Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Mar 2017
Provides an update to the story of the Zuni people of western New Mexico and the health conditions they commonly face: chronic kidney disease and diabetes. Describes the Home-Based Kidney Care model to train tribal members fluent in Zuni to become community health workers. The community health workers visit patients weekly, providing them with education on healthy lifestyles, medication support, and data collection. The original story, published in July 2014, is included at the end of the update.
...community health workers. The community health workers visit patients weekly, providing them with education on healthy...
Date: Apr 2017
A recorded webinar that discusses how to integrate community health workers (CHWs) and volunteers into the healthcare system to care for complex patients in hard-to-reach areas. Includes a case study from rural Montana about collaborating with volunteers to help socially isolated patients access community resources and social services.
...community resources and social services. Date 04/2017 Type Video/Multimedia Organization Center for Health Care Strategies Tagged as Access · Community engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers...
Date: May 2017
Examines effective strategies for integrating community health workers (CHWs) into complex care teams. Discusses factors to consider, such as recruiting and hiring, training and career progression, team integration, support and retention, and more. Includes a brief description of characteristics that are particularly important for CHWs working in rural areas.
...Health Care Strategies Tagged as Care coordination · Community health workers · Recruitment and retention of health...
Date: May 2017
Highlights the activities conducted by promotoras during an intervention study using community asset mapping (CAM) to identify factors that may facilitate or create barriers to physical activity among Latina residents in the U.S.-Mexico border region of Texas.
...Health Nursing, 34(3), 267-275 Date 05/2017 Type Document Tagged as Community health workers...
Date: Jun 2017
A guide for establishing a Community Health Worker program in the state of Delaware. Includes information about certification requirements and reimbursement mechanisms, along with model programs from other states.
...Community Health Workers in Delaware --- A guide for establishing a Community Health Worker program in the state...
Date: Jun 2017
Assesses the Kentucky Care Coordination for Community Transitions (KC3T) program of employing a specially trained community health worker (CHW) as a navigator to aid in the transition of individuals who have had a stroke from acute in-patient care to their rural community. The goal of the study was to determine the community navigation and resources required by people who have had a stroke in order to transition back to rural communities with few resources and to facilitate positive health outcomes.
...Community Transitions for Individuals Post-Stroke Returning to Low-Resource Rural Communities --- Assesses the Kentucky Care Coordination for Community Transitions (KC3T) program of employing a specially trained community health worker...
Date: Jul 2017
Video highlighting a West Virginia community health worker program that helps patients with chronic illness connect with services and manage their health.
...health worker program that helps patients with chronic illness connect with services and manage their health. --- View more Williamson Health and Wellness Center Link View Resource Description Video highlighting a West Virginia community...
Date: Jul 2017
Provides basic guidelines for personnel management to supervisors of Promotor(a) de Salud programs. Covered topics include recruiting and hiring, orientation and training, supervision, and challenges.
...supervision, and challenges. Date 07/2017 Type Document Organization MHP Salud Tagged as Community health workers...
Date: Oct 2017
Profiles Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, a nonprofit corporation that established a pilot program to improve the health of rural patients through the use of technology and interdisciplinary care teams working together in Montana's Flathead Valley. Describes a $1 million innovation award from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to support their use of ReSource Teams and help care for high-cost, high-need Medicare patients in the region.
...Health Pilot: Closing the Gaps in Rural Complex Care Link View Resource Additional link Case Study: Shared Military Background Helps Community Health Workers...
Date: Nov 2017
Assesses the extent to which Community Health Workers (CHWs) are used in rural Pennsylvania to address the healthcare needs of underserved people. Includes statistics on CHW salaries, caseloads, hours of paid work, health outcomes, demographic characteristics, and training and certification.
...Community Health Workers in Rural Pennsylvania --- Assesses the extent to which Community Health Workers (CHWs...