The pandemic made our nation aware of the importance of the people who raise, pick, and process our food. We now understand that farmworkers, as well as grocery store cashiers and shelf stockers can be counted among our country’s Essential Workers. However, it’s not always clear to the Community Health Center care team what a patient’s occupation is. Occupation is one of the most important social drivers of health, affecting patients’ health and access to healthcare in many different ways. This episode of Health Centers on the Front Lines takes us behind the scenes at a health center and their partner network as they change the culture around disclosure of occupation among patients. Our guests talk about what it takes to collect data about a patient’s occupation and why it improves care when the care team knows what work their patients do. Featured in the Episode Katherine Chung-Bridges, MDDirector of Research at Health Choice NetworkLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-chung-bridges-8a0127170/ Daniel ParrasResearch Data ScientistHealth Choice NetworkWebsite: https://www.hcnetwork.org/ Yvonne ArmijoDirector of Operations/Information System AnalystLa Casa Family Health CenterWebsite: https://www.lacasahealth.com/ Giddel Thom, MD Chief Medical DirectorLa Casa Family Health CenterWebsite: https://www.lacasahealth.com/ Chapters00:00 Introduction01:56 The story of dairy farm workers07:49 What is occupational data and how does it affect health care?10:18 The difficulty of collecting these data12:19 The challenge of integrating occupational data into the E-health records15:44 The importance of occupation in health and in socioeconomics20:00 Reactions when meeting new patients having to know their past medical records24:03 Takeaways from our guests Produced by Heartcast Mediahttps://www.heartcastmedia.com/

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