This page contains clinical tools, provider resources and patient education materials promoting evidence-based best practices and chronic disease management. These materials are available for health care providers and their practices to help improve patient care related to key public health challenges.
New and recent Action Kits are listed in their entirety first, followed by additional materials sorted alphabetically by topic.
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There is an ongoing maternal health crisis in New York City, particularly among communities of color. Recent reports indicate that Black women were nine times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause and three times more likely to experience severe maternal morbidity than White women. Latina women also experienced severe maternal morbidity and pregnancy-related death at nearly twice the rate of White non-Latina women. These inequities persist due to structural racism that deny women of color the opportunity to pursue their optimal health across the life course — before, during and after pregnancy.
View the Maternal Health Action Kit.
When New Yorkers have access to health insurance coverage, they get timely preventive care services and can better manage their chronic health conditions and improve their overall health. As a health care provider, you play a key role in linking your patients to health insurance, especially now, when access to health care services is crucial. This toolkit contains resources to help you and your patients understand and use our free health insurance enrollment services.
View the Health Insurance Action Kit.
Each year in the U.S., 27,000 men and women get cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccination is the most effective way to prevent these painful or deadly illnesses. HPV vaccine is recommended for boys and girls at 11-12 years of age, when HPV acquisition is low and the immune response to the vaccine is more robust. Unfortunately, New York City’s HPV vaccination rates fall dramatically short of the 2020 national goal of 80 percent three-dose coverage. Health care providers play a critical role in increasing HPV vaccination rates, and this toolkit offers helpful strategies and tools.
View the HPV Vaccine Action Kit.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge because of global inequities in access to diagnosis and treatment. New York City’s rate of tuberculosis disease is more than twice as high as the U.S. national rate. Health inequities contribute to disparate rates of tuberculosis infection in NYC. New Yorkers who are born outside the U.S., non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic or Latino/a are most affected.
A previous study demonstrated that the majority of cases of tuberculosis disease in NYC were avoidable. Missed screening opportunities and failure to treat latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) frequently contribute to the progression to active tuberculosis disease. This toolkit contains provider and patient resources to help health care providers identify, test for and treat latent tuberculosis infection and prevent active tuberculosis disease.
View the Latent Tuberculosis Infection Action Kit.
“The popularity of e-cigarettes and alternative products among youth is alarming. In 2021, more than five times as many New York City (NYC) high school students used e-cigarettes than smoked cigarettes. Additionally, about one in nine NYC public high school students regularly uses cannabis (marijuana). E-cigarettes can expose young New Yorkers to large amounts of nicotine, as well as harmful and cancer-causing chemicals. Both nicotine and cannabis can affect a young person’s developing brain, including memory, concentration, learning ability, and mental health. Also, more than 100,000 NYC children ages 12 and younger are exposed to secondhand smoke at home.
As a health care provider, you are critical to preventing and treating tobacco, e-cigarette and alternative product use.
View the Youth Tobacco and E-Cigarette Prevention Action Kit
The recommended standard of HIV care in New York is to start antiretroviral treatment (ART) on the day of diagnosis, at the first clinic visit, or on the day that a client returns to care. The Immediate Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment (iART) Action Kit includes provider and client resources. The kit is structured around these core HIV treatment practices:
View the Immediate Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment (iART) Action Kit.
Breastfeeding
How To Breastfeed
Breastfeeding Rights and Accommodations
Other Resources
For more information, visit the Breastfeeding webpage.
Cocaine
For more information, visit the Cocaine webpage.
Diabetes
Diabetes Management Tools
Patient Education Resources
For more information, visit the Diabetes webpage.
Early Intervention
Tools for Child Care Providers
Family Education Materials
For more information, visit the Early Intervention main page or Early Intervention: Information for Providers page.
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating Tools
Family and Patient Education Resources
For more information, visit the Nutrition Tips, Nutrition Services or Nutrition Education webpage.
Hypertension
Hypertension Management Tools
Patient Education
For more information, visit the High Blood Pressure page.
Immunization
For more information, visit the Immunization Information for Providers page.
Medication Adherence
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Buprenorphine
For more information, visit the Alcohol and Drug Use page.
Opioid Prescribing and Safety
For more information, visit the Alcohol and Drug Use page.
PrEP and PEP
Tobacco and E-cigarette Use