Community Health Worker Curriculum
Introduction: How to Use This Curriculum The Community Health Worker in HIV Care curriculum is a free, accessible training resource to support the integration of the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce into HIV and other primary care teams. The curriculum addresses topics related to core compete [...]
Documentation Skills for CHWs: Writing Useful Case Notes
OBJECTIVES At the end of this unit, participants will be able to: Create documentation using the SOAP note format Identify the purpose and common elements of good case notes Identify the challenges associated with completing case notes in an effective manner Identify best practices and what you as [...]
Strategies for Supporting Expanded Roles for Non-Clinicians on Primary Care Teams
A report from the National Academy for State Health Policy. Outlines strategies for, and provides examples of, Medicaid financing of non-clinician services in fee-for-service, managed care, medical home or health home, and accountable care organization settings. Describes different training curricul [...]
CoIIN: Project Impact & Materials
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau has funded this 10-state Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to test and spread promising care delivery strategies and payment models for children with medical complexity (CMC). The three-fold goals of the project ar [...]
Strategies to Improve the Integration of Community Health Workers Into Health Care Teams: “A Little Fish in a Big Pond”
An article from the peer-reviewed journal, Preventing Chronic Disease, Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy. Investigates the opportunities and challenges of integrating CHW into health care systems, from the perspective of the CHW community.
Community Health Workers: Integral Members of the Health Care Work Force
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Provides a general overview of the integral role of CHW in the health care work force. Topics include: contributions of CHW in the U.S., characteristics of successful CHW programs, barriers to expanded use of CHW, and recommendations for strengt [...]
Community Health Workers “101” for Primary Care Providers and Other Stakeholders in Health Care Systems
An article from the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. Provides a basic general overview of how the role of CHW address the many patient- and system-related barriers currently experienced in ambulatory care practices.
Preparing Community Health Workers for Their Role as Agents of Social Change: Experience of the Community Capacitation Center
An article from the Journal of Community Practice. Discusses the idea that the way CHW are trained influences the roles they play, using the combined training method at the Community Capacitation Center in OR as an example. Maintains that efforts to integrate CHW into health and social service syste [...]
Bringing Community Health Workers into the Mainstream of U.S. Health Care
A discussion paper published by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Provides a general overview of the value of integrating CHW into team-based primary care. Topics include: using CHW to enhance team-based care, obstacles to using CHW, and recommendations for implementing CHW in the [...]
A Guide to Integrating Community Health Workers Into Health Disparities Collaboratives
A guide published by Migrant Health Promotion and Migrant Clinicians Network. Offers tips, ideas, and examples of how CHW can promote significant outcomes within a variety of measures, specifically focusing on the needs and objectives of collaborative teams. Divided into collaborative topics and com [...]
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