Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Reviewed: Mar 2025
Offers information on how states are defining, training, certifying, and paying for the community health worker (CHW) workforce. Also describes how states are developing cross-agency and state-to-local strategies to improve community health in partnership with CHWs. Features interactive national map with state-level information.
...Community health workers · Legislation and regulations · State-by-state data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Feb 2017
Policy brief reviewing research findings on community health worker (CHW) integration, and how CHWs can help bridge healthcare gaps in rural communities. Also reviews various state policies related to CHWs, identifies a number of care settings where CHWs are working in rural areas, and makes policy recommendations to support the continued integration of CHWs into the rural healthcare delivery system.
...Organization National Rural Health Association Tagged as Access · Community health workers · Policy · Scope of practice...
Date: 2022
Infographic showing the value and impact of community health workers (CHWs) in Maryland. Features statistics including percents of the top 5 services CHWs report providing for their clients, with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
...Community Health Worker (CHW) Impact in Maryland --- Infographic showing the value and impact of community...
Date: 2022
Infographic describing the role and activities of community health workers (CHWs) in rural areas of Maryland. Features statistics on percent of CHWs providing services to vulnerable populations in rural Maryland, and substance use disorder support and funding for CHWs, with breakdowns by urban or rural location.
...Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Rural Maryland --- Infographic describing the role and activities of community...
Date: May 2017
Examines effective strategies for integrating community health workers (CHWs) into complex care teams. Discusses factors to consider, such as recruiting and hiring, training and career progression, team integration, support and retention, and more. Includes a brief description of characteristics that are particularly important for CHWs working in rural areas.
...Community Health Workers into Complex Care Teams: Key Considerations --- Examines effective strategies for integrating community...
Date: Dec 2013
Examines the cost and effectiveness of a hospital affiliated community health program staffed by 3 community health workers in rural Vermont. Cost data was compiled from 2 categories that included the personnel involved and operational costs from 2010 to 2011.
...Community Health Worker Program in Rural Vermont --- Examines the cost and effectiveness of a hospital...
Date: Apr 2006
Highlights programs and issues related to the use of technology and distance education to train community health workers (CHWs) in frontier areas. Includes examples of successful programs.
...Tagged as Community health workers · Health workforce education and training · Technology for health and human services...
Date: Apr 2017
A recorded webinar that discusses how to integrate community health workers (CHWs) and volunteers into the healthcare system to care for complex patients in hard-to-reach areas. Includes a case study from rural Montana about collaborating with volunteers to help socially isolated patients access community resources and social services.
...Access · Community engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers · Networking and collaboration · Service delivery models · Montana...
Reviewed: Aug 15, 2024
A community health worker-based Chronic Care Management program implemented in a 3-state area of Appalachia has a sustainability track record due to insurance payer support.
...Community Health Worker-based Chronic Care Management Program --- A community health worker-based Chronic Care...
Reviewed: Aug 15, 2024
Using Community Health Workers, an Idaho consortium leveraged grant-funding to bring health and wellness programs, disease screening, and health education to frontier residents.
...workers · Diabetes · Frontier and remote areas · Health disparities · Health screening · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention States served Idaho Date added March 28, 2019 Suggested citation: Rural Health Information Hub, 2024. The Health-able Communities...