Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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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...
Reviewed: Jul 2023
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 in partnership with CHWs. Features interactive national map with state-level information. Type Website Organization National Academy for State Health Policy Tagged as Access · Community health workers...
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.
...Health Tagged as Community health workers · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Substance...
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.
...Health Care Strategies Tagged as Care coordination · Community health workers · Recruitment and retention of health...
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 program staffed by 3 community health workers in rural Vermont. Cost data was compiled...
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.
...Health Policy Tagged as Community health workers · Health workforce education and training · Technology for health...