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51. Texas Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program: 2022 Annual Report
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...

52. State Policies for Expanding Medicaid Coverage of Community Health Worker (CHW) Services
Date: Jan 2023

Discusses state Medicaid coverage policies regarding Community Health Workers (CHWs) in place as of July 1, 2022, and planned for fiscal year 2023. Covers CHW coverage initiatives implemented or planned through Medicaid state plan amendments, Section 1115 demonstration authority, and as part of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) model.

...Community Health Worker (CHW) Services --- Discusses state Medicaid coverage policies regarding Community Health Workers (CHWs...

53. The Health Equity & Access for Rural Dually Eligible Individuals (HEARD) Toolkit: Raising Rural Voices from New Mexico, North Dakota, and Tennessee to Create Action
Date: Jan 2023

Provides an overview on the access barriers and health disparities of Medicaid and Medicare dually eligible individuals residing in rural areas. Presents research and stakeholder feedback from New Mexico, North Dakota, and Tennessee to provide information to policymakers. Discusses topics such as community planning related to equity and infrastructure, workforce capacity and community health workers (CHWs), and social determinants of health.

...community health workers (CHWs), and social determinants of health. --- View more The Health Equity & Access...

54. Access to Oral Health Workforce Report: Part II
Date: Jan 2023

Evaluates and discusses patient access to oral healthcare in Pennsylvania. Provides demographic and well-being information, and analysis of variables affecting workforce outcomes and access to care. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.

...Health Tagged as Access · Community health workers · Dental workforce · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health workforce...

55. Filling the Gaps in the Behavioral Health Workforce
Date: Jan 2023

Discusses the shortage of licensed behavioral health workers in rural and underserved communities. Explores the roles of behavioral health support specialists and community-initiated care to support licensed behavioral health professionals. Offers policy recommendations to strengthen the roles of the nonclinical workforce.

...Health Workforce --- Discusses the shortage of licensed behavioral health workers in rural and underserved communities...

56. A Population Health Workforce to Meet 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of a Workshop
Date: 2023

Proceedings from a February 28, 2022 workshop exploring challenges faced by public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, renewed policymaker attention, and expenditures directed to supporting the public health workforce. Intended to showcase the training, roles of, and setting for population health workers. Includes information focused on tribal communities in chapters 3 and 4.

...health workforce. Intended to showcase the training, roles of, and setting for population health workers. Includes information focused on tribal communities...

57. Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Lessons Learned in Addressing Inequities in Heat-Related Climate Change Impacts: Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief
Date: 2023

Summary of a National Academies' Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop in June 2023 discussing health equity for heat-related climate change. Highlights challenges with data gathering, recent policy changes, capacity building, and partnerships. Includes discussion of rural specific challenges, occupational health for farmworkers and other outdoor workers, and healthcare access.

...health for farmworkers and other outdoor workers, and healthcare access. --- View more Communities, Climate Change...

58. Rural Disability Research and Practice Summit
Date: Jan 2023

Recordings and presentation slides from the January 2023 Rural Disability Research and Practice Summit. Covers rural issues related to personal assistance services and digital access. Includes perspectives from rural consumers, workers, and service providers.

...workers, and service providers. Date 01/2023 Type Document Organization Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities Tagged as Access · Home and community-based services · People with disabilities · Technology for health...

59. Michigan's Roadmap to Healthy Communities Phase II: 2022-2024
Date: Dec 2022

Expands on Phase I of a plan to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) to advance equity, provide social and economic opportunities, and improve health outcomes in Michigan. Focuses on health equity, community information exchange, community health workers (CHWs), chronic disease initiatives, population health, and a partnership with the Michigan Center for Rural Health (MCRH).

...health (SDOH) to advance equity, provide social and economic opportunities, and improve health outcomes in Michigan. Focuses on health equity, community information exchange, community health workers...

60. 2022 Behavioral Health Workforce Assessment: A Report of the Behavioral Health Workforce Advisory Committee
Date: Dec 2022

Details the results of a study analyzing the occupations, roles, size, distribution, career pathways, demand, policy, and practice issues for the behavioral health workforce in the state of Washington. Includes recommendations to address workforce-related barriers and improve access to behavioral healthcare, and provides rural specific information.

...health · Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers · Health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural...