Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Apr 2016
Describes the Expanded Health Coaches for Hypertension Control (EHCHC) project to increase the proportion of adults 45 years and older to self-manage their hypertension. Discusses how a primary care practice and a community-based program can work together to improve patient knowledge and support readiness for behavior change through various channels, including the use of trained volunteer community health coaches.
...Community Health, 7(2), 107-112 Date 04/2016 Type Document Tagged as Appalachia · Cardiovascular disease · Community engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers...
Date: May 2016
An analysis of the population characteristics of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAW) and their dependents, the changes over time in the MSAW population served by federally funded community health centers, and the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion on federally funded migrant health centers.
...workers (MSAW) and their dependents, the changes over time in the MSAW population served by federally funded community health...
Date: Jun 2016
Video highlighting the Vivir Mejor! (Live Better!) program, a comprehensive, culturally competent diabetes education program for Hispanic/Latino populations in rural Arizona. Features program staff and patients sharing how the program impacted the health of people in the region.
...health of people in the region. Date 06/2016 Type Video/Multimedia Organization Rural Health Information Hub Tagged as Chronic disease management · Community health workers...
Date: Jun 2016
Video featuring the Health without Borders (HwoB) program, which uses promotoras to provide immunizations door-to-door. This approach is popular in Mexico and provides a familiar experience for the immigrants that HwoB serves in Luna County, New Mexico. Transcript available in the video description.
...Health Information Hub Tagged as Community health workers · Hispanic or Latino · U.S.-Mexico Border Region...
Date: Jul 2016
Video featuring the Madison Outreach Services through Telehealth (MOST) Network, which serves the Hispanic/Latino population of Brazos Valley, Texas. Highlights their partnership with Texas A&M's Telehealth Counseling Clinic, where doctoral-level students and promotoras connect with patients in remote clinics to offer mental health and substance abuse counseling.
...health and substance abuse counseling. Date 07/2016 Type Video/Multimedia Organization Rural Health Information Hub Tagged as Behavioral health · Community health workers...
Date: Aug 2016
Describes a case study from the University of New Mexico's Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) program, which uses telehealth to support primary care clinicians in underserved areas. Focuses on a project targeting Medicaid beneficiaries with substance abuse and mental health issues, with details on two primary care teams being supported, including one in a rural New Mexico community.
...Community health workers · Health workforce education and training · Medicaid · Mental health · Primary care · Substance use and misuse...
Date: Nov 2016
Illustrates examples of rural-focused medical education programs to support an adequate supply of physicians in rural Maine. Also, discusses behavioral and oral health workforce development, and promising programs utilizing other types of healthcare workers such as community paramedics and community health workers (CHWs) to increase the availability and accessibility of healthcare in rural Maine and in other rural regions of the U.S.
...Health Access Foundation, Maine Rural Health Research Center Tagged as Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers...
Date: Nov 2016
Discusses the findings of a single-case, community-based participatory design study in a frontier community in northern Minnesota to determine the effectiveness of developing a community care team focused on collaboration and care coordination to improve patient outcomes and reduce emergency room use.
...Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27(4A), 91–115 Date 11/2016 Type Document Tagged as Care coordination · Community health workers...
Date: 2017
Details the state laws pertaining to Community Health Workers as of June 30, 2016. Includes laws defining scope of practice, team-based care models, reimbursement, and the core certification process.
...Community Health Worker Laws --- Details the state laws pertaining to Community Health Workers as of June...
Date: Feb 2017
Policy brief reviewing research findings on community health worker (CHW) integration, and how CHWs can help bridge healthcare gaps in rural communities. Also reviews various state policies related to CHWs, identifies a number of care settings where CHWs are working in rural areas, and makes policy recommendations to support the continued integration of CHWs into the rural healthcare delivery system.
...Organization National Rural Health Association Tagged as Access · Community health workers · Policy · Scope of practice...