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Improving Diabetes Control in a Medicaid Managed Care Population With Complex Needs

A primary care-based integrated care team supports patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in reducing A1c levels.

Peer-Reviewed Article

December 2023

Central City Concern: Providing Access to Harm Reduction Services for People Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Needs

This webinar featured presenters with on-the-ground experience implementing the harm reduction approach at Central City Concern.

Webinar

October 2023

Assessing the Impact of Recovery Housing on Healthcare Utilization in Portland, Oregon

Use of recovery housing leads to decreases in readmissions and emergency department visits among individuals recovering from substance use disorder, as well as increased use of primary care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

September 2023

Three Decades of Research in Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Syringe Services Program Participants: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Syringe Services Programs can function as entry points to substance use disorder treatment and provide onsite medications for opioid use disorder.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2023

Cocreating Evidence-Informed Health Equity Policy with Community

A county health department, in collaboration with community-based organizations, conducts community listening sessions to identify priorities for health equity policies.

Case Example

June 2023

Building Trust: Leadership Reflections on Community Empowerment and Engagement in a Large Urban Initiative

Leaders of community-based partnerships that offer trauma-informed programming highlight strategies for building trust with communities.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2023

Crisis Response Model Preferences of Mental Health Care Clients With Prior Misdemeanor Arrests and of Their Family and Friends

A nonpolice response model was the first choice for mental health crisis response among people with serious mental illness and their family members.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2023

The National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center

This national technical assistance center offers free connections to harm reduction resources and experts for providers and community-based organizations seeking to implement harm reduction services.

Website/Resource Center

April 2023

“They Just Helped Save My Life:” Client Perspectives on the Los Angeles County Full Service Partnership (FSP) Program for Serious Mental Illness

Clients enrolled in an adapted assertive community treatment model in California identify material resources and relational supports as key program benefits.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2023

Results of a Peer Navigator Program to Address Chronic Illness Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness

Embedded peer navigators provide support and mentorship for people experiencing homelessness, leading to increases in chronic disease screening and referrals.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2023

Partnering with Community Health Workers/Promotores to Adapt, Deliver, and Evaluate a Home-Based Collaborative Care Model to Improve Access to Quality Depression Care for Older Latino Adults

A home-based collaborative care model using community health workers shows reductions in depression and increased connection to services for older adults.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2023

Addiction Care

Curates recent evidence behind newer approaches to addiction care for people who have complex needs, as well as practical strategies to support effective implementation of these programs for people with substance use disorder.

Collection

December 2022

Behavioral Health Service Use Post‐Jail Release and Reduced Risk of Return to Jail

Individuals with behavioral health diagnoses who are released from jails are less likely to return to jail if they receive behavioral health services after release.

Peer-Reviewed Article

September 2022

Integration of a Community-Based Harm Reduction Program Into a Safety Net Hospital: A Qualitative Study

This study identifies facilitators and barriers of hospital- and community-based harm reduction collaboration efforts and highlights hospital-based opportunities to better serve people who use drugs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2022

Harm Reduction is Healthcare: Sustainable Funding for Harm Reduction Programs

This self-assessment tool can help harm reduction program leadership assess internal and external financing strategies to support and strengthen their programs.

Implementation Tool

April 2022

Meeting People Where They Are: Implementing Hospital-Based Substance Use Harm Reduction

A hospital successfully integrated a harm reduction services intervention for patients whose substance use goals did not include abstinence.

Case Example

February 2022

Trends in Health Service Utilization After Enrollment in an Interdisciplinary Primary Care Clinic for Veterans with Addiction, Social Determinants of Health, or Other Vulnerabilities

Interdisciplinary primary care models can help reduce acute care use for individuals with histories of high emergency department use, homelessness, or substance use disorder.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2022

Supporting Telehealth and Technology-assisted Services for People Who Use Drugs: A Resource Guide

Supports the use of telehealth and technology-assisted services to increase access to care and improve outcomes for people who use drugs.

Implementation Tool

November 2021

From the Hospital to the Streets: Bringing Care to the Unsheltered Homeless in Los Angeles

A street medicine program increased post-hospitalization follow-up care for unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

Case Example

September 2021

Leveraging Community Expertise to Advance Health Equity

Trust, flexible funding, cross-sector support, sustainability, and an explicit focus on structural racism are identified as key components of effective community engagement to advance health equity.

Brief/Report

July 2021

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Improving Diabetes Control in a Medicaid Managed Care Population With Complex Needs

Central City Concern: Providing Access to Harm Reduction Services for People Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Needs

Assessing the Impact of Recovery Housing on Healthcare Utilization in Portland, Oregon

Three Decades of Research in Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Syringe Services Program Participants: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Cocreating Evidence-Informed Health Equity Policy with Community

Building Trust: Leadership Reflections on Community Empowerment and Engagement in a Large Urban Initiative

Crisis Response Model Preferences of Mental Health Care Clients With Prior Misdemeanor Arrests and of Their Family and Friends

The National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center

“They Just Helped Save My Life:” Client Perspectives on the Los Angeles County Full Service Partnership (FSP) Program for Serious Mental Illness

Results of a Peer Navigator Program to Address Chronic Illness Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness

Partnering with Community Health Workers/Promotores to Adapt, Deliver, and Evaluate a Home-Based Collaborative Care Model to Improve Access to Quality Depression Care for Older Latino Adults

Addiction Care

Behavioral Health Service Use Post‐Jail Release and Reduced Risk of Return to Jail

Integration of a Community-Based Harm Reduction Program Into a Safety Net Hospital: A Qualitative Study

Harm Reduction is Healthcare: Sustainable Funding for Harm Reduction Programs

Meeting People Where They Are: Implementing Hospital-Based Substance Use Harm Reduction

Trends in Health Service Utilization After Enrollment in an Interdisciplinary Primary Care Clinic for Veterans with Addiction, Social Determinants of Health, or Other Vulnerabilities

Supporting Telehealth and Technology-assisted Services for People Who Use Drugs: A Resource Guide

From the Hospital to the Streets: Bringing Care to the Unsheltered Homeless in Los Angeles

Leveraging Community Expertise to Advance Health Equity