Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Apr 2024
Examines the effectiveness of clinician-supported versus peer counselor-supported Problem-Solving Therapy (PST) among 105 rural adults aged 60+ in California's Tuolomne, Calaveras, and Stanislaus counties.
...Community health workers · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Service delivery models · Statistics and data · California...
Date: Jan 2016
Reports on the effectiveness of a weight control intervention using health coaches to target home environments using the Healthy Homes/Healthy Families model. Examines changes in the patients' physical activity, calorie intake, and weight. The intervention focused on overweight and obese women in rural Georgia who were patients of community health centers.
...Community health workers · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness...
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...
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: 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...
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.
...Community Health Workers Connect with Patients in Rural Montana Profiles Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, a nonprofit...
Date: Dec 2022
Details the results of a study analyzing the occupations, roles, size, distribution, career pathways, demand, policy, and practice issues for the behavioral health workforce in the state of Washington. Includes recommendations to address workforce-related barriers and improve access to behavioral healthcare, and provides rural specific information.
...Community health workers · Health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
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...
Reviewed: Apr 4, 2025
DOVE is a brochure-based and safety planning intervention for pregnant women and mothers with infants experiencing interpersonal violence.
...community health worker who may or may not work in an evidence-based home visiting...
Deadline: Aug 1, 2024
A multidisciplinary certificate and honors distinction program for health professions students in Maine that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural and underserved communities, and networking with other students and professionals.
...Community Health Worker Training Program Maine A link to the online application is available on the program...