The Weitzman COVID ECHO of October 14, 2020 Highlighting the Community in Community Health Community Engagement Opportunities

1. Highlighting the Community in
Community Health:
Community Engagement Opportunities
October 14, 2020

2. CME Credit
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activities.
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by the Connecticut State Medical Society to provide continuing medical education
for physicians.
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3. Highlighting the Community in Community
Health: Community Engagement Opportunities
www.monohealth.com

4. COVID-19 in the United States
7,856,321 cases on 10/13/20 up from 7,500,964 cases on 10/7/20 215,251 deaths
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

6. Dr. Fauci
• “I hope these numbers jolt the American public
into the realization that we cannot let this
happen…because it’s on a trajectory of getting
worse and worse”
• What to do? Same things as before:
– Wear a mask
– Social distance
– Wash hands
– Avoid large groups
– Still try to do things OUTSIDE, rather than IN

7. Europe and the World also struggling…
• In Czech Republic - 3 week partial lockdown
– Shutting schools, bars, and clubs
• In the Netherlands – a 4-week partial lockdown
– Bars, restaurants, and cannabis cafes shut
• The World: WHO - total number of cases each
day – breaking records

8. News Headlines
• Reinfections: Still very rare!
– American man – 25 yo reinfected; more severe
illness
– Dutch woman dies after catching COVID-19 twice,
the first reported reinfection death
• 89, undergoing chemo. Confirmed as different strain

9. But there is still hope…
• Lancet - “Living with the COVID-19 pandemic: act
now with the tools we have”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-
6736(20)32117-6/fulltext
• Strategic testing: Surveillance, contact tracing
• Protect high risk (Nursing homes), HCWs
• Common sense practices: limit gatherings,
engage private sector
• SUCCESSES: S Korea, Japan, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Vietnam, and Germany

10. Resources
• Nuvance health ~1350 articles reviewed:
https://spark.adobe.com/page/1V6bFed4v5tCO/
• CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/calls/2020/
• WHO:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
• Johns Hopkins:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
• Others
https://www.thelancet.com/coronavirus
https://covidactnow.org/

11. Who We Are
• CHC site map/info slide
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Locations
Serving more than
145,000 patients
in over 200
locations statewide
• 15 CHC Site Locations
• 3 Child Guidance Center’s
of Southern CT
• 180 School-Based
Service Locations
• 8 WhereverYou Are (WAY)
Healthcare for the Homeless
Service Locations

12. COVID-19: Impact on Connecticut
Daily Number of New COVID-19 Cases in CT
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Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-
data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases

13. State Partnerships
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14. Community Stakeholder Collaborations
• Regional COVID Task Forces with key
community stakeholders
• Governor’s office-coordinated weekly
meetings with FQHCs and health departments
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15. COVID-19 Testing Background
• 10 testing locations and
3 mobile teams
• To date:
– 62,779 COVID-19 tests
performed
– 51,821 individuals
reached
– Of those, 35,906 (69%)
are not CHCI patients

16. Building Community Partnerships
• Cross-denominational work with
faith-based organizations
– Reaching vulnerable populations
– Communicating, educating, and
correcting misinformation through
“trusted messengers”
• Teamwork to offer multiple
services at local events
– Food distribution by school
departments
– PPE handed out by police officers
– Testing by CHCI
– Voter registration and CENSUS
support
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17. Building Community Partnerships
• Reaching the elderly through
regular testing at congregate
living centers
• Addressing needs of the
community through systems-
wide collaboration
– Handed out masks and magnets
– Conducted SDOH surveys on who
needed food access, rent
support, and devices for
children’s distance learning
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18. Long-term Implications and Opportunities
• Demonstrated the power of collaboration and
reaching people where they are
– Greater collaboration with faith-based and
community-based organizations
• Highlighted FQHCs role in the community
• Pivoting to address vaccine concerns
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19. Thank You!
To learn more about The Path Forward series
WeitzmanLearning.org/the-path-forward
To view previous COVID-19 sessions:
WeitzmanLearning.org/coronavirus