Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Oct 2021
Recording of a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on legislation related to funding for behavioral and mental health services for the healthcare workforce; a loan repayment program for local, state, and tribal public health professionals; increasing diversity in allied health professions; improving health outcomes in underserved communities through the use of community health workers; and more. Includes testimony from the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Augusta University, Ballad Health, and others.
...Community health workers · Financial aid for health career education · Funding · Health workforce supply and demand...
Date: May 2018
Policy position brief about new immigrants in rural areas, in terms of health care access, health disparities, economic contributions, health care facilities and Community Health Workers, and service strategies to benefit immigrants. Includes case studies of immigrants in Minnesota and immigrants employed in the meat-processing industry and in rural farming.
...Community health workers · Critical Access Hospitals · Farmers and farmworkers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health disparities...
Date: Sep 2024
Evaluated the effectiveness of a self-monitoring blood pressure program (SMBP) involving a nonphysician team for 205 patients with recent hypertension diagnoses in a rural Washington Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Discusses facilitators and barriers to implementation including COVID-19, telehealth, community health workers, working with limited English proficiency populations, reimbursement, and collaborations.
...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Limited English proficient · Networking and collaboration · Reimbursement and payment...
Date: Sep 2019
Highlights a study on the cost effectiveness of a community health worker (CHW)-based public health intervention to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in rural areas. Highlights an intervention that uses software to calculate risk scores and assist CHWs in making referrals and give support.
...disease · Community health workers · Public health · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services...
Date: 2021
Presentations from a workshop facilitating a population health perspective among public health and healthcare leaders and professionals; framing the work of personnel such as community health workers, health navigators, and peer-to-peer chronic disease management educators within the context of population health; and leveraging the competencies of public- and private-sector workforces that are working to include a well-being orientation in their activities.
...Tagged as Chronic disease management · Community health workers · Physical activity · Population health · Public health · Virginia...
Date: 2020
Describes and examines the impact of a care coordination program developed by the Williamson Health and Wellness Center based in Williamson, West Virginia. Describes the program's use of care teams of community health workers, a registered nurse, and a nurse practitioner providing care coordination to patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program from 2015-2018, with additional private funding from a network of local philanthropies.
...community health workers, a registered nurse, and a nurse practitioner providing care coordination to patients...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
A program designed to sustainably address Montana's critical health needs in rural, frontier, and other eligible communities through expanded community health support workforce capacity.
...Community Health Worker Association. Community Health Support Workforce Training Program (CHSWTP) Tier 1 - Tier 1 of the CHSW...
Reviewed: May 15, 2024
Provides an overview of considerations for implementing mental health programs for rural women.
...Toolkit . For additional information on developing community health worker programs, visit our Community Health Workers Toolkit ....
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn more about promising approaches for medication management, including using community pharmacists to manage chronic disease in rural communities.
...health coaches, social workers, community health workers, pharmacists, or other individuals specifically trained to complete...
Reviewed: Nov 8, 2024
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to healthcare access. Discusses the importance of primary care for rural residents and covers barriers to healthcare access in rural areas, such as transportation, insurance, and workforce issues. Highlights strategies to improve access to care for rural residents.
...communities led to the development of new models to bridge the gap and provide needed mental health and substance use disorder services using allied behavioral health workers...