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Expanding Health Centers’ COVID-19 Vaccine Workforce: Dental Teams
Dentists and dental teams are being utilized to help administer COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 Vaccinations for Agricultural Workers: Clinicas del Camino Real
The COVID-19 vaccination outreach efforts of Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc., are informed by the health center’s deep understanding of the logistical challenges and cultural beliefs of the agricultural worker community it serves.
Trusted Community Partners Help Build Vaccine Confidence and Engage Communities
Community Health Centers are partnering with local organizations to broaden their reach for COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
A Place to Breathe and Heal at Health Centers
A new stunning 86-minute documentary film explores the universality of trauma and resilience through the eyes of immigrant and refugee health care practitioners and patients and features a Community Health Center in Lowell, MA
How 10 Community Health Centers Transformed Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
Authors: Ali Jost, LICSW, and Caryn Bernstein, Manager, NACHC Clinical Affairs Division-Operations. Jost is a trauma therapist, trainer and behavioral health coach. She was faculty on the recent Innovative Approaches for Prescription Drug Abuse Management and Prevention project. Editor’s Note: One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s take a look back at one of the …
Health Centers Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Strategies at the 2021 Policy and Issues Forum
At this year’s Policy and Issues Forum, community health center leaders came together to provide further detail for the “Health Centers and Underserved Communities: Vaccinations From First Mile to Last Mile” session.
Building Vaccine Confidence While Reckoning with Mistrust of the Medical Establishment
As two Florida health centers show, an understanding of systemic racism and medical history is proving crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many Black Americans are expressing some reluctance to getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
We Must Continue to Prioritize Vaccine Equity Against COVID
At Neighborhood Health — located in northern Virginia — our goal from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic has been vaccine equity.
Community Health Center Doctors on COVID-19, Health Equity and Vaccines
A new video shows Community Health Center physicians describing how they pivoted their operations quickly to respond to COVID-19 and underscores the importance of protecting yourself, family and friends by getting vaccinated.