How SA HealthPath should be understood

SA HealthPath is an interactive public health navigation simulator designed to help learners practice resident risk screening, urgency assessment, referral pathway selection, and community resource decision-making through simulated San Antonio-based case scenarios.

The simulator is intended for training and demonstration use by public health students, community health workers, care navigators, case managers, social-service navigators, and public health professionals.

Scenarios are fictional but modeled on realistic public-health navigation challenges, including heat vulnerability, food insecurity, housing instability, behavioral health escalation, maternal health, and language access.

• Screening Questions
• Risk Recognition
• Urgency Judgment
• Referral Fit
• Safety & Language Access

This version is a demonstration prototype. It has not yet undergone formal clinical, legal, emergency-response, or agency protocol review.

Any pilot or operational version should include expert review, scenario validation, local resource review, and periodic updates to referral pathways.

High-risk scenarios involving suicidal ideation, firearm access, heat emergency risk, maternal health concerns, uncontrolled chronic disease, or child safety concerns require escalation through appropriate professional, organizational, emergency, or crisis protocols.

The app uses fictional scenarios, does not request or collect protected health information, and should not be used to enter real resident or client information.

The app is for education and workforce-development practice only. It does not diagnose, provide medical advice, replace mandated reporting duties, replace emergency services, or determine eligibility for public benefits.