Resources Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Nov 2019
Reviews the results from 9 studies funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute supporting the inclusion of community health workers (CHWs) and peer providers (PPs) as effective participants in addressing health and healthcare inequities, particularly for diverse communities. Each study presented focuses on a distinct function of utilizing CHWs and/or PPS such as mentoring, managing chronic conditions, and navigator support for serious mental illness and depression. Discusses why payers and providers should include CHWs and PPS in a variety of capacities to improve outcomes, add value to care, and control costs.
...Community health workers · Health conditions · Healthcare quality · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Statistics and data...
Date: May 2005
Provides a national overview of state policy and state involvement in more formal training and certification of community health workers. Analyzes the potential effects of these policy trends.
...community health workers. Analyzes the potential effects of these policy trends. --- View more Community Health...
Date: Dec 2023
Details a study exploring how rural and urban communities in Kansas are screening for social determinants of health and using community health workers to address challenges. Bases findings on surveys of providers and clinic managers.
...Community health workers · Health screening · Social determinants of health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Jun 2022
Examines the Maryland landscape of community health workers (CHWs) and the organizations that employ them; identifies barriers and facilitators to incorporating the CHW skillset into patient-centered healthcare models; and determines the impact of CHWs on access to healthcare and use of preventive health services by the people they serve. Features statistics including demographics, services provided, funding sources, and type of employer, with breakdowns by urban or rural area.
...Community health workers · Funding · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: 2016
A step-by-step guide to help healthcare organizations learn and understand the key elements for conducting a return on investment analysis for their community health worker (CHW) program. Requires free login to access.
...Community Health Worker Health Program --- A step-by-step guide to help healthcare organizations learn...
Date: Jan 2013
Evaluates the effectiveness of a Community Health Worker system of care to help decrease coronary heart disease in primarily rural and frontier Colorado counties. Includes data and statistics broken down by age, risk factors, and geographic location.
...Community Health Worker Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program in Public Health and Health Care Settings --- Evaluates...
Date: Dec 2013
Identifies the scope of practice, supervision, financing, and the workforce standards implemented by states and employers in the development of community health worker (CHW) programs. Four case studies that include rural counties illustrate the challenges and opportunities for integrating CHWs into health systems.
...Community health workers · Diabetes · Health workforce education and training · Home and community-based services · Medicaid...
Date: Jan 2016
Identifies and discusses health services research on the utilization and integration of Community Health Workers (CHWs) into healthcare service delivery. Includes an analysis regarding the various CHW models, employment data, training and credentialing, and challenges associated with the development of this occupation.
...Community Health Workers: Roles and Opportunities in Health Care Delivery System Reform --- Identifies and discusses...
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: Dec 2019
Summarizes key findings from previous Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funded studies in 9 states on Community Health Workers (CHWs) interventions and their effect on diverse ethnic, racial, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds, including rural. Offers evidence-based recommendations to help state policymakers integrate CHWs into healthcare delivery teams to improve health outcomes and reduce the cost of healthcare for individuals and populations.
...Community health workers · Policy · Population health · California · Florida · Georgia · Kentucky · New Mexico · New York · Oregon...