Caroline Parker
Caroline Parker is a Program Manager at CISWH. She works on two HRSA-funded projects, the Catalyst Center (the National Technical Assistance Center for Health Care Financing and Coverage for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)), and a project to support the replication of hous [...]
Rural Collaborative Model for Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Case Study
Describes a rural community health worker-led education and diabetes management intervention. Different roles, including health coaching for diabetes management, and peer education, were filled by CHWs. Highlights the innovative components of this case.
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)
As defined by the MCHB, CYSHCN are those from birth to age 21 who have, or are at increased risk for, chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. Also referred to [...]
Catastrophic Relief Fund
A fund established by a state or other payer through various public and private sources, that may pay expenses incurred by families for health or social support services that are not covered by an insurance plan or other benefit program. Independent commissions or Title V programs usually administer [...]
Dissemination and Evaluation Center
The Dissemination and Evaluation Center (DEC) was formed in 2015 as part of the Dissemination of Evidence-Informed Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum Initiative, a Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) initiative. The DEC has adapted four previously impl [...]
Student HIV/AIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, Intentions: The Community-Based Dental Partnership.
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau’s Community-Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP) introduces dental students and residents at several dental schools to care for vulnerable patients through didactic and clinical work in community-based dental settings. This stud [...]
Strategic Leadership
Advisory Board Our Advisory Board provides guidance on CISWH’s trans-disciplinary agenda. Its members share our commitment to promoting the intersection of social work and public health. Heidi L. Allen, PhD, MSW Dr. Allen is the associate dean for research and an associate professor of soci [...]
SURE Housing Initiative
The four-year project is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA HAB). The project funds ten RWHAP sites around the U.S. to implement a housing related intervention for one of the above focus populations. An Implementation Technical Assistance Provider (ITAP) [...]
COVID-19: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Employment
Part of the Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series. The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). State programs like Medicaid/CHIP and Titl [...]
Using Job Analysis Techniques to Understand Training Needs for Promotores de Salud
Using the job analysis method, the authors examined the job tasks and worker attributes of community health workers to inform the development of a training program for CHWs. Shares the analysis methods as a template for other organizations launching similar programs.
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