CHW Central
CHW Central is an online community of practice that brings together program managers, experts, practitioners, researchers, and supporters of CHW programs. The website is a virtual meeting place to share resources and experiences and to discuss and develop questions and ideas on CHW programs and poli [...]
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO): A New Model for Community Health Worker Training and Support
An article from the Journal of Public Health Policy describing a community health worker training and mentoring program. The program draws on the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes model, and offers case-based learning and support to CHWs. The training programs focus specifically on addicti [...]
A Real-World Community Health Worker Care Coordination Model for High-Risk Children
Describes a Chicago-based community health worker program that provides services to 5,289 children. Offers details of the program as a model for creating and sustaining a large-scale and effective CHW program.
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan acts as project director for the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Advance Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CoIIN to Advance Care for CMC) project. She has returned to CISWH after a long hiatus, having worked under a former iteration of the group fr [...]
Expanding Access & Improving Retention in HIV Care: The SPECTRuM Project Implementation Manual
Although current medical treatments have improved health outcomes for people living with HIV infection, for some, engagement and retention in health care and adherence to antiretroviral treatment is a challenge. In 2011, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Infectious Disease and [...]
SPECTRuM Project
The “Strategic Peer-Enhanced Care and Retention Model” (SPECTRuM) project aimed to expand access to and improve retention in HIV care and treatment for PLWHA. To achieve this goal, the project implemented a two-pronged approach: Strategy 1: Employ a nurse-peer team to work with the exis [...]
NIDRR Access to Care
This three-year research project, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), aimed to examine access barriers to the continuum of mainstream health care services for persons with disabilities across the lifespan in Massachusetts. This project was designed to [...]
Coverage Counseling
Providing the education and resources necessary for families and individuals to understand which health insurance programs they are eligible for, the pros and cons of different insurance programs and to weigh them, and how to apply for coverage.
Webinar: Understanding the Basics–Medicaid & CHIP and Building Partnerships among Stakeholders
Learn how different systems define children with special health care needs, the basics of Medicaid and CHIP, and different kinds of partnerships between Title V and Medicaid/CHIP.
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).
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