A report by The Urban Institute. Highlights the roles CHW play and the services they offer, documents CHW achievements and success, describes the obstacles and challenges to hiring CHW, discusses the increased opportunities for CHW under health care reform, and offers next steps for training and growing the CHW workforce.
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Opportunities for Community Health Workers in the Era of Health Reform
A report published by The Urban Institute. Assesses the benefits and challenges of expanding CHW employment; catalogs how the ACA and other reform efforts have allowed further opportunities for sustainable employment of CHW; explores CHW implications of workforce issues, insurance enrollment needs, affordability and accessibility of services, and changes in approaches to public health and prevention; and highlights promising CHW opportunities in the public and private sectors.
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 future.
Evaluation Toolkit for Promotor(a) de Salud Programs
A toolkit developed by MHP Salud. Quick reference guide with tips and tools designed for use with promotor(a) or other CHW programs.
SPECTRuM Manual
A manual developed by the Department of Health and Human Services based on the implementation of a peer program (SPECTRuM) into HIV care. Strategy 1 lists the protocol developed and implemented for integrating peers into HIV care teams. Provides sample forms as tools for organizations to use when recruiting clients and using peers to engage and retain PLWH in care. Strategy 2 lists the protocol developed and implemented for collecting HIV laboratory data and documenting providers’ data follow-up for the purpose of client surveillance. Provides sample forms as tools for collecting and updating data.
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 components of the chronic care model.
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.
Community Health Worker Encounter Forms: A Tool to Guide and Document Patient Visits and Worker Performance
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Provides an evaluation of the effectiveness of using CHW encounter forms to collect data on patient interactions.
Your Heart, Your Life, A Community Health Worker’s Manual for the Hispanic Community
A manual published by the National Institutes of Health. A heart health manual created specifically for Latino communities for use in training CHW, educating members of Latino communities, and other community activities. Consists of 12 sessions with step-by-step instructions on how to teach 11 educational sessions on preventing heart disease to community residents or patients.
States Implementing Community Health Worker Strategies, Technical Assistance Guide
A technical assistance guide for the CDC’s State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health Program.