Continuing Education for Peers: Disclosure
This webcast is the first of a two-part continuing education series for HIV positive peers and their supervisors. The Webcast includes speakers with extensive experience in training and supervising peers to work with clients around disclosure.
Community Health Workers: A Review of Program Evolution, Evidence on Effectiveness and Value, and Status of Workforce Development in New England
An evidence review and policy analysis from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review. Addresses the impact of community health worker interventions on health outcomes in New England, the cost of CHW programs, and outlines best practices for CHW program implementation.
The Roles of Peers in HIV Care and Treatment
This webcast is intended for anyone interested in learning about the roles of peers in providing HIV care and treatment. Peers working in clinics and community-based organizations will discuss their work and activities with clients and HIV providers.
Harmonizing Community-based Health Worker Programs for HIV: A Narrative Review and Analytic Framework
An article from CHW Central presenting a framework for defining and assessing harmonization of CHW interventions for HIV. In defining harmonization, the authors emphasize coordination among stakeholders, integrating CHW interventions into the larger health system, and promoting CHW program sustainab [...]
The Role of Title V Programs in Increasing Access to School-Based Health Services: Opportunities for Bolstering Medicaid Reimbursement
In 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reversed the 1997 Medicaid policy known as the Free Care Rule, which limited the ability of schools to bill Medicaid for student health care services. In this explainer, the Catalyst Center provides an overview of the Free Care Rule rever [...]
Pathways to Hiring Peer Navigator Staff
A brief look at the benefits of Peer Family Navigation, who may support building it in the community and potential costs.
Supporting and Retaining Village Health Teams: An Assessment of a Community Health Worker Program in Two Ugandan Districts
An article from the International Journal for Equity in Health identifying factors in village health worker retention in Uganda’s national community health worker program.
Implementing the Community Health Worker Model Within Diabetes Management: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Programs Across the United States
An article from The Diabetes Educator. Examines methods of implementation of the CHW model within diabetes programs, as well as related challenges and lessons learned.
Supportive Supervision and Constructive Relationships with Healthcare Workers Support CHW Performance: Use of a Qualitative Framework to Evaluate CHW Programming in Uganda
A qualitative study addressing community health worker performance in Uganda. Focus groups were conducted with both low and high performing teams to assess the impact of supervision, peer support, relationships with other healthcare providers and retention and incentive structures on CHW performance [...]
Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program in Public Health and Health Care Settings
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Explores whether a CHW-based program in Colorado would improve the risk of coronary heart disease in public health and health care settings.
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