Website Search Results for: community health workers
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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...
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 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: 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 29, 2016
By teaching youth how to better their health and economic situation, Reverend Richard Joyner has inspired the Conetoe community to make lasting changes. Read more about how the Conetoe Family Life Center's garden camp and partnerships with local hospitals have revolutionized the health of northeast North Carolina. - The Rural Monitor
...workers, and other volunteers to help lead the center's initiatives. The medical community has been on-board with Joyner since the center's inception. In 2006, the Community Benefits Grants Program of Vidant Health...
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: Sep 7, 2016
Tom Nerhing, Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care (JCREC) and Division Director at the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of EMS and Trauma, shares how the changes in healthcare delivery can be an opportunity for emergency medical services to provide an even greater service to rural communities. - The Rural Monitor
...communities. One of the more common current approaches is the provision of community health through community paramedics. In traditional healthcare-starved communities, this approach can offer a degree of community healthcare where very little exists...
Date: Oct 19, 2016
Much of a person's health is determined by social and environmental factors such as housing or access to healthcare. When these factors negatively affect a person's health, legal intervention combined with medical care may be the best treatment. - The Rural Monitor
...community health center movement. At the first community health center in Mississippi, Geiger hired a lawyer to help low-income patients solve legal problems that affected their health. In the 1980s, the nation...