Towards a Framework for Analyzing Determinants of Performance of Community Health Workers in Malaria Prevention and Control: A Systematic Review
A review of literature from Human Resources for Health evaluating community health worker performance in malaria prevention and control programs. Examines CHW characteristics influencing performance, as well as the impact of community and health systems factors.
Ruth Paris
Ruth Paris, chair of the Clinical Practice Department, is recognized for her expertise in trauma and infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH), including a particular focus on families struggling with substance and opioid use disorders (SUDs and OUDs). With support from the Substance Abuse an [...]
Clinical Community Health Workers: Linchpin of the Medical Home
An article from the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. Explores the clinical CHW model, in which CHW are integral members of primary care teams inside medical homes. Presents two case studies of clinical CHW programs.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the MCHB is responsible for promoting the health of mothers and children in the United States and its jurisdictions. MCHB administers the Title V program. For more information a [...]
Design and Implementation of a Community Health Worker HIV Treatment and Prevention Intervention in an HIV Hot Spot Fishing Community in Rakai, Uganda
Describes the implementation of an HIV treatment and prevention program based in an HIV hot spot fishing community in Uganda. Community residents employed motivational interviewing techniques as well as mobile phone based counseling strategies to encourage treatment adherence.
Rural Tobacco Control and Prevention Toolkit: Community Health Worker Interventions
A sub-section of a Rural Tobacco Control and Prevention Toolkit from the Rural Health Information Hub. Offers case examples of rural community health worker-led tobacco cessation programs.
Management of Gestational Diabetes in Community
A manual developed through the International Diabetes Foundation’s Women in India with GDM Strategy program. Educates community health workers about prevention and management of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Integrated Care Models
Private or public health service programs, often led by a primary care team (and often developed for a specific target population) that who work together with patients and families to provide a full array of coordinated services, such as medical care, mental health care, family support services, or [...]
AMCHP Conference Workshop: Addressing Health Care Coverage Inequities Among Children with Special Health Care Needs
On February 13th at the 2018 Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) conference the Catalyst Center presented the results of four focus groups that were conducted with parents of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) who are from the Somali community in Bost [...]
Understanding Medical Brigades in Nicaragua & Increasing Social Work Involvement
This project facilitates an exchange between Boston University and the Superemos Foundation, a social work organization based in Estelí, Nicaragua, in order to better integrate social work services into medical care. The project expands upon work by the BU global medical brigades, which place medic [...]
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