Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Sep 2015
Policy brief analyzing the effectiveness of using community health workers as community healthcare coordinators during a 3 year period (2012–2015) in frontier Montana. Includes recommendations to other communities that may consider implementing this model. Project was supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Frontier Community Health Care Network Coordination (FCHCNC) grant program.
...Community Health Care Network Coordination (FCHCNC) grant program. --- View more Evaluation of the Frontier Community Health Care Coordination Network Grant Link View Resource Description Policy brief analyzing the effectiveness of using community health workers...
Date: Sep 2015
Reports on a qualitative study of a promotora-led oral health education program for low-income, Spanish-speaking parents of children aged 1–5 years, conducted in a rural agricultural city in California.
...Community health workers · Families · Hispanic or Latino · Oral health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Oct 2015
Policy brief describing the driving forces behind rural health disparities in Appalachian Kentucky. Offers nationally relevant recommendations for addressing these challenges. Discusses rural and urban differences in life expectancy and mortality rates, and other significant factors including behavioral health, substance abuse, population health, trauma care, and transportation.
...health, substance abuse, population health, trauma care, and transportation. Date 10/2015 Type Document Organization National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Tagged as Appalachia · Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers...
Date: 2016
Toolkit designed to provide prospective employers of community health workers (CHWs) a history and understanding of the field and how to implement CHWs into their practices in the state of Minnesota. Includes education and training requirements, a discussion of the roles of the CHW, and examples of successful community health worker models, among other topics.
...community health worker models, among other topics. --- View more Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit: A Guide...
Date: 2016
A step-by-step guide to help healthcare organizations learn and understand the key elements for conducting a return on investment analysis for their community health worker (CHW) program. Requires free login to access.
...Community Health Worker Health Program --- A step-by-step guide to help healthcare organizations learn...
Date: Jan 2016
Identifies and discusses health services research on the utilization and integration of Community Health Workers (CHWs) into healthcare service delivery. Includes an analysis regarding the various CHW models, employment data, training and credentialing, and challenges associated with the development of this occupation.
...Health Workers: Roles and Opportunities in Health Care Delivery System Reform --- Identifies and discusses health services research on the utilization and integration of Community...
Date: 2016
Describes how the communities within the Columbia Gorge region took a collaborative approach by developing a 15-member community advisory committee that included Medicaid recipients and Latino residents. Top concerns addressed by this committee were food, housing, jobs and transportation, along with improved access to dental and mental health, and better coordination among social services and healthcare providers. Projects included expanding the use and training of community health workers (CHWs) to assist Latino residents when navigating programs outside of healthcare and the development of a fruit and vegetable prescription program to support increased intake of healthy foods. A collective impact specialist was hired to help solve community problems through collaborative efforts, and to find grants and other sources of funding to support their projects. Columbia Gorge Region is a recipient of the 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.
...health, and better coordination among social services and healthcare providers. Projects included expanding the use and training of community health workers...
Date: Jan 2016
Reports on the effectiveness of a weight control intervention using health coaches to target home environments using the Healthy Homes/Healthy Families model. Examines changes in the patients' physical activity, calorie intake, and weight. The intervention focused on overweight and obese women in rural Georgia who were patients of community health centers.
...community health centers. Author(s) Michelle C. Kegler, Regine Haardörfer, Iris C. Alcantara, et al. Citation American Journal of Public Health, 106(1), 143-52 Date 01/2016 Type Document Tagged as Community health workers...
Date: Apr 2016
Reports on the progress of the Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Project in developing a national consensus regarding community health worker core roles and competencies. The C3 Advisory Committee charged with developing the standards included representation from urban, rural, and tribal communities.
...Community Health Worker Field --- Reports on the progress of the Community Health Worker Core Consensus...
Date: Apr 2016
Reports on a review of 67 studies evaluating the effectiveness of community-based health workers (CBHWs) as an intervention model for chronic disease management and care among low-income, underserved, and racial and ethnic minority populations at risk for health disparities. Discusses the roles and tasks of CBHWs, the effectiveness of their intervention, their qualifications and training, and the reimbursement and sustainability of CBHWs.
...health disparities. Discusses the roles and tasks of CBHWs, the effectiveness of their intervention, their qualifications and training, and the reimbursement and sustainability of CBHWs. --- View more Effects of Community-Based Health Worker...