Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Oct 2021
Recording of a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on legislation related to funding for behavioral and mental health services for the healthcare workforce; a loan repayment program for local, state, and tribal public health professionals; increasing diversity in allied health professions; improving health outcomes in underserved communities through the use of community health workers; and more. Includes testimony from the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Augusta University, Ballad Health, and others.
...health professionals; increasing diversity in allied health professions; improving health outcomes in underserved communities through the use of community health workers...
Date: Jun 2021
Examines rural residents' perspectives and concerns about vaccines, so that business leaders can respond to employee questions and effectively share vaccine facts. Includes suggested messages and links for additional resources.
...Communities Link View Resource Additional link A Checklist for Rural Employers: Making it Easier for Employees & Workers to get Vaccinated Description Examines rural residents' perspectives and concerns about vaccines, so that business leaders can respond...
Date: May 2021
Describes how PeaceHealth is promoting COVID-19 vaccines among farmworkers in rural Washington. Discusses the role of community health workers and digital media in educating people about the importance of vaccination.
...Community health workers · Farmers and farmworkers · Health disparities · Hispanic or Latino · Vaccination · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: May 2021
Examines the COVID-19 response, including testing, contact tracing, and vaccination efforts, of HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) grantees. Discusses challenges related to vaccination efforts to reach rural individuals with substance use disorder/opioid use disorder and other rural residents.
...Community health workers · Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Statistics and data · Vaccination...
Date: Apr 2021
Provides an overview of the roles of community health workers (CHWs) and the benefits they can bring to healthcare organizations and communities. Serves as a resource for organizations planning and implementing a new CHW program. Includes information and best practices on assessing community needs, recruiting CHWs, and securing sustainable program funding.
...Health Equity: Community Health Workers --- Provides an overview of the roles of community health workers...
Date: 2021
Presentations from a workshop facilitating a population health perspective among public health and healthcare leaders and professionals; framing the work of personnel such as community health workers, health navigators, and peer-to-peer chronic disease management educators within the context of population health; and leveraging the competencies of public- and private-sector workforces that are working to include a well-being orientation in their activities.
...Health Improvement: Proceedings of a Workshop --- Presentations from a workshop facilitating a population health perspective among public health and healthcare leaders and professionals; framing the work of personnel such as community health workers...
Date: Jan 2021
Describes a pilot study investigating whether delivering Eat Healthy, Be Active (EHBA) workshops through promotoras is a practical and culturally relevant method for encouraging healthy lifestyle behaviors and reducing obesity among Hispanic women in rural areas of Washington state. Includes data and statistics, with information on changes in nutrition label literacy, food insecurity, health behaviors, and health status among participants.
...health status among participants. Author(s) Janeth I. Sanchez, Katherine J. Briant, Samantha Wu-Georges, et al. Citation BMC Women's Health, 21(24) Date 01/2021 Type Document Tagged as Community health workers...
Date: 2021
Describes the impact of COVID-19 on farmworker communities. Discusses barriers to preventive measures and healthcare, including lack of workplace prevention measures, testing and vaccines, and inadequate access to accurate and culturally appropriate information. Highlights cross-sector partnerships and best practices to support workers and their families during the pandemic.
...workers and their families during the pandemic. --- View more Lessons from the Fields: Farmworker Communities Confronting COVID-19 Link View Resource Description Describes the impact of COVID-19 on farmworker communities. Discusses barriers to preventive...
Date: Dec 2020
Presents a study comparing the roles played by community health workers (CHWs) and promotores de salud in serving rural communities in Indiana and Texas. Discusses CHWs role in addressing rural health disparities and describes that role in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
...Community health workers · Health disparities · Health literacy · Hispanic or Latino · Social determinants of health · Indiana...
Date: Dec 2020
Examines gaps in the existing healthcare workforce, challenges facing entry-level healthcare workers (EHCW), current EHCW training programs and contexts where training programs are used effectively, and strategies and policy opportunities to strengthen the EHCW. Includes rural references throughout and case studies for programs in rural Alaska and Washington. Provides an interactive inventory of existing policies and programs that support EHCW training, recruitment, and retention.
...health · Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers · Dental workforce · Health aides and assistants · Health workforce...