States Implementing Community Health Worker Strategies, Technical Assistance Guide
A technical assistance guide for the CDC’s State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health Program.
A Call to Action for Social Work: Minimizing Financial Hardship for Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs
Families face significant challenges in caring for their CSHCN. For many families, one of these challenges is the economic impact of inadequate health care coverage. Families must make hard choices about how to spend limited salaries and then make substantial sacrifices in other domains to ensure ad [...]
Integrating Community Health Workers into State and Local Chronic Disease Prevention Efforts
A brief describing the evidence for use of CHWs in prevention efforts and outlining financing options for CHW programs. Draws on program development in Washington state.
Caroline Parker
Caroline Parker is a Program Manager at CISWH. She works on two HRSA-funded projects, the Catalyst Center (the National Technical Assistance Center for Health Care Financing and Coverage for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)), and a project to support the replication of hous [...]
State Plan/State Plan Amendment (SPA)
A state’s Medicaid program plan, federally approved under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. A state may submit amendments to modify its plan. The state plan defines which services will be covered and the terms of eligibility for those services. While state Medicaid programs must include ce [...]
Rural Collaborative Model for Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Case Study
Describes a rural community health worker-led education and diabetes management intervention. Different roles, including health coaching for diabetes management, and peer education, were filled by CHWs. Highlights the innovative components of this case.
Student HIV/AIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, Intentions: The Community-Based Dental Partnership.
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau’s Community-Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP) introduces dental students and residents at several dental schools to care for vulnerable patients through didactic and clinical work in community-based dental settings. This stud [...]
Thomas Byrne
Thomas Byrne, PhD, MSW is an associate professor at the Boston University School of Social Work. His work focuses broadly on the causes, consequences and policy responses to homelessness and housing insecurity. He is also affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where he has conduc [...]
Astraea Augsberger
Astraea Augsberger, PhD, is Associate Professor at Boston University School of Social Work where she teaches courses in clinical social work practice, child policy and research methods. She received her MSW and Ph.D. from Columbia University School of Social Work. She has 15 years of clinical and re [...]
Betty J. Ruth
Betty J. Ruth is Clinical Professor at Boston University School of Social Work, where she is the longtime Director of the Boston University MSW/MPH Program. An experienced educator with expertise in public health social work (PHSW), inter-professional education, professional ethics, and profession [...]
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