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.