An article from The Diabetes Educator. Examines methods of implementation of the CHW model within diabetes programs, as well as related challenges and lessons learned.
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Medicaid Savings Resulted When Community Health Workers Matched Those With Needs to Home and Community Care
A journal article from Health Affairs. Describes the savings in Medicaid that resulted from the Arkansas Community Connector Program, in which CHW identified people with unmet long-term care needs at risk for entering nursing homes, and connected them to Medicaid home and community-based services.
Community Health Workers as Drivers of a Successful Community-Based Disease Management Initiative
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Presents details and key findings of the successful Washington Heights/Inwood Network for Asthma Program in NY. The program utilized CHW to bridge gaps in care between the community and health care settings, and ultimately led to an over 50% reduction in hospitalizations and emergency department visits and a nearly 100% caregiver confidence in controlling their child’s asthma.
Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program in Public Health and Health Care Settings
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Explores whether a CHW-based program in Colorado would improve the risk of coronary heart disease in public health and health care settings.
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 competencies related to self-management support principles and conducted a 4-month intervention with Vietnamese American patients dealing with uncontrolled diabetes and/or hypertension.
Global Experience of Community Health Workers for Delivery of Health Related Millennium Development Goals: a systematic review, country case studies, and recommendations for integration into National Health Systems
Report includes global systematic review, country case-study CHW programs, analysis and expert opinions, followed by recommendations on best practices for CHW programs within different health categories (including HIV/AIDS).
Gateway Community Health Center, Inc., Diabetes Self Management Project, Promotor(a) Policy and Procedures
A guide reviewing the role, responsibilities, and standing orders of promotora in the Gateway Community Health Center’s Diabetes Self Management Project. Includes job descriptions, essential policies and procedures, competency and skills checklist, performance evaluation form, and procedures for documentation and medical records handling.
Community Health Worker Integration Into the Health Care Team Accomplishes the Triple Aim in a Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Bronx Tale
An article from the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. Presents a study documenting how CHW were integrated into a patient-centered medical home in South Bronx, NY.
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 strengthening and expanding use of CHW.
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.