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Instinto Maternal: Finding Innovative Solutions within the Community

By |February 9, 2015|Categories: Maternal Health|Tags: |

Breastfeeding while working can be challenging. Breastfeeding while employed as a farmworker may bring additional challenges like long working hours, unreliable breaks and an outdoor work environment . Yet some women who work in agricultural fields manage to feed their babies the recommended diet of exclusive breast milk through the first six months of life (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). MHP Salud's innovative new program, Instinto Maternal (Maternal Instinct), asks "how do they do it?"

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Navigator Team Comes Back Strong for Second Open Enrollment Period

By |December 4, 2014|Categories: Health Insurance|Tags: |

Last year’s Open Enrollment Period, the first opportunity for many U.S. Americans to enroll for health insurance in the new Marketplace, was a learning experience for everyone involved. This time, MHP Salud’s Navigator knew from the start what it would take to offer consumers a path to health insurance.

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Exclusive: An Interview with Community Health Worker expert Carl Rush

By |November 24, 2014|Categories: Interviews, Workforce Development|Tags: |

MHP Salud Community Manager Elaine Ezekiel had the chance to sit down with Carl Rush, MRP, Research Affiliate for the Project on Community Health Worker Policy and Practice, a part of the University of Texas Institute for Health Policy. As one of the preeminent thought leaders in the CHW field, he shared his opinions about the relevancy of CHWs in the changing health landscape, the need for well-trained supervisors, and his vision for the future of the profession.

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MHP Salud Releases Seven Steps to Increase Effective Outreach and Enrollment in Immigrant Populations

By |November 12, 2014|Categories: Outreach, Resources|

With the help of The Strengthening Outreach and Enrollment of Immigrant Populations Special Opportunity Grant, sponsored by Community Catalyst, MHP Salud spearheaded an initiative between July and October 2014 to conduct a community assessment and develop a plan to enhance outreach and enrollment in immigrant communities during the Second Open Enrollment Period in Texas' Rio Grande Valley (RGV).

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MiCHWA Meeting Generates Community Health Worker Buzz in Michigan

By |October 9, 2014|Categories: Health Insurance, Workforce Development|Tags: |

The Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance's Annual Meeting required overflow seating in Lansing Community College's conference room yesterday. Bustling with Community Health Workers, their supervisors, health plan representatives, hospital administrators, academics and other stakeholders, the event marked the fourth annual meeting that serves as the gathering point of the state's conversation about CHWs, their profession and how they fit into the health and human service delivery system. As a sponsor, MHP Salud's Program Director Anne Lee and Community Manager Elaine Ezekiel presented a booth with a poster entitled "Community Health Workers as Health Insurance Marketplace Navigators" that examines one possible way CHWs can fit into the changing health environment-- as Navigators who can help the uninsured enroll for benefits in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way.

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CMS Announces 2014 Navigator Grantees… Including MHP Salud!

By |September 10, 2014|Categories: Health Insurance|Tags: |

This week MHP Salud received notification of refunding for the Navigator program for a second year from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. The program employs Community Health Workers (CHWs) as bilingual educators and assistants for Latinos seeking health insurance through the new Marketplace in south Texas.

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