Objective: To determine state insurance eligibility for Medicaid and enroll clients who cannot and will not obtain insurance from their employers. Description: North American Indian Alliance (Butte) (NAIA) has used its patient services representative, front desk staff, health coordinator, and nursing staff to determine eligibility and enroll patients into health insurance, through the use of […]
Public awareness
Integration of Medicaid Enrollment in Health and Other Services through Staff Education
Objective: To increase the number of Medicaid enrollments among eligible, uninsured American Indians/Alaskan Natives; to provide Medicaid education at the community, individual, and family level to increase understanding of eligibility requirements and Medicaid benefits; to integrate Medicaid enrollment and education in health and other services by training and educating all care providers, including support staff, […]
Basic Training: A Primer on Military Life and Culture for Health Care Providers and Trainees
This tutorial is designed to enhance health care providers’ and trainees’ knowledge of military life and culture in order that they may be better able to provide culturally competent care to service members, veterans and their families. This resource is a computer-based, highly generalizable, user-friendly, self-guided tutorial. Active and retired military comprise about 10 percent […]
Know the Signs: Bilingual Suicide Prevention Campaign
California has launched a bilingual, mass media campaign, called Know the Signs, to raise awareness about suicide prevention. The campaign includes an informative website and television, print, online and radio ads on how to recognize warning signs and how to help those at risk. The campaign is focused on friends and relatives and provides guidance and tools […]
YES! Youth Empowered Solutions
YES! is a nonprofit organization that empowers youth, in partnership with adults, to create community change. The advocacy work is centered on strategies that empower youth to address critical issues facing their communities: teen tobacco use, childhood obesity, substance abuse and access to healthcare. At YES!, high school-aged students are hired as staff members who work […]