Community-Based Hearing Screening for Young Children Using an mHealth Service-Delivery Model
Evaluates a hearing screening program implemented by community health workers. Young children were screened for hearing loss using a smartphone app, then referred by CHWs as needed. Abstract available on Taylor and Francis website. (You may need to purchase the full text article.)
Early Intervention (EI)
Developmental services provided to children birth to age 3 who have, or in states with broad eligibility, are at risk of developmental delay. State Early Intervention programs can receive federal education funds to subsidize these services. For more information about Early Intervention services and [...]
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.
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 [...]
Medical Necessity Webinar Series
In April, May, and June of 2022, the Catalyst Center and the National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics Networks, two programs supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), hosted a three-part webinar series to help the genetics community and other interested part [...]
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 [...]
Materials
Motivation and Satisfaction Among Community Health Workers Administering Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria in Western Kenya
A qualitative study drawing on interviews with community health workers trained to administer rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. Assesses job motivation and satisfaction to help inform strategies for CHW retention and determine the feasibility of scaling up the program. While CHWs overall had high [...]
Integrating Community Health Workers Into a Patient-Centered Medical Home to Support Disease Self-Management Among Vietnamese Americans: Lessons Learned
A journal article from Health Promotion Practice, Society for Public Health Education. Describes how a patient-centered medical home and academic partners collaborated with CHW to develop and implement the Patient Resource and Education Program (PREP). Under PREP, CHW received training in core compe [...]
Project Lead Team
The EPR project team is based out of Boston University School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH). Meg Comeau, MHA – Principal Investigator Bethlyn Houlihan, MSW, MPH – Co-Principal Investigator Chris Louis, Ph.D., MHA – Lead Evaluator (BU School [...]
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