Supervising peers who support clients in HIV care and treatment (Part 2)
This webcast is the second of a two-part seminar (started in the Oct. 7 webcast) that will discuss supportive and clinical approaches for supervising peers in the workplace. Case examples will be discussed addressing issues such as managing peer-client relationships and transference/counter-transfer [...]
Promising Practices for Rural Community Health Worker Programs
A brief from the Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis and The Rural Health Research Center of the University of Minnesota. Identifies six community health worker models identified in rural health settings. Offers insight regarding rural CHW liability, program sustainability, and best practices for [...]
A community health worker model to address childhood asthma : perspectives of program participants
A report analyzing the impact of a community health worker-led program intended to address the impact of the home environment on childhood asthma. The program contributed to a reduction in use of emergency services and night-time awakenings, as well as successful advocacy for improved housing condit [...]
Harmonizing Community-based Health Worker Programs for HIV: A Narrative Review and Analytic Framework
An article from CHW Central presenting a framework for defining and assessing harmonization of CHW interventions for HIV. In defining harmonization, the authors emphasize coordination among stakeholders, integrating CHW interventions into the larger health system, and promoting CHW program sustainab [...]
The Role of Title V Programs in Increasing Access to School-Based Health Services: Opportunities for Bolstering Medicaid Reimbursement
In 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reversed the 1997 Medicaid policy known as the Free Care Rule, which limited the ability of schools to bill Medicaid for student health care services. In this explainer, the Catalyst Center provides an overview of the Free Care Rule rever [...]
Keys to Successful Implementation of Community-Based Outreach and Navigation: Lessons from a Breast Health Navigation Program
An article from the Journal of Cancer Education. Describes a community health worker intervention to address racial disparities in breast cancer mortality. Presents the measurement tools used in the study and offers tools for adapting the program to other settings.
Supportive Supervision and Constructive Relationships with Healthcare Workers Support CHW Performance: Use of a Qualitative Framework to Evaluate CHW Programming in Uganda
A qualitative study addressing community health worker performance in Uganda. Focus groups were conducted with both low and high performing teams to assess the impact of supervision, peer support, relationships with other healthcare providers and retention and incentive structures on CHW performance [...]
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.
Promising Practices for Rural Community Health Worker Programs
An evaluation brief exploring six CHW models used in rural communities in order to identify promising practices that could be replicated in other rural communities.
Pathways to Hiring Peer Navigator Staff
A brief look at the benefits of Peer Family Navigation, who may support building it in the community and potential costs.
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