The Role of Community Health Workers in the Prevention of Oral Disease
A webinar from the Migrant Clinicians Network outlining the HRSA Measures of Oral Health, as well as the risk factors for poor oral health. The webinar examines the role of community health workers in maintaining oral health, and helps CHWs understand the services offered at their community health c [...]
What do Patients with Diabetes Think of Health Coaching?
A research report from the Urban Institute assessing a health coaching program for improving medication adherence, stress management, and nutrition among people with diabetes. Examines patients’ impressions of the lay health coaches as well as engagement with primary care and A1c levels.
Sharing Histories – A Transformative Learning/Teaching Method to Empower Community Health Workers to Support Health Behavior Change of Mothers
A paper describing the Sharing Histories method of promoting maternal and child health. The method draws on the community health workers’ or primary health care providers’ own experiences as the basis for building trust with patients.
Management of Gestational Diabetes in Community
A manual developed through the International Diabetes Foundation’s Women in India with GDM Strategy program. Educates community health workers about prevention and management of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Cultural Humility: A Pathway to Empathy
OBJECTIVES At the end of this unit, participants will be able to: Identify and define the four pillars of cultural humility Describe how a cultural value/belief related to their identity can impact their work with a client Describe how cultural humility is a pathway to employing empathy in their int [...]
Using Job Analysis Techniques to Understand Training Needs for Promotores de Salud
Using the job analysis method, the authors examined the job tasks and worker attributes of community health workers to inform the development of a training program for CHWs. Shares the analysis methods as a template for other organizations launching similar programs.
Finding Home toolkit provides tips and tools for health workers who guide people living with HIV toward stable housing
Recommendations and resources compiled from staff serving clients experiencing homelessness What strategies successfully address the housing needs of people living with HIV who are experiencing homelessness? What does it take to keep people experiencing homelessness in HIV care? Staff at nine clinic [...]
State Community Health Worker Models
A map summarizing state-by-state community health worker models including information on financing, education, certification, and state CHW legislation.
Guiding organizations to expand access and improve retention in HIV Care: MDPH’s Strategic Peer-Enhanced Care and Retention Model
Although current medical treatments have improved health outcomes for many people living with HIV, engagement and retention in health care and adherence to antiretroviral treatment continues to be a challenge. In 2011, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDHP), Bureau of Infectious Diseas [...]
Community Health Workers Toolkit
A toolkit from the Rural Health Information Hub. Details community health worker models, offers information on various training approaches, describes implementation and sustainability, and offers tools for measuring impact.
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