Website 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 · Hispanic or Latino · Mental health · Mental health conditions...
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.
...Health Tagged as Access · Community health workers · Funding · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban...
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...
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, race, 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.
...health systems. --- View more Promising Approaches to Integrating Community Health Workers into Health Systems: Four...
Added: Sep 14, 2022
Overview of models that incorporate the use of CHWs, extension agents, and other health literacy community advocates to improve health literacy.
...Health Literacy Community Advocates - RHIhub Toolkit --- Overview of models that incorporate the use of CHWs, extension agents, and other health literacy community advocates to improve health literacy. --- View more Community Health Workers...
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.
...Health Workers: Roles and Opportunities in Health Care Delivery System Reform --- Identifies and discusses health services research on the utilization and integration of Community...
Reviewed: Oct 5, 2023
A community health worker initiative to improve the health of rural Appalachian Kentucky residents who have deficits in health resources and health status, including high levels of cancer, heart disease, hypertension, asthma, and diabetes.
...Communities . Journal of Community Health, 42 (3), 565-572. Feltner, F.J., Ely, G.E., Whitler, E.T., Gross, D., & Dignan, M. (2012). Effectiveness of Community Health Workers...
Reviewed: Sep 8, 2020
Find information on promising models for community health worker programs and strategies for adapting a program to meet your community's needs.
...Community Health Worker Program Models There are several types of community health worker (CHW) program...