Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Dec 2020
Presents a study comparing the roles played by community health workers (CHWs) and promotores de salud in serving rural communities in Indiana and Texas. Discusses CHWs role in addressing rural health disparities and describes that role in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
...Tagged as Community health workers · Health disparities · Health literacy · Social determinants of health · Indiana · Texas...
Date: Jan 2020
Discusses the ways in which community health workers and promotores (CHW/Ps) contribute to the healthcare system, with a focus on California. Gives examples of the ways in which CHW/Ps in rural areas can alleviate workforce shortages, strengthen patient engagement with the healthcare system, and act as liaisons to social structures, including churches and Native American tribal organizations.
...Community Health Workers and Promotores --- Discusses the ways in which community health workers and promotores...
Date: 2017
Details the state laws pertaining to community health workers as of June 30, 2016. Includes laws defining scope of practice, team-based care models, reimbursement, and the core certification process.
...Community Health Worker Laws --- Details the state laws pertaining to community health workers as of June...
Date: Apr 2022
Provides an overview of types of community health workers (CHWs) and the services they provide. Summarizes studies examining the effects of CHW programs on health outcomes and costs. Discusses state approaches to covering CHW services through Medicaid, including the services covered, regulatory authorities used to provide Medicaid payment, the populations served, and training and certification requirements.
...Community Health Worker Services --- Provides an overview of types of community health workers (CHWs) and the services...
Date: Jan 2023
Discusses state Medicaid coverage policies regarding Community Health Workers (CHWs) in place as of July 1, 2022, and planned for fiscal year 2023. Covers CHW coverage initiatives implemented or planned through Medicaid state plan amendments, Section 1115 demonstration authority, and as part of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) model.
...Community Health Worker (CHW) Services --- Discusses state Medicaid coverage policies regarding Community Health Workers (CHWs...
Reviewed: Mar 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 in Rural Settings Topic Guide --- Guide outlines the roles of community health...
Date: Jul 2018
A toolkit offering information and strategies to help hospitals and healthcare systems design and implement a community health worker (CHW) program targeted to the communities they serve. Highlights evidence-based best practices, sustainable financing of CHW activities, engaging stakeholders, and suggests outcome measures. Provides a chapter of case studies on rural, urban, and suburban settings.
...community health worker (CHW) program targeted to the communities they serve. Highlights evidence-based best...
Date: Nov 2017
Assesses the extent to which Community Health Workers (CHWs) are used in rural Pennsylvania to address the healthcare needs of underserved people. Includes statistics on CHW salaries, caseloads, hours of paid work, health outcomes, demographic characteristics, and training and certification.
...Community Health Workers in Rural Pennsylvania --- Assesses the extent to which Community Health Workers (CHWs...
Date: Dec 2011
Assesses and identifies the training needs of community health workers (CHWs) to help design effective training programs in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
...Community Health Worker Training Needs Assessment --- Assesses and identifies the training needs of community health...
Date: Jun 2023
Fact sheet with information about the Community Health Worker (CHW) program, including responsibilities and core competencies, and ways in which CHWs in North Carolina responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes a county-level map showing CHW organization supporting counties, with shadings indicating rural or urban counties.
...Community Health Worker Program - 2023 Profile --- Fact sheet with information about the Community Health Worker...