Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: 2023
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...
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...
Date: May 2014
Discusses how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided substantial incentives and opportunities to increase the role of community health workers (CHWs) in state Medicaid programs in urban and rural healthcare facilities (e.g. Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers).
...health workers (CHWs) in state Medicaid programs in urban and rural healthcare facilities (e.g. Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers). --- View more Affordable Care Act Opportunities for Community...
Reviewed: Jul 2023
Contains eight modules about community health worker programs, how the programs work, and how to use community health workers in the local community.
...community health workers in the local community. --- View more Community Health Workers Toolkit Link View...
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...
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...
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 and Clinical Services): A Prospective Matched Observational Study of a Community Health Worker Community...
Date: Apr 2023
Describes ways in which communities can use funding to build community health worker programs in order to reduce health disparities. Highlights the University of Kansas Medical Center's Local Health Equity Action Teams initiative in 10 counties, 6 of which are rural.
...Community Health Workers Are Impacting Rural Communities --- Describes ways in which communities can use funding...
Date: Apr 2015
Provides guidelines for the integration of community health workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention programs. Includes examples from a variety of CHW programs, some of which serve rural communities.
...workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention programs. Includes examples from a variety of CHW programs, some of which serve rural communities. --- View more Addressing Chronic Disease Through Community Health...
Date: Mar 2011
Identifies six rural community health worker models in the literature and in practice: promotora, member of the care delivery team, care coordinator, health educator, outreach and enrollment agent, and community organizer and capacity builder.
...Community Health Worker Programs --- Identifies six rural community health worker models in the literature and in practice...