A Project of The Social Determinants of Health Academy
The Connected Communities Health Initiative (CCHI) is a HRSA NTTAP funded project that helps Health Centers improve the health and wellbeing of their patients and communities. The CCHI provides practical tools, resources, and learning opportunities that empower providers to tackle the root causes of health challenges and deliver lasting, positive change.
Learning Opportunities
Understanding and Addressing the Childhood Chronic Disease Crisis:
Prevention and Action in Primary Care Practice
2025-2026 Webinar Series for Health Centers and the Primary Care Community
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Childhood chronic diseases are on the rise—threatening the health and future of the next generation. The Connected Communities Health Initiative is launching a national webinar series to help Health Centers respond to this urgent crisis.
Through engaging webinar sessions, staff of Health Centers, PCAs, and HCCNs will gain the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to address the root causes of childhood chronic disease. Sessions will explore prevention, environmental and dietary risk factors, behavioral health in the digital age, medication overuse, and the role of data and partnerships in driving change.
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Participants will learn how to:
Understand the latest trends in childhood chronic disease impacting health center patients
Apply research findings to quality improvement, population health management, and integrated care
Use actionable tools, screenings, and data strategies to strengthen prevention and care in primary care practice
Leverage PCA and HCCN support to scale innovations across the health center network
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Each webinar will include presentations by experts, case examples, and opportunities for Q&A. Recordings and supplemental materials will available here.
Upcoming Webinar | March 11, 2026 at 1 pm ET
A Performance Improvement Approach to Childhood Chronic Diseases Beyond the Exam Room
In this session, the audience will venture "beyond the exam room" to explore essential performance improvement concepts, strengthen understanding of the root causes of childhood illness, and introduce practical activities such as needs assessments and community referral pathway development.
*This webinar offers CME/CEU credits to participants.
Upcoming Webinar | March 25, 2026 at 3 pm ET
A Primary Care Approach to Medication: Ensuring Appropriate Treatments for Current Conditions
Join the Connected Communities Health Initiative (CCHI) for a webinar series that leverages insights from the HHS “Make Our Children Healthy Again” Assessment Report. The fourth session will focus on medication practices from a primary care lens, exploring approaches that ensure appropriate use of medication treatments for patients.
Past Webinars
Recorded on November 6, 2025
Using Today’s Data to Build a Healthier Future for Tomorrow
This first session explored how to turn critical data into actionable strategies, examining trends in nutrition, environmental hazards, mental health, and medication management that affect young health center patients.
Recorded on December 9, 2025
Prevention & Action in Primary Care
This webinar leverages insights from recent reports and studies and explores tools and strategies to address the root cause of rising childhood chronic diseases and how to incorporate them into commonly used platforms, as well as discuss new documentation strategies for health center teams.
Recorded on February 17th, 2026
Integrated Behavioral Health in the Digital Age
This webinar explored pediatric behavioral health implications of digital dependence and provide recommendations for early, coordinated intervention for problematic media use.
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