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Website Search Results for: community health workers

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1. Community Health Workers in Rural Settings Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Mar 21, 2025

Guide outlines the roles of community health workers (CHWs) in rural areas. Features frequently asked questions about CHWs' duties, certification, and education, among other topics.

...Community Health Workers and CHW Program Models from the Community Health Worker Toolkit . Also, The Community...

2. Rural Community Health Worker Programs: Proving Value and Finding Sustainability - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 24, 2024

For decades, community health workers (CHWs) provided their services outside usual healthcare reimbursement models. In recent years, with research supporting CHWs as professionals effectively assisting patients with navigating health-related social determinants, federal and private payers are exploring reimbursement mechanisms. Four rural healthcare organizations share both the impact and the continued sustainability challenges — and successes — of their CHW programs. - The Rural Monitor

...community health worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or...

3. Community Health Worker and Community Paramedic Models for Chronic Disease Management - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jun 14, 2024

Learn more about programs using community health workers and community paramedics to manage chronic disease in rural communities.

...community health workers and community paramedics to manage chronic disease in rural communities. --- View more...

4. Texas Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program: 2023 Annual Report - Resources
Date: 2024

Describes the Promotora or Community Health Worker (CHW) Training and Certification Program in Texas, including the number of certified community health workers, instructors, certificate graduates, and renewals. Includes the number of certified community health workers by county and the location of CHW training programs in the state.

...community health workers, instructors, certificate graduates, and renewals. Includes the number of certified community health...

5. The Use of Community Health Workers in Community Health Centers - Resources
Date: Oct 2021

Examines changes in the community health workers (CHWs) workforce among community health centers (CHCs) from 2016-2018 and factors associated with the use of CHWs. Features statistics on characteristics of CHCs in the study and factors associated with use of CHWs in CHCs, with breakdowns by rural location.

...Community Health Workers in Community Health Centers --- Examines changes in the community health workers (CHWs...

6. Community Health Workers Get Trained to Reduce Oral Health Disparities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Mar 15, 2017

Oral health training programs are equipping Community Health Workers on Navajo Nation, Texas colonias, and Maryland's Appalachian communities to improve access to dental care and teach people how to take care of their teeth. - The Rural Monitor

...Community Health Workers Get Trained to Reduce Oral Health Disparities - The Rural Monitor --- Oral health...

7. Understanding Scope and Competencies: A Contemporary Look at the United States Community Health Worker Field - Resources
Date: Apr 2016

Reports on the progress of the Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Project in developing a national consensus regarding community health worker core roles and competencies. The C3 Advisory Committee charged with developing the standards included representation from urban, rural, and tribal communities.

...Community Health Worker Field --- Reports on the progress of the Community Health Worker Core Consensus...

8. Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit: A Guide for Employers - Resources
Date: 2016

Toolkit designed to provide prospective employers of community health workers (CHWs) a history and understanding of the field and how to implement CHWs into their practices in the state of Minnesota. Includes education and training requirements, a discussion of the roles of the CHW, and examples of successful community health worker models, among other topics.

...community health worker models, among other topics. --- View more Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit: A Guide...

9. Protocol for Links (Linking Individual Needs to Community and Clinical Services): A Prospective Matched Observational Study of a Community Health Worker Community Clinical Linkage Intervention on the U.S.-Mexico Border - Resources
Date: Apr 2019

Describes Linking Individual Needs to Community and Clinical Services (LINKS), a 3-year observational tool developed to examine the impact of CHW-led interventions using electronic health records and other applications to reduce chronic disease risk and promote well-being among Latinos residing in the U.S. Mexico border region of Arizona.

...Community health workers · Health information technology · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

10. ASPIN's Certified Recovery Specialist Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Sep 13, 2022

The Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana Network (ASPIN) works to integrate behavioral health by dually training community health workers and certified health insurance enrollment navigators.

...community health workers (CHWs) to be certified health insurance enrollment navigators and provide mental health...