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Resources Search Results for: community health workers

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1. Texas Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program: 2023 Annual Report
Date: 2024

Describes the Promotora or Community Health Worker (CHW) Training and Certification Program in Texas, including the number of certified community health workers, instructors, certificate graduates, and renewals. Includes the number of certified community health workers by county and the location of CHW training programs in the state.

...community health workers, instructors, certificate graduates, and renewals. Includes the number of certified community health...

2. The Use of Community Health Workers in Community Health Centers
Date: Oct 2021

Examines changes in the community health workers (CHWs) workforce among community health centers (CHCs) from 2016-2018 and factors associated with the use of CHWs. Features statistics on characteristics of CHCs in the study and factors associated with use of CHWs in CHCs, with breakdowns by rural location.

...Community Health Workers in Community Health Centers --- Examines changes in the community health workers (CHWs...

3. Understanding Scope and Competencies: A Contemporary Look at the United States Community Health Worker Field
Date: Apr 2016

Reports on the progress of the Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Project in developing a national consensus regarding community health worker core roles and competencies. The C3 Advisory Committee charged with developing the standards included representation from urban, rural, and tribal communities.

...Community Health Worker Field --- Reports on the progress of the Community Health Worker Core Consensus...

4. Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit: A Guide for Employers
Date: 2016

Toolkit designed to provide prospective employers of community health workers (CHWs) a history and understanding of the field and how to implement CHWs into their practices in the state of Minnesota. Includes education and training requirements, a discussion of the roles of the CHW, and examples of successful community health worker models, among other topics.

...community health worker models, among other topics. --- View more Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit: A Guide...

5. Protocol for Links (Linking Individual Needs to Community and Clinical Services): A Prospective Matched Observational Study of a Community Health Worker Community Clinical Linkage Intervention on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Date: Apr 2019

Describes Linking Individual Needs to Community and Clinical Services (LINKS), a 3-year observational tool developed to examine the impact of CHW-led interventions using electronic health records and other applications to reduce chronic disease risk and promote well-being among Latinos residing in the U.S. Mexico border region of Arizona.

...Community health workers · Health information technology · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

6. How Community Health Workers Are Impacting Rural Communities
Date: Apr 2023

Describes ways in which communities can use funding to build community health worker programs in order to reduce health disparities. Highlights the University of Kansas Medical Center's Local Health Equity Action Teams initiative in 10 counties, 6 of which are rural.

...Community Health Workers Are Impacting Rural Communities --- Describes ways in which communities can use funding...

7. Addressing Chronic Disease Through Community Health Workers: A Policy and Systems-Level Approach
Date: Apr 2015

Provides guidelines for the integration of community health workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention programs. Includes examples from a variety of CHW programs, some of which serve rural communities.

...workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention programs. Includes examples from a variety of CHW programs, some of which serve rural communities. --- View more Addressing Chronic Disease Through Community Health...

8. Promising Practices for Rural Community Health Worker Programs
Date: Mar 2011

Identifies six rural community health worker models in the literature and in practice: promotora, member of the care delivery team, care coordinator, health educator, outreach and enrollment agent, and community organizer and capacity builder.

...Community Health Worker Programs --- Identifies six rural community health worker models in the literature and in practice...

9. The Evolution, Expansion, and Effectiveness of Community Health Workers
Date: Dec 2013

Reviews the development of Community Health Worker roles, accomplishments, and future contributions in rural and urban settings. Discusses the education and training of CHWs, and includes a detailed table of their activities in promoting prevention and well-being.

...Community Health Workers --- Reviews the development of Community Health Worker roles, accomplishments, and future contributions...

10. Allied Health Workforce Projections, 2016-2030: Community Health Workers
Reviewed: Mar 2024

Offers demand projections for community health workers (CHWs) from 2016-2030, using data from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Workforce Simulation Model. Includes projected statistics for various care coordination scenarios, including a rural healthcare scenario.

...Community Health Workers --- Offers demand projections for community health workers (CHWs) from 2016-2030, using...