Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: 2020
Describes and examines the impact of a care coordination program developed by the Williamson Health and Wellness Center based in Williamson, West Virginia. Describes the program's use of care teams of community health workers, a registered nurse, and a nurse practitioner providing care coordination to patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program from 2015-2018, with additional private funding from a network of local philanthropies.
...Health Analysis, University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center Tagged as Appalachia · Cardiovascular disease · Care coordination · Chronic respiratory conditions · Community health workers...
Date: Mar 2023
Policy position paper discussing emergency preparedness for rural communities. Covers fostering community involvement and a rural culture of readiness, communication, training of health professionals and community residents, community health workers, and research.
...Communities --- Policy position paper discussing emergency preparedness for rural communities. Covers fostering community involvement and a rural culture of readiness, communication, training of health professionals and community residents, community health workers...
Reviewed: Jul 2024
A podcast that covers healthcare issues in Illinois such as the social determinants of health (SDOH), recovery and harm reduction for different populations, community health workers (CHWs) in rural areas, and more.
...Health Care Association Health Talks Podcast --- A podcast that covers healthcare issues in Illinois such as the social determinants of health (SDOH), recovery and harm reduction for different populations, community health workers...
Date: Mar 2023
Describes a care model utilizing community health workers (CHWs) to engage patients by screening for diseases, and offering education and information to help them manage their chronic conditions in an accessible, non-traditional settings such as a food bank distribution centers, county fairs, livestock auctions, and educational events in rural Idaho. Discusses the value of CHWs, along with a primary care team, in improving outcomes for populations at risk, and the absence of payment models to support this model.
...community health workers (CHWs) to engage patients by screening for diseases, and offering education and information...
Date: Jan 2024
Discusses challenges facing the healthcare landscape in Kansas, such as hospital closures and healthcare workforce shortages, and how expanding healthcare teams to include professions like community paramedics and community health workers can help alleviate these challenges. Includes data on demographics of the Kansas population and related hospital closures that impact rural areas in particular.
...Health Care in Kansas --- Discusses challenges facing the healthcare landscape in Kansas, such as hospital closures and healthcare workforce shortages, and how expanding healthcare teams to include professions like community paramedics and community health workers...
Date: Feb 2023
Policy brief discussing the current rural maternal healthcare workforce and their capacity to manage obstetric emergencies during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Offers recommendations to promote obstetric readiness for emergency care in rural hospitals without obstetric units and support for community-based, emergency department-adjacent health workers.
...Health Association Tagged as Community health workers · Emergency department and urgent care services · Health workforce...
Date: Aug 2018
Discusses the findings of a survey of Community Health Aides/Practitioners (CHA/Ps) in rural Alaska regarding their participation in culturally-relevant online learning modules developed to increase their knowledge about cancer and improve their capacity to interact with patients about cancer.
...Community Health, 43(4), 660–666 Date 08/2018 Type Document Tagged as Cancer · Community health workers...
Date: Sep 2010
10th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Focuses on education and training needed to help the healthcare workforce promote positive health behaviors. Discusses task shifting to community members in rural areas such as the use of lay health workers, including promotoras and patient navigators.
...Community-Based Linkages Tagged as Community health workers · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Policy...
Date: Mar 2024
Reports on healthcare workforce trends in North Carolina, including discussion of state demographics, policy changes, and strategies influencing workforce needs and availability. Highlights the rural aging population and a need for health workers in rural communities.
...health workers in rural communities. --- View more North Carolina Healthcare Association Critical Workforce Needs Assessment...
Date: Dec 2020
Examines gaps in the existing healthcare workforce, challenges facing entry-level healthcare workers (EHCW), current EHCW training programs and contexts where training programs are used effectively, and strategies and policy opportunities to strengthen the EHCW. Includes rural references throughout and case studies for programs in rural Alaska and Washington. Provides an interactive inventory of existing policies and programs that support EHCW training, recruitment, and retention.
...health · Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers · Dental workforce · Health aides and assistants · Health workforce...