The Guide to Trauma-Informed Sex Education provides facilitators, educators, and youth-serving professionals with concrete strategies for integrating a trauma-informed approach into sex ed and pregnancy prevention programming. The guide offers background information about the prevalence and impact of trauma and its effects on the brain and behavior, and expands upon SAMHSA’s components of a trauma-informed approach: safety,
About the Toolkit The purpose of this toolkit is to support state and local STD and Family Planning programs, as well as clinic administrators and managers of STD, Family Planning, Community Health Centers, primary care, and other clinic types in monitoring and evaluating CT/GC screening efforts. The toolkit introduces key indicators for assessing screening efforts,
About the Guide Advance gender affirming care by applying best practices in organizational change to your health care setting. This guide details a health center’s journey through an organizational assessment process. With practical templates and facilitation guides, you can implement a similar approach in your health center. Acknowledgements Partners Cardea extends sincere thanks to the
In 2023, Cardea conducted a landscape review of state and local Child Care Health Consultation (CCHC) systems, interviewed CCHC system leaders across the U.S., and engaged a Strategic Advisory Group (Advisory Group) representing public/government and community-based organizations that provide CCHC and/or early childhood services in King County and Washington State. Cardea worked in partnership with
This toolkit is guided by Cardea’s work with La Clínica de la Raza and other community-based organizations we have supported to develop their roadmap to ACE integration. The toolkit serves as a technical assistance guide synthesizing learnings, perspectives, and ultimately, providing an enduring tool to support sustainability. This toolkit provides practical steps to assist community-based
From 2018-2019, Cardea partnered with the Developmental Disabilities and Early Childhood Supports (DDECS) Division of King County and WithinReach on a participatory landscape analysis. This work was funded through the Best Starts for Kids levy, an initiative that builds on strengths of communities and families so babies are born healthy, more children thrive and establish
Cardea supported the Hepatitis Education Project (HEP) in the development of the Hepatitis C Medical Case Management Toolkit: Creating and Expanding Services. The purpose of this toolkit is to support organizations that are interested in starting or expanding medical case management (MCM) services to improve outcomes for people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Cardea also
Basic SUD Education The Opioids Epidemic and Women Women and SUDs Opioids & Women: Reproductive Health & MAT Signs of Misuse/Opioid Misuse Understanding Bias Using People-Friendly Language Tab 1. Basic SUD Education SUD Screening Tools Available screening tools for populations (Include Webinar ppt slide deck and table) Link to OSARs for Resources (specific to Texas)
This toolkit for school-based staff, stresses the importance of building relationships and using a harm reduction approach to help empower youth to avoid and reduce risk associated with substance misuse. Instructor-Led Virtual Training This training is on the Autonomous but Not Alone: Navigating Students through Drug-Related Risk. This toolkit for school-based staff, stresses the importance
