Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Jan 2007
Describes the Colonias Project, a health literacy outreach project using promotoras in low-income Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border.
...Association, 95(1), 31-39 01/2007 Community health workers · Health literacy · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Texas...
Deadline: Jan 20, 2026
Funding to improve health outcomes in rural New Jersey in the areas of preventive health; technology, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring; training and capacity building; and workforce recruitment and retention.
...Community health workers · Culture · Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Health screening · Health workforce · Hospitals...
Date: Feb 2019
Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.
...Community health workers · Graduate medical education · Health workforce pipeline · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse...
Date: Jan 2022
Review of research literature to assess whether policy initiatives targeting primary care access for rural and underserved populations has been effective in reducing healthcare disparities. Initiatives considered include availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, and acceptability.
...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Graduate medical education · Health disparities · Health workforce supply...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
A multidisciplinary certificate program for certain health professions students in Oregon that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural communities, and networking with other students and professionals.
...Community health workers and other paraprofessionals Enhancing knowledge in virtual learning and telehealth Students should...
Date: Oct 2013
Highlights a study on changes in health knowledge relating to pesticides of indigenous farmworkers in Oregon. Details the results of participants' pesticide knowledge from pre/post-intervention questionnaires and biological testing.
...health and safety · Community health workers · Farmers and farmworkers · Health literacy · Migrants · Statistics and data · Oregon...
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023
Learn more about implementation considerations for rural telehealth programs that serve tribes.
...community health workers to help patients address other needs outside of the healthcare setting. The Indian...
Date: Jun 2015
Investigates the knowledge and beliefs among rural Latina immigrant women in southeastern Georgia about the causes of cervical cancer and apparent barriers to cervical cancer screening. A cross-sectional survey of 39 Mexican women was conducted and the information gathered was applied to inform and test the development and effect of using trained lay health advisors or promotoras to increase compliance with cervical cancer screening.
...Community health workers · Farmers and farmworkers · Health screening · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Added: Sep 14, 2022
Examples of programs working to improve health literacy in rural communities.
...community health workers. Purchase District Health Department Synopsis: The Purchase District Health Department is working...
Date: Oct 2022
Analyzes access and barriers to healthcare services for Eastern Coachella Valley rural farmworkers who are exposed to workplace and environmental health risks. Reports on 9 culturally responsive in-home interviews conducted from 2017 to 2018 with the assistance of a bilingual Spanish-Purépecha Latina promotora. Provides demographic information of participants and quotes from interviews related to themes such as environmental exposures, including the nearby Salton Sea; agricultural labor and its impact on health; chronic health conditions and trauma of exposures; and community-proposed solutions.
...engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers · Culture · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Health conditions · California...