Curricula Strategizing & Review

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Client

University of New Mexico School of Medicine Project ECHO

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Community Health Worker Curriculum Improvement

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Our Role

Review existing curricula created by the community health worker team and their partners
Develop recommendations for curricula improvement and alignment
Create a multi-step curriculum review process for the community health worker team to replicate as they review partner curricula
Facilitate working sessions with community health worker team to go through recommendations, develop a plan for next steps, and to train them to use the review tool

Raise Employee Awareness about Social Determinants of Health

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Client

New Mexico Department of Health Office of Health Equity

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Project

Social Determinants of Health Framework

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Our Role

Develop tools to help employees at the New Mexico Department of Health understand, consider, and apply the social determinants of health in their work. This framework helps employees to then develop programs, policies, and communication that work for the communities they serve. Our tools will be used with executive leaders, at employee orientation training, and at follow-on trainings.

Webinar Development

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Client

Harbage Consulting

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Project

Health Homes Program for California Department of Health Care Services Medi-Cal

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Our Role

Review Medi-Cal Health Homes Program webinar slide presentation and re-develop to be story-focused, written in plain language, and highly visual to maximize audience-engagement.
Develop trainer script and trainer tips.
Ensure presentation incorporates the principles of adult learning.
Create best practices tip sheet for developing user-friendly slide presentations and webinars.

Health Communication Consulting for Substance Use Treatment

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Client

Project ECHO

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Project

Expanding Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Through the ECHO Model

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Our Role

Cultural competency review – Project ECHO provides telehealth medical education and health workforce capacity and offers knowledge-sharing networks in order to reduce health disparities. We reviewed their interdisciplinary opioid addiction treatment teleECHO clinic lectures to ensure they were culturally competent. As part of the review, we developed a cultural competency checklist in order to consistently assess items like bias, access, assumptions, cultural strengths, communication, behavior, assessment and treatment, customs, and more.

Field Research on Diabetes Curriculum

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Client

HealthInsight New Mexico

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Project

Focus Groups in New Mexico

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Our Role

Field Research – Review HealthInsight’s existing moderator guide and adapt for plain language. Conduct one focus group with senior citizens (Roswell, New Mexico) and one group with Hispanic community members (Los Lunas) in order to solicit feedback for the Center’s for Disease Control and Prevention’s Diabetes Prevention Program. Record and transcribe each session. Develop reports of findings.