We continue to share some of the fabulous best practices we heard through the Winter 2023 site visit cycle. This month, we’re focusing on best practices from Activity 19.1, where the site visitors captured three detailed examples from the field:
Highlight 1, Activity 19.1: The Site Visit Team was impressed with the Navigator/Connector Cumberland County Health Department has positioned at the library once a week to assist the Homeless population with obtaining resources needed such as Medicaid application assistance, scheduling appointments at the health department for needed services. They decided to do this because there was a growing homeless population around the library and they believed this would be the best location to reach these individuals. The Site Visit Team identified the positioning of a navigator/connector at the local library once per week to assist the homeless population with obtaining resources such as Medicaid application assistance and scheduling appointments for needed services as a best practice. The library was identified as an ideal location due to the number of homeless individuals congregating near the library.
Highlight 2, Activity 19.1: The Site Visit Team identified the relationship between Davie County Health and Human Services and Kintegra Family Medicine, an FQHC, as a best practice. Kintegra Family Medicine is conveniently located in the same building as Davie County Health and Human Services – Division of Public Health and provides adult primary care, diabetes and chronic disease management, and behavioral health counseling. Most recently, Kintegra has agreed to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to pregnant women who are referred by the health department for this service.
Highlight 3, Activity 19.1: The Site Visit Team identified Durham County Department of Public Health`s (DCODPH) collaborative efforts to develop evidenced-based interventions to address priorities within the Community Health Assessment for identified populations at risk. Programs identified include: DINE, Durham`s Innovative Nutrition Education, provided in neighborhood and schools; Complete Streets and Streetscape design initiatives; Bull City Strong, an initiative using evidence-based health literacy interventions to improve health outcomes; and the Partnership for a Healthy Durham.