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Enhancing Care for Those Who Need It Most: Learn Innovative Practice Models Alongside Other Attendees at the ACU Virtual Conference

by Rick Brown September 2, 2020February 4, 2025

People in underserved communities face unique health challenges, and providers must be prepared to meet these needs with ever-evolving best practices—especially in the midst of a pandemic. Join the ACU's Virtual ...

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Announcing our Virtual Conference App!

by Rick Brown September 2, 2020May 10, 2021

We're proud to debut the mobile and online app for the ACU's 2020 Virtual Conference! Fully integrated into our symposium, this app will allow you to learn, network, and engage ...

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A Role for Providers in Promoting Voting and Census Participation Among the Underserved

by Rick Brown September 1, 2020March 17, 2025

Originally Presented on Thursday, August 27, 2020 The medically underserved are among the least likely to vote or respond to the Census. With both national election and the decennial census ...

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Using the Healthy Democracy Kit to Empower Patients, Colleagues, and Staff

by Rick Brown August 11, 2020March 17, 2025

Originally Presented On Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 This August, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved is joining the nonprofit VotER, 50 partner organizations, and 11,000 health care providers in ...

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ACU Statement on Health Heroes 2020 Act

by ACU July 20, 2020July 16, 2024

(Washington DC, April 24, 2020) — Today, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) proposed a new plan to increase the nation’s health care workforce and address the overwhelming need of millions of people living in communities with severe workforce shortages.

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Medicaid Covers US: Protecting Health Insurance that Helps Communities Thrive

by Mariah Blake June 19, 2020February 10, 2025

Access to health insurance coverage, including Medicaid, is critical to the prevention, detection and treatment of diseases. Despite its importance, Medicaid is often misunderstood, stigmatized and difficult to access in ...

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Your Voice, Your Power: Effective Advocacy in the Face of COVID-19

by Mariah Blake May 22, 2020February 10, 2025

The critical need for resources and support for underserved communities and the organizations who care for them is more important than ever. As part of our ongoing Policy & Practices ...

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Longtime ACU Leader Recognized for Her Work Caring for Migrant Populations

by Sabrina Edgington May 12, 2020September 10, 2020

Longtime ACU Leader, Kathy Brieger, RD, CDE, MA, has been recognized for her outstanding work caring for migrant farmworker populations. At the age of 17, she became an organizer for ...

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Webinar: Caring for the Healers: Preventing Suicide Among Providers

by Sabrina Edgington April 17, 2020March 28, 2025

Practical Strategies for Preventing Provider Suicide Physicians and other providers are particularly vulnerable to negative mental health effects and increased suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, likely due to balancing ...

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Identifying and Caring for Patients at Risk for Suicide during the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Sabrina Edgington April 17, 2020May 13, 2021

Practical Strategies for Caring for Patients at Risk During the Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating risk factors for suicide, which is being reflected in significant increases in calls to ...

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