Helping Hands Hawai‘i administers numerous programs that benefit Hawai‘i’s people, with a special focus on programs that help people who are dealing with multiple problems of homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness. Within Helping Hands Hawai‘i are several Behavioral Health Programs including Community Based Case Management and Care Coordination, a Housing First Project called Hawai‘i Pathways Project, funded through Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD), and Representative Payee, a money management program for clients who receive Social Security or Veterans benefits. Helping Hands Hawai‘i uses the Housing First model to prioritize housing first, then implement wrap-around support, treatment, and life skill services that are necessary to help individuals to stabilize, improve their quality of life and maintain housing.
Given that not all statewide public health systems include local health departments (LHD), it is important to provide educational materials regarding public health practice for local health officials in these systems.
This course is a modified version of the "You Are The Key to HPV Cancer Prevention" presentation by the CDC, augmented by a role-play exercise to assess learning.
In this course, you will learn suggested ways of engaging with your patients and their children about the benefits of HPV vaccination.
This four part webinar series was recorded and is available online. Each 1 hour session highlights specific nutrition programs for Native American and Pacific Islander Communities.
The Nevada Public Health Training Center and the University of Nevada School of Medicine present the Nevada Public Health ECHO Series.
This Project ECHO will be presented by Judy Henderson who is the Training Coordinator at the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Talk and Discussion with Andy Imparato, Executive Director of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and nationally known disability policy leader.
Is your health agency interested in preventing chronic disease? There is growing evidence that nutrition and growth in early life has an impact on chronic disease in adulthood.
This course is designed for any community health worker, regardless of years of experience or the type of outreach in which they are engaged and employs case studies, pre- and post-tests, self-assessment exercises, and more.
This webinar reviews the geopolitical history of the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands) and the United States; provides an update on efforts to reestablish access to Medicaid for Compact of Free Association (COFA) citizens from these countries who are legally residing in the US; and shares state-specific examples of effective methods to outreach to COFA communities and to overcome health literacy challenges.
The goal of this webinar series is to explore Holistic Admissions as an evidence-based strategy to diversify the health workforce, specifically the nursing workforce in schools of nursing.
Several women’s health conditions are common, but they do not have to be because they are treatable or preventable. In this webinar Dr. Sandra Combs, Psychiatrist at COPE Community Behavioral Health Services in Tucson, Arizona, explores the causes and symptoms, evidence-based screening recommendations, treatment options, and tips for preventing or reducing the severity of depression. This information can help you improve health among women in your community.