YOUR MONTHLY NEWS
Welcome to our newest edition of our e-newsletter! The HCAN Hub is a monthly publication for Nebraska Community Health Centers and their partners. Each month we will have a different focus topic and feature best practices, resources, trainings, and much more!
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8 Steps for Organization-Wide Suicide Prevention
By Dr Laura Leone, DSW, MSSW, LMSW
Integrated Health Consultant for Practice Improvement, National Council for Behavioral Health
Suicide prevention can seem like a daunting undertaking for any health center, but as the number of deaths by suicide keep increasing, it becomes a necessary public health issue to be addressed within primary care. If your health center is overwhelmed with how to proceed, the following eight steps are a framework to give you the guidance on what to do.
Step 1: Identify Leadership, Champions and Task Force: It’s important to get many people involved in suicide-prevention efforts, supporting it both from the “bottom up” and from the “top-down.” It is most effective to find staff in several disciplines and roles that are not just from behavioral health, as well as to consider how to include the voice and choice of patients.
Step 2: Educate and Inspire Change: When people understand why change, new workflows or asking the hard questions is necessary, they are more likely to engage in doing it, and doing so well. Educate people on suicidality, including national and local statistics; on the various opportunities during work to ask people about suicide; and on ways to intervene when necessary.
To keep reading blog post click
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Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak may be stressful for both adults and children. The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) has information on ways to manage your mental health on its website. There is also info for parents, responders, and people who have been released from quarantine.
To view resources, click
here.
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Facebook Live:
Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults
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DATE:
Thursday, March 26th
TIME:
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm ET
During the Facebook Live event, learn about the signs and symptoms, proper diagnosis, and treatments for bipolar disorder in adolescents and young adults from Mary Rooney, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and chief of the Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions Research Program at NIMH
Facebook viewers will also have a chance to ask questions live.
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WEBINAR:
Newest Research and Updated Curriculum for Peer Support for Whole Health
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DATE:
Thursday, March 26th
TIME:
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
WHAM (Whole Health Action Management) helps individuals ignite motivation from within to set and achieve goals towards personal health and wellness. WHAM has proved to be a powerful supplement to other recovery and rehabilitation services, like supported employment and peer support.
Join researcher, Dr. Judith Cook, as she shares the results of a randomized controlled trial study of WHAM. She will be joined by Jean Dukarski and Ike Powell of Appalachian Consulting Group (ACG), two of the WHAM curriculum authors, who will share the expanded and simplified goal-setting component of the revised training.
About WHAM:
The WHAM training provides a full day of hands-on facilitator skill-building, including role-playing, that prepares participants to successfully lead peer groups in their community.
To register for the webinar, click
here.
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HRSA-Supported NCQA PCMH Trainings 2020
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DATE:
August 4-6, 2020
LOCATION:
Embassy Suites by Hilton Kansas City International Airport
7640 NW Tiffany Springs Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64153
NCQA PCMH Training
Region VII NCQA PCMH Training (Introduction to PCMH Program AND Advanced PCMH Program)
Target audience: Region VII Health Centers, PCA staff and HCCN staff
Registration fee: $200.00 per attendee (breakfast and lunch provided).
For additional information including registration, lodging and training content, go to:
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WEBINAR VIDEO
Teen Mental Health: Supporting Schools and Expanding Resources
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This webinar explored cross-sector strategies to improve teen mental health and prevent substance misuse and suicide. Speakers discussed:
- How schools are a primary provider of mental health services for teens and present an opportunity for wide-scale intervention
- Recent data trends showing a reduction in teen illicit drug use but an increase in teen suicide deaths and vaping
- Best practices from a multi-state learning collaborative working to increase access to Medicaid services in schools including mental health services
- How public and private partners are working to make mental health accessible in schools by providing school staff with trainings, online resources and continued support from trained coaches
To view recording click
here.
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Implementing Behavioral Health Crisis Care
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SAMHSA is pleased to share its National Guidelines for Mental Health Crisis Care: A Best Practices Toolkit. Crisis services are an integral component of addressing mental illness in communities across the nation.
These guidelines are intended to assist states and communities with the development and implementation of effective crisis services and systems.
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Be an Incredible Behavioral Health Integrator with HITEQ's New Badge!
Health centers are increasing the integration of behavioral health in primary care, spurred by an increased focus on whole person care and additional funding. Effective use of health IT in conjunction with patient privacy and confidentiality is imperative to support behavioral health.
HITEQ has put together
this set of resources
to prepare health center staff for successful integration of behavioral health. Review each and let us know what you learned by filling out the sidebar, and you will be rewarded with an Incredible Behavioral Health Integrator badge!
To view resources click
here.
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The HCAN Hub is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $745,450 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
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