Community Health Worker Integration in Health Care, Public Health, and Policy: A Partnership Model

An article from the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. Describes three initiatives in Massachusetts in which the state public health department collaborated with CHW leaders, health providers, and community-based partners to develop policy and services, including CHW state certification, integrated chronic disease programs, and a state-funded pilot program aimed at showing efficacy of community-based prevention.

Citation: Wilkinson, G.W., et al. (2016). Community Health Worker Integration in Health Care, Public Health, and Policy: A Partnership Model. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 39(1). 2-11.

Building Blocks to Peer Program Success: A Toolkit for Developing HIV Peer Programs

Purpose of this toolkit: to support organizations and communities who work with peers to effectively engage and retain PLWHA in care and treatment.

Primary audiences: directors/managers, supervisors of social services, clinic managers and medical directors, nurses and case managers, state and county health officials in charge of HIV program dollars, planning councils, consumer advisory committees and anyone interested in building, enhancing or incorporating peers into a program

Additional uses: Organizations can review and select relevant sections based on their program’s needs and use the tools and resources available