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 [...]
Agreement and Diagnostic Accuracy of Vision Screening in Children by Teachers, Community Eye-Health Workers and Vision Technicians
An article from Clinical and Experimental Optometry comparing the accuracy of vision screening by community health workers, teachers, and vision technicians in a sub-district in India. The authors report that there is not a significant difference between the accuracy of trained community health work [...]
Community Health Workers Evidence-Based Models Toolbox
A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Human Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. A guide for rural communities of CHW models and strategies that have been proven to work. Topics include: overview of the role of CHW; description of various CHW [...]
Understanding Scope and Competencies: A Contemporary Look at the U.S. Community Health Worker Field, Progress Report of the CHW Core Consensus (C3) Project: Building National Consensus on CHW Core Roles, Skills, and Qualities
A report of findings from the C3 Project. Examines how CHW roles (scope of practice) and competencies (skills and qualities) have evolved over time, and provides a contemporary look at CHW core roles in the U.S. and the competencies needed to fulfill those roles.
The Use of Peer Workers in Special Projects of National Significance Initiatives, 1993-2009
A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program. SPNS grantees are awarded funds to design, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies that encourage hard-to-reach [...]
Identifying the Core Elements of Effective Community Health Worker Programs: A Research Agenda
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Discusses the challenges for conducting research to determine the effectiveness of CHW programs and for translating research into practice because of the variability of the role of the CHW. Recommends a better understanding of the core elements [...]
Training Community Health Workers: An Evaluation of Effectiveness, Sustainable Continuity, and Cultural Humility in an Educational Program in Rural Haiti
A study evaluating a community health worker training program in Haiti. Reports participants’ perceptions of the program, as well as barriers they face in practicing as CHWs. Offers recommendations for improving implementation and conducting trainings with increased cultural humility. Abstract [...]
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 [...]
Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings
Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings In 2015, Center for Advancing Health Policy and Practice was awarded funding to be the Dissemination and Evaluation Center (DEC) for the “Dissemination of Evidence Informed Interventions” project, thoug [...]
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