Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Feb 2020
Describes a community health worker-based chronic care management model implemented in rural counties in 3 central Appalachian states. Demonstrates how to engage health insurance companies to support and sustain this model.
...Community health workers · Diabetes · Health conditions · Health insurance · Statistics and data · Kentucky · Ohio · West Virginia...
Date: Feb 2020
Provides an overview of CareSouth Carolina, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and its approaches to increase engagement with low-income patients in its service area. Describes the role of community health workers to address social determinants of health. Discusses partnerships with community organizations and the development of an independent practice association with other FQHCs in South Carolina. Includes CareSouth Carolina performance scorecard and a summary of lessons learned.
...community health workers to address social determinants of health. Discusses partnerships with community organizations and the development...
Date: Feb 2020
Highlights a study evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of a cardiovascular disease prevention program using community health worker (CHW) interventions. Analyzes the CHANGE program in rural North Carolina and discusses the program's design, implementation, and outcomes.
...Health, 20, 264 Date 02/2020 Type Document Tagged as Cardiovascular disease · Community health workers · Health...
Date: Mar 2020
Newsletter issue focusing on lessons learned by medical facilities and communities in Colorado and California during the wildfires of 2017 and 2019. Covers information useful for rural hospital emergency managers and administration, including mass sheltering, hospital evacuation, managing stress and compassion fatigue among workers, and community recovery.
...workers, and community recovery. --- View more The Exchange Feature Issue: Preparing for and Responding to Wildfires and Planned Outages Link View Resource Description Newsletter issue focusing on lessons learned by medical facilities and communities...
Date: Apr 2020
Summarizes community-based strategies to increase testing among African Americans in both urban and rural areas of North Carolina. Identifies concerns over confidentiality, negative treatment by healthcare workers, and lack of support regarding self-testing kits. Discusses strategies such as decentralizing HIV testing, particularly in rural areas.
...Community Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Testing and HIV Self-Testing among African Americans in Urban and Rural Areas in North Carolina --- Summarizes community-based strategies to increase testing among African Americans in both urban...
Date: May 2020
Summarizes a series of virtual peer learning sessions in response to COVID-19 for current Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program, Rural Health Network Development, Small Healthcare Provider Quality Improvement, and Delta States Rural Development Network program grantees. Provides an overview of common themes that emerged from the sessions. Discusses the challenges and innovations made to implement rural health and public programs across six areas: community health workers, data collection and evaluation, virtual trainings, peer support services and recovery supports, telehealth utilization, and schools.
...health and public programs across six areas: community health workers, data collection and evaluation, virtual...
Date: May 2020
Analyzes commuting patterns among people in 11 allied health occupations and 2 categories of registered nurses. Intended to help workforce planners understand the local supply of workers, measure productivity and the gain or loss in earnings due to increased commuting, and identify opportunities for benefits such as transportation subsidies. Discusses incentives that could be offered to rural nurses that might encourage them to seek work in their own communities. Features statistics on work characteristics, average wages, and average commute times among people in the occupations studied.
...communities. Features statistics on work characteristics, average wages, and average commute times among people in the occupations studied. --- View more What Commute Patterns Can Tell Us About the Supply of Allied Health Workers...
Date: Jun 2020
Reports on the availability of health system and community‐based programs promoting health insurance literacy and supporting informed consumer healthcare decision making in rural Kentucky. Findings are based on focus groups and interviews conducted with healthcare providers, community health workers, patient navigators, and others primarily serving rural Appalachian counties in the state.
...health system and community‐based programs promoting health insurance literacy and supporting informed consumer healthcare decision making in rural Kentucky. Findings are based on focus groups and interviews conducted with healthcare providers, community health workers...
Date: Jul 2020
Discusses healthcare provider types that might have the potential to benefit rural communities including community health workers, community paramedics, patient advocates, health coaches, and dental therapists.
...communities including community health workers, community paramedics, patient advocates, health coaches, and dental therapists. --- View...
Date: Aug 2020
Report examining behavioral health workforce needs and the growing older adult population in rural New Mexico. Presents data analysis, survey results, and group discussion with stakeholders in Grant, Socorro, Sierra, Valencia, and Catron counties. Offers policy recommendations related to training and certification of behavioral healthcare workers.
...workers. --- View more Policy Goals to Improve Behavioral Health Needs of Individuals, Employers and Communities...