Current Demographics and Roles of Florida Community Health Workers: Implications for Future Recruitment and Training
A descriptive study from the Journal of Community Health. Drawing on survey data, the article analyzes demographic characteristics of community health workers in Florida as well as the roles filled by these community health workers.
The Future of Care for CMC Virtual Cafe #1: Where We Are Now & Where We Need to Go
In the first cafΓ©, Cara Coleman, JD, MPH, The Bluebird Way Foundation, and Meg Comeau, MHA, CISWH, provided a brief overview of key topics, major frameworks, and emerging trends to advance the quality of life and well-being of CMC and their families through federal, state, and local initiatives. Be [...]
SPECTRuM Manual
A manual developed by the Department of Health and Human Services based on the implementation of a peer program (SPECTRuM) into HIV care. Strategy 1 lists the protocol developed and implemented for integrating peers into HIV care teams. Provides sample forms as tools for organizations to use when re [...]
The Effectiveness of Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Delivered by Community Health Workers Compared to a Traditional Facility Based Model
This study compares the treatment of severe acute malnutrition by community health workers with treatment received at local health facilities. The findings suggest that CHWs are able to effectively treat SAM.
Community Health Worker Encounter Forms: A Tool to Guide and Document Patient Visits and Worker Performance
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Provides an evaluation of the effectiveness of using CHW encounter forms to collect data on patient interactions.
OPENPediatrics Complex Care Journal Club Podcast: CISWH Experts Share Best Practices for Ensuring Human Dignity in Care for Children with Medical Complexity
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan , Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) project director, and Meg Comeau, CISWH senior project director, appeared on the latest OPENPediatrics Complex Care Journal Club Podcast where they shared recent findings from a qualitative analysis of focus groups with [...]
Capacity and Non-Compliance: Mental Wellness Modules in a Community Health Worker Certification Course
An article documenting a process through which students in a community health worker training program evaluated and re-framed mental health focused learning modules. Through project-based learning, participants identified the limitations of a biomedical approach to mental health and developed strate [...]
Promotores and the Chronic Care Model: An Organizational Assessment
An article from the Journal of Community Health Nursing. Provides an organizational assessment and analysis of the role of promotores (lay health workers) could offer to a system of federally-sponsored community health clinics along the U.S./Mexico border in which the Chronic Care Model (which deliv [...]
Community Health Worker Interventions to Promote Psychosocial Outcomes Among People Living With HIV- A Systematic Review
A literature review examining CHW interventions intended to improve psychosocial outcomes among indivduals living with HIV. The review analyzes the type and scope of interventions used, as well as protocol fidelity.
CISWHβs Prof. LΓ³pez Joins BU Colleagues and Students to Support Migrant Communities at Texas Border
Photo by Barbara Zandoval on Unsplash Dr. Luz M LΓ³pez, director of CISWHβs Global Health Core and clinical professor at BUSSW, will join a Border Studies Program at the Texas border from March 4 – March 14, 2022. The program is focused on identifying practices to best support migrants at th [...]
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