announcement

This article is the part of the quarterly "Diabetes Prevention Across the Lifespan" article series, through a collaboration of HOP and MHP Salud. In it, we explore "The Importance of Children's Activity for Combatting Diabetes".

Physical activity, including organized sports, is an excellent outlet for children to provide a positive outlet and improve their mental and physical health, including diabetes outcomes. Learn more about its importance, and why we must protect these opportunities for our youth.

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Western Forum for Migrant & Community Health

February 14-16, 2023

Long Beach, CA

Join HOP at the WFMCH
Conference Workshop

Are you attending the 2023 Western Forum for Migrant & Community Health? If so, join HOP as we facilitate a 90-minute, in-person conference workshop on the topic of Structural Competency.

Title: Structural Competency: Analyzing the Structural Factors of Diabetes & COVID-19

Date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm PT

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The Outreach Connection Newsletter is a compilation of the latest information and resources from Health Outreach Partners and our collaborators sent right to your inbox. This newsletter was designed specifically for outreach programs and staff. You can use Outreach Connection as your resource for technical assistance to enhance your outreach efforts with links to insightful and timely articles, tools, reports, and more. HOP sends newsletters with new content that is available on a regular basis, so encourage your colleagues to sign up today. We hope you find this to be a valuable resource for your program.