Community Health Workers: Action Guide of Insurers
A policy guide for insurers meant to accompany the report “Community Health Workers: A review of program evolution, evidence on effectiveness and value, and status of workforce development in New England.” Outlines best practices when contracting with providers as well as reimbursement m [...]
Community Health Workers: Action Guide for Workforce
A policy guide for those working as community health workers or considering a career in the field and is meant to accompany the report “Community Health Workers: A review of program evolution, evidence on effectiveness and value, and status of workforce development in New England.”
Think Cultural Health
An e-learning program focused on cultural competence from the US Department of Health and Human Services. The target audience is promotores de salud.
Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Community Health Worker Support for Adults with Social Anxiety
A doctoral dissertation assessing the acceptability and feasibility of an internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention with support from a peer coach. Describes research findings and provides background on lay health workers in the context of mental health.
Piloting a Mental Health Training Programme for Community Health Workers in South Africa: An Exploration of Changes in Knowledge, Confidence, and Attitudes
A quasi-experimental study evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a training in mental health related services administered to community health workers. Knowledge, confidence, and attitudes toward mental illness were evaluated before and after the training program.
Addressing Health Disparities from Within the Community: Community-Based Participatory Research and Community Health Worker Policy Initiatives Using a Gender-Based Approach
A study from Women’s Health Issues. Describes an intervention addressing obesity among women in Utah. The study employed peer health coaching as an individual-level intervention, while simultaneously soliciting information about organizational, local, and state level policies impacting the hea [...]
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 [...]
Evaluation of Healthy Fit: A Community Health Worker Model to Address Hispanic Health Disparities
Healthy Fit uses community health workers to promote cancer screenings and education about heart health. This evaluation of the program found that the intervention is a cost-effective and impactful model for addressing cancer and cardiovascular health disparities.
A Community Health Worker-Led Rotation to Train Medical Students in the Social Determinants of Health
A report describing a pilot program in which fourth year medical students, as an elective rotation, focus on building community relationships and developing cultural humility by learning from community health workers.
Community Health Workers
A concept note produced by the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard. Outlines the history of global CHW programs as well as case studies of successful recruitment efforts.
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