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.
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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 health of women and girls, and engaging in policy advocacy around these issues.
Capacity and Non-Compliance: Mental Wellness Modules in a Community Health Worker Certification Course
An article documenting a process through which students in a community health worker training program evaluated and re-framed mental health focused learning modules. Through project-based learning, participants identified the limitations of a biomedical approach to mental health and developed strategies for addressing mental health in their communities.
Evaluation of Healthy Fit: A Community Health Worker Model to Address Hispanic Health Disparities
Healthy Fit uses community health workers to promote cancer screenings and education about heart health. This evaluation of the program found that the intervention is a cost-effective and impactful model for addressing cancer and cardiovascular health disparities.
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 conditions. The evaluation includes feedback from primary caregivers who participated in the intervention, as well as CHWs and residents.
Defining the Role of the Community Health Worker within a Federal Healthy Start Care Coordination Team
Describes a process through which community health workers, nurses, and social workers collaborated to define the role of community health workers and defined evidence-based interventions to improve maternal and child health.
Mobilizing Community Health Workers to Address Mental Health Disparities for Underserved Populations: A Systematic Review
A systematic review analyzing mental health interventions involving community health workers. Identifies areas for future research and training, including a focus on the use of evidence-based practices in CHW mental health interventions.
Advancing Understanding of the Sustainability of Lay Health Advisor (LHA) Programs for African-American Women in Community Settings
An article from Translational Behavioral Medicine. Proposes strategies to sustain a lay health advisor model for promoting cancer screening among African American women based on the experiences of current lay health advisors.
Community Health Workers Promote Civic Engagement and Organizational Capacity to Impact Policy
An article from the Journal of Community Health assessing the relationship between community health worker advocacy and positive community change. The paper uses data from the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey to identify the roles of CHWs in advocacy and measure the impact of such interventions.
Delivery of Public Health Services by Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Primary Health Care Settings in China: A Systematic Review (1996-2016)
A literature review from Global Health and Research Policy examining the roles of CHWs in China. CHWs there engage in both primary care and public health functions, including services related non-communicable disease as well as general services. Illuminates the barriers and facilitating factors in service delivery.