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Website Search Results for: community health workers

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41. A Cost Analysis of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Vermont - Resources
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.

...Health, 38(6), 1050–1057 12/2013 Community health workers · Healthcare business and finance · Statistics and data · Vermont...

42. Training Community Health Workers: Using Technology and Distance Education - Resources
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.

...community health workers (CHWs) in frontier areas. Includes examples of successful programs. --- Training Community Health...

43. Using Community Health Workers and Volunteers to Reach Complex Needs Populations - Resources
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...

44. The Health-able Communities Program - Models & Innovations
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 Idaho Rural Health Information Hub, 2024 . The Health-able Communities...

45. Community Health Worker-based Chronic Care Management Program - Models & Innovations
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...

46. Community Health Worker Intervention Improves Early Childhood Vaccination Rates: Results from a Propensity-Score Matching Evaluation - Resources
Date: Oct 2022

Examines the effectiveness of community health worker (CHW) home visiting interventions in the Health Start Program (HSP) in Arizona to improve childhood vaccination rates. Utilizes the Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS) database to compare vaccination uptake among children whose mothers participated in the HSP between 2006 and 2016 to a demographically similar cohort. Analyzes vulnerable populations with a history of low vaccination uptake including Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian, children of low socioeconomic status and/or living with parents with less than a high school education, rural border counties, children with teen mothers, and first-born children.

...community health worker (CHW) home visiting interventions in the Health Start Program (HSP) in Arizona...

47. Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification and Training: A National Survey of Regionally and State-Based Programs - Resources
Date: May 2005

Provides a national overview of state policy and state involvement in more formal training and certification of community health workers. Analyzes the potential effects of these policy trends.

...community health workers. Analyzes the potential effects of these policy trends. --- Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification...

48. Advancing Health Equity Through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Reviews the results from 9 studies funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute supporting the inclusion of community health workers (CHWs) and peer providers (PPs) as effective participants in addressing health and healthcare inequities, particularly for diverse communities. Each study presented focuses on a distinct function of utilizing CHWs and/or PPS such as mentoring, managing chronic conditions, and navigator support for serious mental illness and depression. Discusses why payers and providers should include CHWs and PPS in a variety of capacities to improve outcomes, add value to care, and control costs.

...Community health workers · Health conditions · Healthcare quality · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Statistics and data...

49. Assessing Social Needs and Engaging Community Health Workers in Underserved Kansas Counties: Insights From Primary Care Providers and Clinic Managers - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Details a study exploring how rural and urban communities in Kansas are screening for social determinants of health and using community health workers to address challenges. Bases findings on surveys of providers and clinic managers.

...Community health workers · Health screening · Social determinants of health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

50. Maryland Community Health Worker and Employer Surveys: Analysis and Report, With a Focus on Rural Maryland - Resources
Date: Jun 2022

Examines the Maryland landscape of community health workers (CHWs) and the organizations that employ them; identifies barriers and facilitators to incorporating the CHW skillset into patient-centered healthcare models; and determines the impact of CHWs on access to healthcare and use of preventive health services by the people they serve. Features statistics including demographics, services provided, funding sources, and type of employer, with breakdowns by urban or rural area.

...Community health workers · Funding · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...