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Opening Keynote Speaker
DR. NAHEED DOSANI
As a palliative care physician and health justice activist, Dr. Naheed Dosani is dedicated to advancing equitable access to healthcare for people experiencing structural vulnerabilities like poverty and homelessness. These efforts include founding the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program at the Inner City Health Associates, serving as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice in downtown Toronto, a Health Equity Expert Advisor at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and as a palliative care physician at St. Michael’s Hospital at Unity Health Toronto.
Dr. Dosani shares his passion for palliative care and health equity with learners as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research interests include improving care models for people experiencing structural vulnerabilities and access to palliative care for culturally diverse communities.
Closing Keynote Speaker
DENISE SMITH
Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN, a woman of African descent, Community Health Worker, and survivor of a rare chronic disease, is the founding Executive Director of the National Association of Community Health Workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Smith partnered with global and U.S. organizations to center CHWs’ expertise, racial equity, and authentic community-based partnership. Smith is a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, an Aspen Institute Healthy Communities Fellow, and a Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Leader. In 2013, Denise partnered with hundreds of CHWs to achieve historic community engagement and enrollment of 30,000 residents into her state’s ACA Health Insurance Marketplace. Her research interests include building trust and relationship, patient and community-level health system governance, health insurance literacy and CHW policy leadership.
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Coming to the Conference? Share these Social Media Graphics!
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We're so excited to see you in Baltimore in May! Spread the word that you're joining us by using these social media graphics and letting your friends and followers know what you're excited about for the 2023 conference.
Graphics are available for individuals and organizations attending, exhibiting, and presenting, so grab the ones that are right for you and your team! Be sure to tag the Council and use #HCH2023 so we can find and share your posts!
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New Study Shows Encampment Sweeps Lead to Deadly Outcomes for Unhoused Individuals
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A new study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows encampment sweeps, bans, move-along orders and cleanups that forcibly relocate individuals away from essential services will lead to substantial increases in overdose deaths, hospitalizations and life-threatening infections, plus many other detrimental impacts.
The researchers developed a simulation model projecting the long-term health effects of involuntary displacement of people experiencing homelessness who inject drugs using data from 23 U.S. cities. They used city- and national-level data to closely model what the population looks like in real life, including their overdose risk and mortality. They then modeled two scenarios over a 10-year time period: no continual displacement and continual involuntary displacement of this population.
The results were clear: Involuntary displacement causes people to be disconnected from health care services and increases their risk of overdose and death.
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April 19 Coffee Chat: Beyond UDS — How to Leverage Data to Work Toward Health Equity
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All health centers collect and report UDS data, but not all are utilizing race and ethnicity data aimed at improving equitable outcomes. On April 19 at 11 a.m. CDT, grab some coffee and join us to discuss how the UDS is limited and often not the best reflection of the high-quality care provided at Health Care for the Homeless Clinics. Additionally, data extraction from marginalized communities is common. How do we collect and share data that is meaningful to the community we serve?
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| April 20: Community-Centered Approaches to Racial and Social Justice — Change from the Outside In with CCHH (Second of 2 sessions)
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HCH providers serve a population with complex health and social needs. One of the main challenges to improving health for people experiencing homelessness is the ability to address the social determinants of health including access to housing, food, transportation, employment, and other resources. Building innovative, cross-sector community partnerships is one way to accomplish this goal. Developed by the Prevention Institute, the Community Centered Health Home (CCHH) model builds on the concept of PCMH while integrating a whole person, SDOH framework grounded in equity and justice. A CCHH not only acknowledges that factors outside the healthcare system affect patient health outcomes, but actively participates in improving them. Join us April 20 at 2 p.m. CDT for the second of a two-part webinar series in partnership with the Prevention Institute, when we'll dive into operationalizing a community-centered approach.
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| Archived Webinar: Community-Centered Approaches to Health Care — Introduction to the CCHH model
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Did you miss the March 30 webinar on the Community Centered Health Home (CCHH) model? Click the button below to catch up!
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| | Fact Sheet: Health Insurance at HCH Programs
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There are nearly 300 Health Care for the Homeless programs in the country — and they served more than 900,000 people in 2021. Our newest fact sheet looks at the health insurance data that all health centers submit to HRSA and uses it to make comparisons with other health centers and the general public. Use this data to advocate for expansion — or for better outreach and enrollment practices.
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National Health Care for the Homeless Council
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National Institute for Medical Respite Care
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| April 19, 2023 | Volume 6, Issue 4| Archives
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