Website Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Oct 2022
Examines the effectiveness of community health worker (CHW) home visiting interventions in the Health Start Program (HSP) in Arizona to improve childhood vaccination rates. Utilizes the Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS) database to compare vaccination uptake among children whose mothers participated in the HSP between 2006 and 2016 to a demographically similar cohort. Analyzes vulnerable populations with a history of low vaccination uptake including Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian, children of low socioeconomic status and/or living with parents with less than a high school education, rural border counties, children with teen mothers, and first-born children.
...community health worker (CHW) home visiting interventions in the Health Start Program (HSP) in Arizona...
Reviewed: Feb 2025
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the topics of community health workers and rural health.
...community health workers and rural health. --- View more PubMed Search: Community Health Workers and Rural...
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: 2019
Brief overview of a care coordination program using a team of community health workers, a registered nurse, and a nurse practitioner. Discusses the program's sustainability efforts, as well as key takeaways about the program. The program was funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program from 2015-2018 and received additional philanthropic funding through a public-private partnership.
...Community Health Worker Care Coordination Program, West Virginia --- Brief overview of a care coordination program...
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...