NHSC Empowerment Initiative – Publications
Check this page regularly to download the newest publications from the NHSC Empowerment Initiative. Visit the Webinar Information Page to learn about upcoming events and access past recordings.
New Publications - August 2024!
Resources for Supporting the Clinical Workforce
- Developing Organizational Resilience (Guide)
- Developing Organizational Resilience (Resource Compendium)
- Fostering Social Support to Improve Clinician Well-Being (Executive Summary)
- 10 Ways to Support Clinicians During a Public Health Crisis (Infographic)
- Tips for Supporting Your Peers (Infographic)
Archived Resources
SDOH Series: Education Access and Quality Resources
- Education Access and Quality: Impact and Interventions (Infographic)
- Social Determinants of Health: Education Access and Quality (Executive Summary)
SDOH Series: Social and Community Context Resources
- Social Determinants of Health: Social and Community Context (Executive Summary)
- Social Determinants of Health: Social and Community Context (Infographic)
- Discrimination Makes Us Sick: How Clinicians Can Help (Infographic)
Resources for Monitoring Clinician Burnout at the Organizational Level
Read our guide for useful tips on how to measure and address burnout among your clinicians during a crisis. The recommendations included can be applied even when your organization is not in crisis. Check out our infographic for an overall view of the factors contributing to burnout and the impact on your clinicians.
Burnout Assessment Resources
Read our executive summary for an overview of the evidence-based burnout assessment tools, what they measure, and how to access them. Print out our infographic as a quick reference guide to decide which burnout assessment tool is right for you and how to calculate your burnout score!
- Using Burnout Assessment Tools (Infographic)
- Using Burnout Assessment Tools (Executive Summary)
Poverty & Food Insecurity Resources
Print our infographics to easily reference them in the moment to see how you can help your patients living in poverty and with food insecurity. Check out our Executive Summary to better understand how poverty and food insecurity impact health outcomes. Also included are recommended screening tools for poverty and food insecurity as well as clinical and organizational interventions to address these issues.
- How Poverty Impacts Health and What Clinicians Can Do to Help (Infographic)
- How Clinicians Can Help Patients Increase Food Security (Infographic)
- Social Determinants of Health: Poverty and Food Insecurity (Executive Summary)
Health Care Access & Quality Resources
Check out our Executive Summary to better understand how health care access and health literacy issues impact health outcomes. Also included are recommended screening tools for health care access and literacy barriers as well as clinical and organizational interventions that can improve accessibility of services. Reference our Infographic to help you remember strategies for serving patients with low health literacy.
- Social Determinants of Health: Health Care Access & Quality (Executive Summary)
- Strategies to Address Health Literacy: Asking the Right Questions (Infographic)
Clinician Burnout Resource Series
Burnout has the potential to lead to negative consequences for clinicians and patients, but the good news is that there are practical and evidence-based approaches to manage and prevent burnout to ensure a healthy workforce and high-quality patient care. Read our executive summaries for an overview of important topics with up-to-date statistics, useful resources, and select case studies to help you deepen your understanding of burnout. Reference our infographics for quick overviews of key points and strategies to help you better address clinician burnout and support clinician wellness.
Community Assessment Guide
Reference our Community Assessment Guide to think about ways you can use data to identify health disparities in your clinic and community, and pursue interventions and community partnerships to address those disparities. NHSC participants work in clinical environments where serious health inequities exist due to historical and systematic marginalization, creating major barriers to care for their patient populations. This Guide describes how data can be used to make cases for improved health care services and healthier communities; clinician advocacy at the individual, practice, and community levels; and how to partner with community organizations to create effective and long-lasting avenues for change. It also provides examples of community resources clinicians can access to help address the social determinants of health of their patients.
