The San Francisco Department of Public Health is composed of various subdivisions that work together to serve the city of San Francisco under two main divisions: the San Francisco Health Network and Population Health.
Related Projects:
Substance Use Disorders Team Retreat Facilitation
The Substance Use Disorders Team of San Francisco's Community Behavioral Health Services Branch hired Facente Consulting to plan and facilitate a day-long staff retreat focused on team building and discussion of priorities for action in the coming year.
Facilitation of the Mayor’s Methamphetamine Task Force
Facente Consulting was hired to plan and facilitate the Methamphetamine Task Force created by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, composed of medical and public health professionals, substance use disorder treatment providers, emergency responders, criminal justice and law enforcement officials, drug policy experts, and people who use or have used methamphetamine.
Citywide Hepatitis B Needs Assessment
Facente Consulting assisted the San Francisco Department of Public Health in summarizing the history and current landscape of various efforts to address hepatitis B in San Francisco, serving as the foundation upon which a strategy to comprehensively address HBV citywide could be launched.
Planning and Facilitation of a National Drug User Health Symposium
Facente Consulting project managed, promoted, facilitated, and produced a two-day virtual Drug User Health Symposium as part of NACCHO's Overdose Prevention and Response Mentorship Program.
Tobacco Free Project Evaluation Support
Facente Consulting collaborated with the Tobacco Free Project over the course of three years to guide, design and implement a range of evaluation activities, including survey data collection, key infomant interviews, public opinion polls, and training of community data collectors.
Tobacco Free Project Quantitative Data Analysis
To support San Francisco's Tobacco Free Project in analyzing local data to report during community engagement meeting presentations, Facente Consulting analyzed datasets from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and the Healthy Stores Healthy Communities (HSHC) Survey.
Needs Assessment about Drug User Health in San Francisco
Facente Consulting conducted a landscape analysis, supplemented with interviews and focus groups, to help the San Francisco Department of Public Health better understand the health needs of people who use drugs in San Francisco.
Planning and Facilitation of the Florida PrEP Institutes
The Center for Learning and Innovation at the San Francisco Department of Public Health was asked to provide capacity-building assistance to the state of Florida through the CDC-supported Capacity-Building Assistance Providers Network (CPN). The goal of this project was to develop and pilot a series of three HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) institutes in Orlando, Ft. […]
Needs Assessment and Qualitative Analysis for San Francisco’s OPT-IN Project
Facente Consulting was hired to design and conduct a four-phase assessment to develop innovative prototypes for HIV and hepatitis C-related service delivery for people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.
Ending the HIV, HCV, and STI Epidemics Program Planning
Facente Consulting was hired by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to design and support a rapid planning process for their efforts to end the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, and STIs in the city, coordinate a massive community engagement effort, and refine strategies into a final comprehensive plan by end of 2020.
Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Consultation and Data Support
Facente Consulting assisted the Applied Research, Community Health, Epidemiology & Surveillance (ARCHES) Branch of the San Francisco Department of Public Health with assessing their planning for surveillance of viral hepatitis, and producing the first comprehensive report on viral hepatitis to be released by the health department in 11 years.
Capacity-Building Assistance Evaluation
San Francisco's Center for Learning and Innovation hired Facente Consulting as an external evaluator for their five-year grant providing capacity-building assistance to CDC-funded organizations focused on non-clinical HIV testing and HIV prevention in the Western Region of the United States.
The Tobacco Free Project Communities of Excellence Process
Facente Consulting collaborated with San Francisco’s Tobacco Free Project and Bright Research Group to facilitate a virtual, four-part community engagement process to guide the Project in setting priorities for its next work plan.
Community Health Leadership Institute (CHLI) Implementation Support
Facente Consulting was hired to conduct formative research to determine the best methods for implementing a strategy to build a highly skilled HIV, hepatitis C, and STI workforce in San Francisco that is cross-trained, reflects the populations served, has low turnover rates, and is valued and supported.
Telebuprenorphine Pilot Project Management
The San Francisco Department of Public Health hired Facente Consulting to serve as a project manager for a pilot program to provide low-threshold buprenorphine via telemedicine to people living in San Francisco, in partnership with community-based sites.
Community Materials Development and Town Hall Meeting Facilitation for Dissemination of San Francisco’s Ending the Epidemics Plan
Facente Consulting worked with community-based organizations representing five priority populations (Blacks/African Americans, Latines, trans women, people who inject drugs, and people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity) to develop town hall events and community-focused materials to disseminate information and gather community feedback about San Francisco's plan to End the HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI epidemics.
Needs Assessment and Recommendations to Prevent Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C
Facente Consulting was hired by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to implement a needs assessment and develop recommendations for the identification and prevention of perinatal transmission of hepatitis C in San Francisco.
Assistance to Develop a System of Panel Management within a Jail Medical System
Facente Consulting helped San Francisco's Jail Health Services develop infrastructure within their medical record system to do enhanced HCV-related panel management of people who are incarcerated, and regularly estimate their jail-based HCV cascade of care.
Sexual and Drug User Health Sector Workforce Equity Playbook
Facente Consulting worked with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to develop a manual to ensure workforce equity in the sexual and drug user health sectors, including pay equity, hiring practices, and workplace environment.
SFDPH Community Referral Network Assessment and Recommendations
Facente Consulting provided support to the SFDPH Community Health Equity & Promotion Branch to implement the initial phases of their Community Referral Network and develop recommendations for future expansion based on stakeholder input.
Evaluation for CDC-Funded Workforce Development for San Francisco Department of Public Health
Facente Consulting worked with the San Francisco Department of Public Health's Center for Learning and Innovation to support the design and implementation of Project INVEST (Innovations that Value Equity and Stength in Teams), a workforce retention evaluation initiative.
Strategic Plan for SFDPH’s Congenital Syphilis Response
Facente Consulting was hired to conduct a strategic planning process to refocus SFDPH's congenital syphilis response efforts.
Assessment of San Francisco’s Clinical Implementation of Long-Acting Injectable PrEP and ART
Facente Consulting was hired to conceptualize and complete an assessment of clinical implementation efforts for LAI PrEP and ART.
Strategic Plan for San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives
Facente Consulting was hired to conduct a strategic planning process for San Francisco's Office of Transgender Initiatives.
Development of a Food Organizing Structure for San Francisco
Facente Consulting worked with the Office of Anti-Racism & Equity at the San Francisco Department of Public Health to support the development of recommendations for a new structure and model for food organizing in San Francisco.
SFDPH Systems of Care Training and Conference
Facente Consulting is supporting the End the Epidemics Steering Committee and SFDPH in conceptualizing and designing a system of care conference and related training opportunities for providers in the fields of drug user health and sexual health in San Francisco.
Needs Assessment for Contingency Management Services in San Francisco
Facente Consulting supported the San Francisco Department of Public Health in conducting an assessment of the current landscape of access to contingency management in San Francisco and opportunities for expansion by conducting and analyzing interviews and focus groups with people engaged in treatment.