Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Virtual Listening Session: Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Discrimination is a health harming-legal issue. When discrimination occurs in health programs and activities, it directly undermines and threatens the efforts of...Read More

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Tool: Screening for Disability Discrimination

As part of Tips to Help Health Centers Address Disability & Chronic Disease Discrimination, consultant Katie Hathaway created two brand new screening...Read More

Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People & Communities

Monday, August 15, 2022

Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People & Communities

As an exploration of the intersection of health and justice, Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People...Read More

Tips to Help Health Centers Address Disability and Chronic Disease Discrimination Tip Sheet

Friday, July 22, 2022

Tips to Help Health Centers Address Disability & Chronic Disease Discrimination

In 2020, approximately 30 million adults and children in medically underserved communities received comprehensive, primary and preventative health care and enabling services from 1,462 HRSA Health Center Program awardees and look-alikes. According to research studies, this growing patient population has become increasingly complex with multiple chronic conditions and higher rates of social risk factors. In addition to ensuring that their patients with chronic conditions and disabilities are able to access care, health centers and look-alike programs are also well-positioned to help these patients prevent and address a very specific health-harming social risk factor: disability discrimination....Read More