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1. An Evaluation of ¡Haz Espacio Para Papi!, a Culturally Tailored Nutrition and Physical Activity Pilot Program for Mexican-Heritage Fathers
Date: Apr 2024

Describes outcomes of ¡Haz Espacio Para Papi! (HEPP), a nutrition and physical activity intervention for Latino fathers in colonias near the Texas-Mexico border. Provides data on changes in participants' fruit and vegetable intake, skin carotenoids, and healthy dietary behaviors. Discusses approaches to cultural appropriateness and collaboration with promotoras.

...Community health workers · Culture and cultural competency · Families · Food security and nutrition · Hispanic or Latino...

2. Allied Health Workforce Projections, 2016-2030: Community Health Workers
Reviewed: Mar 2024

Offers demand projections for community health workers (CHWs) from 2016-2030, using data from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Workforce Simulation Model. Includes projected statistics for various care coordination scenarios, including a rural healthcare scenario.

...Health Workforce Projections, 2016-2030: Community Health Workers --- Offers demand projections for community health workers...

3. Critical Lessons from a Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Home-Based COVID-19 Testing in Rural Native American and Latino Communities
Date: Mar 2024

Examines the impact of utilizing community health workers (CHWs) to provide COVID-19 home testing in rural Latino and Native American communities. Includes data on completion of COVID-19 tests and provides qualitative feedback on accessibility, feasibility, and completion of COVID-19 home testing with CHW assistance.

...Communities --- Examines the impact of utilizing community health workers (CHWs) to provide COVID-19 home...

4. North Carolina Healthcare Association Critical Workforce Needs Assessment
Date: Mar 2024

Reports on healthcare workforce trends in North Carolina, including discussion of state demographics, policy changes, and strategies influencing workforce needs and availability. Highlights the rural aging population and a need for health workers in rural communities.

...health workers in rural communities. --- View more North Carolina Healthcare Association Critical Workforce Needs Assessment...

5. Addressing the Shortage of Direct Care Workers: Insights from Seven States
Date: Mar 2024

Brief assessing efforts for strengthening and identifying federal policy opportunities related to the direct care workforce through interviews with 20 stakeholders in 7 states. Discusses federal funding, collaboration, workforce pipelines, equity, credentials, training, family caregivers, and home- and community-based services. Discusses rural throughout.

...community-based services. Discusses rural throughout. --- View more Addressing the Shortage of Direct Care Workers: Insights from Seven States Link View Resource Description Brief assessing efforts for strengthening and identifying federal policy opportunities related...

6. Sexual Violence Training for Community Health Workers/Promotoras
Reviewed: Feb 2024

An online course for community health workers (CHWs) that provides an introduction to basic knowledge and skills useful in assisting and responding to victims of sexual violence. Offers continuing education contact hours towards a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) accreditation.

...Health Education Specialist (CHES) accreditation. --- View more Sexual Violence Training for Community Health Workers/Promotoras Link View Resource Description An online course for community health workers...

7. Health Equity Through a Rural Lens – ECHO Mini Series
Added: Feb 2024

A series of 8 webinars focusing on health equity and social determinants of health in rural Louisiana. Discusses trauma informed care for LGBTQ+ people, community health workers, race and ethnicity, syphilis, maternal mental health, food insecurity, and the healthcare workforce. Captions include in video player.

...Health Association Tagged as Community health workers · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Health occupations...

8. Bridging The Home-Based Primary Care Gap In Rural Areas
Date: Feb 2024

Discusses challenges with offering home-based primary care (HBPC) in rural communities for older adults and people with disabilities, notably workforce shortages, insufficient infrastructure, and funding. Offers HBPC redesign suggestions with these challenges in mind, discussing community health workers, technology and telehealth, leveraging community resources and partnerships, training, scope of practice laws, payment models, and infrastructure investments.

...Community health workers · Funding · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Home...

9. UT Health San Antonio ECHO
Reviewed: Jan 2024

Program partnering healthcare workers in underserved, remote, and rural areas with providers to expand knowledge and support specialty care in local communities through the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model.

...workers in underserved, remote, and rural areas with providers to expand knowledge and support specialty care in local communities through the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model. --- View more UT Health...

10. Bureau of Health Workforce Field Strength and Students and Trainees Dashboards
Reviewed: Jan 2024

Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.

...health workforce · Community health workers · Dental workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand...